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Dear guides,
Dear Guides, My roommate always brings girls home at night when I am trying to sleep. The problem is that he doesn't seem to notice that I'm awake, and keeps at it without giving me a chance to escape.
Your Guide to. an Easy Fast
As any Rabbi (or Jewish grandmother) will tell you, Yom Kippur is a time when millions of Jews ask the man upstairs for forgiveness.
Playlist of the week: "Bad Education"
1. Weekends and Bleak Days (Hot Summer) - The Young Knives 2. Young Folks - Peter Bjorn and John 3.
Egos of the week
Street: How long have you been friends? David Rimoch: We met in middle school when we were 11, but became friends sophomore year of high school. Street: What were your first impressions of each other? Pedro Gerson: One of the first stories I have is that in 8th grade I was in the principal's office and I saw a list of the class rankings for everyone in our year.
A ca-hella
My housemate just got blindfolded and kidnapped. Should I frantically flag down a Spectaguard or break in the new PennAlert system?
philly's music man
It's only been four years since Philly-based DJ Diplo co-founded Hollertronix - the collective/mixtape series that launched both his career and the mash-up craze.
Penn Firsts
Our time at Penn is filled with firsts: first dates, first Greek Lady gyros, first staph infections, the list goes on.
drink of the week
Tangerine 232 Market St. (215) 627-5116 www.tangerinerestaurant.com Tangerine is undoubtedly a Restaurant Week favorite, known for its unbeatable ambiance and food to match.
From the editor
Hello. Welcome back, and if you are new to us, you are probably picking up on something right about now.Thursday = 34th Street.
Meet the Osbornes
In this dark comedy, Finn Earl (Anton Yelchin), a teenager from New York City, is planning to have the summer of a lifetime studying the Iskanani tribe in the Amazon with his anthropologist father.
If it ain't broke.
If you're one of the few remaining album loyalists, consider Kevin Drew's Spirit If. your most dangerous tempation.
In The House
We give ourselves names in order to belong, in order to give ourselves a history. Although few Penn students are likely to be involved in any official street gang or mob activity, the need to create a family endures.
Street Beats
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales left his post this week, leaving behind a tainted legacy of scandals.
Overtures
Overtures 609 E. Passyunk Ave. (215) 627-3455 Tucked away in a corner adjacent to busy South Street, Overtures is a quiet and elegant dining experience.
University City Blues
They make our coffee, ring up our groceries, sell us our books, and cook our food. The less fortunate of them ask us if we can spare some change outside of Wawa.
Street Sweeper
With the temperature beginning to drop like 5th classes in our second week back at Penn, we at Sweeper suggest a change of wardrobe and style. Fall's fashionable pussy magnet is, ironically, the pussy.
The Freshest Grocer
It's 3:30 a.m. on Friday night as you stumble into Fresh Grocer to grab some supplies: raspberry fruit spread jam (not jelly); Skippy Peanut butter (smooth, of course); Martin's potato bread; skim milk (not the preferred 2% for fear of the roommate's wrath). Yes, the perfect compilation for a late night feast.
Give me 5
sloshing good time Sippin' by the River, wine and food tasting Penn's Landing, Columbus Boulevard and Spring Garden Street Sunday, 1-5 p.m., $40 www.sippinbytheriver.com Take Restaurant Week, soak it in specialty wines and imported beers, miniaturize the food portions, throw in a little live music and a great cause, and you've got Sippin' by the River, an annual benefit for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America.
Recipe of the week
Cooking a three-course meal by yourself is a little daunting. Now imagine cooking a three-course meal by yourself on a boat, with waves crashing against your kitchen and a pack of ravished teenage sailors loitering around.
