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“I like beer.” New beer garden at Kennywood
For the first time since 1898, the historic Pittsburgh amusement park plans to sell beer. Kennywood plans to sell beer in a fenced in “beer garden” near the lagoon. Unfortunately they are going to enforce that all beer sold and consumed will happen in the “beer garden” and will not be allowed to be taken [...]
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Homemade homeless porn
When one runs through the city of Pittsburgh, there are certain sights that he expects to see — cars, pedestrians, yellow bridges, and so on. Contrast those wholesome, everyday visuals with the image on the left. Yes, on a sunny but blustery day this past week, as I was about to scale the pedestrian steps of [...]
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Workplace Ettiquette: STOP FLIRTING!
OK… so let’s be honest. We all have our preferences about the people we spend our time with at work… whether it be a smoke break, a coffee break or a “lean back and talk to your cube buddy” break… there are definitely co-workers that we tend to gravitate towards. The question really becomes; are we gravitating toward them [...]
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Pittsburgh the New Hollywood?
- by Megan Joy Williams If you seem to notice road blocks, cameras, and movie stars on your daily commute and think that you’ve somehow managed to travel to Hollywood in your sleep, fear not. Over the past year, Pittsburgh, also now known to some as the “Hollywood of the East”, has become quite a [...]
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Wiz Khalifa Flies High At ‘Taylor Allderdice’ Mixtape Listening
“You can clean to this, cook to this, you can iron to this,” says Wiz Khalifa, describing the versatility of his new mixtape, Taylor Allderdice, which he played at a private listening session at Jungle City Studios in New York on Sunday night. Through a smokey haze, the Pittsburgh rapper encouraged his guests to kick [...]
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Madonna’s 2012 tour coming to Pittsburgh…and a fun BurghLife poll!
The poll has been fixed, so vote away, people! For the first time in 23 years, Madonna is bringing her world tour to the ‘burgh. Nicely done, Pittsburgh! You can read all of the details at the KDKA-TV website, so go there if you want…but all the cool kids are gonna want to stay here because [...]
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Pittsburgh’s Adam Brock makes it to Top 24!
Last night Adam Brock from Washington, Pa., was crying in front of the judges as he awaited his fate. He now has tears of joy after being told he made it into the top 24. (The first time any Pittsburgh Idol contestant made the live show.) He welled up after showing the judges a photo [...]
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Pirates President Coonelly Charged with DUI
Pittsburgh Pirates president Frank Coonelly has been charged with four counts related to drunken driving in Ross. (OOPS!) Ross Township police arrested Coonelly on Dec. 22 and charged him with drunken driving, driving the wrong way, careless driving and driving with a blood-alcohol content of at least .16, according to court records. The DUI charges [...]
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Pittsburgh “Boob Truck” Raises Awareness of Breast Feeding
I’m sorry, what were you saying? I was too busy staring at the giant metal breast with a flashing nipple siren on top of your ice cream truck. A lactation activist by the name of Jill Miller drives her ”Milk Truck” around Pittsburgh to spread the message that nursing mothers have the need and the right [...]
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Pittsburgh’s American Idol – Adam Brock
Stepping up to the mic in his coffee shop glasses and emerald green sweater, 27-year-old Pittsburgh native Adam Brock unabashedly declared, “I think it’s time for American Idol to have some white chocolate up in here!” Launching into the soulful song “Georgia” with just the right amount of soul and control, Brock broke it down where [...]
