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Links Worth a Look – November 5th

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look:

Black Bear Sighting – Participants in the Venture Outdoors hike near Moraine State Park sighted a black bear and her three cubs last week on their hike and they were able to get a few photos too.
Upper Lawrenceville’s MauraMori Cafe keeps breakfast and lunch in the neighborhood – New cafe opens in Uppler Lawrenceville. PopCity checks out this new breakfast and lunch spot.
The Surprisingly Hip Banjo Club Heats up the Elk Lodge – Pop City takes a look at the weekly banjo club – a free event each week at the Elks Lodge on the North Side.
Parks Are Free Photo Contest – Check out these amazing photos from the Pittsburgh Park’s Conservancy contest – great photos of the parks from all seasons. The one of Schenley park with the skyline are great.
New Orleans weekly e-newsletter – NOLAlicious – Heading to New Orleans? Check out NOLAlicious – Sloane, one of the cofounders, is originally from Pittsburgh.

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A Bit of Pgh in Boston – Head of the Pgh Parks Conservancy to Speak to Boston’s Friends of the Public Garden – Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy CEO Meg Cheever will be participating in a discussion in Boston, MA on October 6 at the Boston Public Library with other park advocates, elected and government officials, and opinion leaders. The discussion, Great Parks – Vibrant Cities: Keeping Them Healthy in Hard Times, will lead to innovative solutions for the challenges facing parks.
Modern Shadyside Home featured in Dwell Magazine – Steeltown Anthem has a great post on a Pittsburgh house that has been featured in Dwell Magazine. It is nice to finally get the story behind this house that is located a block off of Walnut St. – Thanks to Steeltown Anthem for showing off more great Pittsburgh design.

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More playground chat (and a little Schenley history) « Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Blog – a follow up on the presentation about the playgounf of the future
Welcome baristas and coffee lovers! « Mid-Atlantic & Northeast Barista Competition – Pittsburgh is hosting the Mid-Atlantic & Northeast Barista Competition this winter! Coffee experts will be coming from all over to the great PGH to compete in coffee!
Autumnal Lasagna – Burghilicious – Another amazing recipe from Lauren!
Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies – I love that there is a blog about both Pittsbrugh Sports and Mini Ponies. I think "mini ponies" is now the most unique tag we have here at IheartPGH. I hope there are future posts I can tag with "mini ponies"

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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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