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July 31, 2025 After picking Pippa’s godmothers Sandy and Angela up from the airport, we drove to Westwood, a neighborhood in the West End that we had never visited before. Antney’s Ice Cream, located just within the borders of Westwood, serves a delicious set of homemade flavors. Liddy had strawberry pretzel cheesecake, Pippa had angel…
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August 1, 2025 During our weekend with Pippa’s godmothers, Sandy and Angela, we found ourselves in Point Breeze. After a super fun trip to The Frick, where we enjoyed the grounds and gardens, the Car and Carriage Museum, and historic Clayton, we walked over to Frick Park Market. As promised by Mac Miller’s 2011 single…
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August 2, 2025 A full 30-minute drive (without traffic) from our home, at the extreme southeastern-most point of the city, surrounded on most sides by the suburbs of West Mifflin and Munhall, we discovered the neighborhood of Lincoln Place, which none of us had ever visited before. With Pippa’s godmothers in town visiting for the…
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July 27, 2025 We headed out for a walk into the nearby neighborhood of Friendship, notable for its large Victorian homes. We had planned to go to Le’s Grocery, aka “Grocery Kart,” a convenience store on Penn Avenue, but they were closed. So, we walked over to Aldi on Baum Boulevard. We picked up a…
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July 24, 2025 Liddy and Greg are transplants to Pittsburgh, but they’ve heard the myth of Isaly’s: a legacy ice cream shop, inventor of the Klondike bar, with a deli famed for chip-chopped ham. So, when we saw an Isaly’s location on East Ohio Street in East Allegheny, we knew it would be our destination.…
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July 23, 2025 One of four neighborhood divisions of the Hill District, Terrace Village is home to 3,000 residents and also includes part of the Pitt campus. We headed to Thomas & Sons Snow Cones, a pop-up stand on Centre Ave, for a midday snack. Liddy and Pippa both selected red syrup and Edmund had…
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We’re so excited to get started with this project and this blog! Posts will be published as we visit each neighborhood; we preemptively apologize for delays. If you have any location suggestions, or would like to be part of this process, let us know! Please follow along here, on Instagram @90conesproject, and on Facebook at…
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June 20, 2025 Lower Lawrenceville, only a short drive from our house, made for a nice after-dinner trip. The large area of Lawrenceville is divided into three separate neighborhoods on the official city map. Millie’s, a local ice cream chain, has a location on Butler Street that worked perfectly as our destination. Liddy had Arnold…
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July 19, 2025 For an after dinner walk, we looked within our own home neighborhood of East Liberty. This was Greg’s first 90 Cones trip. We decided on The Milkshake Factory at Penn and Highland, our local branch of a Pittsburgh-based chain which has seen lots of business from us in the past. All four…
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July 9, 2025 The first ever 90 Cones trip! After a traumatic orthodontist visit in Squirrel Hill South, we decided to stop by Nana’s Scoops on Northumberland Street in Squirrel Hill North. In addition to an appealing selection of Perry’s brand ice creams, Nana’s also offers an array of Middle Eastern pastries. Pippa and Liddy…