February In Pittsburgh...

Valentine's Day is coming up fast.

Here's what I'm thinking:

I love this place! We have Hofbrauhaus in the South Side, and
Penn Brewery in the North Side (http://www.pennbrew.com/) so I don't as often go to Penn Brewery over Hofbrauhaus, but the Penn Brewery groupon is a great deal.


Penn Brewery Groupon Deal.
http://www.groupon.com/deals/penn-brewery-1?p=2&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&sid=cdc1c59f-579c-492d-b617-0122b8c7ba02&division=pittsburgh&user=4b10b6eeb12a0bd0b5e865ab4bb1fd7444730e3d5bcecb6d9b455dcbf383ad5c&date=20140206&s=body&c=title&d=deal-page&utm_campaign=penn-brewery-1

This is our version of the classic beer stein:

Look at our Zotter Stein

Here's another version of  a Beer Stein 

BeerStein2

I saw these cute tees on a CafePress.com email:

They are a little corny, but sweet.

http://www.cafepress.com/+t-shirts?cat=203505&utm_source=cafepress&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20140206_70apptee&utm_campaign=Promo_Retail&source=email&pid=2529374&mobile=no

Blue Knob Bound

Sometimes, when you look at yet another sidewalk of snow to be shovelled, or closet of clothes to be triple layered against the elements, it's hard to remember why you chose to live in western PA during the winter. It's frigid, it's "slippy", and there's no getting around it.  Just remember that a winter wonderland is only a relatively short drive away... Blue Knob State Park. Your relationship with snow will then become a lot more tolerant, with every snow dump a siren's call to "head for the hills."

http://www.blueknob.com/winter/

 Even the snow covered roads are an adventure.

The backside of Stembogan Bowl.

 You can get pretty close to the wind turbines that are a huge part of the landscape in that area.