Only in Pittsburgh do these two games share a toy store shelf.
Perfect Saturday Morning: slept in late, woke up to delicious Samoan coconut buns (pani popo) at Joyce’s house.
Yum!
And here I thought Pittsburgh’s tourism agenda involved shedding a little of the “scary, gritty” past persona…
Flick the Bat Signal.
It’s official. “The Dark Knight Rises” is coming to Pittsburgh this summer to film the third installment in Christopher Nolan’s spectacular franchise starring recent Oscar winner Christian Bale in the title role.
“Pittsburgh is a beautiful city,” the London-born director said in a statement. “We have been able to find everything we were looking for here, and I am excited to spend the summer in Pittsburgh with our final installment of Batman.”Mr. Nolan, a favorite of audiences and critics who also made “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight” along with “Inception,” “The Prestige” and “Memento,” met this morning with representatives of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl.
“We are thrilled to be welcoming the Batman film to Pittsburgh, and eager for the economic impact that our city will experience,” the mayor said in a statement. “This is another example of the growing film industry in our community, and we will be rolling out the red carpet for them.”
On tap for the Super Bowl, in honor of the Steelers, I’m making homemade Primanti-style sandwiches.
These soon-to-be French fries and cole slaw each got a huge assist from our new cuisinart. It’s hard for me to believe I was unaware of the concept of slicing and shredding discs, just a few weeks ago.
Terrible Towels for all newborns born in Allegheny County this weekend. Just don’t tell the Pittsburghers that their towels are actually made in Wisconsin.
“A Pittsburgh hospital is showing its support for the Steelers in Super Bowl XLV this week by wrapping newborn babies in Terrible Towels.”
(via huffingtonpost)
This is totally boss. Knowing Pittsburghers, they will be more excited to take home the new Terrible Towel than than the baby.
How to explain user experience in Pittsburgh.
(via putorti mikehudack:msg)
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On the 50th anniversary of “the” home run, that broke a 9-9 game 7 tie to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a World Series victory over the Yankees, here’s a great photo:
October 13, 1960
Pittsburgh’s Bill Mazeroski cracks the bat heard ‘round the world, hitting the now famous Game 7, bottom of the 9th home run to beat Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, Roger Marris & the New York Yankees and win the 1960 World Series.
This shot, taken from atop the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh is one of my favorite photos ever.
And if you’re interested in more, here’s a great article from today’s Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that places it in historical context:
In his final year in office, President Dwight Eisenhower threw out the first pitch of the 1960 baseball season. Bill Mazeroski handled the last pitch. The Pirates’ second baseman sent it more than 400 feet, over the left-centerfield wall at Forbes Field to break a 9-9 tie in Game 7 and win the World Series 50 years ago today.
The conquest of the mighty New York Yankees rocked the sports world. The underdog Pirates won their first world championship since 1925 while a Yankees dynasty of more than 30 years suffered a shocking (yet brief) setback. But at the same time, in politics and in our culture; in Pittsburgh, in the nation, in the world and in baseball, life as we knew it was quickly changing on a scale that superseded even a momentous sporting event.
Ike soon would leave the White House, taking the 1950s with him. One era was ending, another beginning. Like the confluence of a certain three rivers, powerful forces were merging. The World Series represented “a pinnacle moment” for the city, said Anne Madarasz, director of the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum at the Heinz History Center, which features an exhibit devoted to the 1960 Pirates.
“It was a bright moment in Pittsburgh’s history and in many ways a resplendent moment,” she said. “For a whole generation of baby boomers coming of age, this was their first involvement with their first love, baseball.”
