Tag: pittsburgh
member name: Dave Sandborg
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February 08, 2009 11:03 PM EST --
I genuinely like to go out walking, or at least if the weather is nice! Last year one of my resolutions was to walk regularly, and up until this winter turned so cold and dreary I had kept up with . . .
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June 11, 2008 10:19 PM EDT --
Those who have known me for a while don't consider me much of a "breakfast person". I rarely eat it of my own volition. I used to profess that I didn't care for breakfast . . .
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February 04, 2009 10:29 PM EST --
Pittsburgh is crazy about its Steelers even in bad times, but of course with an unprecedented sixth championship, everything has been taken to an even higher level. Knowing that there was going . . .
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December 08, 2009 11:09 PM EST --
For quite some time I've been fascinated by the Soba Lounge on Ellsworth, about a half a mile from our house. For years I've looked into its lounge window and thought its comfy-looking leather . . .
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September 17, 2008 10:28 PM EDT --
With the rise of fuel prices, more people are "discovering" public transportation, but to me it's nothing new. I've taken public transport throughout my entire working life, in . . .
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October 16, 2008 10:10 PM EDT --
It has been many years since I discovered Ethiopian food. I first encountered it in Philadelphia while at a pre-wedding dinner for a pair of friends. I would not have chosen to try Ethiopian . . .
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January 04, 2009 08:00 PM EST --
I've mentioned before that I'm not a big fan of breakfasts. However there are times when a good breakfast really hits the spot. Oftentimes this coincides with when we take a trip to . . .
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August 12, 2009 08:29 PM EDT --
Years ago I'd never have imagined myself liking sushi, but somewhere along the line I have come to enjoy it very much. There are several sushi places in Pittsburgh but it's not exactly the town's . . .
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September 01, 2009 08:44 PM EDT --
This is the third article in a series, in which I describe and photograph my neighborhood as I walk through it in different seasons. ( Here is the first and here is the second .)
Summer is probably . . .
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September 17, 2009 12:18 AM EDT --
It had been the talk of the town for some time that Pittsburgh was going to get one of the few US installations of a Hofbräuhaus. I had been eager to visit, to see how it would compare to my . . .
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October 18, 2009 09:47 PM EDT --
This is the final article in a series, in which I describe and photograph my neighborhood as I walk through it in different seasons. ( Here is the first , here is the second , and here is the . . .
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July 17, 2006 08:17 PM EDT --
I like to think that even if I hadn't grown up in Chicago, I would have come to like Chicago-style hot dogs anyway. A Chicago dog is an all-beef wiener on a poppy seed bun, with a choice of toppings . . .
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August 11, 2006 01:48 PM EDT --
Perhaps it's because we're sandwiched between rivers, perhaps it's the supposed "fourth river" running underneath the city, or perhaps it's just my imagination, but it really . . .
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January 27, 2008 09:09 PM EST --
This past summer, we got wind of a restaurant north of Pittsburgh set in a bookstore, known as the Bookworks Café. When the book store closes, they set up tables among the shelves and serve food . . .
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May 21, 2009 10:45 PM EDT --
Pittsburgh's North Side is host to Penn Brewery, an early craft brewing institution in the area. There have been persistent rumors that it may be closing, so we wanted to make sure to get a visit . . .
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October 03, 2009 03:57 PM EDT --
I can be perfectly happy with a modest meal but some occasions call for something more elaborate. On one such occasion this past year Janna and I decided to try Eleven, one of Pittsburgh's . . .
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October 17, 2009 05:05 PM EDT --
Sometimes I think there are simply too many restaurants to visit in our area, particularly when you consider those we want to revisit along with those we have not yet gotten to. We typically go . . .
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August 16, 2006 11:30 PM EDT --
I have already written several reviews in which I espouse the joys of restaurants that offer a variety of small dishes, to be ordered in combination. For that reason, I was intrigued when I found out . . .
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January 02, 2008 10:50 PM EST --
Diners are emblematic of a certain kind of Americana. Ritter's is not just this, but also a well-known institution of Pittsburgh. In fact it was recently used in a Pittsburgh Pirates video . . .
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April 16, 2009 07:59 PM EDT --
This is the second article in a series, in which I describe and photograph my neighborhood as I walk through it in different seasons. ( Here is the first .) I chose the walk I did to represent . . .
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