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Acclaimed comic book writer @TomKingTK is coming to Philly on Election Day. Here’s my conversation with him on the stakes of the election, the inherent hopefulness of comics, and how Philly can save the world: inquirer.com/arts/tom-king-c…
Read and eat and repeat:
.@CraigLaBan ate just under 100 meals in 12 weeks. @margareteby consumed 73 plates of pasta. @phillyinsider sampled 30 hoagies. The @PhillyInquirer's 76 essential restaurants is here: inquirer.com/food/inq2/best-…
This by @aubreyjwhelan is the most charming thing you can read before first pitch:
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For many, the loss of the Frankie and Joe Tartaglia and their beloved Connie’s Ric Rac Club was like a light going out in the Italian Market.
Now the brothers will tower high above the market.
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Mike Newall retweeted
You really should give this a read. @MikeNewall celebrates a life very worth celebrating.
Remembering Angel Anderson, the artist behind Philly’s iconic ‘King of Jeans’ sign inquirer.com/arts/king-of-je… via @phillyinquirer
Angel Anderson, designer oh the iconic King of Jeans sign, had ascended into an entirely different realm of art before she passed away from a long illness in July.
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Mike Newall retweeted
Thanks to @MikeNewall for bringing attention to questions surrounding the future of Rizzo Rink. Closure would mean a lot of girls and boys in PHL will no longer be able to play the sport they love: inquirer.com/news/rizzo-rink…
“People are like, ‘Oh my God, they keep the meats and cheese up there all year.”
Weeks after the Italian Market Festival, no one has taken down the cheese and meat from the greased pole. It’s the world’s worst wind chime.
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Here’s my story about falling in love with comic books in middle age, and trying to do something for my son that my father did for me:
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Mike Newall retweeted
HUGE congrats to @CraigLaBan and @jessicagriffin, our @beardfoundation nominees. Craig is up for his criticism, while both he and Jessica are up for dining and travel for their reporting in Mexico on chef Dionicio Jiménez and agave whisperer David Suro.
Mike Newall retweeted
"Now, the old oven may bake no more..."
So sad to hear one of South Philly's bakery treasures, the wood-fired Faragalli's, may not reopen after portions of its century-old firebrick oven collapsed. Story via @MikeNewall inquirer.com/food/faragallis…
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A Manayunk-based organization that supports people in addiction says it's seeing a new level of scrutiny from both state and local regulators inquirer.com/health/opioid-a…
quite a story by @aubreyjwhelan
Ha!
This article reminded me of a brief period of time during which I coached the Wharton D-league hockey program and was paid in beer at Bonner's 😳inquirer.com/food/bars/bonne…
Mike Newall retweeted
Great profile by @MikeNewall of an iconic Philadelphian and one of my favorite people, Tootsie Iovine. inquirer.com/food/st-johns-h… via @PhillyInquirer
From the greenest grower to the most veteran vendor, everyone in the Flower Show story has a story to tell.
My Flower Show preview: inquirer.com/life/philadelph…
