Posted in City Event News, City Living Alerts, Dining on Jan 29th, 2008
For those that don’t already know - Restaurant Week has kicked off in Philadelphia! Reservations at primo joints may be difficult to come by at this stage, but it’s probably worth your time to hit up opentable and see what may be available.
A complete list of participating restaurants AND their special menu is available [...]
Credit to Foobooz for digging up City Paper’s list of Top Chicken Cheesesteaks.
The winners in ascending order: :
Society Hill Pizza
One Pound Cheesesteaks
Rustica Pizza
Super Deli
Marco Polo Pizza & Grill
Posted in Entertainment, Philly News on Jan 25th, 2008
In case you want to relive the hilarity of the Philadelphia auditions for American idol (or if you missed last week’s episode) - here’s a filtered version, saving you the trouble of vetting a 4 hour episode find our local William Hung.
Anyone have a favorite? I’m pretty sure I’m squarely in the corner of the [...]
Posted in New in town, Phillyisms, Reviews, Transportation on Jan 9th, 2008
The amtrak blog has a great post about the feasibility of commuting between Philadelphia and New York on a regular basis.
I must say, my experiences on the Acela to Penn Station have been quite positive. I would argue that the cost is exorbitantly high, so if you aren’t in a position where your company [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Reviews on Jan 8th, 2008
Great Penn’s Landing Fireworks clip on Youtube here. Credit to our friends at uwishunu.
Posted in Dining, New in town, Philly News, Phillyisms on Dec 14th, 2007
Hot damn! I love Wegmans. Somehow everytime I end up doing my grocery shopping in that store, I end up with a very empty wallet. The decision to sell liquor there won’t help me out anytime soon.
Apparently it was costly for them, too - a liquor license in New Jersey costs $500,000. Although, [...]