April 2013 - test-neighbhorhood@test.highlandparkpa.com

[Highland Park] Fw: Chop, WOK & Talk! cooking classes through June
by Dorothy Tague 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

SCHEDULE OF CLASSES through June All classes are 'hands-on' and you will prepare a complete 6 course meal for more information visit: www.chopwoktalk@msn.com or call 412-362-0679 5/14 Vietnamese: $70.00/6:00-9:00 PM Fisherman's sweet and sour shrimp soup, green papaya salad, Vietnamese beef fajitas, braised chicken in caramel sauce over white rice, coconut rice pudding with sautéed mango, lemongrass tea and Vietnamese coffee 5/15 Thai: $65.00/6:00-9:00 PM 3 seats available Bang bang shrimp, pork sates with peanut sauce, Thai herbal noodles, spicy sweet & sour shrimp, peanut-tamarind grilled chicken, and coconut flan with Thai bananas 5/16 Tapas & Paella: $70.00/6:00-9:00 PM 5 seats available orange, olive and almond salad, baked sweet onions with Cabrales blue cheese, almonds, chives, & a balsamic drizzle, Manchego cheese sandwiches with quince paste, chicken and chorizo empanadas, paella with chorizo, mussels, chicken, shrimp & saffron rice, sangria, and Spanish flan with oranges 5/18 Date Night Dining: BYOB/$130.00 per couple/6:00-10:00 PM 4 seats available Thai pork baskets, corn fritters with a cucumber salsa, pesto salmon with a spicy plum sauce, green mango salad, Thai pineapple fried rice, and coconut custard with a raspberry coulis 5/19 Moroccan: $70.00/ Sunday 2:00-5:00 PM/3 seats available Minted lamb and mushroom kebabs, fig & orange salad, Moroccan flatbread, sweet cinnamon couscous, chicken tagine with almonds & apricots, b'stilla (sweet chicken and nut pie in phyllo), mint tea and Moroccan spiced coffee 5/22 Pirogies & Polish Favorites: $65.00/6:00-9:00 PM a variety of pirogies, stuffed cabbage, borscht, haluski and paczki (Polish donuts for dessert) 5/25 Date Night Dining: BYOB/$130 per couple/6 :00-10:00 PM 4 seats available see 5/18 menu 5/28 Chinese: $60.00/6:00-9:00 PM Hot and sour soup, vegetable lo mein, steamed chicken dumplings with lime cilantro sauce, sweet and sour shrimp, and General Tso's chicken with broccoli 5/29 Greek: $65.00/6:00-9:00 PM lemon orzo soup, spanikopeta appetizers, lamb lettuce wraps, pastitso (lasagna with ground beef), Greek panzanella salad and baklava for dessert 5/30 Mexican: $65.00/6:00-9:00 PM tortilla soup, spicy pepperjack quesadillas, flautas, chicken with chocolate mole sauce over rice, jicama-mango salad, plus tres leches cakes with whipped topping and fresh berries 5/31 Date Night Dining: BYOB/$130.00 per couple/6:00-10:00 PM 6 seats available see 5/18 menu 6/1 Cajun-Creole: $65.00/Saturday 11:00-2:00 PM fried green tomatoes with shrimp remoulade, chicken and sausage gumbo, andouille stuffed pork tenderloin with rosemary butter glaze, maque choux (corn succotash), dirty rice, and the original Banana Foster recipe over ice cream. 6/3 Chinese: $60.00/6:00-9:00 PM sizzling rice soup, volcano chicken with pineapple and red peppers, beef sates, Hunan pork stir fry with black beans, and coconut shrimp with a fig ginger sauce 6/5 Indian: $65.00/6:00-9:00 PM Punjabi chicken kebabs with mint sauce, naan, chicken tikka masala, lamb korma, mango chutney, mint riata, saffron rice and gulab jamum for dessert 6/7 Thai: $60.00/6:00-9:00 PM 6 seats available laksa (soup) with shrimp, chicken filled wonton baskets, beef panang curry, peanut noodle salad, mango BBQ chicken, and shrimp and lychee fried spring rolls with a sweet chili dipping sauce 6/8 Date Night Dining: BYOBeer/$130.00/6:00-10:00 PM Stovetop Clambake! red potatoes, fresh corn, chorizo sausage, leeks, littleneck clams, steamer clams, mussels, large shrimp and lobster, heirloom tomato salad, cornbread, watermelon, and blueberry-peach cobbler with ice cream 6/9 German: $65.00/Sunday 2:00-5:00 PM beer and cheddar fondue with pretzel sticks, sausages, & pumpernickel bread, homemade applesauce, pork roast with knodels (potato dumplings), red cabbage, wilted lettuce salad, and German apple strudel for dessert 6/12 Mexican: 6:00-9:00 PM see 5/30 menu 6/13 Italian: 6:00-9:00 PM 5 seats available arancini (risotto balls) with marinara, shrimp Marsala style over Milanese risotto, Italian herb salad with pancetta and frico chips, homemade gnocchi with peas, prosciutto & chanterelle mushrooms, and individual budinis for dessert (strawberries, mascarpone cheese, Marsala wine, and almond cookie crumbles) 6/14 Date Night Dining: BYOBeer/$130.00 per couple/6:00-10:00 PM Stovetop Clambake see 6/8 menu 6/18 Moroccan: $70.00/6:00-9:00 PM see 5/19 menu 6/20 Thai: $60.00/6:00-9:00 PM see 6/7 menu 6/21 Pirogies & Polish Favorites: $65.00/6:00-9:00 PM see 5/22 menu 6/22 Date Night Dining: BYOBeer/$130.00 per couple/6:00-10:00 PM Stovetop Clambake! see 6/8 menu 6/25 Vietnamese: $65.00/6:00-9:00 PM see 5/14 menu 6/26 Tapas & Paella: $70.00/6:00-9:00 PM see 5/16 menu 6/27 Chinese: $60.00/6:00-9:00 PM see 6/3 menu AVAILABLE WEEKEND PRIVATE PARTY DATES THROUGH JUNE FOR GROUPS OF 6-10 PEOPLE (for celebrations, get-togethers, office parties, clubs, or for just a fun night out with good friends and good food!) (best to try and book two months in advance for a private party or team building event) May 17, 24, 26 June 2, 23, 28, 29, 30 (Sunday parties are late afternoon/early evening) July and August is wide open for parties as I will not start classes until mid August For parties on week nights or afternoons please class 412-362-0679 for a date. FOR TEAM BUILDING EVENTS PLEASE CALL FOR A MENU SELECTIONS AND A QUOTE CLASSES WILL RESUME MID AUGUST Featuring recipes from my culinary trip to France, an October Fest in late September, and Seven Fishes in December Have a nice summer! Dorothy, Martha, & Marianne 412-362-0679 chopwoktalk(a)msn.com<mailto:chopwoktalk@msn.com>

