September 16, 2010 – 5:22 AM
Image via CrunchBase Etsy is an online marketplace where you can buy handmade and vintage items from over 2 million different vendors. Last week I was browsing the Etsy blog and was inspired by their current contest – to enter you just have to create a treasury (which is Etsy speak for a collection of things on Etsy). So I did a search for more
July 21, 2010 – 1:00 PM
Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look: Profile of Kards Unlimited from Only In Pittsburgh – great post on Kards Unlimited – a 3rd generation business in Shadyside. Not only do they have really great cards but they also have a great selection of interesting books to read or give as gifts. Looking Sharp!: Neighbor totes – Pittsburgh's more
Tags arts & culture, business-times, class, commonwealth press, craft, kards-unlimited, looking-sharp, neighborteaze, only_in_pgh, pittsburgh-business-times, shopPGH, skateboards, subu, totes, wildcard
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May 19, 2010 – 6:00 PM
Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look: Great Lakes Urban Exchange Conference 2010 – Urban Laboratories – Join other city lovers to share ideas and discuss issues. This years conference is in Cleveland – July 15-17, 2010. We were lucky enough to attend last years conference in Milwaukee and would highly recommend this to anyone more
Tags 2010, book-store, CMU, coffee-shop, conferences, GLUE, Gluespace, great-lake-urban-exchange, GreatLakes, july-2010, miller-gallery, polish_hill, popcity, record-store, shopPGH, the-yes-men, yes-men
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May 12, 2010 – 1:00 PM
Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look: Confessions of a not so serious biker : Venture Outdoors – Nice write up with lots of great photos of the Venture Outdoors trip to New York City for the 5 Boro Bike Tour. Meet the Juice Box Cafe – new spot for smoothies, wraps and salads in Shadyside – This is nice article from Pop City more
Tags 5-boro-bike-tour, bikes, copeland, cycling, juice-box-cafe, penn ave, photos, popcity, Shadyside, shopPGH, T-shirts, tweek, tweek-clothing, Venture Outdoors
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December 14, 2009 – 2:50 PM
Image by madflowr via Flickr A few weeks ago I had the great fortune to meet some of the folks who work at ModCloth, an online retailer of fabulous fashions that is based here in Pittsburgh. One of the cool tools I learned about is Polyvore – which is a website that lets you “clip” your favorite items and group them into sets to share on your blog, more
December 8, 2009 – 7:00 PM
Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look: So Me – New Shop in Glenshaw – Check out this post from the Pittsburgh Craft Collective (with photos) of a new shop that has just opened in Glen Shaw. So Me features gifts from local artists and crafters. A Safe Street in Pittsburgh: Interesting Times : The New Yorker – Pittsburgh's more
Tags city-of-asylum, cityofasylum, crafts, crafty, glensahw, new-yorker, NewYorker, pittsburgh_craft_collective, rustbelt, rusty-waters, sampsonia, shopPGH, so-me, T-shirts, the-new-yorker, tshirts
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August 24, 2009 – 7:00 AM
Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look: Ambiance Boutique to Open a 3rd Location in Lawrenceville in September 2009 – Ambiance Boutique is a project of the non profit Bethlhem Haven – they have two consignment shops located in Regent Square and Oakmont all of the proceeds from Ambiance Boutique benefit Bethlehem Haven. A third more
Tags allegheny-river, ambiance-boutique, bakery-square, bethlehem-haven, bike-trails, bikepgh, boutique, consignment, convention-center, Highland Park, Non-Profits, perkins-eastman, riverfront, Rivers, shopPGH, Venture Outdoors
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