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Wednesday Night Yoga at Union Project
by Stefanie Zito 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

Hi neighbors! I just wanted to let everyone know about community yoga at Union Project (801 N. Negley), which takes place *every Wednesday evening at 7:15pm*. Classes are donation-based; *$10 suggestion or pay-what-you-can*. The class is all levels in a non-heated vinyasa flow style with an emphasis on both proper alignment and thoughtful sequencing. Attached is a flier for your reference. Feel free to email me if you have any questions! Hope to see you out on a Wednesday evening! Namaste -- Stefanie Zito *"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation." Plato*

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[Hula-]Hooping is back!
by Stefanie Zito 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

Hi neighbors! I just wanted to let you know that hula-hooping is back in action at Union Project (801 N. Negley). We do have a different meeting time than before, so please note that hoop jams will now take place from *8:30pm-9:30pm every Wednesday night*. Join us for some fun, play, and good tunes. This is more of a gathering and less of a class, so it is a casual environment, but do note that friendly instruction is always available should you be interested! Hoop jam is all-levels with no experience necessary. We invite you to share your skills as well as we gather, so if you happen to practice any form of flow whether it be juggling, staff, poi, levi stick, etc., we welcome you to share! *$5 suggested donation* for participation with all proceeds benefitting both the Union Project as well as various non-profits around Pittsburgh. Each month we will be highlighting a new organization we are sponsoring, which I will look to update through the listserv as we change from month to month. For April in particular, all proceeds go to Union Project. Feel free to email me if you have any questions! HOOP to see you soon. -- Stefanie Zito *"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation." Plato*

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For Sale: Stokke Tripp Trapp chair
by Heather Conrad 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

Hi! I have a Stokke Tripp Trapp chair including the straps. It is like this one: http://www.rakuten.com/prod/stokke-tripp-trapp-highchair-walnut/209216286.h… Asking $100 OBO. I will get some pictures, so email if you have any questions or would like me to send pics of the actual chair. It is in good shape. Heather

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Professional Photographer?
by Kimberly Latta 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

Hello, Neighbors: Can anyone recommend a professional photographer for portraits? Kimberly -- Kimberly Latta, Ph.D. "The thought manifests as the word; The word manifests as the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character; So watch the thought and its ways with care, and let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings . . . As the shadow follows the body, as we think so we become." --The Buddha, Dhammapadha

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Fw: Chop, WOK & Talk!May & June Classes
by Dorothy Tague 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

