Last night I arrived in Pittsburgh for a long-overdue visit with Mr. TR, and today I had the disconcerting experience of being treated like a tourist.
First, Mr. TR and I went by the insurance office to finalize our homeowners’ policy for the house we’ll be closing on next month. I had commented myself when we [...]
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Like a virgin
Posted in Libations, Moi, Pittsburgh Food on May 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Save Our… Products
Posted in Libations, tagged Save Our City on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If I could have one Pittsburgh-related wish (okay, provided the city’s financial woes were taken care of and the mayor were de-attention-whore-ed and the Bucs had a winning season…), it would be to bring back the Iron City aluminum bottle. Those were awesome.
I know a smart engineering student at Bucknell University technically proved that beer [...]
Representin’
Posted in Libations, Oz-tin on February 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Hip sexy wine bar, Austin, TX, Friday February 6:
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Posted in Libations, Steelers, tagged Ben Roethlisberger, James Harrison, Sixburgh, Super Bowl XLIII, Troy Polamalu on February 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Most of everything that needs to be said about Super Bowl XLIII has already been said, by people who write a lot better than I do. I recommend Peter King’s analysis here at SI, which – dare I say? – lovingly profiles the Steelers and their brotherhood and what they mean to each other and [...]
An Arn-free Super Bowl
Posted in Libations, tagged Iron City Beer on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We tried.
We tried so hard.
Iron City gave up all distribution in Texas shortly after we moved here, so for over two years we’ve only had what we could smuggle back on the plane from trips home. We’ve long since finished the last bottle from our most recent visit, and have been on a long dry [...]
Pittsburgh in my living room
Posted in Libations, Post-Gazette, Steelers, tagged AFC Championship on January 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Unlike these lucky sons-of-guns, we couldn’t travel home to see the game in person. So we draped the living room in Terrible Towels, acquired beer and hot wings, and settled in on the couch. And by “settled in,” I mean jumped up and down, paced, galloped around, clutched each others’ arms, and swung our towels [...]
When you aren’t looking
Posted in Libations, Moving, Pittsburgh Growth, tagged Boulevard of the Allies, Chevy Amphitheatre, drink tax, Penn Brewery on December 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I like change. I think it’s good, and I seek it often. But I find myself upset by changes that happen back home when I’m not there. It’s one thing to experience the changes, to roll with them, to be able to say goodbye when necessary. It’s quite another to read about change on the [...]
Reasons you’re glad you live in Pittsburgh #5: The Joy of Beer
Posted in Libations, Pittsburgh Food, tagged Church Brew Works, microbrew, Penn Brewery on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a lot of special beer-related stuff in our drinking town with a football problem. But no place highlights the wonderful degree to which we recognize that beer is a religious experience than The Church Brew Works. It’s not enough to just drink beer in a church. We drink beer that was made in a [...]
