Here’s the rest of the Kate Gosselin story and her two day shoot here in Philly.
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/around-town/events/EXCLUSIVE__Kate_Gosselin_and_the_Kids_in_Philly_Philadelphia-112814709.html
What you don’t hear me say on tape is I couldn’t figure out where she went Monday afternoon so I wrote all the museums to see if she was there, she wasn’t, she had gone back to the Four Seasons and rested. I guess Kate’s 8 tired her out.
Mike tells me it’s a SHANDA I would be so behind in my postings that I would just now get to one of the best parties, if not the best “Young Friends” party held last year, the opening of the The National Museum of America Jewish History on November 13, 2010
While Bette Midler sand “You’ve Got To Have Friends” downstairs to an audience of not so young friends, friends Brian Govberg, Ilana Waber and Brett Berson partied upstairs in a room that overlooked the massive dining tent covering 5th Street.
Dalia Levine and Jill Jacinto
Academia and history are interest of this trio: Sasha Makuka, Rachel Margolis and Makenzie Ewer
Ariella Werdenis pursuing her Ph. D. in Religion at Temple. Her interests lie in Jewish and African American religiosity, and expressions of devotion in contemporary American culture; the students at Temple love taking Kime Lawson class, they say he’s fair and kinda cute per “rate my professor”, and I bet wife Elizabeth Lawson agrees.
The crowd was festive, the room decorated well, and perfect for future events. There was a terrace over looking Independence Hall Park and was a nice respite from the loud dance music.
Brittany Horn and Alex Cook
Stuart Field, with Dara and Ross Donolaw. Dara just participated in a Zumba Debut at Parx Casino last week.
San Stamm, Marsha Stamm, Joshua Gayl, Jon Kornblau and Codey Greenes
Marni Snyder, who’s been missing from the social circuit for a bit makes her debut at the Young Friends Party. Will we see her at the Shunk Wing Bowl in February? With her is Bonnie Sampson
The party goers were decked out in their finest (no SHMATTA here), and the dance floor was packed.
There was plenty of room on the dance floor or to SHMOOZ in the lounge areas smattered around the room. The museum itself is beautiful and I plan to go this month to do the entire tour.
Gillian Melrose and An Abel
Emily Salib and Jared Friedman; Check out this video of 3 day Time-lapse of the National Museum of American Jewish History Opening Gala preparations
http://www.mwvp.com/index.php/blog
Ya gotta hand it to Damon Feldman and the gang at PhillyWood productions for their relentless fame whore climb to the top. Sometimes I ignore their press releases because I’m too stunned by what they are passing off as entertainment (ie Tiger Woods slut fights Michael Lohan’s slut), and sometimes I give them a hat tip because they are so clever in their concept, but I’m always in awe of the press they seem to garner from their promotions including the current one:
What: The $1,000,000 offer each for the 2 Superstars Mark Wahlberg vs Will Smith to Battle it out for Charity! The 2 have been trained in Boxing Mark for the Hit The Figher and Smith for his Starring role in ALI. The match will be 3-1minute rounds with 24 OZ Special Boxing Gloves and Headgear. Both camps have been contacted and we are waiting for the answer if these 2 stars will accept the challenge and for charity in a Hollywood Boxing match ! 
The offer is now on the table for 50 Cent to be the Referee, “50” aka Curtis jackson has been involved with Boxing and is friends with Boxing Superstar Floyd Mayweather. All 3 of the Celebrities camps have been contacted. We are hoping that the Stars will respond by Wednesday January 5 for the deadline.
This story even appeared on Access Hollywood, TMZ, NY Daily News, RadarOnline, countless other entertainment outlets including Philly’s Brian Socia Mix 106.1
who does an interview with Damon Feldman earlier in December when he made the offer to Sylvester Stallone, who must have declined as how you see above his offer is to 50 Cents. Maybe his latest squeeze Chelsea Handler will show up.
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Oh BTW I just received another press release in the mail yesterday from these peeps:
What: The most infamous of the Hollywood and Tiger Woods Mistresses Devon James will go for her 17th minute of fame it seems as she will step into the Female Hollywood Boxing event , where 15 women can sign up to get their chance at stepping into the Ring with Devon. If you are a women from the FT Lauderdale area, Email- celebrityboxing@live.com , if you are picked you will have a chance at $5,000 in cash and prizes and be the one to do Tiger Woods a favor and KO Devon James. James has claimed several issues with Tiger, will step into the Ring with the BIG Hollywood Gloves see attached picture! Girls can sign up asap to be in the event! The event will be open to the public and this will be the seconde stop part of a 8 city tour!
