I heart PGH Holiday Gift Guide – Click here to learn more about loving PGH by shopping PGH.  Click here to see more holiday gift suggestions.

This is the first official post in the IheartPGH holiday gift guide, and this is one of the best gift deals in town.  Each year the folks at Big Burrito serve up a great reason to give Big Burrito Bucks – good at any of their establishments – Mad Mex, Casbah, Eleven, Kaya, Soba and Umi.  When you purchase your gift cards between November 17, 2008 and November 30, 2008 you get a bonus gift card.
For every $100 in gift cards you purchase, we’ll give you $25 in bonus Holiday Burrito Buck$. For every $50, you get $10.

Image by lil moe72 via FlickrOne of the easiest ways to support Pittsburgh is to spend your money locally. One of my hopes for this blog is to connect more people to the local businesses here in Pittsburgh. With the start of the holiday season, I can’t believe it is already the holiday season – I tried to ignore the robotic Santa Claus that started singing at Costco before Halloween was even here. But after stopping by the Shady Side Presbyterian Church Bazaar last weekend, I can no longer pretend that the Holiday Shopping Season is weeks away.

I know that holiday spending is down this year, but that makes it even more important to support the businesses that continue to do good things for the Pittsburgh community. Click here to check out the ShopPGH category and read about some of the other Pittsburgh businesses. We will also be featuring more ways to ShopPGH this season with a holiday gift guide look for the tag Holiday08.

Have a Pittsburgh gift to suggest? Where do you like to shop PGH for the holidays? Please leave a comment here or send an email to info@iheartpgh.com.

Happy Holidays from I Made It! Market

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to purchase unique and few-of-a-kind handmade holiday gifts created by more than 50 local artists. This Market is produced in partnership with the Steel Valley Arts Council – visit artists in SVAC’s Artspace 105 during the Market. For more information, visit www.steelvalleyarts.org.

I Made It! For the Holidays * Saturday, December 8 *2 – 8 pm

Homestead Owls Club, 108 W. 8th Avenue, Homestead

(end of Homestead Grays Bridge by the Waterfront – parking on 7th and 8th Avenues)

food, drinks, mingling, fun

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