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KRAUT AND KAROLS Christmas Bazaar (Christkindlmarkt) German Society of Pennsylvania 611 Spring Garden St.
Let's get naked
Naked. Not an adjective commonly expected in the name of a chocolate caf‚, but in this case, the venue it describes is anything but common. When Tom Block decided to move on from his 29-year-old sweets business in Princeton, NJ, he envisioned a peaceful retirement to Vermont running a small chocolate shop.
True Confession Of an Ant lover
True Confessions of an Ant Lover: I first saw A Bug's Life as a young boy, not having yet tasted the bittersweet sweat of ant love.
Blasphemy
A film has been made that so embodies the holiday spirit that it will be thought of for years to come as the quintessential Christmas movie.
To blog or not to blog
Mp3 blogs will become your life. As you read these words, thousands of self-anointed music experts in thick plastic glasses and headphones are furiously posting, downloading, and analyzing fresh tracks from The Knife and Of Montreal, alongside deep cuts from dusty LPs of their parents' generation.
Ego of the Week: Queen of Couture
Street: You're the head of The WALK project. How did you get invovled? Lea Artis: I'm co-president of DZine 2 Show, the fashion society on campus.
The evolution of a theory
If you didn't know better you might think a three-month-long exhibition about the life and studies of Charles Darwin was irrelevant.
It's a listening party!
"Let's Make Love and Listen to Death from Above" by CSS Joe: At first I wasn't sure I liked it, but then Vince turned the bass up.
Street Fighters
The semester just keeps speeding along, and as you stare at your daily planner, it seems like there is nothing to look forward to but exams, papers and all-nighters.
Wine of the week
What exactly is dessert wine? A genre encompassing ice wines, port and sherry, among others, the term also refers to wines that have been fortified by additional liquors, the most common being brandy.
The sweet smell of success
As a wise woman once said, "There are two kinds of people in the world: those who love chocolate, and communists." Yet it's doubtful that even the most die-hard, sickle-wielding, card-carrying Red would object to the socially responsible tastiness of John & Kira's Chocolates.
The Kinky Grey Box
The Tongue Bath Sometimes I like to pretend I am a cat and my lover is my beautiful newborn kitten.
Ghetto fabulous
Like his emotionally explosive films (The Notebook and John Q among them), Nick Cassavetes's mere appearance demands attention.
Drink of the week
Mint Julep - 2 parts sugar - 1 part spring water - palmful of tender, terminal mint leaves, bruised - 2 1/2 oz of the best Kentucky bourbon you can find - crushed ice to fill the the cup Known as the mojito of the Deep South, a tradition of Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby, and an emblem of southern comfort and hospitality, this drink is superlative.
Refusing to move
6221 Osage Avenue sits in a narrow, tree-lined, ghostly-quiet street bordered by snug brown brick row houses, many of them sporting plywood for windows and dangling white strands of Tyvek HomeWrap for exterior decoration.
Child stalking: A good thing?
Penn students are known for their diverse interests. We work, volunteer, play, party, procrastinate and work for secret government agencies.
BONUS Ego of the Week
Street: Are you excited about turning 21? Michelle: Yes and no. I mean, its not like I haven't had alcohol before. Street: No?! Stop it. Michelle: Well, I got my first taste at age 3. Street: Where were your parents? Michelle: That summer my parents were painting a house.
Bobby's World
Unfolding within a single day at the iconic Ambassador Hotel in 1968 Los Angeles, Bobby is a fictionalized account of the events leading up to presidential hopeful Robert F.
Those Dancing Feet
42nd Street is the kind of lavish musical extravaganza that modern musical love to mock. The costumes are elaborate - actresses parade onstage in gold sequins and pink chiffon - the songs are delightfully self-indulgent and the narrative is effortlessly wrapped up in a tight, neat bundle. Yet while shows in the vein of The Producers and Spamalot would certainly poke fun at the theatrical conventions currently on display at the Walnut Street Theatre, it is difficult not to be seduced by what amounts to a blissful presentation of a bygone era. First seen as a 1933 Warner Brothers film, 42nd Street has been reincarnated for the theater on numerous occasions throughout its 70-year history, including a Tony Award-winning run on Broadway in 1980 and an enormously successful revival in 2001. Originally choreographed by Busby Berkeley and with lyrics like, "I'll go home and get my panties / You'll go home and get your scanties / And away we'll go / Off we're gonna shuffle / Shuffle off to Buffalo," 42nd Street began its existence as a heartwarming respite from the Great Depression.
