Philadelphia?

maria tessa sciarrino

rockist scientist

anthony miccio

yuck, no! i worked there for 2 months -- the Worst Job I've Ever Had

is some eatery in Penn land called the White Dog worth a visit?

I am a big fan of the White Dog. They have a red pepper grits dish that brings me joy.

Note: I have not been there for like two years.

ever have brunch there?

Yes, that is where one has the best opportunity to partake of the grits. Note that I am generally opposed to brunch in principle but have in fact enjoyed it at the White Dog.

I'm taking my friend on a vinyl pilgrimage. What stores should I hit besides Repo, AKA, Sound op Market, PhREX, and PAT?

recently named the ugliest city in the country

I'm taking my friend on a vinyl pilgrimage. What stores should I hit besides Repo, AKA, Sound op Market, PhREX, and PAT?

Sweet Jane, at 1742 E. Passyunk is co-owned by an extremely cool (in all of the best senses of that word) guy...definitely go there. Beautiful World Syndicate is nearby-- 1619 E. Passyunk.

Tequila Sunrise at 525 W. Girard is also definitely worth a visit. If you're taking public random-claw-hammer attacks transportation, then get off at the Girard stop and walk west a few blocks. After you soak up the vinyl, go get drinks at The Fire at 412 W. Girard. I haven't been there in forever, but I used to make a habit of eschewing Johnny Brenda's in favor of that place. Everyone that works there is ridiculously friendly...

clawhammer attacks? is that the new trend? shd I just take cabs everywhere?

I was thinking of going to a Fire show.

this happened a couple of days ago:

nah, but septa is chill, by and large.

are you going to be in philly this wknd? i will be out of town, otherwise i would be like "HEY MAAAAAAAAAN, let's hang out and talk about jerry lewis and drink belgian beers"

I will be at a Phils' game Sat, and hopefully not in my hotel for 2 nights cuz I can't eat.

Awesome! I haven't been to a game yet this season.

What do you mean you "can't eat"??

I had food poisoning Monday, and am still trying to shake it in time for the weekend.

Aw man, I'm sorry...

What show at the Fire were you thinking of going to? Dr. Dog? They are huge here, and the venue is small, so plan accordingly, if that's on your agenda.

morbs, you seem to get food poisoning a lot. maybe it's something else to look at?

no, the Friday one:

Mose Giganticus
The Emotron
Ugh, God
Hey Hey

bands I know nuthin about.

Probably won't tho, I hate live music these days. Might go to a Fringe show (Woyzeck) in Northern Libs.

i don't know any of those bands. philly offers an embarrassing riches of music, but i rarely go to shows that don't involve friends playing because:

a. i am poor
b. i am old and burnt out on going to shows (and when i do make the effort i am disappointed pretty frequently...i would rather spend money dancing and drinking at this late date in my life)

one cool thing about the fire, though, is that they have monitors in the bar portion of the space which broadcast the performances, so one can observe from a distance and then decide whether or not to pony up the bucks to see what's going on in the next room.

Might go to a Fringe show (Woyzeck) in Northern Libs.

I've never been to the German Society, but the Latvian Society (which is a block away) is the place to go...unfortunately I think they are only open to the public at large once a month or so, and I don't think there is anything going on there this weekend. Laris, who used to be a partner in Arthur magazine, revitalized the place, and it is pretty amazing. It's situated adjacent to a house where Edgar Allen Poe lived at one point, and which is one of the things that Philly clutches to for cred, at least in the realm of tourist guides and whatnot...which is bizarre, b/c there are so many other things that the city could be bragging about. Poe belongs to Baltimore, not Philly!

Anyhow, if you go to N. 2nd St. in Northern Liberties, you will encounter all manner of great restaurants and bars. The beer culture here is insane; it's nigh impossible to stumble into a bar that doesn't have at least a handful of exotic Belgian offerings.

The Spring Garden-ish portion of that part of town can be sketchy-- a friend of mine was held up at gunpoint a couple of years ago while strolling through those lands...but, if you have others walking with you, and it's the weekend, then you will be fine. The worst danger you will encounter is obnoxious drunken yahoo weekend revelers.

