Posted by pittgirl on 31 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Random, The Damn Pigeons
So the city is all aflutter because the Burgh was named as one of the most dangerous cities in the nation, at number 65 out of 317 metropolitan areas.
At first I was like, “How can this BE?”
I am a bit naive because I feel perfectly safe in the Burgh. I’m not saying I’ll hang [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 31 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Weird Burghers
“My husband and I went to dinner with some people at a steakhouse, and one of the guys at our table started complaining that the wife of a friend of his had nursed in front of him in her own house. I said, ‘Why? It was her house.’ And he said, ‘Well, you wouldn’t do [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 30 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Eye rolls, Local media
You know, the PG isn’t doing too much to help this city shake its boring, bad for singles image when all THREE of its “Just for Fun” listings are more boring than a Q-Tip.
On our social agenda for the day we’ve got a dog lecture, a preserving historic buildings town hall meeting, and a vocabulary [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 30 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Annoying Burghers, Ben Roethlisberger, Steelers
I think this might be why some guys hate it when girls try to talk football:
“As much as I love Ben,” Leslie Bagnoli told KDKA, “I think he needed another week off, but I still think he did great. I mean, yeah, a couple plays here and there but our boys are gonna do it. [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 30 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Mayor Ravenstahl
Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said the South Shore project and others are “prime examples of how we can move Pittsburgh forward,” not only in providing residents amenities but in helping to attract people to the city.
This is REALLY getting ridiculous. We’re all going to be drunk 24/7 if this keeps up.
Posted by pittgirl on 30 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Ben Roethlisberger, Steelers
“I’m embarrassed about the way I played,” he said. “I’m letting the whole team down. It just seems like one guy makes mistakes and that’s me. … In my wildest dreams, I didn’t think I’d be playing this bad.”
Boy does THAT about sum up yesterday’s game.
Know what sucks even more than watching the Steelers lose [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 27 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Mayor Ravenstahl
“I’ve never put a time frame on it,”
Posted by pittgirl on 27 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Ben Roethlisberger, Steelers
Despite suffering two concussions in four months, despite being carted off the field looking like he was seeing rainbows shooting out of unicorns’ butts, Big Ben swears he feels fine enough to play the shiteous Oakland Raiders this Sunday.
The Internet is abuzz:
1. First off, the Onion cracked my shit up with this. Thanks [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 26 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Mayor O'Connor, Mayor Ravenstahl
In an interview in The Pittsburgh Catholic Newspaper in which he doesn’t really say anthing we haven’t heard before … Lukey dropped a huge bomb in the last few paragraphs. A bomb so big that PittGirl actually said “Holy SHIT!” out loud in her office:
“From that perspective, I definitely want to continue what Bob [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 26 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Downtown happenings, Local media
Cityworker pointed out to me this awesome pairing of a photo and headline on today’s Tribune Review front page:
Love it!
And I didn’t see it at first, but yeah, that is the gayest statue without meaning to be that I’ve ever seen.
I wonder if it will become a point of interest in the next edition of [...]