Seeing Pittsburgh with Rick Sebak
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The 'O' Turns the Big 5-0Frankly speaking, there's half a century of hot-dog history located at the corner of Forbes Avenue and Bouquet Street in Oakland. |
September 2010 |
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Old Amusement Parks Never Really DieSummer fun may end, but pieces of the playful past endure in the forest. |
August 2010 |
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The Possibilities of an Excellent BreakfastThere are lots of local places for eggs, bacon and wonderful surprises. |
July 2010 |
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Some Things I Love to Eat Around HereDiscover some of Rick's favorite local bites. |
June 2010 |
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Pittsburgh was the Coffee Capital of America!Arbuckles’ was a big brew when Starbuck was just the name of a character in "Moby Dick." |
May 2010 |
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Paul Korol & His PostcardsHe collected them, he shared them and occasionally made the ones he couldn't find. |
April 2010 |
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Going Underground in the StripThe Rev. James Cox had catacombs at St. Patrick's in the 1920s and '30s. |
March 2010 |
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Mrs. Thompson's PiesI first saw Mrs. Thompson’s Pies on the front counter at Groceria Merante in Oakland. They’re little pies about 4 inches in diameter, baked and sold in small aluminum-foil pans. |
February 2010 |
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A Sparkling Local TraditionI love bubbly water. I’ve never really understood buying those plastic bottles of plain old water because there was nothing special about the contents. No pizzazz. No bubbles. No effervescent sensation dancing on my tongue and down the old esophagus. |
January 2010 |
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Blasting Off for the Top of the Christmas World!A Search for Mr. Wrinkle Fuels Space-Age TV Holiday Memories |
December 2009 |












