It’s my opinion that people who like and/or purchase AI-generated art, are people who don’t spend enough time standing in front of human art. Get thee to the International at the Carnegie and absorb every visible brushstroke. Not an ad!

We never stopped working on Make Room for Kids at the Mario Lemieux Foundation after we experienced a 2020 disruption caused by issues that arose because of console games increasingly requiring network access. We are so close to bringing a new gaming system to Pittsburgh’s hospitalized kids!

Would it shock you if I told you there are dozens of old Fetterman tweets bashing politicians who take contributions from billionaires?

Cleaned out my parents’ garage for them yesterday and found my dad’s gear from working at US Steel for 45 years. 🖤💛

At least three times a year @jimlokay.com drops this pic in the group chat and I die a little every time. What an absolute dork I was and will always be.

Had to swing into Phipps today to see the 50-year-old agave that bloomed itself right out of the ceiling as an end-of-life masterpiece. It’s so cool to see in person. (Not an ad.)

Me: “Snake! Run!” My daughter:

Ten more people added to the Pittsburgh Walk of Fame and, once again, one of them is not Gene Kelly. Unacceptable.

"Ice cream topped with pickled sweet pickles and pickle-flavored candy." I fear we have finally taken the pickle thing too far, Pittsburgh.

This is the result of several weeks of fine-tuning the filters/algorithm to ensure it feels like walking through a disorganized library of interesting books, old and new. I still have work to do (downgrading astronomy just a bit), but I've found so much awesome stuff!

Please enjoy this photo of Milo having a quiet morning bird-watch

Picking my dad up at his empty church parking lot and we spied a woman looking under her car hood. She’d pulled in because she heard meowing. It took us over an hour but we managed to rescue from her undercarriage this absolutely livid creature who very quickly calmed down in my hands. A great day.

I didn’t win the Herb Lipson Award for Column Excellence but it’s truly an honor to represent Pittsburgh among this group of national nominees 💛🖤

Pittsburgh, if you missed the Venus/Jupiter dance in the haze yesterday evening, there’s an encore now. Look west. Venus above Jupiter. Mercury is right there too but you can’t see him. Just wave anyway. He can see you. 👋🏼

Pittsburgh, it’s a bit hazy out but the insanely bright Venus is sitting practically atop Jupiter. It’s so stunning. Go look to the west, babes. Can’t miss them.

The wildest part of this is that Trump himself has been “accused of fraud and other crimes.” What an exceedingly stupid time to be alive.

Had great fun guest-bartending for a good cause yesterday. The sun was shining, the North Side was electric with Pride revelers, the bar was packed, and I would say things like, “Here’s your beer sorry for the four inches of foam would you like to leave a large tip for sick kids?” 😂

In which I marvel that Fetterman doesn't understand why everyone is angry at him despite having once tweeted this. A literal broken promise. Plus: a 1995 poem from a CMU prof entitled "Pittsburgh Gray," what's new in my life, Pgh rainbow merch and more! breathingspace.substack.com/p/coming-out...

Dearest Pittsburgh, I know it’s late but the BLAZING Venus and the stunning Jupiter are hanging out near the twin stars of Gemini tonight (the two brightest above them). You can’t believe how bright Venus is. Go look in the West before they set.

Right?? There’s no history being told here. Just names and years. I want to add photos and stories and life and get a QR code on the signage for a self-guided walking tour of these baseballs.

Stunner of a day to figure out how I want to map out and tell the stories associated with these Hall of Fame baseball memorials along the Three Rivers Heritage Trail for PastFinders. Hope the Pirates will work with me on this. 💛🖤

Stumbled on Scott Mervis' 1987 review of Bon Jovi's show at the Civic Arena. Enjoy!

Spent my afternoon in Homewood Cemetery building out a walking tour for PastFinders and I saw some truly wonderful things. 🖤💛

Sometimes it doesn’t seem real that I watched the first Artemis launch from NASA headquarters. What a gift that was. Repping my OG launch merch on this evening’s walk. Moon joy is real.

Dearest Pittsburgh, the smiling Moon and Jupiter are oh so close this evening. Truly neighbors. Go out and look straight up if you find a break in the clouds. 💛🖤

I don't see it posted online yet, but my latest for Pittsburgh Magazine about Harry Houdini's final years and how Pittsburgh played a role is one of my favorite stories ever. Like, this man? Wow. Wowowow. He just absolutely refused to let "religious" scammers take advantage of people. I love him.

Still crazy to me that these are different Pittsburgh people 🤨

My self-care is that I spend a few minutes each day blocking moon-landing deniers in NASA’s mentions on Instagram. ”We never went to the m-“

I've been working with these Microsoft legends, Luke Sossi, Russ Caggiano and MIchael Delon (in second pic), for 17 years now on Make Room for Kids. Wow. Yes, I remain a complete dork in my old age. Group hug!