One thing that Pittsburgh and Austin are about to have in common: brand-new, state-of-the-art, beautiful hospitals for children. Dell Children’s Medical Center opened in Austin in 2007 and is a truly great place. Austin should be proud to have it.
Now the new Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh is opening on Saturday – a spectacular, sprawling, one-of-a-kind [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Good things are everywhere
Posted in Pittsburgh Growth, Point of Interest, tagged Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You know you’re from Pittsburgh when…
Posted in Homesick, Pittsburgh Giving, WWMRD on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been tickled by the tongue-in-cheek lists of inside jokes that spawned a Facebook group and this really fairly annoying YouTube video:
But last week when a colleague of mine who has family back in the ‘Burgh gave me a business card with all his relations’ names and phone numbers just in [...]
Take me out
Posted in Pirates on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Guess where I’ll be June 30th?
Forbes Field 100th anniversary
Buccoversary
Posted in Pirates on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Jackie Robinson Day – the anniversary of the first game Mr. TR and I attended together.
He’s at the park tonight (perhaps he’ll run into Professor Madison, apparently my kindred spirit in baseball poeticism). I’m here in the hometown of starting pitcher Ross Ohlendorf. There’s nothing right at all about that.
But there’s everything right about [...]
Pittcetera
Posted in Pittcetera, Post-Gazette, Steelers, WTF on April 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
1. I don’t want to point out anything about how the Buccos are playing to start the season. I don’t want to add links to statistics or analyses. I just want to knock on wood and cross my fingers, toes, arms, legs, and eyes.
2. Is anyone else puzzled by the constant profiles of the guy [...]
Charming Pittsburgh-oriented media #10: New favorite
Posted in Pittsburgh Media on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sorry, Striking Distance. There’s a new favorite Pittsburgh movie in town.
Yes, I saw Adventureland, and yes, it was fantastic. And yes, there was a ton of Kennywood in it. And the 16th Street Bridge, and fireworks, and the Monroeville Mall.
But unlike that beloved mess of a cop drama, this movie is actually very good. It [...]
Latitude
Posted in Photos on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight the sun sets three minutes later in Austin than in Pittsburgh. But who wouldn’t give up three minutes of daylight to have this sunset:
Waste some time tonight, on me
Posted in Homesick on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mrs. PF and I went for ice cream this afternoon, and I ordered mine with “chocolate sprinkles” on top. Mrs. PF looked at me like I’d grown an extra head on my shoulders, and that head spoke a different language. I pointed out that the college kid behind the counter would have no idea what [...]
Oh ye of little faith
Posted in Pirates on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight I ate dinner at the PF’s house – a regular occurrence these orphaned days – and Mr. PF had just received the Sports Illustrated Baseball Preview volume.
Needless to say, there wasn’t much conversation until we had both devoured the edition. That is, other than the groans of disgust at SI’s total dismissal of any hope [...]
I love surprises
Posted in Pittsburgh Media, Point of Interest on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, enough moping. Time to get back to business.
Living outside of Pittsburgh, I generally don’t know when new CPOM is coming out until it’s already here. So sure, I’ve seen the previews for Adventureland, but the booths and hot dog stands are nondescript enough that I didn’t realize it was Kennywood until I read about [...]
