Pittsburgh, PA
Links to articles about our favorite neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, PA.
“Penn’s Woods”, the Keystone State is packed with great state parks, a few great cities, and more than meets the eye for this uncelebrated 2nd state in the Union.
Bike PGH
An interview with Scott Bricker, Executive Director for Pittsburgh’s bicycle advocacy non-profit, Bike Pittsburgh.
The Mattress Factory
A reminiscing on the bewilderment that is Pittsburgh’s Mattress Factory, an installation museum and mind fuck.
A Bicycle Route Through Three of Pittsburgh’s City Parks
The story of a bike ride through Pittsburgh, a guided tour of sorts, from Shadyside, up the Squirrel Hill, through Mellon Park, Point Breeze, Homewood Cemetery, into the heart of Squirrel Hill, and onto Schenley Park…and then wherever else you’d like to go!
Pittsburgh, a Music Scene. A Guided Tour by Local DJ Ian Friend
Ian Friend, local DJ, walks us through Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods and their music scenes, from Southside to Lawrenceville, Bloomfield and Polish Hill.
Pittsburgh, PA
A brief history of Pittsburgh followed by a gallery of unbelievable images of the city by local and indie photographers.
Updates from our Life: the Road
Leaving New England, and as we passed through what New York had left and exchanged $10 / pack cigarettes for the Pennsylvania Wilds, heading back to Pittsburgh via the PA Grand Canyon and all of it’s splendor, it certainly feels like we’re finishing one trip to embark on another. The next stretch, through Ohio and […]
Day One: Pittsburgh
A first day on the road brought a gorgeous walk through my former homeland of Pittsburgh, PA. Riverwalks along the Allegheny and bridges a’plenty remind of how this city sits on par with modern day well known bastions of popular urban dwelling like Austin and Portland. If you find yourself in the fortunate graces of […]
The Second Chapter
A week spent in the heatwave that is a muggy Central Pennsylvania June brought some renovations to the old Bus as we gear up for the second season of our outting-as-a-lifestyle we call living in our 1978 Riviera Campwagon Champaigne Edition VW Bus. After leaving our lovely coastal home of Manzanita, OR, where we wiled […]
Two Paths You Can Go Back, but in the Long Run
As we hopped state lines like schoolyard jump ropes these past few days, I was continually drawn to memories of the passing Pittsburgh summer mixed with the anticipation of West Coast adventure. Originally, this roadtrip was to be a reunion of my old high school skate crew; two of them still living close to home […]
A Fourth of July in Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh PA loves it’s fireworks, and the locals can show you the best of times…um, kind of.
Timezoning
Another day of grandiose Interstating as we dodged dinosaurus rigs and managed to cross the Missouri, the Great Plains and all but 15 miles of Colorado. The speeding pace has me thrown off a bit and the laggy drag that is Kansas by I-70 wasn’t exactly splendiferous, but the rewards of a Rocky Mountain sunset […]
Statehoppers
After an all-star 4th of July romp in my beautiful hometown of Pittsburgh PA, my friend Phil and I hopped in a rental car, Western-bound for the blue waters of Lake Tahoe. While taking it slow is the name of the game in the RV, for this countrywide jaunt we’ve hopped everything between Pennsylvania and […]
Riding American Rails, Part 4: Of A Homeward Persuasion
The season of mashed potato sandwich leftovers and reminiscing over family dinners is two hours away from being past tense. Only moments ago we finished quite the dinner with the Zabielski’s, Tristans favorite grandparents with a Pittsburgh address. The Church Brew Works, an historic landmark and former Catholic church turned brewery/eatery, was kind enough to […]
A Campers Motto
The night sounds in these Pennsylvania Wilds certainly live up to their name. The campsite we’re living in for the week is a wonderfully spacious place, and we’ve found a particularly out of the way spot that comes with more of a tent camping feeling to it than anything. In fact, aside from the faint […]