Category Archives: Outdoors

Bringing Bicycles to the Big Screen

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On Monday, December 20 – you can catch the Pittsburgh premier of Life Cycles – a feature length documentary about bicycles. I will admit that I am not an avid cyclist – but I am in full support of bicycling in Pittsburgh. While I have become a pro at pedaling a bike to nowhere (thanks to spinning class) I haven’t gotten the nerve to ride in traffic. Thankfully Pittsburgh has an amazing bicycle community (thank you Bike Pittsburgh!) – last night I was driving a friend home (thanks Zipcar) – she has been biking more and more and was telling me how she was a non-cyclist until she hesitantly checked out one of the group rides during Bikefest last summer.

Also, even if you aren’t ready to become a super cyclist – the bicycle community has been an amazing this for Pittsburgh – one of the many reasons that Pittsburgh continues to receive praise for being such a great place to live. Continue reading →

Lawrenceville Scavenger Hunt

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Those crazy kids from Urban Hike like to wrap up the hiking season with an annual scavenger hunt. This year the hunt heads to Lawrenceville.

Spend the afternoon hunting for clues and answering trivia questions with your friends. Take funny photos and compete for awesome prizes while checking out one of Pittsburgh fine neighborhoods.

Urban Hike Lawrenceville Scavenger Hunt
Saturday, October 23, 2010 Continue reading →

Capture the Flag in Schenley Park – Fri. Oct. 1

This isn’t your middle school gym class… Join with others for a giant game of capture the flag in Schenley Park.

Capture the Flag
Friday, October 1, 2010 – 7-10pm
Schenley Park – (meet at the stone courtyard at the crest of the hill by the main entrance of the park. If there are middle-aged men playing bongo drums, we’ll be nearby with our flags up)

More details on the Facebook Page – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159302307418993&index=1

Thanks to YinzerParty for the heads up on this event.

Get Into the Pittsburgh Gigapanorama

On Thursday, September 23 there will be a photo shoot for the 2nd Pittsburgh Gigapanorama – you are invited to participate. The details for Thursday are available here. For the whole story about the project keep reading.

Gigapana-What? I promise this is not a scary disease or some fancy name for bed bug infestation – a gigopanorama is a giant panoramic photo. In most basic terms – lots of digital photos are stitched together to create a large panoramic photo. You can learn more about these photos and the technology behind the giga pan photos at Gigapan.org. Carnegie Mellon and Pittsburgh based DeepLocal are key partners in this project. Gigapan.org also has a huge gallery of other amazing photos to check out.

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The First Pittsburgh Gigapanorama was created in October, 2009 from the roof of the US steel building. You can check out the photo here. The GigaPan.org website lets you navigate and zoom in on different parts of the photo. There is also an actual print out of this photo that has been displayed around the city – I had a chance to see it earlier this summer at the Sprout Fund Summer Social. It is a HUGE banner with amazing detail of the city. Continue reading →

Spillapalooza

Have you ever thought to yourself, “Gee, if only there was a way I could combine my love of Zumba, empty swimming pools and marine wildlife into one amazing event!”? Well, the good folks in Lawrenceville have figured it out for you. That’s right, its SPILLAPALOOZA, a grassroots benefit for oil spill victims being held this Saturday from 12:30 -7pm at Leslie Park Pool (46th and Butler Streets)! The event will feature a Zumbathon in the pool and loads of music, dancing and festivities. Zumba dancers show up at 12 for registration! Cost is $10 to participate in Zumbathon or $10 for entry to the festival. All proceeds will benefit the Gulf Restoration Network. For more info read all about it in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette!