My German roots compel me towards beers and large platters of meat. Come fall, I get pretty excited about the Oktoberfest events around Pittsburgh. Nothing like a good polka to get my blood flowing. Well this year, Covid...

It wasn’t until I finally left that I realized I had been in a toxic relationship. I knew something was wrong, but I couldn’t sort out exactly what it was. It was only with some distance and in...

Find a Friend. Save Your City.  Neighborhoods first. If I just have one piece of advice to give to city leaders, it would be that. Put the neighborhoods first. Prioritize the people. Do your absolute best to make...

Silver bullet projects just don’t deliver the economic impact they promise

Where there is pride, there is place.

There are 10,000 towns in our country that are unsatisfactory.

HGTV was in my feed quite a lot last week, which I can promise you is unusual.

Every Downtown Happy Hour Episode, right here.