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Jen’s longtime friend Erin (they met working in marketing at Heinz) joins Amber and Jen for a very Pittsburgh episode.

It starts with the childhood snacks we’d still fight for: Pudding Pops, It’s-It, Bugles, and a couple you might not remember. Then Erin shares her Amazing Race strategy, how her family gets by with one car in the South Side Flats, and her go-to hiccup cure.

In Stories from the Hood, a South Side Slopes homeowner learns the unwritten rules the hard way, starting with Frank’s parking chair. And a sleep-deprived new dad finally confronts the neighbor who runs a leaf blower religiously at 7:15 a.m. Plus: The Mt. Lebanon’s Deer Incident Tracker and our women-owned business gift guide.

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A neighbor kid keeps letting his dog poop on the same lawn. His mom swears he’s an angel despite some pret-ty solid evidence. So one fed-up homeowner starts collecting the deposits. We're talking an entire week’s worth, in bags.

Amber reads the petty revenge story that has commenters yelling “that’s a felony.”

Then we launch a special, new segment, The Secret Life of Suburbanites. This week stars Tunnel Girl. She’s a software engineer who has been digging a full underground mine beneath her Virginia home and stockpiling the stone to build a castle. No lie.

Plus: the most underrated Halloween candy (Junior Mints vs. Fun Dip, and the Campfire Girls mints Jen never knew existed), a recap of the annual neighborhood crawl, and Amber’s real-world tips for hosting a party.

We also finally reveal the color analysis swatches that bring us to life. One winter, one autumn.

AS PROMISED - our HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE featuring women-owned businesses is live on the website. Visit https://www.neighborsneighboring.com/gift-guide to view the entire list.

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Happy Halloween, neighbors! Amber and Jen show up in full sequins, wigs, and gold hoops (their disco murder mystery party costumes) for a spooky story game: three tales from the hood, and only Amber knows which one is a hoax.

First up - the HOA sets up a Halloween "border patrol" to keep out trick-or-treaters from other neighborhoods (read by Jen as Lady Whistledown) then our second story features a Halloween-obsessed neighbor who answers the door in character. The final tale will startle listeners with visions of spooky Halloween decorations that look a bit too real.

Plus: the song lyrics we've been singing wrong for years, Pittsburgh's escaped-pelican hotline, giraffe obsessions, and Amber's countertop intervention has finally worked on Jen.

Have a spoooooooky week, neighbors!