When:Saturday March 19 at venue TBA!
Where: FT Lauderdale (The only bad thing for Philly, after a few trump up charges against holding unlicensed fights in Pennsylvania, PhillyWood Productions is held anywhere but in Philly.
(These pixs provided by PhillyWood Productions)
SUNDAY NIGHT: Completely forgot about this gig last night – JohnStamos Tweeted Been up since 5. Played gig [with Beach Boys] to say goodbye to gov of Philly. Seemed cool -stay out of politics. Played electric factory -fun -I’m tired. I do know they arrived at PHL the night before and settled in at the Ritz Carlton before hitting the Electric Factory to play for the Gov and his friends. A party I first wrote about 2 weeks ago.
ALSO after that dismal Philadelphia Eagles game Jeremy Maclin and LeSean McCoy threw a party last night at 32Degrees with their friends Jackie Wright & Reggie Barry with many of the Philadelphia Eagles in the house. Tonight Asante Samuels is celebrating his 30th Birthday with his peeps at Christine’s Cabaret. Look for Michael Vicks, DeSean Jackson and a few other players to be in the house which will be hosted by LeSEAN McCoy & The Beat 100.3’s KENDRA G. Don’t look for the Eagles to be out and about for the rest of the week as they will be under a strict curfew to remain low, outta sight and to practice, practice, practice for the game against Packers on Sunday. (I wonder who Chase Utley would root for since he and Jen live their off season in San Francisco? UPDATE Yikes: the Packers are from San Fran are they. i guess if I am going to do this full time I should know my sports)
Down The Shore:
Déjà vu at Borgata — At least it must have seemed that way for party goers at the Borgata on New Year’s Eve. Jason Derülo, who was a featured performer on ABC’s Dick Clark’s Rockin’ Eve – surprised the crowd at Borgata’s MIXX and mur.mur when he joined friend DJ D.Nice to ring in 2011 at Atlantic City’s premiere nightclubs. Derülo wowed the sold-out clubs performing his triple platinum hit ‘Whatcha Say’ and ‘Love H
Carrie Underwood Dazzles Borgata Crowd – In her first performance of 2011, Carrie Underwood sounded brilliant as she wowed a sold-out Event Center crowd on Saturday night singing her smash hits “Jesus Take The Wheel” and “Before He Cheats.” The Grammy award winning superstar told the 3,000 in attendance that she celebrated New Year’s by treating herself to “some great pizza.” The night was capped off with DJ Samantha Ronson at mur.mur and Jermaine Dupri spinning at MIXX.
Miss New Jersey & ‘Jersey Boy’ meet at Borgata – Julianna White has a lot to look forward to in 2011. After being crowned Miss New Jersey, the Haddon Township native got the chance to meet a true musical icon and New Jersey legend on Saturday night when she was introduced to Frankie Valli after his sold-out performance at Borgata’s Music Box Theatre. The Miss America hopeful hung out backstage and was visibly star-struck saying “this is such an incredible experience…I am shaking right now.” (Borgata)
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Happy New Year!! Another year down, and for me it was an awesome year. So much accomplished, and so much to look forward to in the New Year of which I will be writing about tomorrow. But let’s put to bed another New Year’s Mummers parade. I love, love, love Mummer’s Day almost as much as covering the City for you.
A City of neighborhoods unites on New Year’s Day. 
Love Park line for pictures
Radom peep
Mike finding out info so we can adjust our calendar
Laurie Huggins friend who we drove home one night. Laurie is away on some fabulous vacation in Costa Rica.
Love their seafood cobb salad
Brenda Mendte and Laura Burkhardt
The Union League always has a nice crowd. Some many of my friends joined this year. I wonder if they have a paparazzi rate?
Polish American String Band
Brian Duffy and Jill Schoenfeld with friend. Brian tells me that he’s also off to a new adventure as he is no longer executive chef at Kildare’s Irish Pubs.
Someone filming a video on Broad Street in between performances
Allison Binder and Justin Wineburgh
intense
I love audience participation
I was curious what the 2011 glasses would look. The best year ever was 2000
Beer bong
Why oh why must people bring their baby & carriages to the busiest part of town. Crazy, and it must be frightening for the kids
so fun
So fun
Carol Tamburino and Tanya Teece. and friend
This nice family came all the way from Elkton Md. I sent them to Pine & Broad or Washington & Broad to catch the corners where the performances occurred.
