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Guide to Light Up Nights Around Western PA

PPG Place Christmas Tree & Ice Rink Crowd

PPG Place Christmas Tree & Ice Rink Crowd (Photo credit: daveynin)

Light up night means Downtown Pittsburgh will be hustling and bustling and basically looking like a city after 5pm.

If the crowds aren’t for you – never fear – there are a bunch of light up night festivities happening in neighborhood business districts all around town.  You can get all of the Christmas-light filled fun with out the chaos.

Know of other light up night events? Leave a comment below and we’ll keep updating the list.

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Sunday, December 9, 2012

Shop Handmade at Bakery Square Dec. 2 & 3

Wow – we have been getting lots of visits from people checking out our posts on Small Businesses we love and Pittsburgh Cyber Monday Deals.  Be sure to take another look at the Cyber Monday Deals post – many of those shops are offering savings all week and all month long.

You have another opportunity to pick up some gifts this Friday and Saturday.  The folks who put together I Made It Market have partnered with Bakery Square to bring you a huge market this weekend.

Over 80 vendors will be at Bakery Square on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon – lots of great gifts – all handmade.

Holiday Market @ Bakery Square
December 2nd, 5 – 10 pm &
December 3rd, 11 am – 6 pm
80+ LOCAL artists (meet them here)
RSVP on Facebook

Here is a sampling of items we selected from some of the vendors who will be at the I Made It Market this weekend:


Owl & Leaves Cotton Sca…

$36.00

Black Friday Cyber Mon…

$78.00

Christmas Soap, Gingerb…

$4.00

i love you Pittsburgh P…

$1.00

Red Handmade Ceramic Mu…

$25.00

Antique Post Office Doo…

$59.95

Graphic Stencil Reclaim…

$8.00

Pittsburgh Steelers Ski…

$25.00

A Brick Wall – Zipper P…

$12.00

Custom Folded Book Art …

$40.00

Custom Gemstone Wrapped…

$25.00

Pittsburgh Stoffbuch

$25.00

Hammered Sterling Cuff …

$225.00

party dress celebration…

$4.00

Easy as cake earrings

$16.00

Deep Fuchsia Fabric sho…

$54.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Where Are You Celebrating After the St. Patrick's Day Parade?

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Image by ccs-pics via Flickr

We have recieved numerous emails asking what to do after the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.  As you may know, Market Square is under construction (check out these articles on the impact of the construction on the Market Square businesses – Post-Gazette 2/5/2010 and Tribune Review 2/26/2010).  We are very sad to see another local business close and there are many Pittsburghers who are sad about the lack of a place to celebrate after the parade. Continue reading

A Very Special Turkey Bacon Night

Bacon on a MacBook Pro
Image by Patrick Haney via Flickr

This just in from the good bacon loving folks at the Harris Grill. In honor of Thanksgiving this Wednesday (Nov. 25, 2009) will be Turkey Bacon Night – the turkey bacon starts at 8pm. Since you will probably be out and about visiting with those old high school prom dates and reliving memories that you probably would prefer to forget, you might as well be doing that with some bacon, in this case Turkey bacon. Because there are quite a few people out there that believe that bacon makes almost everything better.

Porcine Pardon Punishes Poultry

We’re letting our little pink pals off the hook for a very special pre-T-Day Bacon Night on Wednesday, November 25. That’s right: for the first time ever, Harris Grill will be ladling out the Turkey Bacon on Wednesday night just to get you in the mood. Bring your out of town guests in for a specialtreat starting at 8:00 pm, when we’ll also have the effervescent Miller Light Girills pushing lip-chilling aluminum pounders of Shadyside’s favorite get-the-job-done Lite beer.

Seeking Shelter from the Family?

And another important public service announcement for those of you who need to escape from your families after 12 fun filled hours of cooking, cleaning and turkey eating. The Harris Grill will open at 9pm on Thanksgiving evening to provide shelter and drinks for those who have had a little too much family fun! (the photo below came up when I typed “Thanksgiving Fun” into Flickr – yes, I think those are cats dressed up for Thanksgiving).

Talk Turkey and Tip Tempting Tinctures

thanksgiving fun
Image by ryanlachica via Flickr

Once you’re tired of all the family squabbling, swing on over to the Grill where we’ll be opening the bar at 9:00 pm to help you forget about the day. Dad’s just never gonna understand that surface piercing, but we’ll help you get over that.

Bring your bartender a plate of leftovers and get a free shot of Imperial!

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Light Up Night Squared

A number of light sculptures feature in this e...
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There are now two great places to celebrate Light Up Night tomorrow in Pittsburgh – Downtown and Mt. Washington.

Mt. Washington Light Up Night

More info including a list of Light Up Night Specials available at VuPlus.org

Schedule of Events

  • 5-7pm Decorate a tree with Santa – Charles Lewis Park (next to the Firehouse)
  • 6-7pm Duquesne University’s Performance Notes Ensemble holiday sing along
  • 5-8pm Tour 221 Shiloh Street’s newest storefront and luxury apartments
  • 6-9pm Mt. Washington’s indoor art marketplace
  • 5-8pm Strolling musicians along Shiloh Street

Info on Light Up Night Downtown – http://www.downtownpittsburgh.com/light-up-night-2009

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