Cooking Light Recipes: Crostini, Pasta, And Herbed Chicken Parmesan

Achievement: #7. Make 26 different recipes from Cooking Light

Either Michael really loves elaborate dinners, or he’s trying to finish up the Cooking Light Achievement way ahead of schedule. In a new masterpiece, he managed (yet again) to make three dishes for one dinner. Ladies, you all know why … Continue reading

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Halloween-ing: War Of The Worlds As It Was Meant To Be Heard

Achievement: #80. See 3 live plays or musicals | #82. Do 5 Halloween things in October

Our third Halloween event of October was attending Bricolage’s Midnight Radio presentation of War of the Worlds. This was always an event that fascinated me in our history: on October 30, 1938, Orson Welles and his radio group Mercury Theater … Continue reading

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Murray Avenue Restaurant Challenge: Zaw’s Asian Food & Sweet Tammy’s

Achievement: #2. Eat at every restaurant on Murray Ave

Our next restaurant was another take-out stop, Zaw’s Asian Food. I really had thought this was a grocery store, and not a restaurant, up until we started doing the research for this Achievement (oh, you didn’t know there was research … Continue reading

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Halloween-ing: Lucy The Bumblepit

Achievement: #82. Do 5 Halloween things in October

Our second Halloween thing of October was to dress up our dog. Poor Lucy has such stocky shoulders, it is rather hard to find clothes that fit her (although it is necessary, as this little beast loves wearing clothes for … Continue reading

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Going Back In Time At Klavon’s Ice Cream Parlor

Achievement: #78. Ice cream at Klavons

Pittsburgh has some pretty unique places, as I always like to talk about in here. One of those places is Klavon’s Ice Cream Parlor in the Strip District. It’s an authentic 1920s ice cream parlor and drug store, complete with … Continue reading

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Party With The Penguins!

Achievement: #66. Go to a Pens game

I swear, I didn’t plan it to be that the hockey Achievement was #66. (I’m sure you know the significance of this to Pens fans – #66 is the great Mario Lemieux’s number.) Anyway, we love hockey. Freaking love it. … Continue reading

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The 2010 Primanti’s-For-All: Consol Energy Center

Achievement: #13. Go to all the Pittsburgh Primanti Brothers

We started the year with fifteen Primanti Brothers locations to hit. Throughout the course of 2010, the number of restaurants in the Pittsburgh area grew to 17. However, because these were added after the start date of our year-long challenge, … Continue reading

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Food Pairings That Go With Jean-Claude Van Damme

Achievement: #2. Eat at every restaurant on Murray Ave | #30. Eat a different appropriately-themed food with each Van Damme movie

One of the caveats with the Van Damme Movie Marathon was that we had to tie in foods with each movie. I think this was originally just an excuse for me to sneak in some Primantis (movie set in Pittsburgh … Continue reading

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Van Damage: A Jean-Claude Van Damme Movie Marathon

Achievement: #29. Have a Van Damme movie marathon

Now, I know it’s nerdy as all hell, but one of Michael’s favorite action stars in the whole wide world is Jean-Claude Van Damme. If you know my husband, you know the story about his favorite, worn-out VCR tape from … Continue reading

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Hold Me Closer, Inappropriate Dancer: On A Boat Edition

Achievement: #88. Dance inappropriately in 8 Pittsburgh locations

For Inappropriate Dance Location #5, I was already doing something TOTALLY AWESOME (being on a boat), so I thought it was only appropriate to… dance inappropriately. What I like about this picture (aside from the super-1980s decor of the boat) … Continue reading

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