Froggers were out late into the night
Renee Freedman gives 2011 a thumbs up. She and Don were going to retire that evening enjoying a bowl of chicken noodle which Renee whipped up that morning.
Teuscher Chocolates and the Kimmel Center sponsored this 2011 Resolution Wall.
Check out a few of Philly’s resolutions…
Then this crazy dude. Notice he crossed out being nice then wrote….
On 2/6/11 the Dallas Cowboys’ new stadium in Arlington, Texas will host the Super Bowl XLV, the most watched event in American sports, as the AFC and NFC go head-to-head for the right to hoist the Lombardi Trophy. 
The Super Bowl is one of the most widely watch games in television history. The broadcast ranks high in the Nielsen ratings reaching more nearly 90 million viewers. Prices for advertising space can typically cost millions of dollars; The commercials shown during the game are often talked about before and after the game, even more than the game itself. The commercials would often be hysterical, informative and sometimes controversial. Sometimes the commercials would change a person’s life like last year’s Snickers commercial featuring 88 year old character actress Betty White on the gridiron. No doubt that fun commercial helped raise her profile to a whole new generation and eventually a groundswell of support to get her a hosting gig on Saturday Night Live, which she did before the year was out.
In the past couple years Doritos/Pepsi Max have held a “Crash the Superbowl” contest (CTSB), where people would submit clever commercials to be voted on by an internet audience narrowing the choice down to six for a final vote to see whose commercial would play during the Super Bowl and collect the million dollar price. 
“I think God’s laughing along with this one…great concept and great execution”.
My 75 year old Aunt Mary thought it was fun, and by no means was offended by it. Wondered where everyone’s sense of humor went, especially the people who always complain that the world is too PC these days.
What are your thoughts? Read the thoughts of others on the contest’s website here.
Here’s the behind the scenes video which was sent to me first and got me thinking this would be an interesting story to tell.
Philadelphia Style Magazine publisher John Colabelli and the beautiful Lauren O’Dorisio got engaged on New Year’s Eve well really at the stroke of midnight as they watched the fireworks at their Jamaican island resort.
The next day they enjoyed their first brunch of the new year where Lauren gladly blinded anyone who came within 100 yards of her ring.
Later in the afternoon of January 1, 2011 some of their BFF’s (Steve and Sabrina Thorne, Nicole Cashman and Nigel Richards) flew in to celebrate the special occasion. Hats off to international DJ Nigel Richards who spun in Denver Colorado overnight, then hooked up with girlfriend Nicole Cashman and headed to the tropical island. Work separated the pair on New Year’s Eve as Nicole planned and executed the New Year’s Eve Party at Daniel; Stern’s R2L restaurant. Check out FB paged Philly ChitChat for the video of John and Lauren’s engagement. He’s multi tasking, asking her while videoing the fireworks. Such a fun interaction. Congratulations you two. (Now I know what cryptic message John was laying on me last week at Del Frisco’s.)
http://www.facebook.com/update_security_info.php?wizard=1#!/PhillyChitChat
Welcome To PhillyChitChat where we chat about the people of Philly, photograph them at events, and cover all the fun tidbits of life in Philly that cross our lens. Stop by every day M- F for new entries. Happy New Year!!
The Mummers Info starting now
Mayor Michael Nutter is scheduled to greet and lead the march of the String
Band Division near Broad and Pine streets, starting about 1:15 p.m. New Year’s Day.
