Local Flavor

Pittsburgh Soap

Buy local soap! Meet Pittsburgh’s soap makers

By Lindsay Patross | August 23, 2020

We rounded up all the Pittsburgh soap makers! Here’s how you can shop local while ya warsh your hands. 

Pittsburgh Ikea

Everything you need to know about visiting the Pittsburgh Ikea store

By Lindsay Patross | August 18, 2020

Everything you need to know before you go to the Pittsburgh Ikea store. From when to visit to how to use curbside pick up (it’s complicated)!

Jalsa by Veda

Ep. 41 – Blending Spices and Stories with Jalsa by Veda

By Stephanie Brea | August 18, 2020

Meet Veda Sankaran whose personal cooking philosophy combines her Indian heritage and her Western PA upbringing. 

Ep. 40 Meet Shequaya Bailey, president of the Pittsburgh Major Taylor Cycling Club

By Stephanie Brea | August 11, 2020

Named for Black cyclist Marshall “Major” Taylor, this nonprofit wants to make sure all Pittsburghers recognize the joy and health benefits of bicycling

Madame X: How a New Orleans Mona Lisa created scandal in Paris

By Matt Haines | August 10, 2020

You might not guess it by looking at it, but this painting created an uproar that rippled through the highest levels of Parisian society. Its unveiling in 1884 was met with such disdain that the painter fled in shame to London, and the subject’s mother begged for the portrait to be removed from the highest-profile art exhibition at which it was displayed.

How a local artist is paying homage to Black New Orleans

By Mary Staes | August 5, 2020

Jacq Francoi$ is a local artist who pays homage to Black New Orleans culture with his limited runs of highly-collectible and buzzworthy art pieces.

Ep. 39 Meet author and illustrator Brooke Barker 

By Stephanie Brea | August 4, 2020

The woman behind the popular series Sad Animal Facts has an upcoming audiobook memoir available August 13

With love from Pittsburgh // The best Pittsburgh greeting cards

By Lindsay Patross | July 30, 2020

Sending a card is the perfect way to ketchup with a friend from Pittsburgh.

Leona's Ice Cream

Ep. 38 I scream, you scream, we all scream for Leona’s Ice Cream

By Stephanie Brea | July 28, 2020

In honor of National Ice Cream Sandwich Day, we get the inside scoop on this beloved local company from Leona’s Ice Cream co-owner Katie Heldstab.

The best vintage Pittsburgh Pirates T-shirts on eBay

By Lindsay Patross | July 27, 2020

From “Parrot Power” to Three Rivers stadium, you can find a lot of local history in these vintage Pittsburgh Pirates T-shirts.