Yearly Archives: 2009

Spend Saturday in Regent Sqaure – Yard Sale and Book Sale

Regent Square (Pittsburgh)
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Its Yard Sale Season! Saturday, May 16th head over to Regent Square for sales and more sales.

10th Annual Regent Square Yard Sale

Used Book and Herb Sale

  • Also at the Wilkins School Community Center
  • Used books
  • not used herbs

I hope to have some info on the Highland Park Yard Sale soon.

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Pittsburgh Party for a Purpose head to Firehouse Lounge this Weekend

Its time for another fantastic party from the folks behind Pittsburgh Party for a Purpose – every other month they get together to host a party at a local watering hole and the proceeds from the evening benefit an area non-profit. I stopped by the last Party for a Purpose back in February at Hough’s in Greenfield. I have to say Hough’s was really great (and our post inspired FoodBurgh to stop by for a full review – FoodBurgh has some great posts and it is great to see they are posting their updates on UrbanSpoon too!)

The next Pittsburgh Party for a Purpose is Friday May 14, 2009 at the Firehouse in the Strip District – all of the proceeds benefit the Homeless Children’s Education Fund.

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Bike the Beer

GoodBeer
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Speaking of bikes, it is time for another favoirte annual bike ride – Friday, May 15 is the East End Brewing’s Annual Pedal Pale Ale Keg Ride.

THE RIDE: To help spread the word about what it means to operate an environmentally sustainable brewery (more on that here), for the past few years, we’ve been delivering the the very first PEDAL PALE ALE kegs of the season to a local tap-spot in a very unique way….BY BICYCLE.

Check out our post on last years ride with links to pictures from past rides.  Last year over 220 people joined the ride!  Join in and help them top that number again this year.

I did a little blog searching and found some other cool blogs that posted about the Pedal Pale Ale Keg Ride

  • Bike PGH – also note that May 15, 2009 in Bike to Work Day – check out some of the biker breakfast stations.
  • Columbus Rides – our bike friendly friends to the West are excited about bikes and beer in Pittsburgh too.
  • FoodBurgh – has a post on the ride – check out some of their other great reviews of local watering holes too.  This blog is a great new addition to the PGH blogging scene.
  • The Brew Lounge – a great extensive blog about beer – has a nice post about East End Brewing and the Keg Ride
  • FixedGear – another Philadelphia cyclist who is a fan of beer and bikes
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Pedal Pittsburgh – See the City from 2 Wheels

Pedal Pittsburgh 7
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Pedal Pittsburgh takes place on Sunday, May 17 and offers 3 different bike routes to see the city. You can bike the route your self or take a guided tour.

Check out this post from 2006 that links to a list of steepest hills in the city.

All of the proceeds from Pedal Pittsburgh support the CDCP – the Community Design Center of Pittsburgh which is a non profit organization dedicated to good design in Pittsburgh – they offer lots of great support and services to people looking to remodel or do historic restoration on their homes.

EVENT DAY SCHEDULE
All rides start and finish at the SouthSide Works Town Square.

6:30 a.m.
7:00 – 8:00
8:00 – 9:00
8:30 & 9:00
9:00 – 10:00
9:30 & 10:00
10:00 – 10:30
11:30 – 3:30		 Registration Opens
50 & 60 Mile Riders Depart
25 & 35 Mile Riders Depart
25-Mile Guided Tours Depart
15-Mile Riders Depart
15-Mile Guided Tours Depart
6-Mile Trail Riders Depart
Lunch & Entertainment at Finish Area
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