Thursday, July 16, 2015

It's Kind of a Big Dill: Picklesburgh Comes to Pittsburgh

Image courtesy of Liz West - Flickr

What’s the big dill about Picklesburgh? This weekend, July 17 and 18, Pittsburgh will be transformed into Picklesburgh! The pickle celebration will take place on the Rachel Carson Bridge and will feature vendors to offer food and pickle themed things for purchase. The Rachel Carson Bridge is only a 10 minute drive away from the Camelot Apartments and it’s well worth the trip! For more information, check out CBS Pittsburgh.


Next week, there will be a gigantic pickle floating in the skies over Pittsburgh. It will point the way to the new food festival the city is hosting when Pittsburgh becomes Picklesburgh.

Picklesburgh will be a two-day celebration on July 17 and 18 on the Rachel Carson Bridge.

Organizers say the huge inflatable Heinz pickle balloon will hover over the festival, overseeing the tastiness!

The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership says the balloon was created by Big Ideas Parade Giants, which is the company that makes many of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons. It was built and airbrushed in Arizona.

It’s larger than 35 feet wide and was modeled after a Pittsburgh icon, the Heinz pickle pin.

And, let’s face it, this is gonna be a really big dill!

The festival will feature more than 40 vendors that will offer food and pickle-themed merchandise.

There will also be entertainment and how-to cooking demonstrations.

For more information on the Picklesburgh festival, check out their website here:http://www.picklesburgh.com/

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