Caliente Gives Us A Groupon Win!

posted by: | July 3, 2012
Achievement: #29. 10 More Groupons

Hey girl, did you know there’s a new hot pizza spot in Bloomfield? Yeah girl, and get this: it’s got a full bar. And a spacious sit-down dining area. Oh, and it’s crazy cheap and crazy good. Yeah girl, really. … Continue reading →

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West Coast Winery Tour 2012

posted by: | July 2, 2012
Achievement: #33. West Coast Winery Tour

Before we leave for our next mini-getaway (Alpine Valley!), I thought it was about time to update the next California blog. I know, these are sloooooow going, but I will get around to putting them all up online eventually! When … Continue reading →

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Free Snacks And Live Music At The Three Rivers Arts Festival

posted by: | June 24, 2012
Achievement: #91. 3 Outdoor Pittsburgh Events | #94. Dancing and Statues

One of the best things about Pittsburgh in the summer is all of the awesome events that are held outdoors. We have free concerts, boat races, movies, and of course, fireworks, fireworks, fireworks. To kick off the summer season each … Continue reading →

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A Tour Of The Historic Carrie Furnace Site

posted by: | June 18, 2012
Achievement: #38. Wildcard - Carrie Furnace Hard Hat Tour

If you grew up in Pittsburgh, chances are, the mills were somehow a part of your life. If you didn’t have immediate family working in them, you probably had family who had once worked there and likely been laid off … Continue reading →

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Downtown Restaurant Warriors: Meat & Potatoes

posted by: | June 9, 2012
Achievement: #45. Try 10 House Specialty Drinks | #53. Try 5 ‘Risky’ Foods | #67. 10 Downtown Restaurants

Last Wednesday night was one of those ‘FINALLY!’ nights. As in, FINALLY! after more than 2 decades of being madly in love with this band, I got to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers live (full disclosure: it was everything … Continue reading →

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Our First Mixology Class

posted by: | May 29, 2012
Achievement: #69. Mixology Class

Long, long, long, long time ago – – (…err, pardon me. Chili Peppers concert coming up on Wednesday. Couldn’t help myself!) Back in the day, long before we were the wine snobs you know and love us to be, we … Continue reading →

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Going H.A.M. At The Dirty Ball

posted by: | May 27, 2012
Achievement: #63. Dirty Ball

If you’ve been, you know, and if you haven’t, you should. Oh yes, ladies and gentlemen, it is now officially time to GET DIRTY. That’s right: the annual fabulous Dirty Ball was last weekend, and we (of course) were there. … Continue reading →

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Downtown Restaurant Warriors: Tonic

posted by: | May 14, 2012
Achievement: #45. Try 10 House Specialty Drinks | #67. 10 Downtown Restaurants

Sometimes, an Achievement takes you by surprise. Like, you’re out, and you’re enjoying a gallery crawl, and you’re like… daaaaaaaaang I’m hungry. This is how we found ourselves at Tonic Bar and Grill (well, that, and Michael telling me I’m … Continue reading →

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Sturm And Drang At The 2012 Zinfest

posted by: | May 8, 2012
Achievement: #3. Zinfest

So, as you may know from Twitter posts, we went to California back in March for our yearly wine country vacation. We may have hated most things about Los Angeles, but one thing we LOVED was being only a short … Continue reading →

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We Seen It On The Twitter: Pyrotopia Fire Festival

posted by: | April 30, 2012
Achievement: #42. 3 Events We Learn About from Twitter

Have you ever had one of those nights where you just think, “Gosh, I wish I was filthy rich so I could run out to the store and buy a sweet digital SLR camera so I can take some wicked … Continue reading →

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