Monthly Archives: October 2009

If you live in my neighborhood and don’t enjoy the smell of caramelizing onion, let me apologize now, because that aroma will likely overpower everything else in the area for the next several hours. Why? Because I’m making M’Judra. I … Continue reading

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FUEL 1917 East Passyunk Ave. fuelphilly.com 215-468-FUEL ***** Chef/owner Rocco Cima is going to change your vision of healthy food. I stopped in to FUEL – the new everything-under-500-calories cafe on East Passyunk Ave. – for lunch last week and … Continue reading

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Modern Manners is back after a brief hiatus, which really isn’t such a bad thing. Maybe it’s all the yoga I’ve been doing, but I haven’t been feeling very judgmental lately. Enter my family, who never cease to amaze me … Continue reading

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I love being surprised and the product I’m about to tell you about really shocked me. Gay-boyfriend (GBF) got us tickets to the Philadelphia Food & Wine Festival last weekend and we had a grand time, indeed. Despite the fact … Continue reading

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It’s time for my first soup recipe of the season! It’s starting to get chilly and my farmer’s market will soon be departing for the winter so I’m obsessed with finding ways to get the most out of the yummy … Continue reading

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Ok, so I bought new towels this weekend for the first time in ten years and I am loving them. These rockin Ralph Lauren towels feel like I imagine the Snuggle bear does. Shut-up! It is too a valid post! … Continue reading

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I have decided that when we buy a house and I finally get two sinks in my bathroom, I also want one of these next to the toilet: Yes, that’s a urinal. No, I’m not a tranny. Until recently, I … Continue reading

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I’m gonna get in trouble for this post – guaranteed. My sweetie explicitly asked me not to put this on the site because, “People will think I’m a homo-phobe.” But I think he’s pretty busy right now and it won’t … Continue reading

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East Passyunk Ave.’s own JimmyStyle will host a meet & greet event tonight, 10/7, with local artist Zachariah O’Hora, to celebrate the opening of his new exhibit at the shop. In addition to free drinks & food, tonight’s event features … Continue reading

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I am thrilled to report there are now enough fabulous places to dine in our little neighborhood that East Passyunk Ave. (EPA) has garnered its own restaurant week! Brought to you by RestaurantReservations.com, Philly Neighborhood restaurant week will actually be … Continue reading

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