Living in Philadelphia

Also don't forget that the new Starbucks flavors are rolling out on November 7th and we have to go get something with peppermint or some shit. The cute barista needs me.

sounds like a capital idea

I want pumpkin spice.

the cranberry latte is my favorite

There's a nice dive bar (Bob & Barbara's) at 15th & South--with live jazz on the weekends.

Oh, I think I was at that bar once waiting to play a show (maybe at the TLA upstairs or somewhere else on South). There was this really really old guy playing the organ but it was still kind of good if creaky.

I still haven't been there but keep meaning to check out their thurs. Night drag show

steves i almost can't believe that you have not been to b&B's... the drag night gets super-crowded but is fun to go to at least once

and yeah, that band that plays on the wknds is great

so happy reading this thread and seeing how many places still exist, remember trudging trough a blizzard to Bob and Barbara's and they actually opened back up for us out of sympathy, the last drop (remember when that opened in 93 or so) dancing at Silk City, ah memories of early 90s.

Okay, so not only does Cookie Confidential, the new cookie shop on 5th right above South, have AMAZING cookies (srsly could not stop buying the vegan key lime ones), but the lady who runs it (Melissa from Tattooed Mom) has decided to purchase several of Konstantin Grcic's "Chair One"s to use as chairs; this made me unimaginably giddy. Seriously you guys have to check this place out.

http://www.gemmagourlaydesign.co.uk/Images/chair_one.jpg

shoulda gone to barstool palace imo

um those chairs are ugly.

not to piss on your parade, but they are.

yeah kind of agree on this one sorry

hate to poop on your cookie

Is ok, they have other chairs too. But seriously those cookies <3 <3

if you can't say something nice etc

the cookies are, apparently, rad. my friend maddy has told me about this place. so i trust on delicious. but on interior design, nup.

the racist cheezesteak place has those chairs, too!

It is important and healthy that we express our our dissenting opinions in an unmitigated way, even to the point of being a put-down.

I'm sure it is, you asshole.

(((jk)))

Good friends of mine were involved in this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IHOr8jjTA8&feature=player_embedded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pu1O91ymMc&playnext=1&list=PLDE55497A2C6C2F50

Oh my god, thank you so much for that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYRoPlHQ5C4

OK so this is a "trailer" for this monthly party they've had in Philly for a really, really long time but just, seriously. Come on.

ahaha oh man

i like how as part of their efforts to show how glamorous it is they keep showing the "hot blondes" or whatever they're supposed to be who basically look like confused underage girls from bucks county

Any PhILXors (OH GOD I AM SO SORRY) doing Cinefest?

I was thinkin baout Sat but idk what's good

In other news, PARIS!!!

Endhiran looks like fun, and maybe Cold Fish and The Womb. I'm definitely going to the awards ceremony for John Carpenter just to see the guy, even if The Ward sucks.

http://technicallyphilly.com/2011/06/01/transitview-septa-unveils-real-time-bus-and-trolley-app-also-sms-and-smartphone-schedules

pretty nifty

IT IS HAPPENING

In a couple of months my boss is cutting my hours and I'm moving into the city. Looking for apartments in Fishtown right now, though that's not set in stone (because I don't know anything).

We are moving next month... Philly ilxors unite!

All two of us!

Technically just one since I live in NJ, but maybe 3 if dayo wants to get in on it?

FYI there are no grocery stores or the like in Fishtown. I recommend South Philly, maybe east of Broad, but that's just me.

we're moving to bala

cynwyd?

yes

don't think I've ever been there

Good luck with the moves, guys.

Yeah, Telephone, to chime in with Stevie, there are not really any for-real grocery stores in Fishtown proper at this point, so that is a little weird. But depending on your transportation situation and different inclinations, maybe that is not a big deal. Many folks loooove living there. There is a store just over the border in Port Richmond, plus a huge Pathmark in NoLibs that may or may not open any day now. Plus there are a couple of little markets scattered about. Anyway, yeah good luck. I guess follow your instincts, go with a part of town that seems a good fit to you or that you feel comfortable in

god I had forgotten all about the philadelphia/jersey accent

I have a super strong Philly accent, actually.

haha I'll have to talk to you in real life some day!

think my least favorite accent is the neast accent

I thought I had a Jersey/Philly accent bcz lady at the Starbucks on Broad & Pine asked me if my Starbucks card was an international "because of my accent", and a week later some guy asked me if I was Irish (also because of my "accent").

UNTIL the lady @ Starbucks, rather

also "was an international ONE 'because of my accent'"

maybe I should just repost that

i used to get made fun of in high school (when I was living in Pittsburgh) because I'd pronounce "home" like "h-OE-me"

...as opposed to?

The worst is "beggle" for bagel, IMO. Also, that tendancy to pronounce long-O with a slight "ew" sound ("prewvolewne")