The line up begins at 10AM in south Philly
WENCH BRIGADE DIVISION
1. Oregon- Babies Escaped the Play Pen
2. Saints- Super Saints vs Slumlord Millionaire
3. Bryson- Monkey Mayhem
4. Riverfront- Hobo Wench Express
5. O’Malley- O’Malley 5-0
6. Pirates- Buccaneer Bakers Baked on Broad
7. Cara Liom- Curse of the Wench Doctors
8. Froggy Carr- 40 Froggin Years
FANCY DIVISION
1. Golden Sunrise
2. Hog Island
STRING BAND DIVISION
1. Pennsport – Pennsport: Marching to Our Own Beat
2. Fralinger – At the Golden Gate of Kiev
3. Woodland – Gator Done! – Bayou Style
4. Broomall – Different Strokes for Different Folks
5. South Philadelphia – No Boat Like Showboat
6. Durning – Irish You A Merry Christmas
7. Greater Kensington – The ROAR-ing 20s
8. Aqua- Aqua Has A Peel!
9. Polish American – Shipwrecked
10. Trilby – Mumtoberfest
11. Uptown – Shake, Rattle & Casserole!
12. Hegeman – Hegeman’s SPURS up trouble!
13. Duffy – Back on Track
14. Quaker City – My Kind of Clown
15. Avalon – Holiday in Havana
16. Greater Overbrook – The Sidewalks of Old New York
17. Ferko – Ferko Stakes Their Claim !
Discount Parking and other info can be found on the Mummer’s Blog Site:
http://phillymummers.blogspot.com/
Or read below:
Philadelphia Mummers Parade struts into 111th parade
PHILADELPHIA – (December 20, 2010 – January 1, 2011 ) — One of the hottest and oldest events in town is scheduled to step off on Saturday, January 1, 2011 at 10 a.m. when the city’s beloved sequined Sultans of Strut, the Philadelphia Mummers, dust off their fancy golden slippers to take center stage in the spectacular 111th annual Mummers Parade. The extravagant showcase of talent and feathery finery kicks off with the Comics Division at 10 a.m. at Broad Street and Washington Avenue, followed by the Fancy Division (at 10:30 a.m. at Broad and Moore Sts); the String Bands (at 11 a.m. at Broad Street and Oregon Avenue) and the Fancy Brigades (at 1:30 p.m. at Broad Street and Oregon Avenue). The Fancy Brigades are scheduled to march in the parade on Broad Street, from Oregon to Washington avenues, and will be judged at one of their indoor shows (rain or shine), while the remaining three Mummers’ divisions will end their competitive performances at the City Hall judging area in Center City. Said Leo Dignam, Mummers Parade Director: “It promises to be a banner year in light of the overwhelming fan response to the 2010 Mummers Parade, and with a shorter, more streamlined parade, the event continues to grow into a bigger and better tradition and attraction. It is a day of celebration when the City of Neighborhoods comes together. The City of Philadelphia is excited to partner with the Mummers for another spectacular year of fantasy, fancy and fun.”
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Dignam noted that some of the changes for the 2011 parade include the addition of the Pennsport String Band and the departure of the Irish American String Band and the Oregon fancy club, which will be marching this year as a Wench Brigade. There are now three comic clubs, two fancy division units, 17 string bands, 10 fancy brigades and 8 Wench Brigades in the Mummers Parade lineup. The parade also promises to be more fan-friendly with the return of the Pine Street performance area and bleachers and other amenities at all 6 performance areas. With bleachers, DJs, food and bathroom facilities, the performance areas or “zones,” are some of the best perches to view the Mummers Parade. They are free and located at the following cross streets along Broad at Shunk, Wolf, Washington, Spruce and Sansom. Families can warm up and enjoy additional entertainment at the High School for Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) at Broad Street and Washington Avenue and at the Kimmel Center, Broad and Spruce streets. Perhaps the ultimate view will be from the Grand Stand entertainment zone near City Hall at 15th and Market streets. Tickets for the City Hall bleachers are $19 for all ages to assist with the cost of the performance zones.
From performance areas to the marching lineup and history, the following provides information to keep in golden stride and catch all of the action with the nation’s oldest continuous folk event.
Route: North on Broad Street to City Hall.
Scheduled Parade Starting Times & Locations: Comics start at 10 a.m., Broad Street and Washington Avenue, Fancy Division starts at 10:30 a.m. at Broad and Moore sts., String Bands step off from Broad Street and Oregon Avenue at 11 a.m., followed by the Fancy Brigades Division, which will march from Broad Street and Oregon Avenue, north to Washington Avenue at 1:30 p.m.
Disband: Benjamin Franklin Parkway, between 16th and 20th streets.
Command Center: One Parkway Building, 1515 Arch Street, 10th Floor, 215-683-3691.
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About the Participants
Parade participants total about 10,000 Mummers who make up three parent clubs in the Comic Division, two parent organizations in the Fancy Division, 17 groups in the String Band Division and 10 units in the Fancy Brigade Division. The Murray Comic Club (Comics), Golden Sunrise Fancy Club (Fancy Division), Pennsport (String Bands) and 2nd Satin Slippers (Fancy Brigades) officially will kick-off their respective divisions in the marching order.
