Keeping the Peace
Peter Lems has been called ignorant, unpatriotic, anti-Semitic, a disgrace, a coward, a traitor and a freak. A woman, holding the hand of a toddler and carrying an infant, once pointed to Lems...
Safety first
I felt like a little kid. I had just rammed into a parked vehicle and, it was so much fun, I was now lining up to do it again. Wham! Actually, there was...
Together at last
One day Debbie Savigliano was chatting on the phone with her cousin, Vanessa, who lives in West Philly. The two asked each other what they would do if they won the lottery. Savigliano,...
Second chance for the third floor
For the past two decades, the third floor of Annunciation BVM Elementary School, 12th and Wharton streets, has been left unused. But, with the help of Home Depot, of the 2400 block of...
Developmental roadblocks
Development in South Philly continues to surge with a force rivaling a fastball at a Phillies game. Contributing to this boom is 27-year-old David Killian, a developer who is planning to construct two...
Reliving music history
With fist raised in the air, Bob Geldof stood before an audience of 80,000 at JFK Stadium on July 13, 1985, in an impassioned plea to help put an end to the famine...
Rebound fails to make a point
How bad is Martin Lawrence's new movie Rebound? It's so bad people ran from the theater screaming and it's not a horror movie. It is so bad Kelly and Justin asked to be...
The artist and the sea
There are certain affinities developed out of man's relationship with the sea: Fish with lemon; raw oysters and gin martinis; cocktail sauce on fried shrimp; crabs and beer; and paintings of maritime seascape,...
Famous Dave’s
The Food Network has been bombarding viewers with programs on the all-American barbecue. Just watching the shows makes me hungry for the real thing: slow-smoked Tennessee or North Carolina brisket and dry-rubbed ribs.
Fortunately,...
Cool in the kitchen
Hot enough for you? Everyone has been talking about the weather since the heat wave began. We have endured nearly two weeks of temperatures of 90 degrees and above and the dreaded...
