What Do Tequila, Yard Sales, Lawn Bowling Have in Common? (Radio Round Up – May 14, 2010)

May 14, 2010 · by Lindsay · in
phipps agave plant
Image by marshlight via Flickr
You can sample all of these and more in Pittsburgh this weekend – This is the weekend when Pittsburgh wakes up from its long winter nap. Lots of great reasons to get outside and check out the neighborhoods!  Lots of good – free (and low costs) ways to check out the city.

Agave Nights @ Phipps Conservatory

  • The agave plant at phipps is blooming – the agave plant can live for 100 years and only blooms once in its lifetime, currently the plant is growing 12 inches a day
  • Tequila is made from agave, Phipps is showing off the agave plant on Friday nights 5-9pm – the cafe will be serving margaritas and appetizers made with tequila

East End Brewing Keg Ride

  • Each year the folks at East End Brewing invite the community out to literally bike the first keg (or kegs) of pedal pale ale to the bar.
  • Friday, May 14, 2010, Meet @ the Brewery in Homewood at 6pm. Bike ride will be accessible for all levels of cyclist
  • Last year 500+ cyclists helped to bike the first kegs.
  • $10 to participate – the keg ride supports cycling charities – and your ride includes your first beer at the keg destination
    East end brew + bikes

    Image by michael and anna via Flickr

Regent Square Yard Sale Day

  • Saturday, May 15, 2010 – Neighborhood wide yard sale
  • Book sale at the Wilkins School Community Center
  • While you are in the neighboorhood – stop by the Frick Park Lawn Bowling courts on Reynolds St for the Frick Park Lawn Bowling Club open house
  • Saturday, May 15, 2010 noon-3pm
  • $5 gets you food from some of Oakland’s tastiest dining establishments

South Side Historic Home Tour

  • Saturday May 15, 2010
  • Take a look inside some of the most interesting homes on the Southside

Up On the Hill Top – Pop Up Pittsburgh

  • One day community festival heads to the neighborhoods on top of the hill – Allentown, Arlington, Arlington Heights, Mt. Oliver, Carrick, Belzhoover, Bonair, Knoxville, Mt. Oliver, Mt. Oliver Borough, St. Clair
  • Saturday May 15, 2010 1-5pm, FREE
  • Food, Music, Arts and more
  • Sunday, May 16, 2010
  • Pedal Pittsburgh is the annual fundriaser for the CDCP (Community Design Center of Pittsburgh)
  • 6, 15, 25 and 50 mile long biek courses are set up that run throughout the city of Pittsburgh – a course for every level of cyclist
  • $30 per person or $60 for a family, more info is available at PedalPittsburgh.org

Mellon Arena – What’s Next for the Igloo

  • Wednesday, May 17, 2010, 6:30pm @ the New Hazlett Theater
  • Join CityLivePGH for a panel discussion about the future of Mellon Arena

About Lindsay


Lindsay has been writing about Pittsburgh for as long as she has been blogging - but fortunatly there are lots of great things about Pittsburgh to share. She likes pretzels from the Pretzel Shop on Carson St., used book stores, her rollerblades and she hopes to learn to skateboard someday soon. Lindsay is also working on BlogLocal which is building a map of blogs with local content.

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