Scheduled designated performance areas are:
Broad and Shunk streets
Broad and Ritner streets (near Thomas Jefferson University Methodist Hospital Division)
Broad Street and Washington Avenue
Broad & Pine streets
Broad and Sansom streets (near Union League building)
Judging area (near City Hall)
Scheduled food vending areas are:
Broad and Moravian streets (near Walnut St.)
Broad and Bach streets (near Locust St.)
Broad and Pine streets
Broad Street and Washington Avenue
City Hall (west side)
Various selected performance areas on south Broad Street in South Philadelphia.
Mummers tickets:
For Broad Street: Grandstand seating tickets at 15th and Market streets for the 2011 Mummers Parade are available at the Independence Visitor Center, Sixth and Market streets, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, and at the Fairmount Park Welcome Center in JFK Plaza (LOVE Park), 16th Street and JFK Boulevard, Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are $19 each. Please call 215-965-7676, for ticket availability.
For the 2011 Mummers Fancy Brigade Finale Show: Organizers of the 2011 Mummers Fancy Brigade Finale at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch St., invite residents and visitors to enjoy a Mummers performance in a warm, high-energy environment (rain or shine) on Saturday, January 1, 2011. With elaborate, larger-than-life costumes and props and themes coming to life, It’s
Mardi gras meets Broadway, as 10 Fancy Brigade clubs and more than 3,500 Fancy Brigade performers participate in two fancy fun-filled shows: the family show at noon and the evening show at 5 p.m. Tickets to the 2011 Fancy Brigade Finale performances can be purchased at www.comcasttix.com or at (800)298 4200. Single tickets are $20 (center seats) and $15 (side view seats); tickets for groups of 25 or more are $18 and $13. Groups greater than 45 people receive two complimentary tickets. Children, ages 3 and younger, are admitted free. For more information on booking group tours with the Mummers Fancy Brigades, which includes a behind-the-scenes sneak preview of the making of the Mummers, contact Scott Brown at 856 832 7244 or by email at: scottbrownuopenn@comcast.net
The Fancy Brigades’ MummersFest: Leading up to the competition, from Tuesday, December 28 to Friday, December 31, 2010, enjoy the spectacle of MummersFest — a four-day, interactive, family-friendly festival, also at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. For $4, attendees can make-and-take crafts, try on authentic Fancy Brigade Division Mummers costumes (which make for perfect picture-taking), and can watch the clubs rehearse their “drills” or presentatons. Tickets are available at the door at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. For more information, visit www.fancybrigade.com
TV Broadcasts: PHL17 will provide coverage of the Broad Street parade including the comic, fancy and string band divisions in high definition and in its entirety, beginning with the special pre-parade feature “Breakfast with the Mummers.” Pre-parade coverage begins at 9 a.m. PHL 17 also will televise the Fancy Brigade Finale indoor show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, in a tape-delayed broadcast, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on New Year’s Day.
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2011 MUMMERS PARADE LINEUP AND MARCHING POSITIONS (FOUR DIVISIONS)
COMIC DIVISION FANCY DIVISION
1. Murray 1. Golden Sunrise
2. Goodtimers 2. Hog Island
3. Landi
STRING BAND DIVISION FANCY BRIGADE DIVISION
1. Pennsport 1. Satin Slipper
2. Fralinger 2. Avenuers
3. Woodland 3. Bill McIntyre’s Shooting Stars
4. Broomall Irish American 4. South Philly Vikings
5. South Philadelphia 5. Golden Crown
6. Durning 6. Downtowners
7. Greater Kensington 7. Clevemore
8. Aqua 8. 2nd Street Shooters
9. Polish American 9. Jokers
10. Trilby 10. Saturnalians
11. Uptown
12. Hegeman
13. Duffy
14. Quaker City
15. Avalon
16. Greater Overbrook
17. Ferko
Mummers Parade history: Mummery dates back to ancient Roman laborers who ushered in the festival of Saturnalia by marching in masks while exchanging gifts and satirizing the issues of the day. Locally, during the 1600s, Swedish settlers to Philadelphia dressed up, chanted and fired weapons in the air to honor Christmas; they entertained their amused neighbors in exchange for desserts and beverages. The tradition eventually moved to New Year’s Day and evolved into a series of neighborhood parades. As immigrants moved to the area from Ireland and Italy, each group added their own cultural flavor to the local customs. In 1901, the tradition began in earnest with the first recognized and judged Mummers Parade organized by the City of Philadelphia on Broad Street. The famous term “Mummer” is German and means “to costume or masquerade.” Established with just a few hundred revelers, today more than 10,000 participate in the parade.
