Archive for August 2008

pittsburghese

In life, places, travel on 30 August 2008 tagged pennsylvania, pittsburgh, pittsburghese with no comments

a few of my favourite pittsburgh phrases and colloquialisms:  slippy (slippery) nebby (nosey) redd up (tidy up) jimmies (sprinkles) yinz (you guys)

did you know?

In life, places, travel on 29 August 2008 tagged pennsylvania, pittsburgh, trivia with no comments

pittsburgh has more bridges than any city in the world, including venice, italy. pittsburgh residents eat more than 11 times the pierogies of any other city in the nation. pittsburgh is the most misspelled city in the united states.

thousand word thursday

In images, life, pets, photography on 28 August 2008 tagged chloe, siamese, thursday with 4 comments

i ‘temporarily’ brought chloe home in 1993.  she never left.

thank you

In life, love, moment on 27 August 2008 tagged thank you with no comments

you know the way you took the phone from my hands, making sure your fingers touched mine, lingering a little longer than they should have? i noticed. thank you. it said all the things i needed to hear, all the things you cannot say.

pittsburgh

In life, places, travel on 26 August 2008 tagged pennsylvania, pittsburgh with 1 comment

i spent christmas of 2005 in pittsburgh and i haven’t been back since.  that changes this weekend.  i’m taking an extra long holiday break and visiting the city that welcomed me with open arms seven years ago.   when i think of pittsburgh, i think of… station square (and that $250 bar tab in less than an hour) sugar and spice [...]