In Soviet Russia Onyxia Downs You (Also, At Our House)
Ever since we were very low levels, we have dreamed of the day we would be big enough to take down Onyxia. Onyxia was previously one of the toughest bosses in the game, and one of the biggest raids. Even … Continue reading
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Peeping People And Pigeons At PPG Place
When I originally envisioned this Achievement, I was thinking of my years as a secretary (yes, there were years of that), when I worked downtown and wore cute little skirt outfits and had to take crap from chauvinistic stock brokers. … Continue reading
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In Which Our Dog Dresses Up For Christmas (Quite Voluntarily, We Assure You)
Time for the next five photos in our Christmas installment! This time, Lucy gets dressed up for Christmas cards! First of all though, since we couldn’t go to Light Up Night, we stopped down at the PPG Rink to see … Continue reading
Hold Me Closer, Inappropriate Dancer: Dance-Off At The Spaghetti Warehouse
So, on December 1, a full month before the end of our Achievements for the year, I completed the lengthy Inappropriate Dance Achievement. And I want you to know that this was the most epic of the dances, because not … Continue reading
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Hold Me Closer, Inappropriate Dancer: Christmas Ladder Dancing
Location #7 for the Dancing Inappropriately Achievement is sort of questionable: it was in my own house, and therefore, is it ever truly inappropriate? Couldn’t I just set the rules and say that dancing is always appropriate, no matter how … Continue reading
Black Friday & Putting Up The Christmas Tree
Well, after I ambitiously made up this Achievement, I realized that with my crazy work schedule (I work 62 hours every other week), this was going to be really tough. And with that in mind, I decided that we would … Continue reading
So Killer Joe, Shrek, And A Bunch Of Martians Walk Into A Theater…
As my husband studied dramatic writing in college, and we are donor members to the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, it only seemed logical for us to try to attend some local theater performances throughout the year. We managed to make it … Continue reading
Husband’s First Karaoke
Every couple has one of those near-deal-breakers in their marriage, something that one partner loves so very dearly yet the other partner, it seems, will never, ever understand. For us, that issue is the song “Rock Lobster.” Michael is just … Continue reading
Cooking Light Recipes: Walnut And Rosemary Oven-Fried Chicken & Fettucine Alfredo
Well, we have finally completed this Achievement, and more than a full month in advance! When we originally began this, the goal was for one recipe every two weeks. And here it is, the last week of November, and we’ve … Continue reading
Our Year In Overindulgence: The Pittsburgh Whiskey And Fine Spirits Festival
Although we aren’t quite the liquor drinkers we were in college (I admit, we’ve made the full conversion to yuppies in our wine-snobbery), we couldn’t pass up a deal like the one that Groupon offered for the Pittsburgh Whiskey and … Continue reading