Nov 10, 2010 posted at 02:47 pm

Sushi Pier and Movember

Sushi Piero, one of Reno's favorite sushi restaurants, has joined the Movember campaign. Those guys are well motivated!

Most of their staff is growing a Mo, and they also have added two specials to their menus. Everytime anyone orders one of these, a donation will be made to Movember.

One of their specials is aptly named the Fu Manchu, in honor of the fictional character with the very unique moustache. The sushi roll represents it quite fairly, and it's made of ebi, crystal shrimp, avocado and cream cheese:

Sushi_pier_fumanchu

The other special is a little bit more daring. One could even say, and quite accurately, that it's pretty ballsy. Behold, the Pier Balls, made out of salmon, yellowtail, queso fresco and panko:

Sushi_pier_balls

They are both delicious, but don't take our word for it! Get to Sushi Pier and try some delicious treats while supporting Movember at the same time. All 3 locations for Sushi Pier (two in Reno and one in South Lake Tahoe) have the specials running for the whole month.

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Nov 4, 2010 posted at 07:09 am

Movember kick-off (Shave-Off!) recap

What a fun night!

The Reno Collective let us use some of their space, and by 7pm we were ready to roll with the famous Moustache Ride from Eclipse Pizza, and some beer and wine donated by Amendment 21.

After a quick ceremonial speech, a couple of chairs were set up so that the barbers from Old West Barber Shop could get to work. They had clippers to get unruly facial hair down to a short length, and then they even offered full shaves to get everyone clean-shaven and fully compliant with the Movember competition rules. By the way, they did this for free and one of the barbers even shaved his goatee to join in the Mo-action. You should check them out if you're looking for a good shave, they excellent old-fashioned shaves at their shop that will leave you feeling like a true gentleman (and if you tell them that you're doing Movember, you'll get a little something special!).

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We had over 20 gentlemen who needed shaving, and we saved the best for last: David Calvert had a beard... and he shaved it all off! It took a lot of time, but it was well worth it. There's a video of that in the works, we'll certainly share for you to see how it's done.

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Also: The Nevada Sagebrush posted an article about Movember in Reno! See it for yourself: http://nevadasagebrush.com/blog/2010/11/01/locals-sport-‘staches’-for-men’s-health/

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Nov 3, 2010 posted at 04:37 pm

Finally, a Movember mospace URL you can remember!

Mospace

Are you tired of trying to remember your mospace url? We are too. http://us.movember.com/mospace/SOMERANDOMNUMBER is just too much!  

That's why we created MoRLs (MO URLs). These MoRLs are links off of the City of Remo website that redirect right to your mospace.

 

my mospace is http://us.movember.com/mospace/12368

But with the miracle of MoRLs I can use http://cityofremo.com/don 

 

What are you waiting for? Go claim yours now!

 

1. Head over to http://cityofremo.com/morls/claim

Claim-morl

2. Follow the instructions and get up to 3 MoRLs for your mospace. For example, you might want your first name, your twitter handle and if you're a team captain, you might want one for your team. (Remember, the team captain's mospace is used as the main team page.)

3. Enjoy your shiny new toy. Go ahead, you've earned it.

 

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