citylive! 35: medical pioneers

citylive! 35: medical pioneers

Posted by eve on Apr 10, 2011 | No Comments

Pittsburgh researchers have long attracted the national and international spotlight. We know the stories of Dr. Jonas Salk who created a polio vaccine and Dr. Thomas Starzl who performed the world’s first successful liver transplant in 1967. Our April 26 cityLIVE! is telling the stories of other medical innovators.

310,000 and counting

310,000 and counting

Posted by eve on Feb 24, 2011 | No Comments

From 700,000 to 310,000 in just 30 years.  This is Pittsburgh’s heritage.  Catastrophic and transformational.

Where did those people go?   Many went to the suburbs that ring the city.   Their children, educated here, went further, to other cities, looking for jobs that eluded them here.   They may have left, Jim Russell contends, but they left their hearts in Pittsburgh.

cityLIVE! 34 – best and brightest

cityLIVE! 34 – best and brightest

Posted by eve on Feb 24, 2011 | No Comments

In addition to the myriad of great things Pittsburgh has to offer, we also have some of the brightest minds and best ideas. cityLIVE! has a history of featuring some of the most established of these brilliant minds and ideas, but now it’s time to hear from the up-and-comers!

heads up Pittsburgh!

heads up Pittsburgh!

Posted by eve on Jan 6, 2011 | No Comments

It’s year three! of 10 opinionated souls giving us outstanding ideas for change.

toll away

toll away

Posted by eve on Jan 5, 2011 | 2 Comments

The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership released a study on living, working and commuting to downtown this week. Even without their surveys I’m sure you have noticed the change.

don’t be square

don’t be square

Posted by eve on Oct 31, 2010 | No Comments

In Spring 2010, Huffington Post listed Pittsburgh as their #2 pick on their Best Cities for the Newly Graduated list.  “Pittsburgh seems an unlikely place for a renaissance but the city escaped the recession relatively unscathed and is moving forward in many areas”, Huffington Post noted.  “Besides having bustling education and health care sectors, the city is also generous with arts initiatives.”

I’m back

I’m back

Posted by eve on Sep 12, 2010 | No Comments

I’m back.

Summer is a mixed blessing.  While others are casting off their business suits, my life gets busier. More time in the office and more time at my desk.  Less time for biking, less time for blogging.

Cool air greeted me on the sidewalk this morning.   Summer is gone and with it the crazy work schedule of my life.  The fall is a new beginning for me.

time to young up

time to young up

Posted by eve on Apr 15, 2010 | No Comments

The next time someone tells you that Pittsburgh is losing population, yell at them.

things to learn from Paris #4

things to learn from Paris #4

Posted by eve on Mar 18, 2010 | No Comments

Black is de rigeur in Paris

10 people.  3 minutes

10 people. 3 minutes

Posted by eve on Dec 7, 2009 | One Comment

Back by popular demand!  We’ve gathered 10 more brilliant Pittsburgh minds to tell you about their funkiest, biggest, hairiest. most brilliant ideas for change.   Give us 30 minutes on December 9, and we’ll change the way you see the city at this cityLIVE! event.  Forget feasibility, funding or anything as ridiculous as consensus-building. We asked for ‘thought-provoking’ and ‘outside the box’.

upside down under

upside down under

Posted by eve on Nov 20, 2009 | One Comment

While I write this at four in the afternoon, in Pittsburgh the day I have just enjoyed has not yet dawned.

population debate

population debate

Posted by eve on Oct 4, 2009 | No Comments

Is the rush out of Pittsburgh finally over?

Was there ever really a rush?

at the epicenter – audrey russo

at the epicenter – audrey russo

Posted by eve on Sep 24, 2009 | 2 Comments

Audrey Russo, president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Technology Council, is taking a vacation.   At my loft.  Downtown.  Half a block from the epicenter.

changing my ways

changing my ways

Posted by eve on Sep 11, 2009 | No Comments

There’s another transformation going on, and I’m going to have to leave my old habits behind to explore it.

a gathering

a gathering

Posted by eve on Sep 6, 2009 | No Comments

cityLIVE! Pittsburgh is celebrating the start of it’s third season.  Three seasons of excellent panelists, engaging topics, delightful networking and free wine. Come hobnob with some of our funders and panelists at my loft downtown on September 16, from 6 – 8 pm.  Help us to build a fantastic third season.  $100!   It will go a long way.

big mama

big mama

Posted by eve on Aug 29, 2009 | One Comment

Yesterday I blew my diet, big time, at Big Mama’s House of Soul.   

seen at scene

Posted by eve on Aug 14, 2009 | No Comments

 

Seen at the bikefest kickoff scene tonight …

big dog

big dog

Posted by eve on Aug 2, 2009 | 2 Comments

I worked at my favorite coffee shop, Big Dog, on the South Side today.

virgin

virgin

Posted by eve on Aug 2, 2009 | No Comments

RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Ride Across Iowa) is a week long ride from the west to east end of Iowa.  Every year, in the last week of July, 15,000 riders participate.   Seriously.  15,000.

happy independence

happy independence

Posted by eve on Jul 4, 2009 | One Comment

Tonight I joined the throngs in downtown Pittsburgh and settled on the Clemente Bridge for the fireworks show.  I’m used to a certain tone, a certain crowd and a certain reticence downtown.  

this one’s for john

this one’s for john

Posted by eve on Jul 2, 2009 | 2 Comments

I’m married to a stubborn man.

power table

power table

Posted by eve on Jun 25, 2009 | No Comments

Last week Mickey McManus put a smile on my face.  

the reward

the reward

Posted by eve on Jun 20, 2009 | No Comments

Every now and then I feel like I’m glued to my chair, glued to my computer, glued to my life.   It’s hard to change gears but by now I remember the way it feels when I do.

tom

tom

Posted by eve on Jun 19, 2009 | 3 Comments

I had breakfast with Tom Murphy at Ritter’s this morning.

pedal-paddle-peduto

pedal-paddle-peduto

Posted by eve on Jun 17, 2009 | No Comments

I’ll be joining Councilman Bill Peduto and others for an educational bike tour along Pittsburgh’s downtown streets and riverfront trails. We’ll talk about Pittsburgh’s history, unique architecture and urban planning, with a slight political twist.