Virginia Montanez
@ginny.bsky.social
Author (Nothing. Everything. 2023), historian, columnist, essayist, founder of Make Room for Kids at Mario Lemieux Foundation and pghremains.com
The latest episode of City Cast Pittsburgh has me chatting about my gift guide (yes, this is the most media requests I’ve gotten since I started the guide 16 years ago) and giving tips on how to avoid AI-generated art as you shop.
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Gifts To Buy a Pittsburgher Right Now - City Cast Pittsburgh
We are inching closer and closer to the holidays, and if you've been putting off your shopping, we want to help you find the perfect Pittsburgh gif...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The latest episode of City Cast Pittsburgh has me chatting about my gift guide (yes, this is the most media requests I’ve gotten since I started the guide 16 years ago) and giving tips on how to avoid AI-generated art as you shop.
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Had a lovely time sharing some of my favorite things on my annual Yinzer Gift Guide with Heather and Boaz on Talk Pittsburgh on KDKA yesterday. Watch it here! www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/v...
December 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Had a lovely time sharing some of my favorite things on my annual Yinzer Gift Guide with Heather and Boaz on Talk Pittsburgh on KDKA yesterday. Watch it here! www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/v...
Happy Handmade Arcade weekend to all who celebrate. My bank account already took some damage. Tomorrow is the big day while tonight is sensory friendly and preview. Not an ad!
December 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Happy Handmade Arcade weekend to all who celebrate. My bank account already took some damage. Tomorrow is the big day while tonight is sensory friendly and preview. Not an ad!
Good evening, Pittsburgh. Jupiter is rising in the east right now and he is stunning. An added bonus is the full moon shining overhead. A gorgeous night out here right now. 💛🖤
December 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Good evening, Pittsburgh. Jupiter is rising in the east right now and he is stunning. An added bonus is the full moon shining overhead. A gorgeous night out here right now. 💛🖤
The Winter Lights at Phipps might be the best ever this year, and I go every year. I don’t want to spoil the theme of the train room for you, so just go and see it. Not an ad!
December 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The Winter Lights at Phipps might be the best ever this year, and I go every year. I don’t want to spoil the theme of the train room for you, so just go and see it. Not an ad!
Revisited this year's Yinzer Gift Guide to find that several items on the list are sold out! You've got to jump into it now if you want to grab locally made gifts recommended by yours truly, a person with exquisite taste (shut up). Nothing is an ad!
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2025 Yinzer Holiday Gift Guide
Fa-la-la-la-local!
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December 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Revisited this year's Yinzer Gift Guide to find that several items on the list are sold out! You've got to jump into it now if you want to grab locally made gifts recommended by yours truly, a person with exquisite taste (shut up). Nothing is an ad!
breathingspace.substack.com/p/2025-yinze...
breathingspace.substack.com/p/2025-yinze...
On one hand it’s that good thick heavy snowman snow, but on the other hand
a child is shoveling snow with a shovel and a hose .
ALT: a child is shoveling snow with a shovel and a hose .
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December 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
On one hand it’s that good thick heavy snowman snow, but on the other hand
Whew. The Steelers headlines sure are something to behold this morning 😬
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Whew. The Steelers headlines sure are something to behold this morning 😬
Their faces are 100 percent a copy-paste situation
“The Parent Trap”, Walt Disney Pictures, 1998.
Great to meet my doppelgänger, GM Kyle Dubas, tonight cheering on our Pittsburgh Penguins against the Maple Leafs. #LetsGoPens!
Great to meet my doppelgänger, GM Kyle Dubas, tonight cheering on our Pittsburgh Penguins against the Maple Leafs. #LetsGoPens!
November 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Their faces are 100 percent a copy-paste situation
Pittsburgh, I‘ll be on KDKA radio for a bit starting at 7:20 tonight to chat about this year’s Yinzer Gift Guide and other topics.
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Pittsburgh, I‘ll be on KDKA radio for a bit starting at 7:20 tonight to chat about this year’s Yinzer Gift Guide and other topics.
Driving in Pittsburgh is basically a whole lot of yelling “JUST GO” at other drivers
November 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Driving in Pittsburgh is basically a whole lot of yelling “JUST GO” at other drivers
This year’s trees in the Hall of Architecture at the Carnegie are all themed around Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days and they’re wonderful. Not an ad. Go see them!
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This year’s trees in the Hall of Architecture at the Carnegie are all themed around Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days and they’re wonderful. Not an ad. Go see them!
I’m ready. Dining chairs. Folding chairs. Benches. If it fits, you sits. Happy Thanksgiving, Pittsburgh!
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I’m ready. Dining chairs. Folding chairs. Benches. If it fits, you sits. Happy Thanksgiving, Pittsburgh!
This year’s winter lantern festival at the Pittsburgh Zoo is once again a delight to journey through. Not an ad!
