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Albrecht's Pittsburgh Blog June 2009 Archive

By Albrecht Powell, About.com Guide to Pittsburgh since 2000

10 Great Downtown Pittsburgh Restaurants to Try

Thursday June 25, 2009
From fusion to French, downtown Pittsburgh boasts a wide array of culinary attractions to please even the most discriminating of palates. Check out these favorite downtown Pittsburgh restaurants for something ... Read More

Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta 2009

Monday June 22, 2009
The 2009 Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta offers three days of non-stop action over the July 4th holiday weekend, including power boat races, freestyle motocross, Nik Wallenda's nearly 1,000-foot long ... Read More

Pittsburgh Ranked Among Top 20 Healthiest Metros

Thursday June 18, 2009
The City of Champions (it's so sweet to be the first city to win the Super Bowl and Stanley Cup in the same year) ranked 18th in the Brookings Institution ... Read More

Less Famous, But Just as Fabulous

Tuesday June 16, 2009

Penguins Get it Done: Stanley Cup Returns to Pittsburgh

Friday June 12, 2009
Victory sure is sweet. Pittsburgh, as the first city to bring home both Lord Stanley's Cup and the Vince Lombardi trophy in a single year, has thousands of fans celebrating ... Read More

Car Free Fridays

Thursday June 11, 2009
Bike Pittsburgh, the city's bicycle advocacy and awareness organization, has decided that the single national Bike to Word Day to celebrate and encourage biking is "hardly enough." As a result, ... Read More

Pennsylvania State Parks Caught in Political Crosshairs

Tuesday June 9, 2009
As you may have read about last month, Pennsylvania Senate's proposed budget, SB 850, would cut the Department of Conservation and Natural Resource's budget so much that they might have ... Read More

June is Pennsylvania Rivers Month

Friday June 5, 2009
With over 54,000 miles of streams and rivers crisscrossing the state of Pennsylvania, the variety is impressive. Help clean up and protect our beautiful rivers in the Annual River Sweep ... Read More

Three Rivers Arts Festival Kicks Off This Weekend

Wednesday June 3, 2009
The 50th Three Rivers Arts Festival will once again fill Point State Park, city streets, historic plazas and open green spaces of downtown Pittsburgh. This makes the popular, free ... Read More

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