Category: Philadelphia

The Philly Style Magazine Party was held last Thursday night at Vie on North Broad Street. It was hot, hot and hot as some of Phillies most fashionable, well heeled, outrageous personalities, and the most party clever party crashers made an appearance.

 The after party was held at Zee Bar. Originally I was going to put these pixs in the column, but the two ladies on the left escaped before I could get their names. One of the most stylish men in Philly, as well as the smartest, Brian Taylor. He holds the guest list to the door, and can recognize a VIP at 500 feet. With Arthur Kade, who graduated from DB to entertainment correspondence on Extra TV, he resides in NYC now. Good for him. The other day I was just pitching a story of him to a screenwriter.

 

 Saturday night I headed over to the Philadelphia Zoo for their 5th Annual Ale Festival. It was also hot, packed and people had a great time.

 

Last week was a whirlwind for the fan girls & boys of Philadelphia as Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato, Big Time Rush and the epic Taylor Swift’s RED tour (With Ed Sheeran & Austin Mahone) came through town.

(Updated) Friday late nite (midnight) I got a tip that Taylor Swift was eating at Ralph’s Italian Restaurant in South Philly, so I hoofed it over there. Originally her SUV was parked in front of the restaurant, so I hung across the street w/the friends I brought with me to shoot her departure. At some point a fangirl friend wrote me and asked me where the restaurant was, she had heard Taylor was inside eating from twitter. Next thing you know 7 fans are there, some with their moms in PJ’s. Taylor got spooked and had the car pick her up at the back door. We weren’t able to get close as the police kicked us off the block. When she came out she looked beautiful in a white dress, and then the police motorcade took her back to the Four Seasons. Sadly for the 20 fans waiting there, she had her driver take her into the hotel through the loading dock. Although they did say earlier in the evening Taylor’s mom did come out and greet them.
(Taylor left a whopping tip: Taylor Swift $500 Tip Ralph’s Italian Restaurant
and gave tickets to the Chef http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2377612/Taylor-Swift-shows-paddle-boarding-skills-Rhode-Island.html ) 

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  Saturday Austin Mahone had a meet and greet with listeners from Q102 radio station, at the Franklin Institute.

 Ed Sheeran performs at a private concert for listeners of Q102. It was
held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He told a story of how he was
learning to drive Friday at The Linc. He accidentally backed into
something because he forgot you were supposed to look backwards. His
guitars all have names, this one is Zero.

 

 

 

 

Sweet Demi Lovato was in town this past week to perform at the Pop-Tart Summer Concert.  The concert was announced July 2, as I wrote on my blog. It wasn’t a surprise to me that she cancelled the July 4th appearance at Philly Jam as I stated.

Can you believe it’s going to be 5 years this October since Stephen Starrs’ Butcher & Singer opened, wow!!

I wrote: One of the first things I noticed when entering the restaurant was the vast huge ceilings and the vibrant but warm golden tone to the hue of the walls, oh and these huge chandeliers.
Sure I had been to the Striped Bass a few times, and that was huge, but
it seemed huge, this is huge but it seems comfortable and much warmer.
Tailored to a broad market of patrons, Butcher and Singer strives to
bring back the “power lunch,” popularize the after-work cocktail and
appeal to high-stakes business dinners or romantic evenings.

 Councilwomen Blondell Reynolds Brown, Sharon Pinkenson, Melanie Johnson and Nicole Cashman

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Last week Slice Pizza and Q102 hosted

 

a Taylor Swift Ticket giveaway for her concert Friday and Saturday Night at Lincoln Financial Field.

 Meghan Kelly and Rhiannon Resinly. Then the wait started, many of the peeps enjoyed the delicious slice pizza. I had the pepperoni.

 Ian and @BagGalAngyyy

 Congrats to Emma Kern who won tickets to Friday’s Taylor Swift concert. She’s taking her dad Bill. That’s brother Ryan on the right.

