Posted by pittgirl on 29 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: Weather
In a surprising comeback after an easy defeat a week or so ago, Snow kicked Lukey’s ass in today’s second battle in the War on Snow.
I left Oakland at 3:40 p.m. today and I got home less than 20 miles away at 5:40 p.m.
And I didn’t see a salt truck/snow plow until I hit Westmoreland [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 29 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: Penguins
Atlanta is abuzz over the acquisition of one Colby Armstrong.
From an article entitled “New Thrasher sad about leaving Sidney Crosby, Penguins“:
Yes, there were tears. The Penguins were the only organization Colby Armstrong ever knew after being Pittsburgh’s first-round draft pick in 2001.
“I was shocked and saddened to leave my friends,” Armstrong said. “I’d been there [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 29 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: Local media, Mayor Ravenstahl, Penguins, Pirates, Sonni Abatta, Steelers, The Damn Pigeons, Weird Burghers, Wendy Bell
1. If you’d like to hear some of the best of Myron Cope, this site kicks all sorts of ass.
2. Asylum is holding a hottest newscaster in the country contest and guess which local newscaster is in the finals along with the likes of Jillian Barbarie and Soledad O’Brien.
Sonni, you say? No.
Wendy, you ask [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 28 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: Downtown happenings
I have wasted many an hour, enough hours that they surely add up to days, weeks, perhaps months, sitting in the slow, fiery hell that is the Parkway East.
I hate, loathe, seethe at the Parkway East. I wish it ill. I evil eye it and spit upon it every chance I get. [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 28 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: Downtown happenings
Another movie will be filmed in the Burgh this spring, this one produced by DreamWorks.
The company expects to begin shooting a romantic comedy entitled “She’s Out of My League” on March 31, with production scheduled to wrap up at the end of May. Produced by Pittsburgh native Jimmy Miller, the film is slated to [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 28 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: Random
1. I said “slippy” twice yesterday. I NEVER say “slippy” mostly due to the fact that when I went to college I made a very intentional effort to lose my Burgh accent and to banish certain words from my vocabulary. Words like gumband, buggy, yinz, redd up, pop, slippy. I got [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 27 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: Steelers
Rest in peace, you incredible man.
UPDATING to say: Now THIS is a funeral procession where it will be perfectly acceptable, nay perfectly FITTING to wave our Terrible Towels.
Posted by pittgirl on 27 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: Penguins
Good morning, sister! Today feels like a good day, no?
The snow is fresh and new and not quite so dirty anymore. The air feels clean. The city feels alive. The coffee tastes like the right amount of crack. My dog didn’t roll in deer poop today because he prefers his deer poop to be fresh [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 26 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: Eye rolls, Pirates, Sonni Abatta, Weird Burghers
1. Today is crazy. Tomorrow will be better. I promise. This Random n@ is going to suck donkey omelets, yo. Ya been warned.
2. So a teacher’s aide from the Highlands School District got caught in a hotel room with a bunch of youngsters and cocaine, a scale, beer cans, [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 26 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: Random
William Shakespeare,
Is that a dinosaur in your pants or are you just happy to see PittGirl?
Most excellent angle, PG!
(h/t Liz)