http://findingphilly.com more than just a pretty cheesesteak Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:08:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Wanamaker Organ Facade"][/caption]If you're in Center City between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve you should make your best effort to stop by the Wanamaker Building and check out the Chrismas Light Show. Not only is this building loaded with great Philly history and the largest ... http://findingphilly.com/2008/11/wanamaker-building-christmas-light-show/ An art gallery has opened in south philly and it's about damn time.  We have blocks of prime real estate in the Italian Market/9th Street Market area and the fruit/veggie vendors can only do so much to keep this historic area of the city vibrant.  DiBruno's and Claudio's, Talluto's and ... http://findingphilly.com/2008/11/t-p-fine-art-gallery/ Thanks to our boss, Todd Lieberman, 10 workmates headed down to Citizens Bank Park on a cold, wet Saturday. http://findingphilly.com/2008/10/the-game/ This is a short and sweet little story that starts with me moving to Philly a few years ago and noticing the sticker art around the city.  It ends with a local artist's art opening last night at a slick streetwear shop in Chinatown.  Read on for some pics and ... http://findingphilly.com/2008/09/el-toro-x-abakus-art-opening/ Although we here at Finding Philly try to avoid restaurant openings, almost as a rule, we were excited enough about this new French bistro opening that we decided to visit on opening night. We decided to try to scoop the major media and let it all hang out ... http://findingphilly.com/2008/08/bistrot-la-minette/ Check out the link below from the City Paper.  The beer distributor mentioned is three blocks from me so this is very exciting.  Coincidentally the article mentions George Hummel, the subject of my last post! Big move for Bella Vista Beer Distributors :: The Clog :: Blog Archive :: Philadelphia City ... http://findingphilly.com/2008/08/coincidental-cross-post-about-local-beer/ I just finished bottling my 6th batch of homebrew beer so it's high time that I wrote about a local institution called Home Sweet Homebrew. It's helmed by George Hummel and Nancy Rigberg with some help from Jake and Elwood, who keep the rodents away when the humans leave. If ... http://findingphilly.com/2008/08/homesweet-homebrew-beer/ We had one of those amazing meals today that leaves you with the feeling that everything's right in the world. I wanted Karen to have the amazing barbeque pork ribs and well, a magarita for brunch isn't anything to sneeze at on the 4th of July. I also ... http://findingphilly.com/2008/07/ribs-and-much-more-at-cantina/ I was up in Chinatown a few weeks back getting some grub on a Sunday. While looking for a parking space I passed a shop window so gorgeous I did a doubletake. Sneakers and Peking ducks hanging side-by-side! Just today I rode my bike back to take ... http://findingphilly.com/2008/06/abacus-hot-off-the-presses/ Sneakerheads untie! I have to say that, for its size, Philly has a varied and well-stocked set of sneaker stores. I've rounded up a selection of my favorites, along with a map and some commentary on each. Hit the link below for the goods. [flickr matt.ohara 72157605452514947] The first stop is ... http://findingphilly.com/2008/06/philadelphia-got-grips/