e2 Kickstarter Project – Support a Local Eatery
So one of the things that I am secretly happy about in light of the recent recession is that there has been an amazing shift in supporting local businesses in Pittsburgh. I think that it is interesting that some of…
Update on P.Nosa’s Sewing Tour – First Stop Pittsburgh
Last week I posted about Paul Nosa’s Sewing Tour project on Kickstarter. Paul is an artist based in Tuscon, AZ who is planning to travel across the country with his solar and bike powered sewing machine. I posted about the…
Help Bring Paul Nosa’s Sewing Tour to Pittsburgh
Sewing Tour 2012 is project that came up on Kickstarter. We have posted some Kickstarter projects here before – Kickstarter is a website that lets your croudsource funding for projects and businesses. I am sharing this project because it has…
Hot Dog! 5 New Restaurants to Open in 2012
Over the holidays, the Post-Gazette reported that over 30 restaurants opened in Pittsburgh last year! Which new restaurant was your favorite? We are looking forward to trying a bunch during Pittsburgh Restaurant Week. 2012 is already looking like another great…
Because Yinz Asked – “Wear You Live” Adds Pittsburgh Maps
Last week I saw the the Kickstarter project for Wear You Live – prints made with figureground maps of different US cities. We have been blogging about lots of map related things over on BlogLocal and I have been on…
Kickstart Something in Pgh & Vote For Your Favorite Project
Kickstarter.com is a website where people can croudsource funding for all sorts of projects – from books, movies, festivals and cool new products. Project managers post a project – usually with a video and a bunch of pledge gifts –…
Save the Seeds! Last Call to Support the Heritage Seed Co. Kickstarter Project
Blackberry Meadows Farm, an an organic farm in Natrona Heights, is working on a project to preserve endangered foods. Endangered foods? Yes, according to Slow Food USA there are nearly 200 foods in danger of extinction – check out the…
Bringing Life Back to the East Liberty Borders
I have been excited about this ideas since we first got an email about it last month. Fleeting Pages is a project to turn the East Liberty Borders – which closed for business a few weeks ago into a pop-up…
Support a Pittsburgh Filmmaker, Madagascar and check out Kickstarter
I am really excited to learn about this project that Pittsburgh filmmaker Ben Hernstrom is working on about Madagascar. Ben has worked on some great films about Pittsburgh. You can learn more at Ambulantic.com and check out some of his…
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