SCHEDULE OF CLASSES for MAY & JUNE All classes are 'hands-on' and you will prepare a complete 6 course meal Healthy Foods for Life classes are 'hands-on' and you will prepare a 4 course meal for more information visit: http://www.chopwoktalk.com/<http://www.chopwoktalk.com/> or call 412-362-0679 Website has classes listed through the end of July SPECIAL CLASSES: (REGISTER EARLY AS THESE CLASSES SELL OUT) MAY GIRL'S NIGHT OUT!: (new!!) 6:00-9:00/$60.00 PER PERSON/BYOB honeydew & prosciutto appetizer kebabs, stuffed chicken packets with asparagus and fontina cheese, red quinoa salad with tomatoes, herbs, feta/blue cheese, and a peach shortcake with ice cream 5/5.....8 seats available JUNE GIRL'S NIGHT OUT!: (new!!) 6:00-9:00/$70.00 PER PERSON/BYOB stovetop clambake with potatoes, corn, sausage, clams, mussels, shrimp, and lobster, watermelon, tomato & peach salad, and warm blueberry cobbler with ice cream 6/6.....8 seats available 6/13.....8 seats available MAY DATE NIGHT DINING: 6:00-10:00/$140.00 PER COUPLE/BYOB fig and blue cheese savouries, scaloppini of chicken with a pink peppercorn cream sauce, baby greens topped with prosciutto, pears and pine nuts, lemon & black pepper risotto, sugar & salt snap peas, and individual fresh berry tarts 5/16....6 seats available 5/17.....6 seats available JUNE DATE NIGHT DINING: 6:00-10:00 PM/$140.00 PER COUPLE/BYOB chilled apple peach soup with rum, fish en papillote with seasonal vegetables, hasselback potatoes, mixed greens with strawberries, pecans, blue cheese/goat cheese and a raspberry dressing and a grapefruit tart with a chocolate pecan crust 6/7.....8 seats available 6/20.....8 seats available 6/21.....8 seats available AVAILABLE PRIVATE PARTY DATES (Friday, Saturday, and Sundays) (for celebrations, get-togethers, office parties, clubs, or for just a fun night out with good friends and good food!) May: 2, 11, 30 June: 8, 14, 22, 27 July: 5, 6, 19, 25, 27 August: 16, 29, 30 Some nights during the week are available. Please call for a schedule. 412-362-0679<about:blank> FOR TEAM BUILDING EVENTS (up to 30 participants)PLEASE CALL FOR A MENU SELECTIONS AND A QUOTE 5/1 CHINESE/$65.00/6:00-9:00 PM sizzling rice soup, Kung Pao pork, love bird shrimp over a bird's nest, pork sates with pineapple & spicy peanut sauce, kota beef with carrots, broccoli & baby corn and mango wontons with lime sauce (GF except for dessert) 5/5 GIRL'S NIGHT OUT!/$60.00 6:00-9:00 PM honeydew and prosciutto kebabs, chicken packets stuffed with asparagus & fontina cheese, red quinoa salad with tomatoes, herbs & blue/goat cheese, and peach shortcake with ice cream 5/7 THAI/$65.00/6:00-9:00 PM 2 seats available Thai shrimp bisque, chicken dumplings with a peanut sauce, beef panang curry with vegetables, shrimp & mango noodle salad, fried dumplings with a sweet chili sauce and mango BBQ chicken 5/8 TAPAS & PAELLA/$70.00/6:00-9:00 PM lamb skewers with a pomegranate vinaigrette, sangria, fried Manchego cheese sandwiches with quince paste, grilled shrimp in a garlic & wine sauce, tortilla (omelet) with eggs, chorizo, potatoes & peppers, paella with chicken, chorizo & shrimp plus orange flan for dessert 5/9 FRENCH DINNER INCLUDING WINE WITH EACH COURSE/$80.00/6:00-9:00 PM 6 seats available puff pastry with a creamy shrimp filling, mache salad with warm brie, pistachios, honey & baguette slices, pork tenderloin with caramelized pears in a pear brandy cream sauce, Duchess potatoes, crunchy French style green beans and crepe suzettes for dessert 5/12 GREEK/$65.00/6:00-9:00 PM Greek lemon soup, meatball appetizer, baked chicken with orzo, panzanella salad, polpettes (fried potato and feta patties with a dill lemon sauce) and galaktoboureko for dessert 5/13 ITALIAN/$65.00/6:00-9:00 PM fried polenta cakes topped with ricotta and roasted tomatoes, pear and ricotta agnolotti (stuffed ravioli)with a gorgonzola walnut sauce, antipasto salad, foccacia, cioppino (seafood stew) and limoncello tiramisu 5/13 MOROCCAN/$70.00/6:00-9:00 PM lamb kebabs, b'stila (sweet chicken and nut pie in phyllo), watercress salad with ruby grapefruit, avocados & pomegranates, couscous t'faya with chicken in a honey raisin sauce, Mhancha (serpent-shaped pastry) with almond filling in phyllo dough, Moroccan coffee and Moroccan mint tea 5/15 HEALTHY ASIAN/$40.00/6:00-9:00 