Brigading back to Broad
For the first time in five years, Vince Buono and the other 68 members of the South Philly Vikings will strut their stuff up Broad Street -- or at least part of it...
Building on the past
It once housed the U.S. Naval Academy and served as the nation's first retirement home for sailors and Marines. Now, after a long period of dormancy and decay, the Naval Home at...
Salt and Pepper
Salt & Pepper is the name Roger Barakat gave to his 8-month-old restaurant at Sixth and Fitzwater because he likes to collect whimsical shakers for these commonly used spices. Barakat recently hired a...
Tale of some kitties
Cats has outlasted its nine lives. There is plenty of life left in this fascinating feline extravaganza now at the Walnut Street Theatre. With an 18-year streak that ended in 2000, it surpassed...
A losing battle
Oliver Stone, director of the newly released epic Alexander, seems to work best when he's on a mission. His objective in Platoon was to depict the horrors of the Vietnam War from the...
Honda’s future today
New York's Republican governor, George Pataki, is really tall, and he towers over the compact Honda FCX fuel-cell car he was admiring last week. While the busy Pataki passed up the chance to...
Lightening the loss
So close were Jan Valenti and her mother that after Josie LoBiondo died of cancer at age 73, her daughter always wore something of hers -- a piece of jewelry or clothing. ...
Just desserts
Antoinette "Toni" Cardamone's career change from personal trainer to pastry chef began the instant Stephen Starr tasted her Jewish apple cake. His wife, Debbie Fleischer, was one of her fitness clients. Cardamone...
What a feline!
In the award-winning musical Cats, the show-stopping moment invariably comes when old cat Grizabella sings Memory. The current production at the Walnut Street Theatre features South Philly performer Katie O'Shaughnessey in the role....
Ambassador and a gentleman
Though his political career spanned almost five decades, Tom Foglietta never let the power go to his head. By most accounts, he was a down-to-earth individual who was always willing to lend...
