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I heart PARTY – SAT. Feb 25 @ AVA

ByLindsay
The shine of an Iron City aluminum bottle. Rockin’ Out in the Cultural District. Indigestion from a successful trip to Primanti’s. Troy Polamalu’s voluminous mane. Bob O’Connor’s silver mane. There are all sorts of reasons we love Pittsburgh. Show your love for the Steel City over drink specials and a live DJ at a fundraiser benefiting the Coro Center for Civic Leadership. SATURDAY – February 25, 10:00pm AVA, Baum Blvd. and South Highland St., Pittsburgh, PA Click here for more info and to RSVP!!! Drink Specials on Blue Moon and Zima Hard Punch All Night!!! Plus, we will be raffling… Read the rest
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Pittsburgh Hills

ByNatalia
You know, they say Pittsburgh is the San Francisco of the East. (Or maybe that’s just me.) I randomly came across the web site of the Western PA Wheelman (bicycle club) who brings us this handy-dandy list of the steepest grades in the city … and out. I’m glad to see South Pittsburgh REPRESENT. From Pgh Post-Gazette, Oct 5, 1984: Street / Neighborhood / Grade 1. Canton Beechview 37% 2. Flowers Hazelwood 28% 3. East Woodford Carrick 27.6% 4. Cutler Northside 26% 5. Rialto (Pig Hill) Troy Hill 24% 6. Tesla Hazelwood 24% 7. Newitt Carrick 23% 8. N. Winebiddle… Read the rest
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Carnegie Museum of Art – for children

ByNatalia
Child Magazine ranked the best museums in the country for children. Check it out: 1. Art Institute of Chicago 2. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC 3. Dayton Art Institute 4. De Young, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 5. CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART, Pittsburgh 6. Los Angeles County Museum of Art 7. Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha 8. Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, DE 9. Dallas Museum of Art 10. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA (Thanks to Ambrose for the link!) Why? According to the article: 5. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh: Hosts weekend drop-in programs in the galleries for kids… Read the rest
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Regios de Acero and more

ByNatalia
So this has been circulating and I thought I’d post a link to this video of Steeler fans all over the world. I’m a sap – it brought tears to my eyes. The creator of the video is looking for more photos of folks with Steeler regalia in far-flung corners of the world, so please click on the link and send your photo … if you are reading from Kazakhstan, Senegal, et al. (Note to self: take Terrible Towel on all future extreme vacations.) Also, check out Ambrose’s blog for some amazing local coverage of Steeler mania!… Read the rest
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A Steeler Nation

ByLindsay
I am not sure where this came from or who wrote it but it has been emailed to me 5 times and it does a darn good job of talking about Pittsburgh so I thought we should include it here for those visitors to I heart PGH that haven’t recieved it 5 times. If you know where this came from so we can give credit where credit is due. In the 1980’s, as the steel mills and their supporting factories shut down from Homestead to Midland, Pittsburghers, faced for the first time in their lives with the specter of unemployment,… Read the rest