After a brief hiatus, we’re back! There was a short time there where the official Finding Philly camera was misplaced. It took the cleaning of both our rooms to find it but we’ve got it again. I won’t say whose room it was in - even though that person was pretty sure [...]
Mirrors, Murals and Markers
September 30th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Tags: Art · Center City · Chinatown · Fitler Square · Gayborhood · Northern Liberties · Olde City · Reading Terminal Market · Rittenhouse Square · South Philly · South Street
Philly Food Guys review Franklin Fountain
September 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment
They beat me to it. The Philly Food Guys have an excellent review of the old-timey ice cream parlour Franklin Fountain . Apparently I have to stay one step ahead of these guys.
Upcoming posts for FindingPhilly will include a hidden treasure trove of books, some sing-along, paint, mirrors and stickers…
Tags: Desserts · Novelty · Olde City · Site News
Finding Chinatown - Episode 1
August 19th, 2007 · 6 Comments
This is a post that’s been marinating for a while. I’ve decided to split it up into episodic posts though in the hopes that my adventures in Philadelphia’s Chinatown will be ongoing. The idea formed when I saw this post in eGullet, started by Philadining. Why not go and try everyone’s recommendations? [...]
Tags: Adventurous · Chinatown
My photo in Schmap Guides, upcoming posts
August 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Quick update:A photo of mine has been included in the latest edition of the Philadelphia Schmap Guides
Link Here (it’s the photo of the bike at El Vez). It’s pretty nice of them to ask permission and then credit me and link to my photo on Flickr. Now if only they’d get a Mac client [...]
Tags: Bakery · Chinatown · Desserts · Site News
Goodbye Pif
July 7th, 2007 · 6 Comments
Pif is one of our favorite restaurants in the city. We first went just over a year ago for my birthday. I loved the food and atmosphere so much both at Pif and Ansill (where we ate a few weeks later for Karen’s birthday) that I decided I wanted to work in either. [...]
Tags: BYOB · French · Restaurant · South Philly
A Walk to Work in Philadelphia
July 2nd, 2007 · 3 Comments
One of the most wonderful things about Philadelphia is the little side streets hidden around town. I walk around constantly on the lookout for these back alleys and cobblestone streets because they contain so much hidden beauty. I’ve recently perfected a route to work that winds its way from my place in the [...]
Tags: Center City · Gayborhood · South Philly · South Street
Italian Bakeries in South Philly
June 4th, 2007 · 4 Comments
I’ve been promising this post for a long time. It was pretty damn annoying to write the whole thing and have wordpress somehow lose it in the ether between here and there. So this post, while written with love and tenderness, is going to be a bit shorter than originally planned. What [...]
Tags: Bakery · Desserts · Italian · South Philly
Updates! Photos and Google Maps
April 24th, 2007 · 3 Comments
We’ve been busy lately!
Tags: Site News
Finding (a) Manhattan at Southwark
April 3rd, 2007 · 3 Comments
When i decided i was going to start this blog i solicited ideas from friends and people i work with. One that intrigued me was from Jason, a fellow server at Ansill. He said simply, “Go to Southwark. Get a Manhattan.”
And so i did…
Tags: Bar · Drink · Late-Night · Restaurant · South Street
Comics in Philly
March 27th, 2007 · No Comments
There are two and a half comic retailers in Philadelphia. If you read comics in Philly you probably know about Atomic City on South Street and Fat Jack’s on Sansom and 20th. They are both killer shops that have all the weeklies and a nice selection of trades and back issues. But [...]
Tags: Center City · Comics · Novelty · Retail · Rittenhouse Square · South Street · Toys