1 0

[Highland Park] Spring Redd-Up April 20th
by Bob Staresinic 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

This weekend the Clean Pittsburgh Commission has organized over 250 neighborhoods/communities to pick up litter. Highland Park will be cleaning up on Saturday, starting at 9 am. We will be meeting in the 5800 block of Bryant Street. I will have gloves and bags available, but you are welcome to bring your own. If you can not make this clean-up, you can join in the Great American Cleanup that is happening on Saturday, May 11th from 9:30 to 11:30. Meet at the Dilworth Traditional Academy on Stanton Avenue. Gloves and bags will be provided. Contact Elizabeth Glowczewski at 412-661-0376 or lizo_ann(a)yahoo.com. If you are into planting trees, Tree Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy are planting trees on Saturday April 27th starting at 8:45 am. They are meeting at the Farmhouse, and tools will be provided. To sign up, go to http://www.paconserve.org/300/form-test and fill out your name and contact information. Contact Nancy Levine with questions at nlevinearnold(a)gmail.com. Kids are welcome at all of these events, provided you can watch your own. If you are still reading this, and do not live in Highland Park, and want to do something in your community, these same organizations are planning activities close to where you live. You can still get involved. You can pick up litter every day you are out: while taking a walk, talking the dog for a walk, getting in your car. Tree plantings are going on this Spring, and will be happening in the Fall also. If you have any questions or need to be directed to where you can sign up to volunteer for things, let me know. See you on the streets. Bob bob.63(a)netzero.net

1 0

[Highland Park] found keys at Highland Park Reservoir
by Jerome Schmitt 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

They look like a set of house keys. Reply to ID them. Jerry Schmitt Director of Global Services Chorus Call Inc. Office +1 412 858 1385 USA Cell +1 412 760 7813 Intl. cell +41 79 239 09 39 www.choruscall.com<http://www.choruscall.com/> [ipresent]