I am alone, but have mastered the Steve Martin tactic of vomiting on attackers.

ha, someone told me once to "act crazy" in those kinds of situations, but i usually make the mistake of leaving the house sans the novelty arrow that appears to pierce my head.

this is such a weird weekend; even if i were not going through with plans made months ago, then i would be out of town attending a "reunion" show of a dear friend from high school's band.

which is to say, i wish that i would be around to force my company (as well as that of my friends) upon you. but, meh, you'll be fine.

philly actually is really "ugly"; that was driven into me after spending a wknd in dc recently. but if you like belgian beers, then this here is valhalla (or the flemish equivalent thereof)

I really don't fancy any kinds of beer to extremes.

ok, well, i'm the last person to ever champion philadelphia, but, anywhere you go there are beer offerings to satisfy anyone...cask-conditioned, belgianiana, etc.

and it's a pretty respectable restaurant town as well.

if the "aw geez, we're not nyc" cloud which hangs over the town is ever overcome, and people at large ever manage to appreciate here for what it is, then this town would explode into space.

mind you, i'm saying that as someone who wants nothing more then to get the heck out of here and go back west.

If the food goes down, I may get a cheesesteak on South St this time.

i'm not a meat guy, so i don't have any advice to give you, other than go to Pat's, not Geno's (Geno's are the racist motherfuckers who occupy that neon eyesore)

also, going on the word of friends who are cheesesteak fiends, those places are lame tourist traps, and the best cheesesteak is apparently in old city. i can't remember the name of the place, but i think it's close to 2nd and market?

also, on saturday, there are two outdoor things:

a.
Fire Museum Presents:

Highwire Festival

Make A Rising

Zaimph

Helena Espvall

Noa Babayof

Eric Carbonara

Katt Hernandez

George Korein

Christine Shields

Blood Like Mine

Dead Folk

Radio Eris

Highwire Gallery (Outdoors)
2040 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia
Saturday, September 13th, 12 noon to 8PM
$5

b.
Northern Liberties Music Fest was cancelled last weekend due to tropical storm hanna. This is the raindate make up, but with a new killer line-up

Totally FREE!

$10 for all you can drink beer
4pm - 10pm

4:30 Blivit
5:15 Mike Simon
6:00 We Thieves
6:45 Human People
7:30 Kurt Vile and the Violators
8:15 Birds of Maya
9:00 Bardo Pond

Liberty Lands Park
913-961 N 3rd St

I would choose plan b, if only based upon the musical offerings.

thx, i've been to Pat's, and yes it aint great.

Phils' game is at 3:55pm on Sat, so no music nec.

i do miss my home city.

but fuck if i ever want to move back.

Doctah, awesome, have fun at the game! Me love the Phils, but I understand if you can't get down with that particular program.

table, yeah, I grew up not far from the city, and this was the last place I ever would have wanted to live, but circumstances have brought me here... that being said, it's been good in many ways for me-- however, to extemporize upon that in some manner that would cover all of the bases would lead to a tl; dr post, but, in short, yeah. I hear you.

The Laris who I mentioned upthread is a huge Philly booster, but I only manage to grok that sensibility every now and then. Bottom line is, I think it's a great place to do visual arts, music, etc. I am not currently actively pursuing any of those things; my inclinations these days lean more towards hippie-ish things that would better be served by me living on the west coast or in some hippie college town. So, fuck me, etc.

wtf @ clawhammer attack

a cheesesteak place called Gooey Louies?

SO I'm going to Making Time to see Soulwax on Sunday at 6th and Spring Garden (Transit). What do I do after 2 or 3 am until 7 am when the bus comes?

lol

how long will you be in town?

Until tomorrow

I work today and tomorrow til 5:30p but if you need a drinking buddy I'd be totally down for a pint at some point before idk like 8 or 9

I'm at Ultimo now on 22nd. So mellow. Life in slow motion. Philly is cool

This what we try to tell everyone all the time!! I used to live 2 blocks away from that Ultimo at 20th/Catharine. It ruled.

