Weird that I ran into Shannon Webber Wednesday morning. I hadnt seen the Philly punk mistress in some time. First thing she said to me was that she had been to visit the long ailing Philly punk-before-you-were-a-punk Mikey Wild in…
Consultant Jon Taffer (above, center) has been in the business of reconfiguring bars and restaurants for over 20 years. Clients of his company, Taffer Dynamics, include Cabo Wabo Cantina in Mexico, Morton’s of Chicago and several major hotel chains. Along…
Thursday nights show at Tower Theatre with Elvis Costello was a gas. The newly slimmed down Costello leapt down memory lane by reviving the Spectacular Spinning Songbook that he first used at the Tower in 1985. Costello and his Imposters…
My favorite new power couple in Philly is Dean and Christy Bottie Kitagawa. Shes a painter and muralist whose swell new student exhibition made of studies of the Divine Lorraine Hotel are the hit of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine…
[ pets ] Under the thematic banner of “Protect Your Pets,” Citizens for a No-Kill Philadelphia (CFAN-KP)’s adoption/education event this Sunday will be the largest of its kind in our city’s history. “As someone who bragged that Philly was the…
[ rock/pop ] If Saturday really is the end of the world, Sara Sherr’s show at Tritone seems like a swell place to take it in. New York City’s Antietam playing their first area show in ages make…
Ah, Ashley Primis, Director of Special Projects for Stephen Starr Restaurant Organization (SRO), we hardly knew ye. Actually wait, we knew ye for quite some time, as the food editor of Philadelphia magazine, until you left that pub 14 months…
[ rock/pop ] Sure, the name of their album is silly Hezekiah Leaves and The Spinning Joneses. But the music behind the concept is stark and wondrously bizarre. The Spinning Leaves’ Michael Baker and Barbara Gettes usually make a…
Chef and restaurateur Chip Roman has a whole slew of things coming up. His newly opened Mica in Chestnut Hill just started the same sort of four-course $45 prix fixe Tuesday dinner (a different seasonal ingredient weekly) thats been successful…
If you thought the duck and chicken liver parfait at The Dandelion was the Brit pubs richest appetizer, meet the trout pate. Introduced by exec chef Robert Aikens during the Easter holiday weekend, the mix of fresh and smoked trout,…
