February 2011 - test-neighbhorhood@test.highlandparkpa.com

[Highland Park] Dr. Seuss's Birthday Party
by Pierina Morelli 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

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[Highland Park] FREE
by Marlene Goldstein 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Almost new highchair in driveway @1015 Winterton St. Free to you if you beat the Vets pick-up

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[Highland Park] Farmers Market Coop of East Liberty Update
by David Lagnese 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

.fontSize1 { font-size:.85em; } .fontSize2 { font-size:1em; } .fontSize3 { font-size:1.25em; }.fontSize4 { font-size:1.6em; } .fontSize5 { font-size:2em; } .fontSize6 { font-size:2.5em; }.fontSize7 { font-size:3em; } Hello Friends and Neighbors,The market will be open this Saturday as usual.  We should have a full compliment of farmers and other vendors on Saturday.  I got an update this week from Judith Odili who makes the Earthen Springs Naturals products.  I would like to share the information on her products which are available exclusively at the market.Also, please see information at the bottom of this message on a really cool upcoming food event- The Local Food Showcase- March 10th at Chatham University.  Please check it out.See you at the market.  David Lagnese********************************************************** Earthen Springs NaturalsBeautiful skin and hair can be achieved using products made without the help of scientists.  Earthen Springs products are a luxurious blend of the finest butters and essential oils in the world, whipped to perfection to ensure easy applicability.  All the products are 100% natural, and homemade - no artificial preservatives or fragrances are used.  Many of the ingredients are imported from small manufacturers in West Africa, and the most of the oils used are organic. Some of the most popular products include: Shea Cocoa Lip Balm:  This is an all natural lip balm comprised entirely of rich oils and butters. It is an all natural way to heal and protect your lips from the weather, sunburn and other conditions. Best if all, it only costs $1. Ingredients: Organic Beeswax,  Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter, Mango Butter, Coconut Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Avocado Oil, Vitamin E Oil, Essential Oils of Peppermint,  and Sweet Orange.   Hair and body butter: Why buy two products for your hair and skin when you can buy one? Shea, Cocoa, Mango and Cupuacu butters have been used for centuries in Africa and South America to protect and moisturize the skin. You will feel truly pampered each time you use this butter and we can guarantee that you’ll fall head over heels in love with your skin.   Ingredients: Mango Butter, Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter, Coconut Oil,  Cupuacu butter, Jojoba oil, Grapeseed Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Avocado Oil, Evening Primrose Oil, , Vitamin E Oil, Essential Oils of Sweet Orange, and Tea Tree.   Repairing Hair Oil: This Repairing Hair Oil protects your hair from heat damages, weather changes and environmental issues, and keeps your hair soft and shiny. Can be used on the skin as well.   Ingredients: Castor Oil, Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Jojoba Oil, Vitamin E Oil, Essential Oils of Neroli, Rosemary, Tea Tree, Peppermint and Texas Cedarwood.    Liquid and Soft Black Soap: The leaves and bark of the various plants and trees are shredded and put into a metal vat or cooking kettle and burned until all that is left is ash. The ash is then mixed with water and is mixed with oils or butters to create the soap. Many people use it as a skin enhancing cleanser because it is reported to reduce cracked skin, acne, wrinkles and fine lines. Overall, black soap is a deep pore all natural cleansing soap crafted using a process developed centuries ago in ancient Africa.  Ingredients: Raw Black Soap, Distilled Water ********************************************************** The Local Food Showcase When: Thursday March 10, 2011 Where: Chatham University 1 Woodland Road, Shadyside  Time: 1-4 pm This event showcases the finest, freshest local food western PA has to offer. Farmers and food purchasers will interact to find new business connections for the upcoming growing season and beyond. Come join other producers at the premier grower/buyer networking event in the SW Pennsylvania region. Find customers for your farm products by registering as a vendor!   Schedule of Events Morning Workshop: 10:00-11:30 am - $15 "Pricing Techniques and Marketing Strategies to Increase Sales." Learn about different pricing techniques adopted by the food industry. A lecture and discussion of marketing strategies used to increase sales via direct and indirect channels rounds out this workshop. Includes light continental breakfast Lunch: 12:00 pm Purchase optional brown bag -$9 (vegetarian option available), or on your own Local Food Showcase: A Grower/Buyer Event 1:00-4:00 pm This networking event is the heart of the program. Register to represent your farm or food business at a table. Information and samples of your products will show buyers looking to do business what is available to showcase in restaurants, stores, farmers markets, etc. Over 300 buyers attended in 2010.  Vendor Table Registration: Early Bird Deadline February 1, 2011, $40 Regular Deadline: February 27, 2011, $55 (Scholarships are available)   For registration, make check payable to: Mail to: Penn State Extension of Allegheny County Heather Mikulas Penn State Extension of Allegheny County 400 N. Lexington Street - 3rd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15208  e mail Heather Mikulas  hem12(a)psu.edu   Why Buy Local? Purchasing locally produced food keeps dollars circulating in our region,  benefitting more of our neighbors and their businesses. Consumers are making purchases based on concerns about food safety, nutrition, environmental sustainability and local economies. Additional benefits include a reduction in the amount of miles food travels, thereby reducing the amount of greenhouse gas emissions. Demand for locally grown food in Western Pennsylvania has been growing steadily over the past decade.       Sponsored by:  Penn State University   In Partnership with: Chatham University PA Association for Sustainable Agriculture Parkhurst Dining Services ********************************************************** Please visit our website.  You can sign up for a weekly email update.  Please forward to friends who may be interested in the market.  http://www.farmersmarketcooperativeofeastliberty.com/ **********************************************************The Farmers' Market Cooperative of East Liberty is located at 344 North Sheridan Ave., adjacent to the Home Depot parking lot.  The market operates year round- and is open from 5 AM until 12 noon every Saturday of the year.  ----------Farmers' Market Coop of East Liberty is responsible for the content of this email.David Lagnese, 344 North Sheridan Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206If you do not wish to receive emails like this in the future, click here to unsubscribe or copy and paste the following URL into your browser:http://www.farmersmarketcooperativeofeastliberty.com/mailinglist/re…