PM General Tso's chicken, hot & sour soup, shrimp fried rice and a vegetable stir fry (GF, soy free & no MSG) 5/16 DATE NIGHT DINING/$140.00 per couple/6:00-10:00/BYOB 4 seats available fig & blue cheese savouries, scaloppini of chicken with grapefruit & pink peppercorn cream sauce, baby greens topped with prosciutto, Parmesan shavings, pears & pine nuts, lemon & black pepper risotto, sugar and salt snap peas and individual fresh berry brulee tarts 5/17 DATE NIGHT DINING/$140.00 per couple/6:00-10:00 PM/BYOB 6 seats available same as 5/16 5/19 CAJUN-CREOLE/$65.00/6:00-9:0 0 PM 5/20 HEALTHY MEXICAN/$40.00/6:00-9:00 PM shrimp fajitas, pumpkin and ancho chili soup, chipotle tamarind glazed pork chops with apple pico de gallo and a heirloom tomato salad with queso fresco dressing (GF) 5/21 INDIAN/$65.00/6:00-9:00 PM Kashmiri shrimp kebabs, chicken pistachio korma, pilau rice with shrimp, pineapple, cashews & raisins, chappati (flatbread), cheese tikki patties, kheer for dessert and a chutney and riata 5/22 VIETNAMESE/$65.00/6:00-9:00 PM Fisherman soup with shrimp, lemongrass beef sandwiches on French bread with Asian mayo, grilled meatballs with peanut sauce, fried rice, stir fry of chicken, pineapple & cashews plus a banana stuffed with Nutella and flambeed with rum 5/24 BAKING WITH MARTHA/$70.00 lunch included/11:00-3:00 PM Yukon gold cinnamon rolls, chocolate bombs, peach cobbler with a bourbon caramel sauce, raspberry swirl cookies, Jamaican banana bread and almond cherry scones with a chocolate drizzle 5/31 DIM SUM/$65.00/11:00-2:00 PM beef sates, coconut shrimp with fig ginger sauce, pork pot stickers with chili sauce, steamed chicken dumplings with a lime-cilantro sauce, crab puffs with blackberry sauce, pork lettuce wraps and wonton soup 6/2 HEALTHY ASIAN/$40.00/6:00-9:00 PM SEE 5/15 6/4 THAI /$65.00/6:00-9:00 PM spicy tom yum shrimp soup, tropical beef stir fry with cucumbers, pineapple & mango, prawn stuffed lychees with a sweet and sour sauce, peanut crusted shrimp over mango salad, green chicken curry and a dessert spring roll with ice cream and golden syrup 6/5 TAPAS & PAELLA /$70.00/6:00-9:00 PM SEE 5/18 6/6 GIRL'S NIGHT OUT!/ $60.00/6:00-9:00 PM/BYOB Stovetop clam bake with potatoes, corn, sausage, lobster, shrimp, & clams, watermelon, tomato & peach salad, and blueberry cobbler with ice cream for dessert 6/7 DATE NIGHT DINING/$140.00 per couple/6:00-10:00 PM/BYOB chilled apple-peach soup with rum, fish en papillotte with seasonal vegetables, hasselback potatoes, mixed greens with pecans, strawberries & blue/goat cheese with a raspberry dressing and a grapefruit tart with a chocolate pecan crust 6/9 ITALIAN/$65.00/6:00-9:00 PM SEE 5/13 6/10 HEALTHY MEXICAN/$40.00/ 6:00-9:00 PM shrimp fajitas, pumpkin and ancho chili soup, chipotle tamarind glazed pork chops with apple pico de gallo and heirloom tomato salad with queso fesco dressing (GF) 6/11 GREEK/$65.00/ 6:00-9:00 PM SEE 5/12 6/13 GIRL'S NIGHT OUT!/$60.00/6:00-9:00 PM/BYOB SEE 6/6 6/17 MOROCCAN/$70.00/6:00-9:00 PM SEE 5/13 6/19 VIETNAMESE/$65.00/6:00-9:00 PM SEE 5/22 6/20 DATE NIGHT DINING/$140.00 PER COUPLE/6:00-10:00 PM/BYOB SEE 6/7 6/21 DATE NIGHT DINING/$140.00 PER COUPLE/6:00-10:00 PM/BYOB SEE 6/7 6/27 MEXICAN/$65.00/ 6:00-9:00 PM chicken tortilla soup, jalapeno chili poppers, mango, strawberry & jicama salad, pork loin with pepian sauce (green mole) potato, poblano & corn gratin plus a tequila banana Foster for dessert 6/25 PEROGIES & OTHER POLISH FAVORITES/$65.00/6:00-9:00 PM cheese, onion, sauerkraut & potato perogies, sweet potato perogies with a butter sage sauce, stuffed cabbage, haluski, and paczki (Polish donuts) for dessert 6/26 CHINESE/$65.00/ 6:00-9:00 PM egg drop soup, chicken lettuce wraps, spicy stir fried pork, mango shrimp with red peppers & snow peas, vegetarian fried rice, crab rangoons with blackberry ginger sauce 6/25 LET'S BAKE WITH MARTHA/$70.00/11:00-3:00 PM (lunch included) SEE 5/24 6/29 CREOLE-CAJUN/$65.00/ 2:00-5:00 PM SEE 5/19 Dorothy, Martha, Marianne, Paul & Gulzat (Instructor of Healthy Foods for Life Classes) 412-362-0679<about:blank> chopwoktalk(a)msn.com<mailto:chopwoktalk@msn.com> -- -- REDISTRIBUTE ONLY WITH PERMISSION OF AUTHOR Delivered to: chopwoktalk(a)msn.com <https://mail.highlandparkpa.com/mailman/listinfo/neighborhood>

