Category Archives: Neighborhoods

There Is Still Plenty of Video and DVD For Rent in Pittsburgh at C Video & DVD in Shadyside

Classic Video and DVD now in Shadyside has been alive and well for 21 years renting movies. A large inventory from Silent Film to New Releases including one of the best selections of Foreign Film titles in the city on both formats.

You can check out the website at www.cvideoonline.com and initiate a key word search of many of the stores holdings and reserve a pickup at the store. You can just give a call to 412-621-3232 and chat with Cathy about movies. Or visit at 735 Copeland St. right off Walnut St. for a personal movie discussion.

When you get a membership you can even keep a list on file at the store of movies you wish you could remember that you wanted to see.

It’s easy and fun and the experience is well worth the trip or walk to Shadyside.

Dreaming Ant – Pittsburgh’s independent, documentary, gay, lesbian & foreign DVD rental source

Dreaming Ant – Pittsburgh’s independent, documentary, gay, lesbian & foreign DVD rental source. Dreaming Ant is a double shot of local Pittsburgh as it is located in the back of the Bloomfield coffee shop – Crazy Mocha (on Liberty Ave in the heart of the Bloomfield buisiness district). So there is a place to rent independent video’s in Pittsburgh, no more waiting for the video that you had to order from the internet to arrive. So scoot on over to Bloomfield for a cup of coffee and a place to rent videos that is locally owned. (IheartPGH is a frequent Crazy Mocha visitors because we heart the free wireless internet)

Best bar in the Burgh?

What’s the best bar in Pittsburgh? My vote goes to Duke’s, located in that no-man’s land between North Oakland and Bloomfield. Why?

1) It’s dirt cheap.

2) The clientele is a mix of tattooed lowlives, bicycle punks, homeless people, and grad students.

3) The jukebox isn’t exactly a music snob’s iPod, but for a bar, it’s good.

4) It’s dirt cheap. (amazingly, they carry good beer as well as the usual (delicious) crap– Arrogant Bastard or Franziskaner for way less than the Sharp Edge)

6) I’ve almost gotten into a fight there at least three times.

7) One time I roll in a midnight to find the bar packed with people, staring silently at the TV and watching… Lord of the Rings!

8) The current bartender looks like a short The Rock.

Pittsburgh Hip-Hop Film Festival

hip hop film fest logo
Pittsburgh Hip-Hop Film Festival runs Nov. 16-20th. Pittsburgh is awesome. I have not yet had the chance to make it to see the film fest yet but it is on the list for this weekend.
Pittsburgh is so lucky to have great people organizing events like a Hip Hop Film Festival. Even if you don’t know what hip hop is I am sure this will be a fantastic collection of great films.
Here are the films for Sat & Sun

Saturday, November 19, 2005 – Kelly-Strayhorn-Theater

1:00 p.m. Hip Hop Colony
A film by Michael Wanguhu
Preceded by: Sling Shot Hip Hop: The Palestinian Lyrical Front

3:00 p.m. Scene Not Heard/Reflections on Women in Hip Hop

4:00 p.m. The Hip Hop Scene Not Heard: Panel-led community dialogue

7:00 p.m. Bomb the System
www.bombthesystem.com

AFTERPARTY
Cozumel, Shadyside – 9:30pm-2am $5
Bands Eviction Notice, Tha Beats N Verbz, Tru Vibes – Emcees RXC, Wiz Khalifa, Da Button Pusha, Hipnotik, Hands Down -DJ Nuke Knocka

Sunday, November 20, 2005
3:00 p.m. Resistencia
Preceded by: Still City

7:00 p.m. Enough is Enough: The Death of Jonny Gammage

AFTERPARTY
Pl8 736, Shadyside – 10pm-2am, Free
-Light Buffet from Pl8
-DJs Nugget, Omar-Abdul and Chad Rapp
-Featuring Hip Hop Film Fest Staff Guest Bartending -Auctioning of Murals

Sandwiches at Il Padrino

I absolutely had to add a post regarding my Brookline neighborhood. I love that it still has a city neighborhood feel to it. People that grew up there still know each other and their families. It’s great!

Adding to its uniqueness is a fabulous new eatery, Il Padrino. On Brookline Blvd., there are many pizza places, drug stores, bars, that you can find a quick snack. None of them come close to Il Padrino.

This deli has more sandwiches than you can imagine. Gyro? Yes. Cheesesteak (with real steak)? Yes. Chicken Wrap? Yes. Club sandwich? Yes. Anything! Chalkboards full of options. And every sandwich comes with chips and a pickle. Mmmmm.

No only are these great creations affordable, they are huge! They use all quality ingredients (I believe Boars Head) and you can buy them to take home from their deli case. The soups are spectacular, too.

The only thing is, this is a deli. They have 4 bar stools to grab a quick bite, but most of the business is take out. But you don’t even have to go there to get a delicious sandwich – they deliver!

It’s a great addition to the Boulevard.