May 17th, 2013 by Virginia
1. Back from a week in Mexico and I’m so out of the loop I didn’t even know if the Pens had started their second-round games yet. Now that I’m all caught up, I’d like to say that unpacking is the worst thing ever. What? 2. An email from the public works director goes public amid accusations it’s political in nature (it is), and it’s not that which bothers me, but this: Who are these yahoos running our city and using up all of our...
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May 3rd, 2013 by Virginia
We’ve discussed my dorkiness in the past. There was the time I gave David Conrad a lift in my mom-car that looked like it had been lived in by trailer trash raccoons who had very recently survived a dust storm and acquired a hoarding disorder. There was the time I met Mario Lemieux and talked 75,003 miles per hour and may have snuck a “will you marry me?” in there somewhere. Sorry, Nathalie. There was the time it took three strangers at three different times telling me I...
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May 1st, 2013 by Virginia
(Photo credit: Michael Henninger of the Post-Gazette) Setting: The Office of That’s Church in Dunkin’ Donuts in Market Square. Mayor Luke: Read more
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April 26th, 2013 by Virginia
1. If you haven’t yet, please scroll down or click here to see pictures of the $20,000 in technology upgrades we dropped off and installed at The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh this week. 2. Reader Kathleen is running the Pittsburgh 1/2 Marathon for Genre’s Kids With Cancer Fund. If you’re looking for a charitable place to spread some good karma today, go throw in a few dollars for her? She only needs about $240 more to reach her goal! For sick kids! 3. The Bucs...
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April 25th, 2013 by Virginia
At 8:55 a.m. yesterday, April 24, I stood at the entrance of The Children’s Home with my friends from the Mario Lemieux Foundation and Microsoft, and watched as the caravan pulled in with SUVs full of $20,000 in technology upgrades designed to give both the patients and their families a few distractions from life-threatening illnesses. Luke Sossi, who spearheads the regional MR4K fundraising efforts at Microsoft, pulled in at exactly 9:00 a.m. looking SUPER HAPPY FUN TIMES READY! ...
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