Showing posts with label pittsburgh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pittsburgh. Show all posts
Monday, July 17, 2017

Confluence 2017 Restaurant Guide: Restaurants Between Robinson Township and the Airport

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[Originally published on 7/17/2017 in Alien Cheese] Most of the restaurants fall into three areas: Thorn Run Crossing near the Sheraton P...
Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Beer in Pittsburgh

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Back in about 1994 (or maybe it was 1995), my husband Jim started to note where to get decent beer in Pittsburgh in a site called Jim's ...
Monday, March 15, 2010

Pittsburgh's Blog for Equity Day

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I'm busy today, so I'll get right to the point: Consenting, taxpaying adults have the right to live with whomever they want withou...
Friday, September 25, 2009

G-20 - Early Morning Joggers and Some Flicks from "Fortress Pittsburgh"

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I'd volunteered a few months ago to help out at the G-20, during a time when I was mostly unemployed. I'd hoped to work in the pres...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Take a Deep Breath, Pittsburgh...

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So the G-20 starts tomorrow and some of the folks in Pittsburgh are already getting hot and bothered. I mean both some of the anti-G20 prot...
Saturday, August 15, 2009

NetRoots Nation Saturday

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I left NetRoots Nation Thursday (even missing Bill Clinton's speech, which I would have loved to have heard) completely exhausted. Afte...
Thursday, August 13, 2009

Thursday, August 13 - Live from NetRoots Nation in the 'Burgh!

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After spending some time helping run my Dad's 80th birthday, vacationing in Canada, then helping run the World Science Fiction Conventio...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Brainstorming for the G-20 in Pittsburgh

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The local organization leading the organization for the G-20 in Pittsburgh this September is a group called the Allegheny Conference. They...
Thursday, June 18, 2009

Hey KDKA Radio - Why Can't You Cover Local News Competently Anymore??

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We usually go over to Bocktown Beer and Grill for dinner and the Wednesday beer tasting. After that, the plan was to go out to Friendship ...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Report from Barack Obama's Pittsburgh Rally

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I had the opportunity to volunteer for the Barack Obama rally in Pittsburgh on Monday. A local organizer connected me to Sally Matts, so we...
Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Meeting Up with Other Bloggers

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I've missed the last few Pittsburgh Blogfests, but I was at the next one , which was Thursday, November 8 at Finnegans Wake on the North...
Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Banning the Smoking Ban Again *groan*

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In an effort to get Pittsburgh to join the late 20th century, county council passed a law to ban smoking in most public places (especially r...
Sunday, March 11, 2007

Stunning Performances by the Pittsburgh Symphony and Violinist Julia Fischer

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Jim and I try to go to the Pittsburgh Symphony once or twice a year. We bought tickets to four concerts this season and have really lucked o...
Tuesday, July 06, 2004

Oh to Be in Pittsburgh Today! (July 6, 2004)

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Wow, it's been a very long and very interesting day. Our alarm clock went off at 5am. Now, many days, I'm awake that early, but usu...
Wednesday, July 17, 2002

A Letter to the Editor on the Philadelphia Convention Center

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The Post-Gazette published a lengthy letter I wrote in response to an article on the Philadelphia Convention Center. Here's the letter:...