1 0

[Highland Park] Music Lessons Available
by Mark Snyder 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Hello, My name is Mark Snyder and I am a professional educator and musician with over 20 years of teaching and playing experience. I offer lessons on brass instruments, guitar, piano, and theory/composition(I also teach violin and woodwind instruments, but only at the beginning level). I am a brass specialist and have played with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the River City Brass Band, the Glenn Miller Orchestra and many national and local performers. I was also a teacher at the Pressley Ridge Day School and Pittsburgh Public Schools for the past 13 years. I received my Bachelor's and Master's degrees in music performance and composition from Carnegie Mellon University and am a PA certified teacher in music K-12. I teach out of my home in the Greenfield/Squirrel Hill area of Pittsburgh. I also teach at the Johnstonbaugh's music center in Plum. I also occasionally teach in-home lessons depending on the location. My rate is $20 per half hour and my schedule is pretty flexible with both daytime and evening hours available, but, because I am a performing musician, weekend evenings are normally not available. Please contact me if you are interested in lessons. My email is slideman67(a)gmail.com, or I can be reached at (412)577-8393. Thank you for looking, and best of luck in your musical endeavors. Mark Snyder Sent from my iPad

1 0

[Highland Park] From whom did I borrow a folding table?????
by Mavis close 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

To whom it may concern: So sorry, but I can't sem to find the e-mail communication from someone I borrowed a folding table from on Stanton Ave. I would love to return it, but drove by and can't remember which house it was......duh.....If you would send me your name and address so that I can bring it back to you.....Thanks. Mavis

1 0

[Highland Park] West African drumming and dance
by Guido Giuntini 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

The 2nd Annual Black River African Dance Conference is may 17 - 18. The best of West African drumming and dancing and African Marketplace. All workshops and African Market will be at the Barack Obama Academy (former Peabody HS) 515 N Highland Ave. For more information: www.balafon.org

1 0

[Highland Park] Upcoming Neighborhood Meetings for PLANPGH
by Kate Rakus 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Neighbors: The Department of City Planning is hosting public meetings on ARTPGH and DESIGNPGH, the City's first public art and urban design plans, and OPENSPACEPGH, the Open Space, Parks and Recreation Plan. The nearby ARTPGH and DESIGNPGH meeting will be: Wednesday, April 24th (drop in anytime from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.):Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, East Liberty Branch130 S. Whitfield Street, Pittsburgh, PA 412-363-8232Public Transportation: Bus 71A, 71B, 71C, 74, 77, 82, 86, 87, 88, and 89 The nearby OPENSPACEPGH meeting will be: Wednesday, May 8th from 6 pm to 8 pm Kingsley Association 6435 Frankstown Road, Pittsburgh Public Transportation: 74, 77, 82, 86 and 89 To find out more about the plan and see the full, city-wide meeting schedule, please visit www.planpgh.com. For more information about the OPENSPACEPGH please contact Andrew Dash at 412-255-0760 or andrew.dash(a)pittsburghpa.gov. For ARTPGH, please contact Morton Brown at morton.brown(a)pittsburghpa.gov, or 412-255-8996. For DESIGNPGH, please contact Kate Rakus at kate.rakus(a)pittsburghpa.gov, or 412-255-2470. About PLANPGH: The Department of City Planning is developing the City's first-ever comprehensive plan, PLANPGH. It includes 12 components, of which ARTPGH and DESIGNPGH are included, and is anticipated to be completed in 2014. ARTPGH will create a strategy for the City to engage local, regional and national artists in the creation of artworks on city property, facilitate care for its extensive art collection, and involve artists in public space, facility and infrastructure design. DESIGNPGH will examine existing types of urban design and devise a plan with set guidelines that will inform future developers about the quality and character of design that is expected and feasible in our neighborhoods. A Comprehensive Plan is the City's game plan for making policy, attracting investment and determining the most effective use of taxpayer dollars. It is created through a process that allows residents to voice their opinions and make suggestions about how the City can grow gracefully over the next 25 years. A Comprehensive Plan allows the City to be proactive and seize opportunities instead of reacting to problems after they arise. It will analyze existing conditions in the city, discuss future trends, look at how other cities are doing things, and choose which goals to pursue here in Pittsburgh. Finally, it is a means for identifying, prioritizing, coordinating and funding projects that may involve many partners and funding from multiple sources.

1 0

[Highland Park] Yard sale 4/28 at noon
by Justin J. Cummings 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Hi Neighbors - instead of sending you all an mail for every item we are selling, we are going to have a Spring Yard Sale!!! 2 hours only - Sunday April 28th from noon - 2 PM. We are selling bikes, bike roof rack, records, furniture, household items, kitchen cabinets, baby items, dvds, books, clothes, furniture, kitchen accessories, etc 1135 Portland St - next Sunday afternoon! Thanks! Justin

1 0

[Highland Park] Central air repair / sales
by Siobhan Vivian 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Anyone in HP have a person they recommend? We are looking to get a new unit. Thanks! Sent from my iPhone

1 0

[Highland Park] Daylillys needed
by JeanJon＠aol.com 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

If you have an over abundance of daylillies, I'd be glad to stop by and dig some up. Jean Clickner

1 0