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Yes Virginia, Santa Does Like Beer (Radio Round Up for December 10)

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Most Friday mornings at 6:45 am, you can listen to IheartPGH talk live with Jim and Randy on the WDVE morning show about things to do in Pittsburgh on the weekend. Here is our list of events and links to more information for this weekend…

Sorry we are a little late getting these links posted for today. But better late than never – here are the links for this week.

Holiday Happy Hour and Shopping at Wildcard

Friday, December 10, 5-8pm
Butler Street, Lawrenceville
Lots of handmade and Pittsburgh themed gifts – Pierogi ornaments too
Free drinks and classic Christmas TV specials
Facebook Link – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=170731752956166

Santa comes to Penn Brewery – holiday fun for kids and parents too

Brunch and visit with Santa – Pirate Parrot and Iceberg will be there too
Saturday, DEcember 11, 2010

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Santarchy 2010

Bar crawl on southside where you must wear a Santa suit.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Meet at Hoffbrau @ 2pm Sharp

East End Brewing Festival of Darkness

Saturday, December 11, 2010
Noon-5
Meet the new dark beers at East End Brewing
Sample the new Eye Opener Coffee Porter and other new dark beers

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Talking T-shirts – A Sampling of PGH T-shirts for T-shirt Day

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In honor of t-shirt day here is a collection of t-shirt related sites and shops. Don’t forget about the Pittsburgh t-shirt day event – Monday, June 21 3-8pm – all of the details are available here.

Be a fan of the Pittsburgh T-shirt on Facebook here – as we started talking about t-shirt day we realized there is alot of great Pittsburgh t-shirts and that we needed a place to collect all of that info. Share your favorite PGH t-shirts and check out some of the others.

Check out the T-shirt Project – @MrDestructicity is wearing and documenting his t-shirt collection on Flickr. He lives in Pittsburgh and has some great Pittsburgh t-shirts too. And our favorite Pittsburgh sports blog, PSAMP (Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies) runs an occasional series titled “Great Moments In Unlicensed Pittsburgh Sports Merch” that often features an amazing t-shirt like this incedibly confusing steelers shirt .

Here is a sampling of some other great Pittsburgh t-shirts …

Neighbor Teaze – has lots of Pittsburgh love – check out this t-shirt “Pittsburgh, 446 Bridges, 3 Rivers and 1 Dahntahn Since 1758” and there are many others for specific Pittsburgh neighborhoods.

Wear Pittsburgh has lots of great Pittsburgh t-shirts. Check out their newest t-shirt in honor of Pittsburgh blogger and do gooder Secret Agent L.

The Campfire Goods folks are often traveling the country selling their awesome t-shirt designs. One of the campfire guys hails from the burgh. Check out this t-shirt which is a nod to the way we do things here in western PA.

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Contests and Giveaways – Burgh Blogs Have Lots to Giveaway

You could be a winner! Check out some of the contests happening around the burgh blogoshpere.

2 Tickets to Zoo Brew – That’s Church is giving away 2 pairs of tickets to the Zoo Brew in August

I Made It Market Tote Bags – Invite your friends to be a fan of I Made It Market on Facebook and you could win a totebags printed by The Cotton Factory

Mattress Factory Urban Garden Party Tickets – Follow the Mattress Factory on Facebook and Twitter – they will be giving away tickets to their gala event.

Gift Card to the Juice Box Cafe – Be a fan of Juice Box Cafe on Facebook and you could win a gift card for their establishment

Tee Rex, T-shirts Not Dinosaurs

An added bonus to the First Friday’s on Penn Ave and the GA/GI festival is the Cotton Factory Studio Sale!

Calling all t-shirt lovers! The Cotton Factory is a nifty little website that has been selling t-shirts online for awhile now. Their shirt designs have gained praise and fame from the t-shirt community and few people know that The Cotton Factory has recently located their headquarters to Friendship. Check out this great post from the Pittsburgh blog Steel Town Anthem with lots of photos from The Cotton Factory’s headquarters. All of The Cotton Factory t-shirts are designed and printed here in Pittsburgh.

The Cotton Factory created some wonderful t-shirts in honor of the Parking Chair after the big snow in February.

photo from the Cotton Factory Facebook Page

This Friday, at their office, The Cotton Factory is setting up a pop up shop with special t-shirts that won’t be available online. You can check out some of their unique designs – that will only be available at the shop – on their Facebook page here.

Tee Rex – The Cotton Factory Studio Sale
Friday, April 2, 2010 4-10 pm
5440 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Link to Facebook Event – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=104688009564534

PGH Madness 2010 – NCAA Bracket Challenge

Back again for 2010 is the IheartPGH bracket challenge – this year we are moving the challenge over to Facebook. Join the IheartPGH Group on CBS Sports, fill out your brackets and compete against your fellow pgh friends and bloggers.