<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Burghiez Collectibles & Novelty Goods]]></title><description><![CDATA[Capturing Moments, Sharing Stories]]></description><link>https://www.burghiez.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:06:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.burghiez.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Draft, the Beer, and the Burgh]]></title><description><![CDATA[The return of the NFL Draft was pretty significant, as it had last been hosted in Pittsburgh in 1947. Back then, picks were made by team leaders writing names on a chalkboard.  No million-dollar celebration, no stage, no crowd.  In December of 2025, I was pretty focused on a passion project, finding a way to catalog my dad's novelty hats. Looking back, the connection between these two ideas, football history and personal archiving, feels less random than I originally thought. Both came from a...]]></description><link>https://www.burghiez.com/post/come-for-the-draft-stay-for-the-drafts</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69df86101847596b2f542ae7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:48:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c7fa35_4697a3fc7fc0488b8ba788c5266caf16~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rachel Alberth</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Story of Mo]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I’ve moved through adulthood, I’ve found myself appreciating space more deeply, fewer things, but with more intention behind what stays. One day, I stepped into my parents’ garage and actually noticed the several large moving boxes stacked to the side. They've sat there for many years. Inside the boxes were my dad’s remaining inventory from a venture he started over 30 years ago. Foam hats shaped like steel beams, "Steel-Heads". They were created in the early ’90s and sold during football...]]></description><link>https://www.burghiez.com/post/steel-heads</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c3ec04653657f03d5cd85f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:55:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c7fa35_b1e5f9686a7f4cd69c3b6ebebf05e9e0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rachel Alberth</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>