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East End Microbrewery Hike

East End Brewing Company during growler hours,...Image via Wikipedia

Since the playoff game is on Friday night and hopefully Sunday – Saturday afternoon is free this weekend.  A great afternoon to combine some exercise with beer.  Check out the Venture Outdoors mircobrewery hike.

We’ll start this activity with an easy hike through Frick Park to get our bodies moving. Afterward, we’ll head over to Pittsburgh’s East End Brewing Company. Owner Scott Smith will be on hand to share the intricacies of craft brewing on a private tour of the brewery and give a taste of his latest brews. As a special bonus on this outing, you take home a half gallon “growler” of fresh beer straight from the source! Minimum age 21.

Saturday May 9, 2009 3-6pm
Frick Park

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Carp All Night

I can’t believe that we at  IheartPGH have not posted on this important annual event before. Thanks to the folks at Venture Outdoors for reminding me that this weekend is Carp All Night, which is a sister event to Art All Night.  Join some fishermen and fisherwomen for an all night carp fishing extravaganza.

The umpteenth annual Carp All Night takes place this Saturday, April 25, in Lawrenceville, beneath the 40th Street Bridge. Fishing equipment will be on hand for those in need of it, as well as actual expertise in how to catch something. And we do actually catch some pretty impressive fish, including a very nice 3 lb. smallmouth bass.

No kidding. Plus lots of catfish and even the occasional carp. Don’t forget your PA Fishing License, you can get that on-line these days:http://www.fish.state.pa.us/license.htm

Stop down any time, Dusk to Dawn.

Check out some Carp All Night photos from 2006 on Flickr.  Pittsburgh Dish also wrote about Carp All Night in 2007.

Here is a video that documents some of the fun from the 2003 Carp All Night

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm71zh1InuM[/youtube]

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Links Worth a Look – February 24th

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Links Worth a Look – January 22nd

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  • Begginers Cross County Skiing – Saturday Jan. 25 – I think this should be a good weekend to get outdoors!
  • Welcome a new Bakery to Sq. Hill! – A new bakery is sweetening up Squirrel Hill’s bustling commercial district. Located in the heart of the thriving East End neighborhood at 2119 Murray Ave., Sweet Tammy’s opened its doors to lovers of homemade treats Dec. 1.
  • Pittsburgh leads campaign to bail out the troubled Hostess Twinkie – Pittsburgh-based Rose Stein Inc. has launched a national campaign to rescue the beloved Twinkie,
  • Pittsburgh's Tugboat Printshop gets inaugural treatment this week – Congratulations to Tugboat Printshop !!
    "The artists, Paul Roden and his wife Valerie Lueth, earned a coveted invitation to hang their work in the inaugural week exhibition, Manifest Hope: DC Gallery, a diverse gathering of the nation’s most talented visual artists who provided artistic inspiration to the Obama campaign, such as the now famous iconic blue and red image of Obama's face by Shepherd Ferry. "
  • I steel PGH t-shirt – Another great t-shirt in black and gold! Thanks for leaving a comment about this!

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Links Worth a Look – January 20th

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  • Steelerbaby | Facebook – Be a fan of Steeler Baby on Facebook!
  • Warren Miller Success! : Venture Outdoors – Great pictures from the Warren Miller Film showing last weekend. I really like the picture of theshowing inside Carnegie Library in Homewood.
  • WQED adds new channel – Fans of "Sit and Be Fit" and "On Q" or "Charlie Rose" reruns need not fret. Those programs will move to a new digital subchannel called the WQED Create Channel.

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