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This year’s winter lantern festival at the Pittsburgh Zoo is once again a delight to journey through. Not an ad!
Riverhounds out there doing Pittsburgh things 💪🏼🏆🖤💛
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Riverhounds out there doing Pittsburgh things 💪🏼🏆🖤💛
Reposted by Virginia Montanez
In this video I discuss one of the most prolific and potent myths the anti—vaccine movement promotes: autism. This is in light of the recent CDC website changes, which is now controlled by RFK
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
In this video I discuss one of the most prolific and potent myths the anti—vaccine movement promotes: autism. This is in light of the recent CDC website changes, which is now controlled by RFK
We’ve reached that time of year when solar lights in Pittsburgh are fighting for their lives. Just do your best, babes.
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
We’ve reached that time of year when solar lights in Pittsburgh are fighting for their lives. Just do your best, babes.
This year's Yinzer Holiday Gift Guide (now in year 17, I believe) is a fun read and is full of dozens of local goodies such as these. Get in on the shopping fun, Pittsburgh! Nothing is an ad! I have extremely good taste! breathingspace.substack.com/p/2025-yinze...
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This year's Yinzer Holiday Gift Guide (now in year 17, I believe) is a fun read and is full of dozens of local goodies such as these. Get in on the shopping fun, Pittsburgh! Nothing is an ad! I have extremely good taste! breathingspace.substack.com/p/2025-yinze...
Dearest Pittsburgh, it’s the most wonderful time of the year! Dig into my 2025 Yinzer Holiday Gift Guide for dozens of local items for everyone on your gift list. Nothing is an ad. Share far and wide! 🖤💛
breathingspace.substack.com/p/2025-yinze...
breathingspace.substack.com/p/2025-yinze...
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Dearest Pittsburgh, it’s the most wonderful time of the year! Dig into my 2025 Yinzer Holiday Gift Guide for dozens of local items for everyone on your gift list. Nothing is an ad. Share far and wide! 🖤💛
breathingspace.substack.com/p/2025-yinze...
breathingspace.substack.com/p/2025-yinze...
When you check in to see how the Steelers game is going and you see a hockey score
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
When you check in to see how the Steelers game is going and you see a hockey score
Erin Koper running on a “Pittsburgh is a violent hellhole” platform, losing her city council race by 49 points in a district Trump lost by 33 points and then immediately declaring she is selling her house and leaving Pittsburgh has got me cackling in some kind of way this morning. Girl, bye.
November 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Erin Koper running on a “Pittsburgh is a violent hellhole” platform, losing her city council race by 49 points in a district Trump lost by 33 points and then immediately declaring she is selling her house and leaving Pittsburgh has got me cackling in some kind of way this morning. Girl, bye.
This year's Yinzer Gift Guide is now fully out of control. I've got like 60 amazing locally made items on it so far and I've got a bunch more to add because our local makers have been so busy this year creating little drops of beauty and whimsy. Pittsburgh, you're doing great, sweetie. Keep it up.
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This year's Yinzer Gift Guide is now fully out of control. I've got like 60 amazing locally made items on it so far and I've got a bunch more to add because our local makers have been so busy this year creating little drops of beauty and whimsy. Pittsburgh, you're doing great, sweetie. Keep it up.
This year's Yinzer Holiday Gift Guide will publish at the end of next week and it is AWESOME. I still need some affordable locally made stocking stuffers to toss on the list. Hit me with some of your best Pittsburgh-made goodies that are affordable and small. Keychains? Lip balms? Whatever!
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This year's Yinzer Holiday Gift Guide will publish at the end of next week and it is AWESOME. I still need some affordable locally made stocking stuffers to toss on the list. Hit me with some of your best Pittsburgh-made goodies that are affordable and small. Keychains? Lip balms? Whatever!
What in the AI hell is this "Pittsburgh skyline ornament" being sold on Etsy by a Carlisle, PA-based shop? Is the Pittsburgh skyline in the room with us right now? Straight to jail.
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
What in the AI hell is this "Pittsburgh skyline ornament" being sold on Etsy by a Carlisle, PA-based shop? Is the Pittsburgh skyline in the room with us right now? Straight to jail.
I already had a vast shortage of respect for Kim Kardashian, but her claiming the moon landing was faked has erased it all. Only the most willfully ignorant sectors of society adopt this disrespectful conspiracy theory. She can rot. Please read my column: www.pittsburghmagazine.com/anti-science...
Are Anti-Science Conspiracy Theories Anti-Pittsburgh?
Columnist Virginia Montanez explores the scientific breakthroughs that Pittsburgh and Pittsburghers have given the world.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I already had a vast shortage of respect for Kim Kardashian, but her claiming the moon landing was faked has erased it all. Only the most willfully ignorant sectors of society adopt this disrespectful conspiracy theory. She can rot. Please read my column: www.pittsburghmagazine.com/anti-science...