The last Sunday in August. WOW did the summer go by so fast, I think it did because we packed it with so many fun things to do, memories with friends, beer gardens, family fun and pretty good weather. I think the most shocking thing I recall this summer is Hurricane Schwartz correctly predicting that the weather in June would be hotter than the weather in August. You know I’m a weather geek and I follow all those predictions, although sometimes they can be more like a horoscope outcome. BTW If you’re looking for a Sunday drive today, head over to South New Jersey and pick up some delicious Jersey Tomatoes. I just had some for breakfast. So good, my Uncle Carmen tells me the uglier they are the tastier. Go visit Visalli Farms
Speaking of South Jersey, earlier this week New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney, Glassboro Mayor Leo McCabe, Rowan University President Ali Houshmand, and Gloucester County Freeholder Heather Simmons, Nexus Properties today celebrated the official ribbon cutting of the largest phase of Rowan Boulevard, known as A3. The A3 development – part of Glassboro’s transformative multi-phase redevelopment called Rowan Boulevard – is composed a unique mix of luxury student and market-rate apartments, retail and office space, state-of-the-art classrooms and a multi-level parking garage. The opening represents perhaps the most significant milestone to date in the $400-million “public-public-private” development initiative, which has already established a magnetic, inter-generational town center serving to even more closely link the burgeoning Glassboro community and Rowan University, one of the fastest-growing institutions in the nation.
Councilman, John E. Wallace III, Heather Simmons Glassboro Mayor, Leo McCabe Rowan University President, Ali Houshmand Nexus Properties COO, Dante Germano Glassboro Administrator, Joe Brigandi New Jersey Senate President, Steve Sweeney
James J. Cuorato President & CEO,Independence Visitor Center Corporation checks out the expanded Liberty View terrace, which has been constructed as part of the Independence Visitor Center to $15M Renovation project which is underway.
Congrats to Rep. Jared Solomon and Tiffani McDonough on their wedding yesterday. Jared and I used to work at Kohn, Swift & Graf back in the day. Read about their wedding in the NY Times today.
Congrats to Brooke Thomas, formerly of CBS3Philly, who’s landed at Daily Mail TV, a new syndicated series hosted by ESPN & GMA Vet Jesse Palmer. The series will be executive produced by Carla Pennington, Jay McGraw, Martin Clarke, and Dr. Phil McGraw.
Congrats to new business Madison K make up artist to the stars in No Libs.
Former Philly resident producer John Powers Middleton, attends Netflix’s Death Note premiere in NYC this past week with his girlfriend Model Joanna Prus and his mom Leigh Middleton 
Congrats to Hannah Krupa and her band Local Honey with the release of their new EP, and it’s terrific. Give it
a listen here
See you back here tomorrow for more PhillyChitChat… have a great day
PS all photos provided or screenshot from SM.
Lace is really in
Shawn Mendes spent quite a bit of time in Philly this week leading up to his concert at the 
The Hamels are coming home to raise money for their school in Malawi – Here’s a message from her 
Speaking of homes, since the Hamels now live in Dallas they’ve decided to sell their nearly completed French provincial style mansion in Missouri for nearly $10 Million. Located just outside of Branson, Mo. near where Heidi grew up, the home features nearly 32,000 square feet of living space with 10 bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, six half-baths, and four living areas. The massive home sits on approximately 105 acres that include more than 1,700 feet of shoreline access to Table Rock Lake as well as a private dock. (
