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artemis

and you thought home depot was your only option. tisk, tisk. for environmentally responsible building materials, visit artemis. right on butler street in lawrenceville, linda and janice will make your green renovation dreams come true. they have options for every part of your house, and the stuff looks really cool too. go check them out and learn something about how you can decrease your impact. artemis’ website is: http://artemisenvironmental.com/… Read the rest

arsenal lanes, lawrenceville

a favorite of young and old alike, arsenal lanes has become to the place to bowl. in fact, i would venture to say that it has spurred a resurgence of bowling. it’s got a fun theme each night of the week, is really affordable and has new surfaces on its lanes. here’s the low-down: sunday…dj night monday…live bands [a.k.a. rock’n’bowl] tuesday…college night [0.50 bowling and drafts] wednesday…ladies night [women bowl free] thursday…80s night friday…karaoke saturday…super saturday [noon-three] except where noted otherwise, all events are $7 all-you-can-bowl and/or run 9pm-12am. arsenal lanes is located at 44th and butler streets [enter on… Read the rest

coca cafe, lawrenceville

ok, so i listed it as a fav under the 16:62 design zone this morning, but then i actually went there for lunch. once again, i was blown away by the food. i had a three mushroom omlette with oyster mushrooms, jarlsburg cheese and herbs. my fellow luncher had an egg white omlette with spinach, tomatoes, basil and goat cheese. i’ll venture to say they were both excellent, and reasonably priced. my chai latte was pretty good too. it took a good bit for the food to appear, but was worth the wait. as i implied in my earlier reference,… Read the rest

shop local: the 16:62 design zone

lawrenceville is a neighborhood fighting hard for established vibrancy, and the business district has been its largest point of success to date. keep your eye out for the lawrenceville community plan to be released early next year. they are on a role. the 16:62 design zone, starting at 16th street in the strip district and ending at the 62nd street bridge in lawrenceville, is host to a large number of creative businesses. products range from custom carpentry and stained glass to furniture and pottery. to the best of my knowledge, all member businesses are locally owned and operated. for a… Read the rest

FROZEN Oct. 27 – Nov. 13th

Barebones productions is a Pittsburgh theater company started in 2003 to bring more to the Pittsburgh theater community. barebones productions returns with its most challenging play to date… the Pittsburgh premier of the Tony Award winning FROZEN, by Bryony Lavery Frozen follows the stories of a murderer, his psychologist, and the mother of one of his victims in an effort to explore our capacity for forgiveness, remorse, and change– after acts that would seem to rule them out entirely.… Read the rest

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