Playlists
Greek Goddess
Step into Estia, and immediately escape the impending Philadelphia winter. This new addition to the Center City scene transports the diner from Locust Street straight to Greece.
Seth Cohen's ipod, you've done it again
When a show loses its edge, there's no reason for its soundtrack to suffer as well. By consistently bringing relatively unknown yet talented artists into the spotlight, "The O.C." enriches the musical horizons of many a viewer.
Sink or schwimm
This past week Street Film sat down with David Schwimmer at Philadelphia's Sofitel to discuss his college days, life after Friends and his role in the recently released Duane Hopwood. Schwimmer plays the title character in this comedy-drama, an alcoholic father whose life is unraveling before his eyes. How are you going about choosing roles in terms of differentiating yourself from the Ross character? I don't consciously look for roles that will differentiate me from Ross as much as I look at roles that will challenge me as an actor, and those are more likely roles that are different from that character.
Wharton style guide
We all know there is a certain attraction to the icy woman in a power suit. The go-getter. But for every girl in a "short skirt and a long jacket," I have often wondered if there is a struggling fashion ingenue underneath all that cotton-poly blend.
Word on the street; Absolut Middle School
On breaks from college in the early years, I slept in the white sleigh bed that I begged for in third grade.
Historical elite
Adolf Hitler: Noted Francophile and rare Chinese antiques collector, this Whartonite and self-proclaimed Leader of the Aryan Race hated on ethnicities old school.
Cultural Elite 2005
Chris Amos: Wharton Inspiration makes female population wonder if making love too many times with someone's eyes has ophthalmologic side affects. Danny Aranda: You might remember him as the brooding boy who walked around looking cool in his thick glasses.
Walk this way
Coming on the heels of recent Hollywood biopics such as Ray and The Aviator comes Walk the Line, the heartwarming story of the man, not the legend, that is Johnny Cash.
Crossing borders
It's their first show as an ensemble, and Elio Villafranca's Latin Superstars are playing Chris' Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia.
Not Bigalow
Time: Deuce runs happy hour Monday - Friday from 5 - 7 p.m. Drink: Happy hour specials are $1 drafts and $3 well drinks.
Top 5 wharton must haves
1 http://myspike.wharton.upenn.eduBooking those ridiculous study rooms in Huntsman Hall sometimes needs to be done weeks in advance. 2 PDAs Keep all those networking events straight and remember that FNCE 207 comes before FNCE 203.
A shark tale
Sharks are almost universally described as horrible animals. As best I can tell, this sentiment is largely because it is impossible for anything good to happen when a shark is around.
Street Beats
Wolf Blitzer speaks to Penn students on honesty in the media. His remarks were brief and evasive. Four violent weekend robberies may be linked. Each incident reportedly includes people taking things from other people. Fox's Arrested Development cancelled. In the words of Gob Bluth, they've made a huge mistake. Surprise gift makes Penn $14M richer.
Peter Boyle, renaissance man
I just wanted to keep working," says Everybody Loves Raymond star Peter Boyle about his long and successful acting career.
Dim sum and then some
You might feel a little overwhelmed walking into Joy Tsin Lau early on a Sunday morning when you're not quite sober or awake.
Breaking a record
Walking into Philadelphia Record Exchange on 5th by South Street is something of a meta experience; there's almost too much to take in at once.
Word on the street: Nice cubicle, wanna fax?
Rejections never resonate with me. It's autumn of my senior year, and I just got word on my first job application.
Chef Poon shows his stuff
It's not often that one sits down to an extravagant four-course meal in a master chef's kitchen, but this is just one of many unique elements about Chef Poon's Kitchen Table.
Malaysian heat
Chinatown's culinary star is found just beyond its arched gateway. Penang, a Malaysian metallic wonderland, is the perfect spot for the young and adventurous to have a fantastic meal. The vaulted ceilings and exposed metal pipes are celebrated, not obscured, by the emphasis on silver in its decor.
