In Pittsburgh today, Santonio Holmes was either, according to early reports, escorted from a flight because of “disruptive behavior” or, according to recent reports, simply met at the gate by Allegheny County police upon arrival at Pittsburgh International Airport and reminded by them that he has to turn his iPod off when the flight attendants [...]

Category: Steelers | April 30, 2010 | 35 Comments »

So, yesterday. BIG DAY for Make Room for Kids. I arrived at Children’s at 9:30 a.m. to meet up with Jenn Strang from IKEA who came bearing the carts, and to wait for the rest of the crew who were due to arrive at 9:45. At exactly 9:45 a.m., and I do mean exactly, and [...]

Category: Awesome Burghers | tags: Make Room for Kids | April 30, 2010 | 91 Comments »

What a day! So much to share with you guys about our little visit to Children’s Hospital this morning. While I’m gathering all the pictures and getting a post about that ready, you can go read my column about learning to curl with The Pittsburgh Curling Club. Not only will you get to read sentences [...]

Category: Random | April 29, 2010 | 13 Comments »

After a week-long stretch through hell in which they lost, and I’m going to estimate because I can’t bring myself to go find the actual numbers, seven games in a row by a run differential of about what? 80?, the Pirates managed to beat the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park for the first time in [...]

Category: Pirates | April 28, 2010 | 20 Comments »

I thought you guys might be interested in a snippet from this media advisory released by Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh: Children’s Hospital Transplant Unit Gets Multimedia Makeover Thanks to “Make Room for Kids” Project WHAT: The transplant unit at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is getting a multimedia makeover thanks to Make Room for [...]

Category: Random | tags: Make Room for Kids | April 28, 2010 | 20 Comments »