I’ve been saying for a while now that Pittsburgh is the new Hollywood, what with all the dozens of movies that have been filmed here, particularly over the last two years or so. Denzel, Russell, Jake, Nick Nolte, etc.  I had to add the Nolte after Nick because God forbid the tweens be all, “NICK [...]

Category: Celebrity sightings, Local media | July 12, 2010 | 23 Comments »

Last night I met Mario Lemieux. I’m sorry. I think I’m going to cry. Give me a minute. Okay. So, after years and years and years and YEARS of loving the man, and after more recent years of kinda sorta stalking the man and trying to steal his stuff from his foundation offices, with no [...]

Category: Celebrity sightings, Penguins, Steelers | tags: Make Room for Kids, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Steelers | July 7, 2010 | 48 Comments »

This screencap is not of two girls watching the Berlin Wall fall, or two girls reunited after being separated at sea, or two girls who won the PowerBall or two girls whose dog came home. This is a screencap of two girls who just laid eyes on Taylor Lautner at the theater at the Waterfront [...]

Category: Celebrity sightings | July 5, 2010 | 34 Comments »

1. LANDSCAPE RECOMMENDATIONS PLEASE! What is a good shrub/small tree, easy to care for, hard to kill, easy to groom, doesn’t grow into an odd-shaped monster missing patches of branches, and doesn’t look like it’d be found growing in the front of the Addams Family home? I have some shrubbery decisions to make and I’M [...]

Category: Celebrity sightings, Pirates | tags: Pittsburgh Pirates | June 29, 2010 | 35 Comments »

Over at my Pittsburgh Magazine blog, I started a new series called “Five Questions for…” in which I will ask various Burghers … five questions!  I bet you thought I was going to say six questions, didn’t you? I like to keep you on your toes. I decided to kick the series off with none [...]

Category: Awesome Burghers, Celebrity sightings, David Conrad, Hot Burghers | tags: David Conrad | March 4, 2010 | 35 Comments »