Month: May 2013

(This video is precious.)
for a day of networking and ideas amongst leading professionals in the
communications and technology field. 

 Jewelz Entertainment Mermaid, Jennifer Dobrydnia

Michael Nelson and Anthony Mongeluzo,President, Pro Computer Service and pilotLight Studios. In 2008, Mongeluzo was the youngest member of Forty Under 40 winners sponsored by the NJBiz Journal. NJ Biz also recognized PCS as a finalist for Emerging Business of the Year in 2007

Thanks to photographer Mike Hirata, for shooting this client event for PhillyChitChat.com

While attending the East Passyunk Ave Flavors event last week, then hitting the street to shop at Craft Balboa, the cute little name for the craft show that coincides with the restaurant event, I noticed that the style and relaxed atmosphere of the neighborhood reminds me of Greenwich Village, and East Village of the ’80s and ’90s. It was exciting, I love street style fashion especially when people mix and match clothes to create their own style.
I think every Friday from here on out I’m going to write a Fashion Friday Column.I think someone could write one on East Passyunk Avenue weekly. There’s so much happening there.

I’ve met Brenda Board of the Oliver & Company Tea Room a few times. I love her concept and they’ve been doing gang buster business at her little tea shop on the Avenue. She’s with a little lady we met 2 months ago, Elissa K Kara, Owner/Artist of Nice Things Handmade

Sunday I headed over to the new location of Eviama Life Spa in
Midtown Village, which had been previously located on 15th Street near
Locust for nearly 10 years. Since 2002, owner Penny Ordway and her staff have provided clients with
holistic services meant to enhance their beauty, health and lives.

 

Before it was fashionable to be green or know what it meant,

The Sunday afternoon cocktail party brought out some of Philly’s notable and fashionable people including Tony Luke, Jr, and girlfriend, Jennifer Schloder (they jointly work on a blog together called: Married to Food), Roberta Pipto, Robin Austin (Check out AskMissRobin.org
) and Tony Bruno (Both Tony’s will be judging The Burger Brawl on Sunday)

Fashion Bloggers in the house: Styled Out Loud’s Mecca Nuri, with Her Philly’s Emily Tharp and Zoha Memari, Posh to Ganache

 

 

Spa Magazine says: Reconnect with your natural radiance and vitality in the tranquility of
this green-designed space. Exquisite organic facial and body treatments,
classes, and organic homecare echo ancient healing ways. Ayurveda,
herbalism, hot stone, aromatherapy, color-ways, Reiki, and water therapy
are among the diverse treatments that will restore your spirit at Evima Life Spa

I noticed a few weeks ago the building housing the very popular boutique Adresse was for sale. I meant to go inside and ask owner Stephanie Lutzo about it but was running off somewhere. 

Update: Adress only enjoyed Ferbers on Walnut Street “Pop-up” store for a week or so as they were waiting for their new place in Old City to open. But don’t fret, sources close to her tell me she will be moving to Walnut Street in early 2014.

As for Joan Shepp, my sources tell me that she should look at the old Adress store, and/or Chestnut Street. The rents will not be getting any cheaper on Walnut Street, even for a women of her stature who helped revitalized the street. Specifically they said “let the big monied corporations come in and rent up the street at $100 a foot, and let’s revitalize Chestnut street.”

As for Ferber, there are changes in store for them. Their marketing concept is changing I hear. Personally I really wish Joan Shepp would move into there and just share that window. It’s lovely.

 

 Adresse is now sharing store space with Jacques Ferber. What a great idea since fur is seasonable.

 The Center City showroom has been a fixture on Walnut Street since 1930’s and have no plans of going anywhere anytime soon. They’ve even opened up a new store in Wayne, PA. Why didn’t Joan Shepp join forces with Ferber.

I recall a conversation with someone at the Joan Shepp’s a few weeks back, when they looked at the space, they told me they really wanted to have creative control over the window, especially during holiday time, which is the height of the fur season.  I love love love a Joan Shepp window so I can understand that thinking, even though it’s a great location and store set up. (The Ferbers own the building too) Today I called Joan Shepp to ask about a rumored moved to Chestnut St, the person who answered said Joan Shepp is not moving to Chestnut Street, and the PUMA store is too small, but it does have nice windows.

 

Last week Nantucket Island Resorts held a cocktail party at the Four Seasons for local travel agents to familiarize themselves with the multifaceted resort that features a collection of premier hotels on Nantucket
Island that specialize in bringing the unique Nantucket lifestyle to all
guests.