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Your Guide to... Getting Home for Thanksgiving
Before you can even think of any tryptophan-induced exhaustion, remember that you have to actually make it to your Thanksgiving dinner - a daunting task for even the most seasoned of travelers.
Give Me 5s
Caroline Rhea and Colin Quinn Keswick Theatre 291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside Friday, 8 p.m., $35-$45 (215) 572-7650 http://www.keswicktheatre.com/ Remember when the highlight of your weekend was the Friday night line-up on TGIF and Saturday Night Live at 11:30 PM on Saturdays?
Maintaining Your Sanity This Thanksgiving
The Holidays. Halloween has come and gone, and now it's time for the in-your-pajamas-all-day, crispy weather, hot-cocoa-with-marshmallows kind of holidays.
Where to get waxed in Philly
We know, we know, all salons seem the same: pleasant lighting, smooth talking receptionist, the faint hum of Pure Moods volume 7.6, and a recent beauty school graduate tearing off each hair individually from your crotch.
Give me 5
wallposting This Is My Mural Exhibit Arts Garage 1516-20 Parrish Street Through Saturday, Free (215) 765-2702 www.muralarts.org Cheesesteaks?
Your guide to: Painless Hair Removal
According to a small (okay, large) group of guys I surveyed (okay, hooked up with), guys love Brazilian waxes.
Your Guide to. Hiding the Evidence
It's family weekend. Your main objective: convince your parents that the $50,000 they shell out each year provides you with the academic and social enrichment that you will need to enter the world as a respectable (and hopefully well-paid) citizen.
Give me 5
friends forever AFSC Annual Public Gathering Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street Saturday, 1:30-4:30 p.m., Free http://www.afsc.org/ When most people picture a Quaker, they envision the Quaker Oats man, with his funny little hat and black and white garb.
That's What She Said
What is the story behind the convention? About a year ago I was online and I heard about a convention for the movie Napoleon Dynamite in Preston, Idaho and thought "here I am in the hometown of one of the most popular shows on TV." So I called up a few of my friends including some that had connections at NBC, and the rest is history. Have you been to other conventions before? This will be my first, but one of the other guys working on this as research went to a Star Trek convention.
Give me 5
the last laugh Last Comic Standing: NBC-TV National Tour Keswick Theatre 291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside Today, 7:30 p.m., $37.50 (215) 572-7650 www.keswicktheatre.com Far too many people in this world are disturbingly not funny but think that they are.
Hair today, gone tomorrow
My frazzled blonde mane has been my constant companion over the last few years and I have only just come to realize the extent to which I am dependent on it.
Your guide to. Halloween Costumes
This upcoming weekend marks the beginning of Halloween week. To some it is a one-day, optional event.
Give me five
Muppet Madness Peoplehood Parade and Pageant Paul Robeson House 4951 Walnut Street Saturday, 1 p.m., FREE (215) 222-6979 www.spiralq.org Themed frat parties not doing it for you?
Dear Guides
I'm broke and all my friends have a shitload of money. It's affecting my social life. Help! This is tough one.
Making Whoopi
Whoopi Goldberg Irvine Auditorium Saturday, 8 p.m., $10 Twice a year, SPEC Connaissance invites a keynote speaker to grace the floors of Irvine Auditorium and address our young, impressionable, Ivy League ears.
Give me five
SAUSAGEFEST German-American Weekend: Bier and Wurstfest German Society of Pennsylvania 611 Spring Garden Street Friday-Sunday, Free (215) 627-2332 www.germansociety.org/ Still bummed your totally sick plans to go to Munich and get wasted this October fell through?
Making Ben
Ben Kweller Irvine Auditorium Friday 8 p.m., doors open at 7:30, $15 in advance, $20 at the door I have often said that a man who can play a glockenspiel is a man after my own heart.
Your Guide to Hiding a Hickey
Sunday mornings are times for hangovers, brunch with friends and sometimes, when you least expect it, the discovery of some not-so-welcome reminders of the night before.
