Murray Avenue Restaurant Challenge: Mineo’s Pizza

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

For a quick afternoon snack, we headed up the hill to grab a slice of pizza at Mineo’s. Michael is quite the pizza snob, and he loves sampling every independent pizza shop he sees to find out if it stacks … Continue reading

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Cooking Light Recipes: Spinach, Cherry Tomato and Gorgonzola Penne

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

We went back to pasta for dish #8, although we modified the original recipe a bit. This was originally a recipe for ziti with spinach, cherry tomatoes, and gorgonzola sauce, but we substituted penne, as we were able to purchase … Continue reading

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The Bridges Of Pittsburgh: Hot Metal Bridge

Achievement: #12. Make a photo documentary of Pittsburgh bridges

We revisited the Hot Metal Bridge on the day of the USA’s opening World Cup game. While it was a much sunnier day, it was also quite muggy and hot. Here is the same view of the city from the … Continue reading

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Classy Hotdogs & Extravagant Funnel Cake At The Pittsburgh Arts Festival

Achievement: #17. Buy something classy and extravagant at the Arts Festival

This was one of the 2009 list items that made it back around for the second round, as we never made it to the Arts Festival last year. If you live in Pittsburgh, you know the Arts Festival curse, where … Continue reading

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The Fabulous Architecture of Pittsburgh

Achievement: #34. Take dramatic pictures of famous Pittsburgh buildings

In the event that you’ve never been to Pittsburgh, you may not be aware of the fantastic amount of architecture we have. The buildings are gorgeous, and old and wonderful, and we wanted to try to take some really neat … Continue reading

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Freaks, Frog Legs & Killer Beer: Our Coney Island Adventure

Achievement: #39. Coney Island

This achievement almost didn’t happen. We had been planning to go to Coney on the hottest day of the week we were in New York (it was that West Coast mentality of, ‘it’s too hot in the Valley, let’s go … Continue reading

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Tiffany’s!!

Achievement: #36. One word: Tiffany’s!!

While in New York, it would have been a travesty to skip a journey to Tiffany’s, so we put it on the list to make sure we didn’t have any excuses. It was ridiculously hot, and the store was insanely … Continue reading

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Our Fake Central Park Engagement

Achievement: #35. Pretend to get engaged in Central Park

As one of the sillier things on our list, we decided to pretend to have a fancy Central Park engagement while we were in NYC. It was hot and muggy, and we were frantically hopping from one end of the … Continue reading

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Our Very Carrie Bradshaw NYC Trip

Achievement: #33. Have a very Carrie Bradshaw NYC trip

When we planned our trip to NYC at the end of May, it was random chance that it was the week the second Sex and the City movie was coming out. But as soon as we found out, I was … Continue reading

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Cooking Light Challenge: Baked Fish & Rosemary Potatoes

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

Recipe #7 was another bit of a cheat: it came from epicurious.com instead of Cooking Light, but still fit the bill for healthy and delicious. This was an easy combination, baked fish and potatoes with rosemary and garlic. Everything cooked … Continue reading

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