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I was browsing the Pittsburgh subreddit which is a great place to find out about local events, news and interesting facts about this town. There is a post about the fact that Thursday, October 8 is National Pierogi Day. I don’t know who created National Pierogi Day or why it is in October. I come from a family that is pretty serious about pierogi making, I associate pierogi with the holidays, especially January. I do know that the lone comment on the Pittsburgh subreddit explains how most Pittsburghers react to National Pierogi Day: “every day is pierogi day, in pittsburgh.”

There isn’t much information about National Pieorgi Day online. There is a Facebook page here. In Pittsburgh the only event I found for National Pierogi day is at the casino, which I don’t even think is worth linking to.

Quite possibly the best possible idea for a food pairing event, ever.

Next week, there is a pierogi & beer dinner in Braddock at The Brew Gentlemen with Casey Barber – author of book about pierogi @GoodFoodStories, author of the book Pierogi Love.

If you are looking for some pierogi gear, sadly the Commonwealth press store is sold out of the pierogi pillow, but Garbella has some pierogi attire for Pittsburghers of all ages.

How do you plan to honor the pierogi on national pierogi day (or every other day of the year)? Where are the best pierogi in Pittsburgh? Share your pierogi thoughts with #everydayispierogiday.

Is Pittsburgh’s favorite food – pierogies – the next hot trend? (triblive.com)
NYMM: Restaurant Battle: Fried or Boiled? (nymmag.com)
Perogies From Scratch (instructables.com)
21 Global Vegan Dumpling Recipes That Prove Great Things Come in Small Packages (onegreenplanet.org)

One of the people I met this weekend at TEDxCMU is the moderator of the Reddit Pittsburgh – who reminded me that this can be a great source for sharing and finding more information about Pittsburgh.

What is reddit? reddit is a website where people can share links and photos – others can vote those links up or down and leave comments on the links as well. There are sub-reddits for lots of places and topics – including Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh reddit board is – http://www.reddit.com/r/pittsburgh/.

Are you a reddit fan? reddit user? maybe some of the Pittsburgh reddit lovers can share some of their favorite links below.

Thanks to CMU Activities Board for bringing another interesting speaker to town – we had a great time at last month’s talk by Christian Lander (the author of Stuff White People Like). I am eager to learn more about reddit and BreadPig.com

Who: Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit
Where: McConomy Auditorium
When: Monday, April 11th at 7PM, doors open at 6:40P

TechCrunch calls him \”one of the more passionate and audacious young entrepreneurs in tech.\” Hide your kids. After graduating from UVA in 2005, Ohanian started reddit.com with Steve Huffman. Founded Breadpig, which creates geeky things, sells them, and gives away all the profits — $175,000 so far. Publisher of xkcd: volume 0. Bottler of AwesomeSauce. Maker of LOLMagnetz. Said WTFCNN?! one too many times. Bassist in a Rock Band. Ambassador to the East for Y Combinator. Angel investor atDas Kapital Capital, LLC. Marketing dude at hipmunk. Known to wear an Antique Jetpack. Once rendered in CGI on NMA.TV. Contributor with regular appearances on Bloomberg TV as \”hoodie-clad tech entrepreneur.\” He also loves hummus. Come here him speak next week and feel free to check out his Tedtalk. Brought to you by your Activities Board Fee.

Check out Alexis’s TED talk from 2009 – “How to make a splash in social media”