So, we’re inching closer to a big event here in Pittsburgh that you might have heard about, if you haven’t been walking around with your head tightly wrapped in layers of black soundproof acoustic foam. Yes, the G20 is coming up next month, and in addition to threatening to turn my twelve minute commute into [...]
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Gee, Twenty
Posted in Pittsburgh Growth, tagged G20 Summit on August 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Pro-choice
Posted in Pittsburgh Growth on June 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have come to realize, now that I am back in the ‘Burgh, what a very positive experience it is to live elsewhere for awhile. Like Rumspringa for Western Pennsylvanians, a stint in the Diaspora gives one the chance to choose, one way or the other, and that is a very powerful transforming opportunity.
For me, [...]
Greedy
Posted in Pittsburgh Growth on June 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Got an email from Mrs. PF today, still in exile in Oz-tin:
A friend’s facebook post that I thought you might appreciate more than most:
“Pittsburgh, do you seriously need to dominate in everything? Maybe other cities would like to win every sporting championship or host the G8 [sic] summit or be a center of biotechnology, health care, banking, [...]
Good things are everywhere
Posted in Pittsburgh Growth, Point of Interest, tagged Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Pittcetera
Posted in Moving, Pirates, Pittcetera, Pittsburgh Growth on February 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
1. No, no, no, no, and no. That is all.
2. Spring training is underway, and if you care, follow the analyses here, here, or here. This is the bestest time of year. Almost time for baseball joy, but no actual sucking yet.
You guys, I love baseball. I don’t know if I’ve emphasized that enough. I [...]
Reasons you’re glad you live in Pittsburgh #7: The Warhol
Posted in Pittsburgh Growth, tagged Andy Warhol Museum on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love the Warhol. I love the pop-art craziness. I love the collections of stuff. I love the room full of circulating mylar shapes. I love that it’s a Carnegie museum, so if you’re a member, you get free admission to pop-art craziness and circulating mylar along with your dead dinosaurs.
But now there’s a new reason [...]
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 [...]