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Spring Garden Clean-up!
by Shelly DankoDay 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

Yes, it's time! Tiny plants are trying to get through the leaves and debris from last year! Woody stems and branches need to be trimmed and tidied and ready for a new growing season. My team and I know how to get your garden ready! We can remove the old stuff, plant the new stuff, and not disturb the emerging plants. We can also help you plan your vegetable garden, or integrate vegetables into your decorative garden! We can also get your porch and outdoor furniture ready for enjoying the warm summer days, that will return shortly after this brief snowstorm! :) Call or email for a free estimate! Thanks! Shelly Danko+Day Pittsburgh Personal Concierge 412.478.7435 shellydankoday(a)gmail.com -- _________________ Shelly Danko+Day, MAFS Moblie: (412) 478-7435

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Scam Alert: East End Landscaping / Charles Brandau III
by Eric Kaun 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

I wanted to warn everyone not to use the services of Charles Brandau, who was operating as East End Landscaping. (A recent phone messages suggests he might be using the name "C&J Landscape Management" now.) I won't go into details except to say that he never returned to do the work for which we'd given a down payment, and gave repeated excuses when contacted by phone. Three months later, the work wasn't done and there's been no contact for weeks. I've filed a report with the BBB and reviews on Angie's List and other online sites, but don't expect anything. I just don't want anyone else to be scammed. - Eric

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Designer Reccommendations
by Michael Kozak 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

We're looking for a designer to help in the renovation of our circa 1910 Foursquare. Does anybody have experience working with a designer who can strike a balance between old house details and modern design? Thanks ahead of time for any recommendations. Mike Kozak

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snack table and chair
by Dave Grasso 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

this is two chairs and two tables along with a carrying / storage stand asking $40 thanks Dave 412-362-5133

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HP listing - free sometimes-working magic-bullet-type food processor and supplies
by Michelle Gilmore 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

Free sometimes-working generic magic bullet! Also includes several cups, blender and chopper attachments, and cup lips and lids! The twist-lock mechanism jams up a lot. Motor seems to run well when it actually works. This would be perfect for someone who feels like taking it apart to clean it, or someone who feels like using the parts for a fun project. All of the cups, lids, and attachments fit a brand-name magic bullet, as of two years ago. ~4-6 big cups (~12 ounces, I think) + 1 or 2 small cups (~6 ounces, I think). Please reply if interested. Thanks! Michelle

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