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  • Congratulations on 100 batches of Beer

    From our favorite Pittsburgh brewer’s newsletter – East End Brewing is on their 100th batch of beer…

    ANOTHER MILESTONE REACHED: EAST END BREWING BREWS UP BATCH #100!!!
    Ah yes, I remember it was just about a year and a half ago when I was
    pouring the results of batch #2 from East End Brewing for so many of
    you to taste that snowy night at Kelly’s. (Batch #1 was a
    mind-numbingly bitter but otherwise tasty batch of Big Hop…not quite
    ready for prime time though). Well, 99 batches later I’m still here,
    still making beer, and it’s even gotten a bit easier with each batch
    now that I know a bit more about what I’m doing. Hopefully the
    beer’s gotten a bit better in the last year and a half too! So, what
    to do for the big event – batch 100? Well, let’s just say that I
    couldn’t let it go by without doing something unusual….

    I was reading an article in one of the regional beer publications a
    while back, about some American Brewers traveling to Belgium and their
    participation in a beer that was a cross between a Belgian Tripel (or
    “Triple” depending on your preference) and the much newer Imperial
    IPA/Double IPA style. Immediately fascinated by the notion of a beer
    that blends the light body and Belgian character of the tripel, with
    the completely American over the top hoppiness of these huge IPAs, I
    decided to seek one out and taste it for myself. As it turned out, the
    idea was more interesting than the beer that I eventually got my hands
    on, so I decided to give it a go here to see if I could MAKE the beer I
    was imagining in my head – and what better time to do it than for #100!

  • Garden Groove — This Thursday

    Garden Groove returns for the second party this summer season. From 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, July 27, mix it up in Phipps Outdoor Garden. Tickets are $20 which includes three drinks, free admission to the Conservatory, a sampling of food from area restaurants, and music by DJ Justin Hopper.

    These parties are rain or shine and tickets can be purchased in advance by calling (412) 622-6915, ext. 6803 or on the day of the event.

    Click here for more information.

  • more things to do tonight

    1.
    Traditional fuel. It’s…

    Bad for the environment.

    A foreign-relations headache.

    And getting much more expensive.

    But what are our other options?

    Join us for Green Drinks this Friday at Phipps Conservatory from 5:30 to 7:30pm for a discussion on the great advances in bio-diesel and other local alternative fuel options with our hosts Steel City Bio-fuels, United Oil Company, and the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection.

    And after our discussion, Steel City Bio-fuels will give a live demonstration on how they make bio-fuel!

    About This Month’s Hosts:

    Steel City Bio-fuels (www.SteelCityBiofuels.org)
    United Oil Company (www.UnitedB100.com)

    What is Green Drinks?

    Every month, people who work in the environmental field or have in interest in a greener planet meet up for drinks at places all around the world at informal sessions known as Green Drinks. We have a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, government and business. Come along and you’ll be made welcome.Pittsburgh Green Drinks meets on the 3rd Friday of each month from 5:30 – 7:00 PM at Phipps Conservatory. Put it in your calendar and count on it: Green Drinks is happening every month.

    For Directions, follow this link:
    http://www.phipps.conservatory.org/directions.htm

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    2.

    Join us for a Goodbye Party for the Mon-Fayette Toll Road, in the heart of Braddock, through which the road would heartlessly raze. We’ll gather at Mayor John Fetterman’s front yard (or the First Presbyterian Church next door near the corner of Braddock & Library, should it rain) for a potluck and lively conversation (8:00 p.m.) That means you should bring some food or snacks to share, and bring your own drinks. We’ll have the basics. There will be an outdoor pottery firing going on at the Carnegie Library (if you want to, for example, burn some Turnpike Commission literature).

    When night falls, we’ll process to the Ohringer Building (640 Braddock Ave.) for the unveiling of an art installation (writ large: NOMFX) and a major announcement about the Toll Road you won’t want to miss! We may even pass the hat a little: we need to start the Toll Road Retirement Fund.

    Let’s rally. Let’s party. Let’s kiss the Toll Road goodbye!

    This FRIDAY July 21, 8:00 pm
    Mayor John Fetterman’s Place
    Library Street off Braddock Ave
    Braddocc, PA (think I’m spelling that wrong? check out www.braddocc.com)

    Free- BYOB & chow

    More info about the MFX:
    http://www.pennfuture.org/mf/

    produced by Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture); Progress Pittsburgh; Sierra Club, Allegheny Gp; Group Against Smog & Pollution; Mayor, Braddock PA; League of Young Voters; Hazelwood Initiative

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  • Garden Groove at Phipps

    Looking for some social irrigation? Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is hosting their first of three summer cocktail parties, Garden Groove, in the lush Outdoor Garden next Thursday, June 22 from 6 to 9 p.m. This swanky little event will cost $20 which includes three drinks, free food from area restaurants, free admission to the Conservatory and music by DJimaDJ, (Richard Gartner from Soma Mestizo.)
    Anyway, this should be a fun little shindig and the setting is really one of the nicest watering holes in the city. Future Garden Grooves will be on July 27 and August 24, same time and place.
    You can buy tickets at the garden gate or by calling (412) 622-6915, ext. 6803.

  • Cinco De Mayo is coming soon

    I am not sure why it did not occur to me to me write a post about Mad Mex before. Mad Mex is like a home away from home for me, so I guess I assumed that everyone knows about it and eats there as often as I do. I don’t have time to give a full ode to Mad Mex – I am sitting here at Mad Mex finishing my excellent lunch special and I have to hurry so I can get back to work.
    But I did want to take a moment to give everyone a head up about Cinco de Mayo celebrations at Mad Mex. I just gave my lovely server Sarah one of the I Heart PGH baby buttons and some of the other servers have already stopped by to see if I have more. I heart Mad Mex and the staff loves this website.

    Anyhow, Cinco de Mayo is a holiday that I think should be celebrated – so save the date on your calendar and head over to Mad Mex for
    $1 off Mexican Bottles
    Breakfast Burritos starting at 9am
    $5 big azz margaritas
    and
    A Chance to win free mad mex for a year (which is about the best thing I would ever want to win ever)
    Mad Mex Menu

    Where is this place? The original Mad Mex is hidden in Oakland. Great location (just be warned it is usually loud there.) Plus there are some other Mad Mex locations in ‘gasp’ the suburbs. Which is another reason I heart Mad Mex because they provide a safe and healthy place for me to dine on those rare ocassions I have to stray from the city.
    Click here for a list of Mad Mex locations.