Overheard in Pittsburgh

In case you haven’t seen today’s City Paper, it’s the “Best Of” issue, and Overheard in Pittsburgh is named winner of the reader’s poll as the best Pittsburgh blog. I notice we beat IheartPGH, another Pittsburgh blog you should really check out, and some obscure site called MySpace. There’s a great article in the paper by Justin Hopper, with a picture and everything. And the theme of the entire Best Of insert is eavesdropping, from cover to pull quotes, which I would like believe has something to do with Overheard in Pittsburgh.

So, yeah, I’m feeling pretty great today.

Thanks to everyone who voted; I really appreciate the support. When I found out a while back that Overheard in Pittsburgh had won, I had stopped paying attention to the visitor count and had assumed nobody was actually reading anymore. Well, it turns out I was wrong, and Overheard in Pittsburgh continues to grow in popularity.

I am now being inundated with great entries from people sharing the oddities and horrors that poke into their everyday Pittsburgh lives. Here, we can put them all together CSI-style to get an idea of what our shared Pittsburgh looks like.

If you’re here because of the “Best Of” article, I hope Overheard in Pittsburgh becomes one of your favorites as well. Oh, and please do send in anything you might have heard, whether it’s a crazy bus person, a loud cell phone call, or an annoying co-worker. In particular, I’d like to see more from Downtown and the suburbs (Let us know you’re out there). Submissions can be and often are anonymous, so you can contribute with
confidence.

I noticed a bit of a lag in loading the site today; this is not a normal occurence. The servers have just never had so very many people loading Overheard in Pittsburgh in such a short span of time. They will adjust, and the site should load normally from now on.

There’s a Best Of party tonight at Best New Club PRIVE Ultralounge in the Strip with music by Best DJ 7UP. I get to put on ym fancypants and mingle with the other winners early, but the doors open to the public at 9 p.m., and I would love to meet any Overheard in Pittsburgh readers.

Thanks again, and here’s to all the contributors and readers, without whom Overheard in Pittsburgh would not be what it is today. Oh, and especially my friend and future brother-in-law Steve Covell, without whom we would not have this new site. Thanks, Steve.

Chris Griswold
Overheard in Pittsburgh

Company Christmas Party, Gateway Clipper Fleet:

Smoking Woman: You really have to watch what you eat. They put so much garbage in food these days; some of it’s really unhealthy.
— Overheard by C

Craig Street, Oakland. Late on a Very Cold Night.
An elderly couple is walking, holding hands:

Old Man: It sure is chilly.
Old Woman: Well aren’t you Captain Obvious?!
Old Man: And that makes you the wife of an officer in the Obvious Army, now doesn’t it?
Old woman: Semper Fi.

— Overheard by TheConnor