Playlists
Daytripper
Sure, University City has a ton of stuff for the idle college student to do, but all too often, the scant seven blocks of Penn's campus can be all too limiting.
Flavor field goal
Sunday's Super Bowl is the perfect excuse to try out a new bar or camp out at your regular spot. However, if you're one of those people who needs to be sitting in their favorite armchair with your beer can in just the right spot for superstitious reasons, you can still add some variety to the pizza-and-wings routine.
Lap it up
Highlights: Close to campus Offers both classic drinks and unique specialties Drawbacks: Bustling crowds can cause the need to yell across your cups Time: White Dog runs happy hour Sunday-Thursday, 10 p.m.-midnight. Drink: If happy hour ever finds you cold, sober and happy about neither, the bar at White Dog offers some speedy remedies.
Jada Pinkett Smith gets jiggy with wicked wisdom
You may know her as Will Smith's wife, or as the actress in such films as the Matrix Reloaded and Madagascar, but Jada Pinkett Smith is reinventing herself as the frontwoman of the new, aggressive rock band Wicked Wisdom.
Super Mondo Kim's
So, you're the trendsetter, the style maven. You think that Vogue is two months behind the fashion trends.
Street Beats
Penn's new security plan relies on heavy lighting. Low on key, high on back and low on fill to give murderers, muggers and rapists a pleasantly noirish aesthetic.
Peggy Curchack: "I'm not god"
Street: So what is it that you say you "do" in the Career Services department? Peggy Curchack: Overall, what Career Services does is provide career advice to everyone from freshmen to the grave. Street: When students come in and their ambitions are a little outrageous, what's going through your head? PC: A couple of things actually.
Your Guide to ... Hip
Hip classics: Rediscover the Beats with Kerouac or Burroughs. The old is never passe, so wow your Eggers foes with your derivative lit-crit vocabulary.
Nanny diaries
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Mary Poppins and Mrs. Doubtfire are just a few of the "nanny" movies that have thrilled us, made us laugh and made us cry.
Cozy up with your Pumpkin
Highlights: BYOB Innovative seasonal menu Intimate setting Drawbacks: In this tiny dining room, you might feel too intimate with neighboring tables Price ranges: Appetizers $8.75-10 Entrees $18-24 Any Philadelphian will tell you that BYOBs in their city are about as common as seeing the Yankees in the postseason.
Many Seamen
In Annapolis, James Franco plays Jake Huard, a shipyard worker who joins the U.S. Naval Academy.
From the Editor
Perhaps the most noticeable change to campus this semester has been the reemergence of the 34th and Walnut streets corner.
Comfort for the cold
The long stretch between winter and spring breaks is arguably the worst time of the year. The holidays are over, it's cold and dreary and few people around here brave the outdoors without a Burberry scarf and pants tucked into their Ugg boots.
Word on the street: Football, futbol or fubball
The Steelers' victory over the Broncos last Sunday brought back memories of a different football game -- a quarterfinal match of the 2002 World Cup in Korea/Japan.
Hip-Hop meets hardcore
Two years ago, P.O.S. was pulling water-shutoff notices from his door. One year later, he was touring the U.S.
Truckin'
"When customers come, I know what they want," Bauong Bui says, sticking her head out of the cart to look down an empty 38th Street.
Osama's corner
This week, Osama's Corner is proud to feature a recent entry from the secret diary of the Prince of Planned Assaults himself. Diary Entry -- Jan.
Keeping up with the starrs
Highlights: Stellar service Trendy dining at casual prices Drawbacks: Often a long wait to be seated Price Range: Brunch items $8-$12 If you're willing to brave a trip down the Market-Frankfurt line, Stephen Starr's Jones at 700 Chestnut Street offers an expansive combination of breakfast-lunch fare that provides a moderately-priced hangover helper.
