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The 33rd Annual Dirty Dozen Bicycle Race is Saturday

Some consider this a formal affair. 2014 Dirty Dozen.

Update 10/24/19: The 2019 Dirty Dozen will be held on October 26, 2019. Read more about the race and where to watch here.

Just a quick reminder that the annual Dirty Dozen bike race is Saturday, November 28, 2015. Cyclists pedal around the city and tackle 13 of the steepest hills. It is an exciting race to watch.

If you go, please be very careful and stay out of the way of cyclists and support vehicles. It is best to go to a hill way ahead of the pack, park out of the way and wait. I wouldn’t plan on trying to drive to all of the hills. Pick one to start and then skip the next few and head to another hill.

Pittsburgh House Blogs

For those of you who like browsing photos of houses around town – take a look at this post that I wrote for Habilu.com – which includes a list 5 Pittsburgh house blogs to check out.

Habilu.com is a new Pittsburgh startup that helps you find the best real estate agent for buying or selling your home. If you are a looking to buy a house (or sell a house) take a moment to create a profile on Habilu.

If you are looking for more on Pittsburgh house histories you can pick up a copy of Rick Sebak‘s DVD Houses Around Here.

Add a Little Rick Sebak to Your Photos with Yinztagram

Yinztagram by @HollzinSeattle

If you follow @IheartPGH on twitter – you know that I am a devoted Blackberry user. I am constantly being asked why I use such a device when I could just “get an iphone.” I am loyal to the Blackberry. Until this week – something happened – that may be the reason I need to get an iphone – it is for the sake of all things Pittsburgh.

Meet the app that may make me break up with my Blackberry (I might say that my relationship has been one of the longest and best of my life) – Yinztagram.

Yinztagram is a free iPhone app that allows you to add some Pittsburgh to any photo. You know how Pittsburgher’s believe that everything tastes better with fries on top? Well some smart folks realized that all photos look better with a Primanti’s sandwich or Rick Seback added to the image.

You can read more about the Pittsburgh elements of the app here.

Check out some of these Yinztagrams and what people are saying about the app…

http://storify.com/iheartpgh/what-yinz-are-saying-about-yinztagram

Its All Greek this Week

So, in Pittsburgh we have two layers of community – the neighborhoods and the ethnicity – and sometimes we have ethnic neighborhoods. We love greek food festivals – we love any food festivals but especially Greek food festivals. A few years ago I even met a lovely couple who met while volunteering at their churches Greek food festival.

This week it is all about the Greek.

First up the Greek Food Festival in Ambridge – get your fill of delicious greek food Wednesday – Saturday at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church.

Another great tradition, and I am thinking of Rick Sebak‘s Kennywood Memories as I write this, are the nationality days at Kennywood.

I don’t know if this is a bootleg YouTube or not -(Mr. Sebak, my apologies if not) but here is a clip about Nationality Days at Kennywood – start at 6:45 for Nationality Days section.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 is Greek Day at Kennywood.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POzRDo6VMyw&t=6m45s[/youtube]

7 Greek Food Festivals to Whet Your Appetite (bootsnall.com)
Opa! Summer Greek Festivals in Chicago (chicagourbanite.wordpress.com)
Stephanie J. Stiavetti: 2011 Oakland Greek Festival (huffingtonpost.com)

The Hills Are Alive…

: Image via Wikipedia

not with the sound of music, but with the sound of cyclists and Rick Sebak brought some video cameras along. Tonight (Wednesday, January 26) and I am sure many other times because these things do get repeated – Rick Sebak’s show Its Pittsburgh takes a look at The Dirty Dozen. The Dirty Dozen is an “unofficial” bicycle race that goes something like 58 miles up and down 13 of the steepest streets in Pittsburgh, including Canton Avenue, arguably the steepest public street in the world).

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ7akznx-p8[/youtube]

Make sure you check out the The Dirty Dozen website here for a complete history of the race, winners and temperature on race day – amazing that it has only snowed during the race in 1983.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQpEFK7t3nM[/youtube]

If you would like to watch this with other cyclists – there is a screening party tonight at OTB Bicycle Cafe with drink specials too, screening is at 7:30 but the party starts at 6:30. More info at BikePGH and OTB Facebook Page.

(h/t to @PatrickK for the heads up on this screening)