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Calf ears are furry
Caviar Assouline 505 Vine Street Mon-Sat, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (215) 627-3511 Caviar, Dom Perignon, fois gras, escargot and cocaine are dietary staples of any self-respecting Penn undergrad.
Go ask alice
Roya Bar and Hookah Lounge 1823 Sansom Street Mon-Thu, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Fri/Sat 11 a.m. - 2 a.m. (215) 557-0808 After seeing Alice in Wonderland at age six, it may have been your dream to blow smoke rings like the pimp Caterpillar.
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Avril Lavigne Wachovia Center 3601 Broad Street Sun, 7:30 p.m., $32.50-$37.50 (215) 336-3600 www.comcast-spectacor.com While promoting her new album, Under My Skin, Avril Lavigne confessed to the press that her raw, angry lyrics and volatile teen angst were rooted in carbohydrate indulgence.
Gotta love naked men
Wexler Art Gallery 201 N. 3rd St. Tue-Sat, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., free (215) 923-7030 www.wexlergallery.com When some think of art galleries, they conjure up an image of white walls and paintings that confuse the hell out of anyone who's not an MFA student.
Brad Pitt or Sylvie Stallone?
The Legendary Blue Horizon 1314 N. Broad St. Fight Times Vary (215) 629-3239 www.thelegendarybluehorizon.com The Blue Horizon is legendary, but not because the Rocky films1-4 were filmed there.
Cue Gin Blossoms
The Sound of Market Street 15 S. 11th St. Mon-Sat, 9:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. (215) 925-3150 The Sound of Market Street is a music lover's heaven, with loads of CDs and vinyl albums.
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House Music Siam Lotus 931 Spring Garden Street Thu, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., $15-$20 (215) 769-2031 www.siamlotuscuisine.com Siam Lotus, nestled on drab Spring Garden Street, is a fine Thai restaurant with cheery, modern decor.
Fat stogies for old fogies
Holt's Cigar Company, Retail Store 1522 Walnut Street Mon - Fri, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., Saturdays, 10 a.m.
Phat or flat
Laura OwEns Fabric Workshop and Museum 1315 Cherry St. Mon-Fri, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat, 12 p.m.
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215 Festival All-Stars Variety Hour Tritone 1508 South Street Fri, 8 p.m, $12 (215) 545-0475 www.215festival.com Liberate your minds and come to a place where literature meets lyrics, authors are as entertaining as bands and musicians are as clever as novelists.
Bohemian Rhapsody
Crimson Moon 2005 Sansom St. (215) 564-2228 They say that your choice of coffee says a lot about you, but it doesn't matter what you're drinking at Crimson Moon.
Nice wurst
Ludwig's GarTen 1315 Sansom St. (215) 985-1525 Open All Week, 12 p.m. - 2 a.m. Kitchen Closes at 10 p.m.
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Soul Travelin' SoMa 33 S. 3rd St. Thur, 9 p.m., free (215) 873-0222 www.somaclub.com DJs Brendan Olkus and Joey Blanco spinnin' the tracks.
Eat it, frolfer
Disc Golf Fairmount Park 33rd and Oxford streets All daylight hours, free www.sedgleywoods.org When 70-year-old Paul Fein, avid discgolfer, told me that "The "Friends of Sedgley Woods Disc Golf Course,' is a party group," I didn't quite believe him.
Sow that Seed, Farmer
Clark Park Farmer's Market The Food Trust 43rd St. and Baltimore Ave. Saturdays 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Thursdays 3 p.m.-7 p.m. (215) 568-0830 www.thefoodtrust.org Take a leisurely stroll down to 43rd and Baltimore on a drizzly Saturday morning, and you will stumble upon a neat row of fruit and vegetable stands, patiently awaiting your perusal.
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Amy Sillman Institute of Contemporary Art 118 S. 36th St. Weekdays, 12 p.m.-8 p.m., $2 (215) 898-7108 www.icaphila.org This exhibition features an absolutely gorgeous collection of abstract, post-Surrealist paintings.
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The Aftermath Filo's Restaurant and Lounge 408 S. 2nd St. Mondays, 9 p.m., free (215) 238-0151 DJ Adam Bomb plays hip-hop for people like me who can't dance and would prefer to listen to the music.
Nowhere Road
Painted Bride Art Center 230 Vine St. Tue-Sat, 12 p.m.-6 p.m., free (215) 592-1310 www.inliquid.com The Wish You Were Here exhibition at the Painted Bride Art Center in Old City is currently featuring a unique collection of photographs that are meant to evoke thoughts of being somewhere, but really they're in the middle of nowhere.
Beyond Chet's Nuts
Natalie's Lounge 4003 Market Street Sat, 5 p.m.-12 p.m., No Cover (215) 222-5162 When I walk into Natalie's Lounge, all the way down on Market, I do so timidly at first.
