Yearly Archives: 2009

The Amazing Race Pgh Style – Pittsburgh Urban Adventure Race

2008 Checkpoint Zero Adventure RaceImage by mikebitton via Flickr

So this really says adventure – you sign up (deadline is April 30, 2009) with two friends and show up on race day (May 30, 2009). The course is a mystery until the race starts – the secret course includes treking, canoeing, biking and some mystery challenges and treasure hunts along the way. There are 3 divisions – coed, all female and all male.

Entry is $70/person and includes canoe, paddles, life jackets, t-shirts and a post race party.

theurbanadventures.com/events.php?ID=13

I don’t know, sounds kind of challenging but pretty fun. What do you think?

The race is being organzied by REI and Urban Adventures which organizes similar races around the country.

Turns out Urban Adventure Racing is pretty popular – check out this blog which had quite a bit of info about races around the country – URBAD Racing. Check out Jonathan’s pictures from an Urban Adventure race in Pittsburgh last summer. Here is on local adventure racing – also some great pictures.

Let us know if you are going to enter so we can cheer you on!

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All Queen, all the time – Queen Tribute Show at the Byham

One Night of Queen, OxfordImage by ellyukrm via Flickr

One Night of Queen is a Queen tribute show now on their second US tour and will be stopping in Pittsburgh on Sunday, April 5, 2009 at the Byham Theater. One Night of Queen is preformed by Greg Mullen and his band the Works.  Greg got his start as a karaoke singer in Glasgow and now tours the world with his Queen tribute show. Tickets are available at PghArts.

Read more about Greg Mullen and One Night of Queen in PopCity Media here.

I know there have to be some Queen fans here in the city of champions.  One Pittsburgher is selling an original ticket stub from a 1978 Queen concert on ebay – bidding is open until April 8, 2009.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x7CfiIAdXU[/youtube]

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Spring Football Fever? Check out the Pittsburgh Passion Documentary – April 5, 2009

Sideline RunImage by SchultzLabs via Flickr

One of the things on my to do list for this spring is to attend one the Pittsburgh Passion games.  The Pittsburgh Passion is a member of the  Independent Women’s Football League.

This Saturday, April 5th you can support the team by attending a screening of the documentary film about the team that was produced last year.  The screening will be at the Southside Works at 2pm.  Tickets are $15 and are available at http://pittsburghpassion.com/.

The documentary has been nominated for a 2009 Billie Award which honors excellent coverage of Women and Girls in sports.

Here is a quick video about the team

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J32VaK7ln6k[/youtube]

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More Bakery Suggestions

French BakeryImage by celeste343 via Flickr

Thanks to everyone who replied to last weeks post about favorite local bakeries! I loved reading everyone’s responses and it is great to know that there are still quite a few local bakeries beyond the newer cupcake shops in town. Here are a few more bakery suggestions that were emailed to me.

Gluuteny – A gluten free bakery in Sq. Hill. One friend of IheartPGH swears by their brownies and he is even a gluten eater.

Bartram House Bakery – I know this is a drive but this place looks amazing

Jean March Chatellier – French baker in Millvale – check out the penguin cakes.

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Upgrades and Advertisements

Double open-end wrench or open-ended spannerImage via Wikipedia

You may have noticed – well I hope you noticed – that we have been playing around with some advertisements over there in the sidebar.  We have been hoping to start on some upgrades to IheartPGH in the near future.  Last year the IheartPGH community was super helpful when we needed to move to a new webhost – thanks to some great volunteers we moved the website to MediaTemple and haven’t had a problem with webhosting since.

We have already been working with the good folks at WeFixWP about doing some upgrades to the backend and hopefully the look of the website.  We have been testing out the ads to see if we can generate a little bit of money to pay for some of the hosting upgrade costs.  We feel very strongly that we don’t want ads to take over the website and have tried to keep them to the sidebar and the footer.  We know that header ads earn more money but we just don’t want to put ads all over the website – especially the header.  Please feel free to share your thoughts, concerns and complaints (be nice) about the ads on the site by leaving a comment or sending an email to info at iheartpgh@gmail.com.

Advertise on IheartPGH

One of the ways you can support IheartPGH is by running an ad on our site.  We have just added the adbox on the sidebar through a service called ProjectWonderful – which allows users to bid on the ad space.  We are starting the bidding at $0.10/day.  It is pretty easy to post your ad on the side bar – just click the link above the ad box and follow the instructions.

Other ways you can Support IheartPGH…

  • Check out the IheartPGH Spreadshirt shop.  We are always looking for new t-shirt ideas for the shop!  Have an idea for a shirt – please let us know.
  • Need Serious Website Hosting? – click this link to set up a website at Media Temple – if you set up a website through our link we will get a credit towards our hosting costs.  If you want to set up a smaller website and need some hosting suggestions please let me know.

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