Do you avoid or embrace life’s left turns?
I plan my trips around Pittsburgh to avoid making left turns where there aren’t arrows. Sometimes...
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Category: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Diversity and Small Town Feel of Squirrel Hill
Spending a day in Squirrel Hill creates an awareness of community with an easy mingling of multiple ethic backgrounds and religions—people mix together and get along because that’s the way it’s always worked.
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The Reverse Yield City of Pittsburgh
The proper way to yield: If I’m on the highway and someone is coming from a ramp to get on, I move into the left lane—if I can. If I can’t the ramp-driver has to stop. Not so in my city.
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Doors Open Pittsburgh – What a way to view the city!
Doors Open Pittsburgh is a fantastic way to see the Steel City’s historic buildings from the inside out as well as structures built as part of the new tech/financial/medical city that keeps progressing in remaking itself. It’s great fun to be able to access places that you normally cannot get into unless you work there.
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Flavors of the Strip District of Pittsburgh
Time for fresh biscotti? Want an inexpensive breakfast out? How about a true Italian espresso?...
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Take a hike! In Pittsburgh’s Schenley Park
Schenley Park has been around since 1889, when Mary Croghan Schenley donated over 300 acres to the...
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Enjoy Nature and Art at the Phipps Conservatory
Membership Pittsburgh’s Phipps Conservatory just got better. In September, members were...
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Doors Open Pittsburgh – Architecture Behind the Scenes
Pittsburgh’s skyline is striking no matter which street brings you into the city. From the...
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At Frick Park Enjoy Sedate Strolls or Hard Hikes
At 644 acres, Frick Park is one of Pittsburgh’s largest woodlands. The park offers multiple trails...
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Savoring Bloomfield’s “Little Italy” Days – August in Pittsburgh
Savoring Bloomfield’s Little Italy Days – August in Pittsburgh One of the most...
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Gilded and Glorious History at The Frick Mansion
Quick! Who knows about the infamous Henry Clay Frick and his involvement in the notorious...
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Alec Baldwin, Historic Heinz Hall & the Sounds of the Symphony
Heinz Hall, originally constructed in 1927, was beautifully renovated in the 1970s. It is the most...
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