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• Free Waffles on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 – Free waffles – made with magic – networking and conversation – this Wednesday at the DeepLocal waffles. We stopped by for Waffles at the December waffle Wednesday – great group of people and good coffee.
• Walking to New Orleans – Al Hoff, who is also the brains behind the blog – City of Sad Toys – has started a new project. She is virtually walking from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. Each day she logs how many miles she walks and plots that on a map of the route from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. Each post includes some history and background about the locations she is virtually walking through.
• Coming this Spring – New Public Market opens in the Strip District – From PopCity Media "The Pittsburgh Public Market will have space for 42 vendors, ranging from fresh and prepared foods to arts and crafts to local, seasonal produce. So far, vendors will include: 21st Street Coffee and Tea, Elysian Fields Farm, Pittsburgh Candy Buffet, Tracy's Treats natural skincare products and more. The market will be open Friday through Sunday each week."

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• Pittsburgh Chef, Sonja Flinn from Dinnette named one 40 chefs under 40 in the Country – Sonja Finn is the owner/chef at Dinette – which is located at the corner of Highland Ave and Centre Ave in East Liberty. Sonja has been named one of the top 40 chefs under 40 by the Mother Nature Network
• Fourth Annual Vodka & Latke Party! – Shalom Pittsburgh hosts their annual Vodka & Latke party on December 5, 2009 at the Shadow Lounge.
• Dozen, CoCo's battle it out for best cupcake in the Burgh – vote for your favorite cupcakes in Pittsburgh

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• Snickie – New Pittsburgh food blog – PopCity media points out that there is a new food blog in town. check out some of the reviews and suggest some good places for pumpkin pickin
• PodCamp Pittsburgh 2009: Wrap up – If you missed last week's PodCamp Pittsburgh #4 PopCity Media has a nice wrap up. Lots of great presenters from Pittsburgh and beyond. Food from Franktuary and treats from the Goodie Truck too.
• Almost! – Tazza D’Oro – A sneak peek (with lots of photos) at the new Tazza D’Oro location on the CMU campus. More good coffee in more places.
• G21st Street at 21st Street Coffee and Tea – 21st Street Coffee and Tea in the Strip District will be open for the G20

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• Pop City – It's green, it's blue, it's the Super Shuttle, hiring drivers – Yippee! Super Shuttle is coming to Pittsburgh. I hope this will solve the problem of missing the last 28x when you get back to Pittsburgh late at night!
• 'Adventureland' uses several locations in area – The movie Adventureland opens this weekend – the movie was shot in Pittsburgh – at Kennywood, the strip district and many other places around the area. This post-Gazette article lists some of the local spots used in the movie. Has anyone ever been to the Troy Hill place?
• A Japanese idol from Pittsburgh – Who knew – a Japanese Pop Star is from Pittsburgh. I like that he is wearing a Steelers on his wikipedia page.

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I posted a picture of the homemade ho hos I found on my first visit to Big Dog Coffee back in November.
If you haven’t had a chance to check out one of the newest and I think nicest coffee shops in town – check out this video interview with the owners of Big Dog Coffee from today’s PopCity Media.

Read some other reviews of Big Dog Coffee on Yelp and Urban Spoon.

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• Ridgway Rendezvous – Chainsaw art festival! Why haven't I heard of this before? Just finished the 10th annual festival. I am putting this on the calendar for next year.
• Pop City – Pittsburgh's Frick Park named Best Urban Escape by Get Out! magazine – Pittsburgh's 561-acre Frick Park was recently named Best Urban Escape by Get Out! magazine, a web magazine devoted to outdoor adventure in the Ohio River region.

  Bordered by Squirrel Hill, Point Breeze, Park Place, Swisshelm Park and Regent Square, the wooded park offers miles of trails for hiking, mountain biking, bird watching and cross-country skiing, and even lawn bowling.

• Photo Essay: Pittsburgh Art In Public Places – Nice photo slide show of Pittsburgh public art from PopCity Media

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