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Cartoon History Down on Liberty: Toonseum

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Toonseum Cartoon Museum in Pittsburgh

Toonseum Cartoon Museum in Pittsburgh

Under a banner of comic-book sound bytes in otherwise Boring Pittsburgh lies Toonseum (945 Liberty Ave.), our museum of comics and animation. At the membership desk, you can take a laminated comic that explains Toonseum’s mission: “to celebrate the art of cartooning.” Comics, we learn here, ain’t just funny books – and cartoons aren’t only for the kids.

Like a well drawn comic panel, Toonseum makes the most of a small space. You enter into the visitor station / gift shop, with a gallery a half-step away. Toonseum’s two galleries are connected through an art-bedecked hallway.
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Stone Neapolitan Pizzeria Claims 90 Second Pizzas

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Stone Neapolitan Pizza is opening in Downtown Pittsburgh this spring. Along with that announcement, they are claiming to serve fully cooked pizza pies in 90 seconds. The overall consensus seems to be that there’s no way a 90 second pizza can be healthy or tasty. So how do they do it?
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The Ballad of Little E’s Jazz Club

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Little E's Jazz Club in Pittsburgh

No more food please, I'm just here for the sax.

Enter Little E’s. A club/restaurant downtown that gives Pittsburgh the sounds of jazz it rarely hears. Little E’s sports a fully stocked bar and restaurant menu. They trumpet various performances each and every night. And even if you can’t reed the menu, it is easy to enjoy the simplicity of Little E’s; the symphony here is not created for your mouth, but for your ears.
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Have You Ever Pooped on Your Own Foot?

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"Have you ever pooped on your own foot?" poster on Liberty Ave.

"Have you ever pooped on your own foot?" poster on Liberty Ave.

Have you ever pooped on your own foot?

I have. It was early. Before work. I went to sit down. Felt something on my foot. Where did that come from? How’d it get there? How does one poop on the front of their own foot? So I wondered, how many other people have done this?

So please share your poop stories with me: pooptales@yahoo.com

Pic submitted by Mary V. who saw it outside of Del’s Bar & Restaurant on Liberty Ave.

WTF Pittsburgh?
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Jake Gyllenhaal Filming on Baum Blvd

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Jake Gylenhaal in the middle of a shoot for Love and Other Drugs

Jake Gylenhaal in the middle of a shoot for Love and Other Drugs

By now everyone knows that Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway are in Pittsburgh shooting a film called Love and Other Drugs. After all the preparation for the electronics store set, filming is finally underway at the old Don Allen dealership on Baum and Liberty in Shadyside. Jake Gyllenhaal, who has been exploring Pittsburgh as much as possible during his job here, was seen running in and out of the building for a scene which obviously involved running in and out of the building.

Still no shots of Anne Hathaway, but boy does Jake Gyllenhaal have some good energy. You should have seen him running around! Click continue for more photos…
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