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[Highland Park] Responses for flat screen tv
by KIMBERLY SWARTZ 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

THANKS so much to ALL who responded with free tv offers! So generous. I did manage to get a perfect tv and wanted to thank all who replied and donated!! Kim

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[Highland Park] Ellen Barrett-style classes
by H. P. Resident 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Is anyone aware of LOCAL Ellen Barrett-style classes which are a blend of Pilates, ballet, yoga, strength, stretch, balance, always done barefoot on a mat? Some of you may know her style from The Studio DVDs, or from her Fit TV Slo-robics.

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[Highland Park] finding a babysitter
by Darren Belajac 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Has anyone had good/bad experiences with sittercity.com in finding a babysitter? Any other sites or sitters you'd recommend? Darren

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[Highland Park] Upcoming cooking classes at Chop, WOK & Talk!
by Dorothy Tague 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Chop, WOK & Talk! Cooking School 5404 Penn Ave. (3 blocks from Babyland) Pgh., PA 15206 412-362-0679 www.chopwoktalk.com<http://www.chopwoktalk.com/> There is room in the following classes for the month of March Chinese I: March 3 & 10/Thursday evenings/6:30-9:30 PM/$120.00--3 seats available wonton soup, cold Szechuan peanut noodles, Mandarin beef with snow peas and red peppers in a brown sauce, honey hoisin ribs, pork potstickers, lettuce wraps, shrimp swallows with a cherry lemon sauce, Kung Pao pork, mango shrimp, fried rice, and crab rangoons with a blackberry ginger sauce Thai I: March 5 & 12/Saturday afternoons/1:00-4:00 PM/$120.00--2 seats available Chicken coconut soup, spring rolls with plum sauce, green chicken curry, shrimp pad Thai, pork sates with peanut sauce, pineapple fried rice, coconut flan with Thai banana sauce, pork panang curry with basil, pineapple and peanuts, pesto salmon with a spicy sour cherry sauce, green mango salad, bang bang shrimp, and mango sticky rice Dim Sum (all Asian appetizers): Tuesday evenings/6:30-9:30 PM/$120.00--3 seats available beef sates, crispy almond shrimp balls, firecracker shrimp, chili beef wonton purses, Thai chicken pizza, Mandarin chicken balls with a sweet and sour sauce, beef potstickers with a chili sauce, chicken sui mai dumplings with a peanut sauce, coconut shrimp, pork toasts, chicken and herbs wrapped in fresh rice papers with a lime cilantro sauce, and Vietnamese lemongrass grilled beef sandwich with Asian mayo, herbs, and chilies on French bread Thai II (available if you have had previous Thai classes): March 14 $ 21/ Monday evenings/6:30-9:30 PM/$120.00/2 seats available Laksa (spicy chicken and rice noodle soup), sweet and sour stir fried pork, red curry duck and lychees, lemongrass salad, chicken and cashew stir fry, massaman beef curry with sticky rice, pork pad siewe with fresh noodles, mee grob crispy sweet and sour noodles with shrimp, pork lettuce wraps. Introduction to fruit & vegetable carving in both classes Pasta Class: March 19/Saturday afternoon/1:00-4:00/$60.00/1 seat available fried zucchini, spaghetti carbonara, homemade cannelloni crepes topped with a tomato butter sauce, and a bechamel sauce, potato gnocchi, hot Italian sausage ravioli in a butter-sage sauce, Caesar salad from scratch, and tiramisu for dessert Indian Class: March 20/Sunday afternoon/2:00-5:00 PM/4 seats available shrimp tikka skewers with a mango chutney, chickpea chili flatbread, roast chicken with almonds, pistachio and apricot biryani (rice casserole), mint riata, tomato and date chutney, and kheer (rice pudding) for dessert Moroccan Class: March 26/Saturday afternoon/1:00-4:00/$60.00/2 seats available minted lamb and mushroom kebabs with a yogurt, mint and raisin sauce, pan fried Moroccan bread filled with lamb and ricotta cheese, salad with fennel, oranges, cranberries, and radishes, couscous and chicken with a thick sweet sauce with onions, raisins, and cinnamon, and a phyllo dessert with layers of custard, almonds, and fresh berries

