Living in Philadelphia

Stupid question: where can one get a decent haircut in Philly? I'm, um, a number of months overdue for one and kind of unsure what to do after years of terrible Supercuts in New Jersey.

I used to get cheap ones from students at Jean Madeline at like 4th and Bainbridge but now I go to my friend who works at Sulimay's Barber Shop on E Girard; excellent cuts for only $10

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/jay-z-to-curate-and-star-in-two-day-music-festival-in-philadelphia/

rest in peace, samantha. you were always so sweet and one of the first people I knew in Philly when I moved there in the 80's. You made an awesome thing and so many people loved you. bless.

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oh man i fucking love that place :(

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GUYS WHY HAVEN'T WE HAD A FAP YET WTF

aren't u in lancaster??

Well, I was for 2 days

You guys still haven't had a FAP? I'm here until tuesday and I offer my services in helping to make this happen.

my schedule is unfortunately tight this weekend... i could maybe meet up somewhere today before 7ish, or on tuesday in the evening maybe. later tnite tho and tmmrw evening i have plans

off-topic, we ate here last week: http://www.vedgerestaurant.com/ - fancy artsy vegan food (from the guy who used to run Horizons way back in the day). pretty delish tbh.

I have heard nothing but stellar praise for Vedge from vegans and omnis alike.

I went to the Mutter Museum, this brasserie off Rittenhouse Square called Parc, and Franklin bar, where there was a large contingent of people in sailor garb with the added innovation of suspenders. It's so fun here!

Yeah, those were Mennonites boozing it up

How was Parc? That place is always packed

It was good! I wouldn't have necessarily picked it, but my sister made the reservations. Tonight she wants us to go to a Peruvian-Cantonese restaurant?

We just negotiated my mom out of a bus tour of Philly in favor of a trolley to the liberty bell. If I remember correctly, there are cute stores in the historic area (are those just along Chestnut . . . or)?

Nice work, heh. Yeah, if you walk along 2nd and 3rd just north of Market there are shops, galleries, etc. It's a nice area to walk around in... plus there is a coffeeshop that legendary radio personality Jerry Blavat ("The Geator") frequents. Alas, Danny Bonaduce left the neighborhood last year, but you can probably still drink in his spirit. Eww.

Chifa, hmmm, haven't encountered any feedback on that place. Sounds interesting tho. Cool, I've always been curious about that brasserie jawn

Funny, you don't strike me as a brasserie kind of guy.

I don't strike me as being that kind of guy either, which may partly explain why I've never been there. I imagine that it's exactly like a cross between Arby's and Dunkin Donuts, except with outdoor seating, topless servers and maybe better coffee

Ha, we got rookered onto a double-decker city bus tour. :(

oh no haha

"It was Benjamin Franklin who said 'Beer is proof that God wants us to be happy blah blah blah

I bet the Mutter Museum made you hungry.

Mutter Museum Cafeteria #terribleideas

Omg please live blog double decker bus tour

Parc is sorta known as the place that has just-OK food but is *the* place to go see and be see

Our tour guide said that Ray's is the best place for ice coffee. True?

Just saw the Barnes collection--actually very good!

a lot of controversy over the barnes move

nb i haven't seen it in the new location yet

What is Ray's? I know nothing abt coffee here but the best place for tea is Cups and Chairs at 5th and Monroe, period.

i finally move back here and this fucking commute to the burbs means i'm actually in the city all of two minutes a week.

which burb are u in?

my friends kip & sheri own this place:

http://www.southwarkrestaurant.com/index.cfm

you guys should go there for a drink. tell them scott sent you. then they will charge you double!! hahaha!

you know you want this strongo-esque drink:

Ocean Shore
gin, sloe gin, orgeat,
lemon, egg white

Dude I work literally 4 or 6 doors down from that place!

The adorable bearish chef always comes in and buys veggies and stuff.

say hi from me. i haven't seen those guys in so long. i never go to philly :(

I've never been in! It looks fancy. Also I don't know how to not-weirdly be all "oh hey I know Scott from the internet and he says wassup"

kip and sheri are great though. very friendly and cool. kip is an amazing bartender. old-school.

i once told somebody 'oh hey i know jaymc from the internet' and they were like, 'oh yeah, cool'

I just googled them and I totally know exactly who that guy is; he's always super friendly and I showed him this fancy tonic water we sell that I think he liked.

Maybe I should text you a list of all the things he buys so you can allude to them and freak him out

This opens this evening at Fleisher/Ollman. I'm clueless as to exactly what it entails, but they usually have interesting stuff there

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Please rate these Philadelphia establishments, recommended to me by a random local I met at Tank Bar.

Bob & Barbara's, El Fuego, Oscar's, Little Pete's, 4th Street Deli, Tony Luke's. I was not so inebriated that I neglected to take notes.

tony luke's has been my go-to for sandwiches & cheesesteaks for a long time

worried that they 'sold out' because they have a stand at citizens bank

dayo y don't we hang out?

Funny, you don't strike me as a "cheesesteak" kind of guy.

tony luke's above all those imo. roast pork and broccoli rabe, yo. little pete's is okay if you're drunk and it's late, or if you're stranded overnight waiting for the first regional line out of the city. there are definitely better diners, but i am lucky to be not far from a couple of them. oscar's is a hole-in-the-wall that has good cheap beer specials (i used to hit it up every friday for a couple before going home when i worked a few blocks away) and did a surprisingly edible cheesesteak (at least they did a decade ago), but nothing worth searching out unless you already happen to be there drinking. bob and barbara's is an institution, with all the positives and negatives that implies. ditto fourth street deli. el fuego i've passed by a bunch of times but never been. might be pretty good, food-wise, but seems hipsterish, clientele-wise. my favorite cheap burritos in the city are still santa fe's, but a large part of that is college nostalgia.

also, many days later: i am back in the city proper, living in south philly, but i am still forced to commute to the burbs for my job, until i find something here.

i will wash blood and guts out of the gutters of the italian market by hand if it means i never have to commute to the burbs ever again.

I like mine with american, fried onions, and (sometimes) ketchup

my favorite pho place is on 6th and washington, they're a little mechanical now but I still like em

pho 75?