This little blog hopes to be a resource to help you find more reasons to love Pittsburgh or remember some of the old reasons why you liked living here. Please share your favorite parts of Pittsburgh too - email info@iheartpgh.com.
Image by sarabear via FlickrYelp.com is a great website where you can read and write reviews of local businesses (see my other post on Yelp here). I was just looking around at some of the recent reviews in Pittsburgh here are some of the 4 and 5 star reviews from people who were visiting Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh is not yet included on Yelp’s list of major cities, but I think we should work on that. If you haven’t Yelped yet - start now. And add IheartPGH as a friend too.
…their pancakes are pure ambrosia. I’ve never done cocaine, but I bet it feels like how Pamela’s pancakes taste. Their homefries are excellent too. They make great toast.
…too bad i live almost 2500 miles away, or this would be my monthly chill hang for a european siesta. and it’s more than reasonable on price for what you get.
with love from pittsburgh: lemme tell you 'bout Florence. (not the city.) - This is a great blog post about Pittsburgh and people in Pittsburgh! I found this blog while I was googling something else and it is pretty great - and how could I not like a blog that is titled "with love from Pittsburgh"
I don’t know if you noticed the link up there in the menu bar for reviews but I added that a few months ago. I discovered this great website Yelp last year when I was traveling - it is a site filled with reviews, ratings and pictures from people. I started using Yelp as kind of a travel journal and it also lets you bookmark places that you want to check out. I think it is one of the most useful websites for finding great places to check out. Currently they have Yelp newsletter for a lot of the major cities but sadly Pittsburgh is missing form their list of weekly city newsletters. I think we should work on changing that. So I invite all of you to sign up for Yelp and add IheartPGH’s Yelp profile as your friend. Yelp about your favorite places. Not in Pittsburgh? Thats okay too - I want to work on a Yelp list of Steelers bars and Pittsburgh places that are all over the US.
Urban Hike News: details on the October 3rd scavenger hunt - Join us for Urban Hike’s annual scavenger hunt on Friday, October 3rd, 6 pm in downtown Pittsburgh. We will start at the Original Oyster House, 20 Market Square. Teams will report to a super-secret location at 8 pm and we’ll find out who won! It’s free, it’s fun, and the winning team gets prizes!
Karen D. has the correct answer to the most recent photo trivia - this picture is the writing above the door at the Red Oak Cafe in Oakland. Friend of IheartPGH suggested this place for lunch earlier this month and I have been back twice. You can read my review of Red Oak Cafe here on Yelp.
Whats Yelp? - Yelp is a great website that lets users review all sorts of local places - anyone can write a review. Sign up and help put Pittsburgh on the Yelp map.
I am visiting some Pittsburgh friends in Honolulu and have spent the past few hours reading blogs about unusual things to do in Honolulu. I have just discovered Yelp! So I thought I would set up an account for IheartPGH on Yelp - which is a social networking review website that seems to be pretty comprehensive.
If you are on Yelp add us as a friend and share the love.