Giveaways

Enter to win Kacey Musgraves’ GOLDEN HOUR!

April 8, 2018 by

  GOLDEN HOUR features the new track “High Horse.” GOLDEN HOUR is available now. Enter now for a chance to win! Listen to “High Horse”: https://youtu.be/_ fjfo256p6s Stream or buy GOLDEN HOUR: http://strm.to/ goldenhourWE Facebook: www.facebook.com/ KaceyMusgravesOfficial Twitter: www.twitter.com/ KaceyMusgraves Instagram: www.instagram.com/ SpaceyKacey Website: www.kaceymusgraves. com #HighHorse #GoldenHour Rulez You can enter as many giveaways as you like, but you can only […]

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Q&A with Aerion Andrew Abney, Candidate for PA State House District 19

April 4, 2018 by

A few years ago, I answered a knock on my door in Manchester and met this energetic young man who was running for a committee seat. His enthusiasm was contagious and we became Facebook friends. I’ve followed his career and continue to admire his enthusiasm, his leadership in Manchester, and his passion for service. Aerion […]

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Sasha Wall is the 8th Transgender Person Murdered in 2018 in the US

April 4, 2018 by

Sasha Wall was 29 years old when she died from gunshot wounds on Sunday, April 1, 2018 on a rural road in South Carolina. She was found at 8 AM on Easter morning after cars had passed her parked-but-running vehicle for two hours. Sasha was a Black trans woman. That’s a horrifying metaphor for American […]

Reviews, Interviews, Giveaways

Fish Fry Friday: Elks Lodge 339

April 2, 2018 by

Welcome to Fish Fry Fridays, 2018 Edition! Click here to learn more about this project. Name: The ELKS Lodge 339 (Northside)  Date: March 29, 2018 Time We Ate: 5:50 PM Random review of #fishburgh adventures during Lent. Find a fish fry on this map! You can also follow them on Facebook and find tons of reviews and suggestions. And vote in The Incline’s Fish […]

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Rent: A Review in Pittsburgh

March 28, 2018 by
Rent 20th Anniversary Tour Pittsburgh

22 years after Rent arrived on Broadway, I finally saw the musical last night at Heinz Hall. As powerful as the show is, I can’t help but grieve that I’m seeing it as a classic rather than in its raw early days when everything was timely. Not that the story isn’t relevant today, but I’m […]

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Confessions of a Rick Santorum Intern

March 27, 2018 by
Rick Santorum internship

Yes, I was an intern in then-Congressman Rick Santorum’s DC offices for six months during 1991. Me. Most of you know this. Some of you don’t. This internship and the photo it generated are perhaps one of the most enduring legacies of this blog. 27 years after the fact, it is still a salient and […]

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Amia Tyrae Berryman is 7th Trans Person Killed in 2018 #SayHerName

March 26, 2018 by
Amia Tyrae

  Tragic news from Monica Roberts at Transgriot. 28-year-old Amia Tyrae Berryman is the 7th trans person to be murdered in 2018. She died at 1:15 AM this morning, March 26 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. According to her Facebook page, Amia was a native of New Orleans who had finished high school in Baton Rouge […]

Pets

Ten Years Ago Today, We Lost Our Beautiful Dog Mona

March 26, 2018 by
Save the Blog

Ledcat thinks it is a bit macabre, but I put the ‘dativersary’ of my pets’ deaths into Google calendar so I don’t forget them. I don’t know most of their birth dates and only a few adoption dates which I also record. Today is the ten year anniversary of the death of our sweet dog, […]

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Fish Fry Friday: Our Lady of Grace

March 25, 2018 by

Welcome to Fish Fry Fridays, 2018 Edition! Click here to learn more about this project. Name: Our Lady of Grace (Scott Township) Date: March 23, 2018 Time We Ate: 7:06 PM Random review of #fishburgh adventures during Lent. Find a fish fry on this map! You can also follow them on Facebook and find tons of reviews and suggestions. And vote in The […]

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Q&A with a March for Our Lives Pittsburgh Student Organizer #MarchForOurLivesPGH

March 22, 2018 by
March for our lives Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is one of more than 800 cities hosting sister marches with the National March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, March 24. Pittsburgh’s march will kick-off at 11:30 AM at the City County Building on Grant Street. The march route will take you down Grant Street to Fifth, then Fifth to Liberty […]