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Links Worth a Look – November 20th

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Talkin' Turkey – Buy Fresh Buy Local – a listing of places to buy local turkeys for turkey day
Light Up Night at Franktuary – don't forget to stop by Frankturary during Light Up Night
Pop City – Get Unwrapped at the Union Project – Check out this great write up on the Union Project's fundraiser in Pop City Media! Hope to see you there on Saturday!

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Workshop featuring the founder of Kiva.org – I know this is a little pricey but Kiva.org is an amazing website and would love to hear more from the founder.
The Gobblerito lands at Mad Mex – MadMex puts an entire thanksgiving dinner in a burrito for the month of November.
xmittens :: Xmittens Recycled + New Fabric Fashions Ship Worldwide! – I bought a pair of these fingerless mittens last year and I really like them. I was looking for them yesterday at Handmade Arcade so it is a lucky coincedence that the link to this shop arrived in my inbox today! Check out some of the other cozy handmade items they have for sale – and everything is made here in Pittsburgh.

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2008 Three Rivers Film Festival – Opens Nov. 7 – and runs until Nov. 22, 2008 – lots of great films coming to town. Which films do you reccomend?
new works « garbella – She is a member of the Pittsburgh Craft collective and she makes some great t-shirts and other screen printed items. IheartPGH was the first thing I screenprinted 5 years ago, long before I knew about blogs, so I have a love of anything screenprinted. I want a I bike PGH t-shirt! Check out this cool clock and the rest of her blog and Etsy shop.
Apple Festival and Pie Contest – Saturday at the Union Project – its all apples at the Apple Festival. There is also an Apple Pie contest.
Belt buckles, headbands, soap, t-shirts and more – check out some of the items that you will find at Handmade Arcade this weekend
Madcap recap « Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Blog – Check out the great picture of the tent in Schenley Park

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L.L.Bean Funds Venture Outdoors Inclusivity Initiative : Venture Outdoors – L.L.Bean has agreed to provide a $20,000 grant to Venture Outdoors in celebration of their Pittsburgh store opening at Ross Park Mall. This funding will be used to jump-start our Inclusivity Initiative, as well as help launch our new Family-Focused Trip Series in 2009.
Jupe has a blog – I am so happy to find this bolg. Jupe is a great boutique on Carson Street. The ladies that own this store are great and I really appreciate that they offer lots of affordable items of clothing and accessories. Another great place to shop Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh Restaurant Week is back for lunhc and dinner – In addition to their regular menu, participating restaurants will offer a three-course, prix-fixe dinner menu for $35.00 per person and may offer a three-course lunch menu for $25.00 per person. Make your reservations now! Contact participating restaurants directly for reservations and information.

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Encyclopedia Destructica – The Pittsburgh Craft Collective Blog highlights this business that makes handbound books and zines in lawrenceville. They also have public binding parties too – you can help to create their next zine.
Nine Mile Run Geology Tour – This looks like an interesting look at Nine Mile Run. Sunday. Nov. 2 at 1pm
The Buzz » Blog Archive » Welcome to the Berner Blog – I have been bugging Georgia Berner to write a blog about her business, which is a manufactuing business here in Western PA that makes air curtains. Georgia Berner is a wealth of knowledge about business and manufacturing and I hope you will check out her blog. This blog post has a good explaination of air curatins too.

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