Except that it ended horribly bcz the guy I was living with was a deeply awful person but hey at least I lived near a cool coffee shop

Thinking of going back for a day of walking and hanging out in April

considering April 10-11 maybe

http://ihousephilly.org/calendar/torture-dungeon-bloodthirsty-butchers-man-with-two-heads

http://www.thebikestop.com/2015/02/26/bearracuda-philly/

Those events look horrible

Will trees hip and Steve d be around on the 10th?

Idk bro I wd fux w both of those

Also ya I am free the 10th after 8:30p, sup?

if i show up Thurs eve, is anything going on?

Aloha from Waikiki

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/kitbrash/hawaiicheesesteak_zpscj9eq1gn.jpg

who's the girl?

some rando

was it as good as Oscar's tho

We did not make it past the swaying, growling drunk on the steps there.

Are those... cheese slices... on that... thing............

anythg fun going down b4 il papa visits?

well, free Stevie Wonder concert yesterday

we had one of those here too

i have no idea tbh

Thinking we might come in and see the Mummers parade. Please give me a full breakdown of how/where is best, keeping in mind we have small kids.

part of my soon to be extended fam is moving back to philly next year, gonna be some extra pressure from the mrs to make the jump from central pa, i think

no help 4 u with the mummers, man alive

I'll probably be there as well unless I chicken out and stay home

Philly is the beeeest!!!! I've never actually done the Mummers parade tho. I'm sure anywhere along Broad Street is fine.

Coming in on the bus on NYE at 3. Plan is to walk from the station to shuylkill River park, chill, then visit a bunch of coffee places concluding at chapter house then kill time in hotel room until 10 then over to fish town to some brewery and then Johnny Brenda's for a sunny day in Glasgow NYE show then mummers parade in the morning and leaving by bus at 3

that sounds p cool for like a day in philly. ASDIG is fun live!

if you want coffee shop rex, Elixr and Ultimo are both tippy-top, and La Colombe is great too (if you're looking for like nose-in-the-air single origin hand pourover wanky bullshit where the staff is really friendly and the coffee is $5 and tastes incredible)

Also there are few things I love more than answering ppl's Philly recommendation questions so if you have any post them here and indulge me!

Went to Ultimo and Colombe last time I was there, hitting Elixir this time

I think as far as 3rd Wave Coffee goes, Elixr is our crown jewel.

Having a very focused weekend visit, hoping the ballgame on Saturday isn't rainy and the Renoir/Renoir show at Barnes is worth it.

Most powerful man in Philly politics (allegedly) did some extremely Philly crimes:
- Embezzled money to buy SWEATPANTS & CARGO SHORTS
- Embezzled money buy $6 million worth of Eagles/76ers/Phillies/Flyers/etc tickets
- Misappropriated union resources so he could run his own bar pic.twitter.com/9L4UnZPCiP

— Ryan W Briggs (@rw_briggs) January 30, 2019

https://www.eater.com/2019/3/7/18254669/philadelphia-first-united-states-city-to-ban-cashless-restaurants

Yeah, my mom was literally just telling me about that yesterday. Prompted by a visit (here) to a dumpling house that was to our surprise 100% disposable-products free and 100% paperless, incl. no cash.

Hi, I live here now. I see StevieD every once in a while at concerts or in the neighborhood. who else is here?

I live just outside the city and try to get to shows as often as I can.

I grew up in West Chester and barely recognize the city when I go back to Philly.

Anybody interested in two free tickets to Aniara tonight at the Ritz? I won them in a drawing but didn’t realize it conflicted with one of the last Movie Mondays at the Troc :/

If you’re interested just let me know and I’ll twll you how to redeem it.

I live here (I'm also a recluse (not really))

hi tabes! i visit when i have money.

It happened. I witnessed the most Philly thing ever.
A fight broke out DURING a showing of the Mister Rogers movie.

— Molly Seavy-Nesper (@Nindoonjibaa) December 14, 2019

I have a few hours to kill in downtown / Chinatown tonight
Can anyone recommend a place to eat and / or a bar?

Ended up going to independence beer garden in old city. Very cool place

Visiting next weekend with my fam

you'll love it, lots of history and stuff. (I'll be back there next week for a bit, too.)

It’s my kinda dump

(Seriously, I do love it here, tho hate it in about equal measure tbh)

We’re going to the nihonjin gardens Friday I think