# Breathing Space

Writing at the intersection of Yinz and Jagoffs

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## [Pickling everything we can get our hands on](https://breathingspace.substack.com/p/pickling-everything-we-can-get-our)

_2026-07-14 · Virginia Montanez_

Which is truly Pittsburgh's scariest steep street?

## [Coming out of hibernation ...](https://breathingspace.substack.com/p/coming-out-of-hibernation)

_2026-06-03 · Virginia Montanez_

ready to stir up some shit with John Fetterman

## [Creative Math with Ed Gainey](https://breathingspace.substack.com/p/creative-math-with-ed-gainey)

_2026-03-19 · Virginia Montanez_

Pittsburgh City Paper hath risen

## [An open letter to the Block family](https://breathingspace.substack.com/p/an-open-letter-to-the-block-family)

_2026-01-07 · Virginia Montanez_

\[inhale\]

## [The 10 Best Things That Happened in Pittsburgh in 2025](https://breathingspace.substack.com/p/the-10-best-things-that-happened-829)

_2025-12-31 · Virginia Montanez_

And just like that ...

## [The Desperation of Ed Gainey](https://breathingspace.substack.com/p/the-desperation-of-ed-gainey)

_2025-12-17 · Virginia Montanez_

How do you pronounce Versailles?

## [2025 Yinzer Holiday Gift Guide](https://breathingspace.substack.com/p/2025-yinzer-holiday-gift-guide)

_2025-11-14 · Virginia Montanez_

Fa-la-la-la-local!

## [Pardon me, but could you point me in the general direction of the nearest sea?](https://breathingspace.substack.com/p/pardon-me-but-could-you-point-me)

_2025-10-23 · Virginia Montanez_

Yinz-haw, cowgirl!

## [Bike-lane Billy Rides Again](https://breathingspace.substack.com/p/bike-lane-billy-rides-again)

_2025-09-22 · Virginia Montanez_

My handlebar streamers bring all the boys, especially Jordan Knight, to the yard

## [Teaching Pat McAfee to use the word "I"](https://breathingspace.substack.com/p/teaching-pat-mcafee-to-use-the-word)

_2025-07-28 · Virginia Montanez_

PittGirl-coded AF

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_2025-07-28 · **Sponsored**_

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## [The standard is ... eh](https://breathingspace.substack.com/p/the-standard-is-eh)

_2025-06-06 · Virginia Montanez_

I smell toast

## [The Lies of Bob Nutting](https://breathingspace.substack.com/p/the-lies-of-bob-nutting)

_2025-04-24 · Virginia Montanez_

"Would sir like some fresh pepper with sir's word salad?"

## [Is Ed Gainey okay?](https://breathingspace.substack.com/p/is-ed-gainey-okay)

_2025-02-27 · Virginia Montanez_

PennDOT officially gives up on the Parkway East

## [Bob Nutting polls the prisoners](https://breathingspace.substack.com/p/bob-nutting-polls-the-prisoners)

_2025-01-30 · Virginia Montanez_

"To what extent are you satisfied with the level of your torture?"

## [The 10 Best Things that Happened in Pittsburgh in 2024](https://breathingspace.substack.com/p/the-10-best-things-that-happened-865)

_2024-12-30 · Virginia Montanez_

Ketchup on all the big dills

## [Corey O'Connor is ready to rumble](https://breathingspace.substack.com/p/corey-oconnor-is-ready-to-rumble)

_2024-12-13 · Virginia Montanez_

Chimichanga?!? I hardly know her!

## [The 2024 Yinzer Holiday Gift Guide](https://breathingspace.substack.com/p/the-2024-yinzer-holiday-gift-guide)

_2024-11-29 · Virginia Montanez_

Thoughts and prayers for your bank account

## [Smarting from being smote by the smiting](https://breathingspace.substack.com/p/smarting-from-being-smote-by-the)

_2024-11-07 · Virginia Montanez_

Getting all my decorating tips from Wiz Khalifa

## [Jumanji has come to McKeesport](https://breathingspace.substack.com/p/jumanji-has-come-to-mckeesport)

_2024-09-12 · Virginia Montanez_

Has Bill Peduto got an offer for you!

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_2024-09-12 · **Sponsored**_

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## [What's in a name like Duquesne?](https://breathingspace.substack.com/p/whats-in-a-name-like-duquesne)

_2024-08-20 · Virginia Montanez_

The lovechild of Gaston and Steely McBeam has entered the chat