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24 Gifts of Pittsburgh: Goat Rodeo Cheese

Yes, cheese as a gift! Locally made cheese made by the girls at Goat Rodeo Farm in Allison Park. One of my goals for this list of the 24 Gifts of Pittsburgh is to suggest gifts that are useful. If you have read the book “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up” you have probably spent some amount of time in the past year thinking about how you have too much stuff, and how to get rid of that extra stuff. This has spilled over into my thoughts about gift purchasing. I don’t want to get more stuff, which I… Read the rest

24 Gifts of Pittsburgh: Map of Pittsburgh Quilt Pattern

This is the ideal gift for a Pittsburgh quilter. I realize that this gift isn’t for everyone, but it is such a spectacular idea I decided it deserved a spot on the list. Meet the Pittsburgh Quilt Pattern from Haptic Lab. Haptic Lab calls this a kit, but it is really just the map of Pittsburgh for stitching, you will have to get all of the other stuff to make this a quilt, so I am calling it a pattern. (Apologies if I am not using the correct quilting terms here, please correct me in the comments below. ) I… Read the rest

24 Gifts of Pittsburgh: Olive Oil from California Olive Oil Collection

  If you know about the Farmers’ Market Cooperative of East Liberty, then you know this place is an amazing little outpost of deliciousness tucked inside a building next to the Home Depot. I’m not talking about the East Liberty City Parks farmers market, and it is easy to get these confused. The Farmers Market Coop of East Liberty is open year round, but only on Saturdays and sometime the day before a holiday and it is also the oldest continuously operating farmers market in the city. The California Olive Oil Collection imports amazing olive oil direct from the producers… Read the rest

24 Gifts of Pittsburgh: P is for Pierogi Bib

Let us not forget the littlest Pittsburghers on the list of the 24 Gifts of Pittsburgh. In keeping with the theme, P is for… Printed in Pittsburgh by Garbella Perfect accessory holiday pierogi eating Purchase online or pick one up at one of these stores Not only do I get to share some of the most Pittsburgh presents around, but this list of the 24 Gifts of Pittsburgh is giving me the perfect excuse to share events to some of the most perfect Pittsburgh places around. I have known Amy who runs Garbella for a few years now, definitely make… Read the rest

24 Gifts of Pittsburgh: Paper Sculpture Kit from Resident Design

A lion, a penguin, a bull, a walrus and a mammoth, oh my! Resident Designs offers kits that allow you to create a paper sculpture of your favorite creatures.  Puzzles and gingerbread house kits have become a holiday thing in my family. It Thanks to Trader Joe’s we’ve already made a gingerbread turkey on Thanksgiving Day. I think this is the perfect gift for some holiday family bonding time. (I am counting on the eggnog to numb the pain of any paper-cuts this may induce and hopefully following a complicated set of instructions should provide hours of distraction so we… Read the rest

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