Archive for August, 2008
Bathing with piranhas: Coconuts and Carnage Dinner Theatre
When you’re in the Philadelphia area and ready for something different, motivate yourself over to a giddy date with dinner, dessert, and death at Fishers Tudor House Saturday, 13th, 20th or 27th, 2008, at 7:30 pm.
It’s all about a little dinner theatre murder mystery they call Coconuts and Carnage and it goes like this. Contestants [...]
Who wears the tight pants in this family? Music Wrap Up
I’m sorry to have to bring you the news the Susquehanna Bank Center has suffered a multiple personality breakdown associated with the letter J. I’m serious. Journey, Jonas Brothers, and Jewel on stage?
Is that a NEW Journey song I’ve been hearing on the radio? Holy crap. And with Steve (The Voice) Perry even. Sounds like [...]
The lunatic is on the grass and elsewhere: Philly Fringe Festival
Not one, not two, but sixteen solid days of unfiltered entertainment from the Philly Fringe Festival 2008, features new works from the world’s boldest, most innovative theater and dance artists. What do they mean by unfiltered? Exactly what it says. There is no selection process. No mind-freaked judges or brain dead audiences to give a [...]
The biggest disaster epic of all time! Bee Movie Screening
Some people, me included, think Jerry Seinfeld is a funny guy. After the curtain call of his eponymous sitcom on NBC in 1998, he sort of disappeared until 2005 when Bee Movie appeared on the horizon, written and voiced by the man himself.
As his first major project since retiring Seinfeld, Bee Movie is a solid [...]
The Mother of all Chocolate Binges: Naked Chocolate Cafe
I love it when Philadelphia restaurants decide to focus on one thing, especially when it’s making chocolate.
I’d strongly advise you to never click on the home page of the Naked Chocolate Café unless you’re prepared to drop everything and run screaming down the road in the general direction of the place, desperate to cram [...]
The Elixir of Quietitude: Martini Guide to Philadelphia
When the topic turns to mixed drinks, you might as well begin with the martini. Listed as one of the six basic drinks in David Embury’s classic The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks , the martini is a cocktail made with gin and dry white vermouth or sweet red vermouth. These days you can substitute [...]
When bad medical experiments get worse: Jekyll and Hyde at the Barn Playhouse
Who among us could forget The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson? Perhaps those of you haven’t read it since a stern high school English teacher stood nearby with a whip and encouraged you to turn another page of that classic science fiction masterpiece. Tsk tsk. If you’d like [...]
