January Book Club: Ready Player One

December 16, 2015 Erin Urban

January 12, 2016
7:30 p.m.

Please join us at Ashley Collins’s home (2465 Corteland Drive) for January’s book club meeting to discuss Ernest Cline’s novel, Ready Player One. Even if (or perhaps especially if) the last thing you read was Good Night Moon, please come for the laughter, food and drinks. I know this has been written often, but if you don’t have time to read the book please come anyway. Reading the book may be an easy way to create a common connection, but forming friendships certainly doesn’t involve required reading

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Announcement

_Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School_ on stage

December 16, 2015 Erin Urban

Junie B.’s Essential Guide to School Play
January 16
1:45 PM
Mt. Lebanon High School

Use the following link to purchase your tickets.

http://www.trustarts.org/

It’s general admission so we can all sit together. Let’s meet outside of the theater at 1:45 and head in together.

Tickets are $10.50 per person in advance/$12 that day if tickets remain. Free lap passes are available for children under the age of 2.

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Announcement

Ladies Day Out January

December 4, 2015 Erin Urban

Tuesday, January 5, 2016
9:30 a.m. – ?
The Salmen house
2677 Thorntree Drive

Ladies’ day out is ladies’ day in at the Salmen’s house this month! Please stop by for goodies, tea, coffee and maybe some screwdrivers!

Kids are welcome. If you need to reach Bethany Salmen, call 412-370-2895.

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Announcement, Member Feature

Member Profile: Sherri Sliski

December 3, 2015 Erin Urban

Why did you want to join the USC Newcomers’ Club?
I didn’t want to get too settled into our new routine here and forget to make friends. Having events on my calendar requires a commitment, and I’m more likely to do things that way.

Where did you recently move from?
Bartlett, TN, which is just northeast of Memphis.

Where did you grow up?
I born in Howell, MI, and raised in southeastern Michigan in the smallish town of Dexter. However, I tell people I’m from Ann Arbor, MI, because most people know where that is and it’s infinitely cooler than being from Dexter.

Where did you go to college and what did you study?
I attended Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, MI, then transferred to Eastern Michigan University and obtained my Bachelor of Fine Arts. I also took a few courses in chem and physics at the University of Wisconsin.

What do you do for your day job?
I’m a stay-at-home mom.

Do you have any kids? If so what are their names and ages?
I have Lydia, 5 years old, and Vivian, 7 years old.

Do you have any pets?
Butch, a senior Boston Terrier.

What do you like to do for fun?
I enjoy complex cooking challenges, hiking the trails behind our house, reading, knitting and sewing (strictly amateur!)

What books on your shelf are begging to be read?
I’m working on The Goldfinch right now. It’s wonderful, but it’s taking me forever, because I don’t want to rush it and miss any of the detailed writing.

I’m hoping to eventually read our delivered newspaper! I always sigh when I recycle it and only my husband has read it.

What’s the biggest goal you are working on now?
I would love to get my older sister and myself to Nepal somehow! Hopefully, for her 50th birthday in two years. We have lots of family to see there.

What upcoming Newcomers’ event are you looking forward to attending?
I was really looking forward to Escape the Room, but I was unable to go. The LDO Christmas Brunch sounds like fun.

What other things do you want your fellow newcomers to know about yourself?
I was an EMT/ambulance driver in Wisconsin for a couple of years, I have an Associate’s degree in Culinary Arts, I’ve lived a lot of different places (stateside) because my husband was Navy (ret. 11/2014), I was an interior painter/faux finisher in Washington, DC for five years.

Announcement

Favorite Things Brunch

November 18, 2015 Erin Urban

Sunday, December 6, 11 a.m.- 1 p.m.
St. Clair Country Club, the Library Room

Join us for a wonderful holiday brunch and gift exchange! Bring a $25 grab bag gift. Traditionally, this would be one of your favorite things.

Brunch, including tea and coffee, is included. Please bring cash if you would like to purchase adult beverages.

Cost is $25 dollars and is due by November 30. Please send a check made payable to USC Newcomers to Bethany Salmen 2677 Thorntree drive, 15241. Please contact Bethany with any questions- 412-370-2895.

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Ladies’ “Night” Out: Shopping in Shady Side

November 16, 2015 Erin Urban

Saturday, December 12
10 a.m.

Come get your holiday shopping for others done or maybe pick up something just for you! Let’s meet at Starbucks and get a warm beverage before heading out for shopping. Stay afterwards for lunch with friends!

Yes, this “Ladies Night Out” happens during the daytime. Sometimes that’s how we roll.

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Announcement

December Book Club: Avenue of Mysteries

November 13, 2015 Erin Urban

12/14/15
7:30 p.m.

Please join us at Julie Welter’s home (1266 Sun Ridge Drive) for December’s book club meeting to discuss John Irving’s novel, Avenue of Mysteries. Even if (or perhaps especially if) the last thing you read was Good Night Moon, please come for the laughter, food and drinks. I know this has been written often, but if you don’t have time to read the book please come anyway. Reading the book may be an easy way to create a common connection, but forming friendships certainly doesn’t involve required reading.

***We will be celebrating the holidays with a book and bottle exchange. Please bring a copy of your favorite book and bottle of wine.***

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Member Feature

Member Feature: Nandhini Kumaravelu

November 1, 2015 Erin Urban

Why did you want to join the USC Newcomers’ Club?
My next-door neighbor, Laura Muhl, invited me to join the club and it has been a great way to meet people and make new friends.

Where did you recently move from?
Pittsburgh is the only American city I have lived in. Spent three years in Castle Shannon before we bought a house and moved to USC this June.

Where did you grow up?
I was born and raised in India. Moved to Pittsburgh in 2010, two weeks after I got married.

Where did you go to college and what did you study?
In India, I did my B.S in apparel and textile technology and also hold a diploma in designing.

What do you do for your day job?
I stay at home taking care of my daughter.

Do you have any kids? If so what are their names and ages?
I have a four-year-old daughter. Her name is Leela.

Do you have any pets?
We don’t have any pets right now, but might in the future.

What do you like to do for fun?
I love to travel, paint and watch movies.

What books on your shelf are begging to be read?
I don’t get time to read, but when I do, I mostly pick works by Indian authors.

Right now, these are waiting to be read:
Half girlfriend by Chetan Bhagat. The oath of the Vayuputras -Shiva Trilogy

What’s the biggest goal you are working on now?
I have started with a big Indian painting for our living room. My biggest immediate goal right now is to finish it.

What upcoming Newcomers’ event are you looking forward to attending?
All. Everything sounds interesting. I will try to attend most of it.

What other things do you want your fellow newcomers to know about yourself?
I am glad we moved to USC. I like the community,the club and the people. I am really shy and not-so-outgoing by nature. The newcomers’ club has helped me come out of my comfort zone.