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Art Meet Farm: Saturday in Sewickley
Tomorrow, Saturday, Sewickley will be offering up all things I love in Pittsburgh. An art show and farmers market, as well as a separate flea market/children’s festival. The Sewickley Farm Show Art...
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Duke of Ribs 2008
I have happily been blogging about this event since the very first Duke of Ribs in 2006. This year the good folks at the Union Project have cooked up an even better competition. Some of the best in the...
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Git Aht Special Edition: Get Your German On (Or, hey make sure you try the...
Where was I? Oh right, drinking. In Pittsburgh. On the weekends. This weekend is the always enjoyable, always exciting, always humid under the tents (that sounds sorta filthy, yar? “Hey baby, let’s get...
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All-Italian-all-the-time – Little Italy Days All Weekend in Bloomfield
Image via WikipediaFriday, Saturday and Sunday (Sept 26-28, 2008) celebrate Pittsburgh’s little Italy. Bloomfield knows how to celebrate – they will have food, music, games and festivities all over...
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Brewing Up an Evening of Beer for A Good Cause
Image by mirkoshanghai via FlickrThe second annual Brewing Up a Cure is this Saturday nigth, October 18, 2008 at Mr. Smalls Funhouse in Millvale. This excellent event, I attend last years event – it...
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Lawrenceville Cookie Tour
Wrap up your holiday shopping early this year at Lawrenceville‘s Joy of Cookies Cookie Tour this Thursday thru Sunday all throughout Lawrenceville’s business district. Look for the gingerbread man...
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Greek Food Festival Time
Image via Wikipedia I love the St. Nicholas Greek Food Festival starts Sunday May 3rd! St. Nicholas is in Oakland, directly across the street from the Carnegie Museum. Please note that there is often a...
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Accordion Pool Party in Lawrenceville
Image by gadgetgirl via Flickr On Saturday, September 12 from 3-7PM, Leslie Park swimming pool at 4700 Butler St. in Lawrenceville will thrum with activity-and not a drop of water. The site will host...
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What does Lawrenceville Taste Like?
Find out tomorrow when Fe Arts Gallery hosts The Taste of Lawrenceville III, Thursday, September 17th from 6:30 – 9:30PM. Billed as Pittsburgh’s yummiest fundraiser the event will benefit the city’s...
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Pumpkinfest @ Dozen Lawernceville
Image by ZakVTA via Flickr Way more than just pumpkin cupcakes at this celebration! Pittsburgh’s favorite cupcake shop is getting serious about fall flavors with their first annual Pumpkinfest. How...
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Have You Ever Had A Black Amish Apple?
Image via Wikipedia The answer is probably not – because it is a pretty rare type of apple. But it is apple time here in western PA and you can get your fill of all kinds of apples at the 5th Annual...
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Polish Festival and Lawrenceville Artists' Studio Tour
UPDATE - Artist Studio Tour is Saturday, November 13 – the Polish Fest is Sunday, November 14. Between noon to five today SUNDAY head to the Cathedral of Learning in Oakland to check out the Polish...
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The Best Fest of All The Rest – KayaFest
With Memorial Day weekend a few days away – we are entering one of the best times of year here in Pittsburgh – summer time also means neighborhood festival time. Pittsburgh celebrates neighborhoods...
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The Annual Feast of Saint Anthony – Food, Family and Bon Journey
This is one of those events that I have heard amazing stories about but have not yet been able to attend. As I mentioned in last years post about the Feast of St. Anthony – I learned about this...
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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...
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5 Reasons to Attend the Millvale Brewfest
Image via Wikipedia Just across the river from Lawrenceville, Millvale has got a ton of cool stuff going on: New Sun Rising – a non profit organization that is supporting and funding more community...
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2012 Feast of St. Anthony Festival is Sunday
Once again I am out of town for the festivities (I am visiting a Pittsburgh friend in Lawton, Oklahoma) – but a dear friend (who is Pittsburghs biggest non-Italian supporter of Italian events) kindly...
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Steel of the Week: Custom Chuck Taylors
This week’s featured item is a pair of one of a kind Converse Chuck Taylor shoes. Mad Momma Designs on the South Side hand-painted these sneakers. They are being auctioned on eBay with proceeds...
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Polish Hill’s Annual Arts Festival this Sunday
What could be a better way to beat the Sunday blues than heading over to Polish Hill for its annual arts festival? Started in 2008, the festival features crafters, food trucks, and live music. There...
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