Bwahahahahahaha! Sounds about right!
So in a rare moment of wit, I entered Ancestry’s caption contest yesterday. They were looking for the best take on the photo above. Turns out, I won.
So here’s the winning caption, with Photoshop courtesy of one of the page’s other fans (Ronnie Bromm O’Rourke).
The folks at Ancestry tell me a prize pack is forthcoming. I’ll let you know what I get!
Pittsburgh is a way of life. If you’re from there, I don’t have to explain it. If you’re not, it’s almost impossible.
It’s like a giant, weird, funny family. That goes double if you have roots in any of the city’s major traditional ethnic neighborhoods — East Liberty (my family), Polish Hill (Polish), the North Side (German) — where your actual very large and quirky family might live. Maybe that’s how it is for lots of major cities. But I’ve lived elsewhere, and there’s just an extra something that exists between Pittsburghers.
I’ve given the thumbs up to a car slapped with Steeler stickers, only to hold a conversation at the next stoplight. “Where are you from?” they shout. “McCandless!” I yell back. “Carnegie!” they say with a grin. We give the thumbs up again and drive off in separate directions.
Pittsburgh is on a lot of people’s minds of late because the city that used to be known as “hell with the lid off” and nearly crumpled during the bust of the steel industry is once again surging.
Movies are getting made there (even though native son Michael Keaton did it long before it was cool!). Tech and medical companies put their headquarters there. Carnegie Mellon University is doing incredible things with robotics. Classic companies like Heinz, PNC and PPG stand tall. Overall, it’s just a great time to live there, or to be from there.
There are some passionate researchers, genealogists and cultural historians working in the Pittsburgh area.
The greatest resource is The Digs, where the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s photo team comb their extensive archives and pull up incredible peeks into the city’s past.
Another major favorite is The Odd, Mysterious & Fascinating History of Pittsburgh. How this guy finds this stuff is beyond me.
I’m also a big fan of ThatsChurch (formerly PittGirl)
Of course, this list wouldn’t be complete without Pittsburgh Dad, Mike Preksta & Curt Wootton’s hilarious homage to the dads so many of us had or knew.
I’ll post more as I find them!
I could use a chuckle after all of the heaviness of my last post. So I’m just gonna leave this guy right here as a reminder to keep pushing myself to get this thing done already!
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