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It's easy to go any place these days and have a Starbucks, but why not try something different? Pittsburgh has great local coffee shops in each of its neighborhoods.

Starting on the Southside check out BigDog on Sarah Street. They had great oatmeal for breakfast, a nice soup for lunch and original hand made hohos for any time. And if you are further down on Carson don't miss the ...

Wondering if I'd ever feel warm again, I decided the answer was to find fun things to do at this time of the year.

Dress warmly and lace up your ice skates for a day of ice skating outdoors. We have two very wonderful local outdoor ice skating options. Try the downtown Rink at PPG Place or the rink at the Schenley Park Oval. You can rent skates in either place ...

The South Side of Pittsburgh is an excitingly diverse part of Pittsburgh's landscape. It is the only neighborhood where you can see two totally different types of people who have purple hair-the elderly who have lived here their whole lives and the youth who flock to Carson Street for bar hopping, entertainment and food .

Originally, this dense area housed all of the factory workers from the glass and steel industries. ...

"I love the smell of suntan lotion in the morning. It smells like...summer." Okay, so my statement doesn't have the same impact that Robert Duvall's had in Apocalypse Now, but in a land-locked city such as Pittsburgh, the chance to break out the swimtrunks and beachtowels is a noteworthy event.
It reached 93 degrees here on Sunday, so it was the perfect chance for me ...

There are many advantages these days to avoiding airports and choosing instead traveling by car. Coming into Pittsburgh gives its own reward to visitors when they enter our city.

The most recognized view is coming in from the west through the Fort Pitt tunnels. You will also get this view if you drive in from the airport. You drive through a narrow dark enclosed space and suddenly you see the light, ...