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[Highland Park] advertising opportunity
by Jennifer Palmer 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Dear Highland Park Neighbors, First of all, I should introduce myself. I'm Jennifer Palmer, Director of PR and Development for Pittsburgh Baroque Ensemble, Artists-in-Residence at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church on Hampton Street. Founded in 2008 by Baroque trumpeter Rick Murrell, our Mission is to provide historically-informed performances of Baroque Era masterworks on period instruments, in collaboration with diverse instrumentalists and both solo and choral singers from the Greater Pittsburgh Area. I am writing today to ask you to consider supporting PBE's upcoming concert either through a tax-deductible donation or by advertising in the programme. The performance is 22 May 2011, at 3pm, at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. We will be performing J.S. Bach's Easter Oratorio and works by Telemann. We expect a sell-out house! Advance-purchase tickets are for sale now -- see our website for details ( www.pittsburghbaroque.org) and please also "like" us on Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/PittsburghBaroque) Please join us for the concert; a reception with the artists will follow the performance. Advertising rates are as follows: $300 full-page outside back cover (8.5 x 11 portrait) $250 full-page inside cover (8.5 x 11 portrait) $200 full page elsewhere in the programme (8.5 x 11 portrait) $100 half page (landscape) $50 quarter page (portrait) $25 1/8 page (landscape) Donations without advertising also gladly accepted (and will be noted in the donor list)... Continuo: up to $99 Winds: $100-$249 Reeds: $250 - $499 Viols: $500 - $999 Tromba: $1000 and above Ad submission deadline is 1 May 2011. Also please feel free to do a "promotional discount" with your ad (X% off when you present this ad, etc.). Submit ad as camera-ready art (jpg file at 300dpi or higher resolution) to jen(a)pittsburghbaroque.org, and make cheque payable to: St. Andrew's Friends of Music (note "PBE ad" in memo) Send payment to: Pittsburgh Baroque Ensemble c/o St. Andrew's Episcopal Church 5801 Hampton Street Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Please be in touch if you have any questions. You can reach me at 412.708.2023 or by email to jen(a)pittsburghbaroque.org. Do let me know if you decide to advertise with us! Many thanks, Jen Palmer Director of Development and PR, Pittsburgh Baroque Ensemble www.pittsburghbaroque.org

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[Highland Park] Thank you-snow shoveling
by sarah dunn 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Hi! My husband and I would like to thank the kind young men that helped shovel our side walk after the Monday-Tuesday snow storm. I have been out of town and my husband has had a back injury so this display of kindness was truly appreciated! By the time Mark made it the door with a payment, they were gone! We are new to the neighborhood and have felt so welcomed. This gesture was greatly appreciated! We hope to pass on the good deed during the next storm. Thank you! Warmly, Mark and Sarah Faulx Jackson Street

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[Highland Park] House Wanted
by Axel Claussen 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Dear neighbors, I am looking to buy a smaller house (2+ bedrooms) in the Highland Park, Morningside, Stanton Heights area. Price cannot exceed $80,000. It can be in need of larger amounts of TLC. I would be very grateful for any leads or information. Thank you Axel

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