Category Archives: Clubs & Groups

Eat Pancakes for Tree Pittsburgh

Image courtesy of Tree Pittsburgh

On Sunday, March 6 from 10am to 2pm at the Double Wide Grill on the South Side you get all you can eat pancakes for $10 and your donation goes directly to benefit Tree Pittsburgh – an environmental non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the City’s vitality by restoring and protecting City trees.  Why should you attend?  Well, pancakes are delicious (and there is a vegan option), you get free coffee and potatoes as well, tunes from Big Snow Big Thaw, and street trees are a critical element for a livable urban environment.  Are you one of those people that includes a link on your Facebook page every time Pittsburgh gets voted ‘most livable city’ (possibly including the comment ‘suck it, Portland’)?  Well street trees are a huge part of reducing our City’s pollution* and there is still a long way to go in improving our air quality.  Who knows?  Your $10 just might end up helping to promote Pittsburgh to most livable city in the world!

For more information on Pittsburgh’s urban forest, info on street tree plantings in your neighborhood, and to learn about becoming an official tree tender to help care for Pittsburgh’s trees visit the Tree Pittsburgh’s website!

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*Leaves filter the air we breathe by removing dust and other particulates. Leaves absorb carbon dioxide and other pollutants from the air such as ozone, carbon monoxide, and sulfur dioxide.  In exchange, trees give off vital oxygen.

Lawrenceville Scavenger Hunt

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Image by ryanrocketship via Flickr

Those crazy kids from Urban Hike like to wrap up the hiking season with an annual scavenger hunt.  This year the hunt heads to Lawrenceville.

Spend the afternoon hunting for clues and answering trivia questions with your friends.  Take funny photos and compete for awesome prizes while checking out one of Pittsburgh fine neighborhoods.

Urban Hike Lawrenceville Scavenger Hunt
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Farm to Table, and more!

I had the pleasure of attending the Farm to Table conference a few weeks ago where several of the area’s farms and natural food companies were represented, showing off their goods.

Here are a few of my favorite organizations who were represented at the event:

The Green Chef PA is a collection of four lovely women based in Sewickley who are on a mission to change the way people think about, shop for and prepare food. They were preparing a few of their favorite fresh and fast treats for the crowd to munch on while they were checking out the event. They offer catering, personal chef services, instruction and gardening resources. Everything they make is prepared from scratch and made with the freshest local ingredients possible.

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Buy Fresh Buy Local is a lovely website devoted to being a central resource for over a thousand places to find local food in Pennsylvania.

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Sunday Afternoon – FREE Yoga Workshop for Beginners

Hatha Yoga Video - Revolving Lunge Pose
Image by myyogaonline via Flickr

Ever wanted to learn Yoga? Now’s your chance to learn it for free. Sign up to learn 6 easy moves at the free Yoga LearnIt. Yoga mats are provided free of charge, and absolutely no skill is required. RSVP required.

What: Learn Yoga for free
When
: Sunday, March 28, 4pm-6pm
Where:
Quiet Storm Cafe, 5430 Penn Avenue, in East End / Friendship
Click here to sign up

No experience required. Completely FREE. Just like the name says, learn some easy Yoga moves at an awesomely funky coffee house and cafe. We will provide mats and blocks. All you have to do is bring a towel. See you there! If there are any poses you want to make sure we cover, write a comment for us!

This yoga workshop is brought to you by Communiteach – a new website that was founded by 2 friends in Pittsburgh and Chicago to help people share their skills and learn new ones.  This is one of the first of many workshops from Communiteach.  I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Ben Paul, one of the founders of Communiteach, and I know there are lots more good things to come from this project.  Check out Communiteach at Communiteach.com

No experience required. Completely FREE. Just like the name says, learn some easy Yoga moves at an awesomely funky coffee house and cafe. We will provide mats and blocks. All you have to do is bring a towel. See you there! If there are any poses you want to make sure we cover, write a comment for us!

Where Are You Celebrating After the St. Patrick's Day Parade?

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Image by ccs-pics via Flickr

We have recieved numerous emails asking what to do after the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.  As you may know, Market Square is under construction (check out these articles on the impact of the construction on the Market Square businesses – Post-Gazette 2/5/2010 and Tribune Review 2/26/2010).  We are very sad to see another local business close and there are many Pittsburghers who are sad about the lack of a place to celebrate after the parade. Continue reading