Jolly old England
There was a time, not terribly long ago, that any film adaptation of a respected English novel set before 1960 had a good chance of being a Merchant-Ivory production.
In the rare instances when this...
Have a holiday cook-in
For many of us, Labor Day marks the end of the cookout season. Of course, there are the diehard grillers who don't mind the chilly weather, or those who don a slicker, open...
The art of individuality
It sounds like an ad campaign waiting to happen: Come to Philly for a weekend, stay for a few years. That was the case for Mark Dahl, a Jersey City native who...
The thrills snake up on you
Despite those tacky previews and almost uniformly bad reviews, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid is not a complete waste of time.
At moments, the sequel to 1997's Anaconda even duplicates the giddiness of...
Grace Tavern
For the past four years or so, several diverse restaurant trends have been heating up in Philly. First, the BYOBs started popping up in every neighborhood from South Philly to Northern Liberties, and...
Add some R to your S-Type
I first developed Jaguar lust in the 1960s, when I saw wire-wheeled examples of the Mark II 3.8 on the stylish boulevards (of Beirut, Lebanon, of all places). The Mark II looked...
That’s entertainment
There is music in the air as the new theater season opens in Philadelphia. The emphasis is on family entertainment, and you can't beat the offerings in the first half of this season....
Hit-or-miss parking
While some might be enjoying America's favorite pastime at the Phillies' new ballpark, Ron Mento is complaining that stadium-related parking problems are nothing to cheer about. "It's not fair that I can't...
One school of thought
With the closing ceremonies and final graduations in their rearview mirror, administrators from Ss. John Neumann-Maria Goretti High School are now focusing on the start of a new school year and the dawn...
Reading, writing and risk?
It's a list no school wants to be on. The Pennsylvania Department of Education's "persistently dangerous schools" list, released Aug. 17 as part of its 2004-05 School Violence Report, names this year's academic...
