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Bar Art

About a month ago the City Paper profiled Duncan Prahl – by day he works at a green building company, at night he can be found at local watering holes (often Kelly’s) setting up arrangements of plastic toys. Check out his website BarAnimals.com to see some of his arrangements. Click here to see the City Paper interview with Duncan – http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/archive.cfm?type=Local%20Vocal&action=getComplete&ref=5012… Read the rest

Pierogi Madness

Compact, tasty, and filling, pierogies are perfect food for a Polish girl on the go. That’s why they’re my FAVORITE! While I prefer making them at home, I do occasionally have to buy them. For out-of-towners who have stumbled upon this page: pie·ro·gi also pi·ro·gi n. : A semicircular dumpling with any of various fillings, such as finely chopped meat or vegetables, that is often sautéed after being boiled. There are a couple of places I like to buy them in bulk in the ‘burgh: First up is Pierogies Plus owned by Helen Mannarino, located in a former gas station… Read the rest

Wild Turkeys

Some days on my way to school, I am lucky enough to see a bunch of turkeys bopping around on the side of the road. They are very cute and make me smile. Take that, Manhattan! I was curious as to what a “flock” of turkeys is called, and so I found this handy dandy website: “Benjamin Franklin wanted wild turkeys to be our national symbol instead of the bald eagle. He felt that the stately, majestic qualities of the wild turkey would make it a fine symbol for the new country. “Most people are familiar with the term “flock… Read the rest

The Cut

Carnegie Mellon, I love thee, oh how do I count the ways? Before I actually started attending CMU, I had never taken the time to walk across its campus. That was really too bad. It’s a really cool campus, with neat buildings, interesting topography, and lots of nooks and crannies to explore. I find new places to study (and new robots) every week. This time of year the Cut (the big grassy lawn in the middle of campus) is really gorgeous, with marching bands and frisbee players scampering around. The weather is perfect this time of year, so the whole… Read the rest

Pitaland

So, let’s just admit it. A lot of our East End friends don’t know how to cross rivers (and vice versa.) But let’s not forget about the Pittsburgh neighborhoods beyond tunnels and bridges. One of them being the lovely Brookline, in Southern Pittsburgh (just across the Liberty Tubes.) Brookline in itself is awesome. Think plenty of shade trees along a wide boulevard filled with quaint family owned businesses. One of the many reasons to visit Brookline is Pitaland, the Middle-Eastern grocery store, a Lebanese-born, Pittsburgh-made family business. I stop buy to stock up on staples like hummus, baba ghannouj and… Read the rest

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