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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Homesick, Pittsburgh Media, tagged Pittsburgh Magazine on February 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I was hoping to like the article in this month’s Pittsburgh Magazine entitled “A Love Letter to Pittsburgh,” by New York author Ellen T. White. After all, that’s what this whole blog is, right? A love letter? Nothing more affirming than reading something you’re guaranteed to agree with – makes you feel smart.
Not so much [...]
Posted in Homesick on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was playing on YouTube today, looking at Steeler rally videos, when I found this:
Yeah, I cried. You know, just a little.
Posted in Homesick, Moving, tagged New Year's Resolutions on January 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It is the year that I move home.
I’m going to say it again, because it sounds so good.
It is the year that I move home.
I don’t need any New Year’s resolutions this year, because I made a resolution three years ago when I was standing in the middle of my empty house, feeling like that [...]
Posted in Homesick, Moving, Post-Gazette, tagged Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pittsburgh Diaspora on December 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
…moving back to Pittsburgh. The Post-Gazette today reports a bit half-heartedly on an apparent initiative to publicize PGH’s reputed ability to weather the economic storm. I can’t tell if the author is trying to get us to take the Allegheny Conference on Community Development seriously or if he’s calling it out as a pointless charade. [...]
Posted in Homesick on December 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In the TR household, there is today the keen understanding that it’s the last holiday season we’ll spend away from Pittsburgh. As usual, a lot of our gifts are charming Pittsburgh-oriented media or clothing – three new WQED Pittsburgh History Series DVDs (the fourth of the 4-DVD deal went to my parents), Steeler gear for [...]
Posted in Homesick, Moving, Pittsburgh Giving, Pittsburgh Media, tagged holiday giving, Thanksgiving, WQED on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t been here for a few days, since I’ve been busy being thankful for my parents coming to visit. They were excited about the planned weird warm Thanksgiving weather and brought all short sleeve shirts, but they obligingly brought just enough chill with them to make me feel good. It sort of feels like [...]
Posted in Homesick, tagged Keep Austin Weird, slacker, soulless, urban development on November 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Everywhere I go in this town I am exhorted by t-shirts, bumper stickers, and alternative newspapers to “Keep Austin Weird.” At first, I found this clever - the original aim of Keep Austin Weird was apparently a drive to promote local businesses and fend off the encroachment of big-box sameness – not unlike Pittsburgh Brewing Company’s (may [...]