A couple weeks back I went bar hopping with a few friends, Laura B, Marcie T, Jeremy M and Andrew. We ended up at BAR and the foursome decided to do Pickle Shots, which frankly sounds gross to me, I like my pickles on a side of a club sandwich, but these Pickle Shots seem all the rage lately, and there are YouTube videos and pictures on the internet of people doing the shots so it must be the bomb.
It was such an interesting concept I thought I had to get a shot and write about it on my blog a few weeks back. So this is a repeat photo of the gang at Bar (Which is also the name of a Bar on the Upper West Side in NYC, near where I used to live. I hear Pickle Shots became quite popular for the first time in NYC. I wonder what the origin is, how did someone come up with such a combo.) Now I am here to tell you that Crocodile Bar Philadelphia in Old City has come up with an interesting menu of different pickle back combinations.
Some of which are as comical to me as the concept of drinking a shot of whiskey with pickle juice chaser, bottoms up. But there seems to be a real desire for this drink as there are lots of youtube videos on the subject. (disclosure, I don’t drink but I know what pickle juice and whiskey taste like.)
Crocodile Philly Located in Old City at 110 Chestnut Street, the bar is open daily 5 p.m. till 2 a.m. and on weekends 12 p.m. till 2 a.m. For further information, please visit www.crocodilephilly.com (P.S. Currently their website seems to be down but you can follow them on Twitter: @crocodilephilly )
Countdown to Noon at the Please Touch Museum! supported by Macy’s (P.S. the light show goes on until tomorrow. So catch it now, or wait another year for the magic.)
The little ones can’t quite stay up until midnight to celebrate the New Year? Bring them to Please Touch Museum for the annual countdown party that celebrates the “noon” year before moms and dads go to their grown-up festivities!
This annual celebration helps families celebrate the beginning of a new year together with party activities, music and confetti all in one place.
The museum is open from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Countdowns will be at Noon and again at 1 p.m.
Last week I was driving around in the snow and noticed that Valanni’s changed it’s marquee sign – It’s discofied 
According to the Urban Dictionary Discofied means: To invoke the disco era in a person or thing by using a combination of color, patterns, lighting, grooming, and/or other funkiness in a manner reminiscent of 1977.
That’s not exactly what you are going to find at the “new” Valanni Social, but there is a cool colored swagger lounge vibe going on since they renovated the place shortly after their 10th anniversary in the Fall. (Valanni will still be operating as a restaurant on one side of the building, and serve the full menu in the lounge, as well as have a late night menu as Executive Chef John Strain offers a late-night menu every night after 11:00 pm.)
Reinventing the space by removing the traditional diner tables and replacing them with beautiful WHITE banquette Lounge Chairs and cocktail tables, the ceiling adorn with globe lighting fixtures, the wall lit with a hint of a blue and pink glow. There is seating for 28 in the front room, and 22 in the back. 
A DJ booth is in the back, and although there is no dance floor who’s to say there’s a law against standing in place and grooving when you feel like it. The DJ will be spinning music Wednesdays through Saturdays, starting at 10:00 PM. Each night of the week there will be a different DJ playing different tunes, from hip-hop to house. Although there is not a live DJ on Sunday and Tuesdays, SOCIAL is every night of the week until 2:00 am. 
Valanni’s has always had a nice neighborhood feel, and I think they’re still going for that crowd as well as folks who just want to go to a bar/lounge and hang out with their friends, and not be so disconnected from the outside as most clubs are windowless. In the summer the front windows of Valanni Social will open wide.
SOCIAL is the first place in Philly to serve “Splits.” SOCIAL Split Service offers SOCIAL guests the option of enjoying all the fun of bottle service, but with affordable prices and less of a “commitment” than a full bottle. All “Split” size bottles are 375 ml, or half the size of a typical bottle, and has 9 to 11 pours. (P.S. I love this new lens I bought, the pixs look so much better now. What do you think?)
Owner George Anni is excited about the changes, and shares that “I’ve always envisioned this for Valanni, and I’m thrilled that we’ve made it happen. There’s nothing like this in the neighborhood.” Valanni and SOCIAL complement one another perfectly—Valanni has maintained its cool, sexy atmosphere, and SOCIAL has a new life of its own.
The address and phone number for Valanni Social is 1229 Spruce St,Philadelphia, PA 19107 Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215) 790-9494
