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Links Worth a Look – December 8th

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So Me – New Shop in Glenshaw – Check out this post from the Pittsburgh Craft Collective (with photos) of a new shop that has just opened in Glen Shaw. So Me features gifts from local artists and crafters.
A Safe Street in Pittsburgh: Interesting Times : The New Yorker – Pittsburgh's City of Asylum project and the North Side's Sampsonia Way are profiled in the New Yorker. "City of Asylum/Pittsburgh provides sanctuary to writers exiled under threat of death, imprisonment, or persecution in their native countries."
Rusty Waters Apparel – more awesome Pittsburgh t-shirts. Check out the one with the directional arrows – such an accurate depiction of our roadways.

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Magical Mint Ice Cream – Burghilicious – this looks delicious. Lauren has provided a recipe and pictures for Magical Mint Ice Cream – maybe something you want to make for the holidays.
Village Voice: New Stanton | Pittsburgh Metblogs – What do you know about New Stanton? Mike at Pittsburgh Metblog has posted an interesting picture.
Jewelry by Pittsburgh Artists from the Pittsburgh Craft Collective – this post has a great summary and pictures of some handmade jewelry by some of the members of the Pittsburgh Craft Collective
podcast interview of the Yes Men – I am sure this will be a great podcast to watch. The Yes Men is a hilarious documentary film. There is an exhibit about the Yes Men at Carnegie Mellon running now.

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Penn State Cologne? – This is a funny post. Uncle Crappy looks at THE gift for Penn State fans.
MINEO’S PIZZA | Dave and Dave’s Excellent Blog – Dave and Dave go to Mineo's Pizza. Even if you aren't a Mineo's fan you have to respect a place that still uses rotary phones.
Pop City – Carnegie Mellon brings waffles and reality TV to empty East Liberty storefront – I had the choco-waffle last week. Tasty! This is a really great little project and it is nice to see the empty store front being used. Check out their photo booth too!
Tree Sweaters – Check out the picture of the tree sweaters at the Pittsburgh Children's musuem.

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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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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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