 

 And in August they will be opening. Here is a view from inside the lobby of One South Broad, which houses the store. Also check out my PCC from last year with the complete store plans

This review is for the event itself, and not for the North Shore Beach Club (that’s a separate review already given), says

 Marissa R – I got to say, you can’t be disappointed by a free evening of lovely
Philadelphians – poolside – sipping on some tasty food and drinks by a
few of the hot restaurants in town! The vendors really were awesome, and
they were what made the night a blast. The “bartender” serving us
poolside sangria shots, the homemade gin couple from Pittsburgh, the
overflow of pita, hummus, guac, beer, etc. was awesome.

 Abbie D – Beer selections were spot on and the local food vendors were a lot of
 fun.  Mad kudos to Chef Luca, Revolution House and his OUT OF CONTROL Guacamole!! – With April

Michelle B- Since this was my 1st time at the North Shore Beach club I wasn’t sure
what to expect. It was a refreshing change of pace for an event.  I
appreciated how the numerous vendors were stationed mostly on the
perimeter of all the happenings. It gave ample space for people to walk
around comfortably to sample the variety of tasty food and services. I
was pleasantly surprised to see Mi Cumbia represented with free hand
massages as they talked about their mani/pedi services.. I am a FAN!!

Rebecca S- Look, no offense to the many other cities internationally that are doing
the yelp thing, but Philadelphia is where it’s at. Last night was like
taking a little bit of everything awesome from this city, putting it in a
blender and spitting out nothing but fabulousness (I know it’s not a
word, it has a squiggle underneath it but for the sake of this review
GTFOB)

seriously though, not a sourpuss in-house. San Diego transplant Leo was
first in the pool with his little floaty showing everyone how to get the
party started, though the party starter very well could have been Ron
who was running around greeting everyone with “hey hey asshole!”
Happiness was found at every turn from the best vendors in the city and
while I was admittedly skeptical upon hearing the choice venue based on
size vs the number of RSVP’s,

 

 the evening was kept at a manageable
number so that schmoozing, boozing, and eats were always easily
accessible. Absolutely astounding job yet again by Michelle, Enid, and
Northshore…if this was as close to a vacation setting as I’ll get this
summer, I’ll take it 🙂

Kim H. – My shirts off To Michelle and Yelp staff, vendors and North Shore
itself. In an event in which I was the most naked and wet that I’ve ever
been, here are the highlights.

– Sue G in a bikini
– Leo giving blowies in line
– the glowstick couple
– Jordan Ps hair splash.
– Ron Cs mustache
– Arts ” apple jacks”
– fantasies of splashing the shit out of the Spraytan Girls while screaming, ” Remember how mean you were to me in high school!”

Melissa P. –  Drumroll please for my fave bites and sips of the night…(although to
be fair it was more like full size portions and full cups, note to self:
NEVER EAT DINNER BEFORE A YELP EVENT.)
1. Cucumber Soup from Couch Tomato. Basically drinkable tzatziki. Might even be worth a trip to the Yunk…
2. Pumpkin Curry from Circles. Even when they ran out, I got a cup of broth, cus duh.
3. Truffle Pizza (before even getting in!) from Nomad Pizza Truck.
4. Watermelon Sangria from Sassafras. refreshing. delicious. blueberries. (above: Neill from Sassafras)
5. Blueberry Cider…from…Art? Whoever provided the cider, it was great.
6. Fresh rolled sushi from Pod. So many kinds! So many rolls! So good!
and so many more!

Di P.–  FAVORITE Yelp Elite event fo’realzies. Thank you to all the vendors and
Yelp staff workin’ it because it was mad fab. At one point I was
lounging on the couch by the pool, feet up, shoes off, drink in hand,
man by my side, breeze in my afro, “Get Lucky” playing over the
speakers, the occasional splash from the other yelpers horsing around in
the pool and I thought to myself “This is literally the most relaxed
I’ve been in weeks!” and no wonder Don Draper does whatever he wants
with total disregard for everybody else because being a baller feels oh
so awesome.
 

Kelly C. – sassafras’ watermelon sangria was super fresh! think that was my fav
drank at the event– i also drank a lot of cider b/c the guy was beyond
ecstatic! jumping up n down promoting it like a cheerleader~ yeah he
reeled me in…

Charlene L. –  Special thanks to Michelle and Enid you really know how to party. All
the vendors were great especially Wigle Gin for teaching me the
distilling process