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Rosie Perez, Whoppi Goldberg and Liev Schrieber dine, Ryan Howard’s A Dad, Buddy Valastro The Cake Boss Opens

Celebrities and Philebrities were out and about this past weekend in Philly, as well as Philly folks running into celebrities elsewhere.

 Happy Birthday Patty Jackson. 
Oh how it would have been great to celebrate with Patty again this year, but I headed over to former radio hostess’ Shamara  #HiFriend’s bday party. It was bitter sweet too as she, Laiya St Clair, Quincy Harris and a few of their co-workers were let go when Hot 107.7 changed formats. I wanted to be there for support and give her the love she deserves. It was a great party with lots of folks out celebrating. I’ll have a blog entry at another time to show you all the fun. I did have a photo in the Phila Daily News yesterday, with surprise guest boxer Danny Garcia, along with DJ Casper, Kim Derstine, owner of “Fire and Ice” ,  and John Armstrong at Shamara’s birthday party held Friday
night at Fire and Ice in Old City.

#Fox29Weekend’s  Lauren Johnson stops by Devon with her mom and grandmom last week.

 Buddy Valastro The Cake Boss opens Carlo’s Bakery in Marlton, NJ.
 Congrats to the Andrew Jackson School for being the beneficiary of the largess of The Olitsky Foundation to the tune of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars.
 Who knew this would be a gigantic story, Adam Joseph takes a leave from 6ABC to take care of his and partner Karl’s son Jacob for 3 months. Paternity Leave, that 6ABC is progressive.

 Frankie and Pete caught up with the Landers sisters of Dallas fame, at a Bar Mitzvah in NYC.
It’s Raining Men Martha Wash was in town over the weekend at the Hyatt Penns Landing, where the ever thinning Geno Vento ran into her and snapped this photo. 

 Philadelphia Eagles Player Jon Dorenbos got his teammates to do the happy face stamp to support adoptions. (certainly much warmer than the ice buck challenged.)

OK he’s gonna be a dad this week. I had no idea Krystal was expecting, then I ran into a few people at parties this week who told me they are over the moon. This shot was taken at the Rollin event in May, and Krystal was nearly 3 months along here. They’re one of my favorite couples. Congratulations!!
This is their new house in Florida, near Clearwater. It’s on the Gulf Coast.
 Saturday night the Sporting Club held their sculpting body event. I was so crazy covering 3 other events I didn’t make it, but everyone looked great  and had a good time.
 Love this shot of Sheinelle Jones with one of the twins. She’s getting much needed family time with her new gig at The Today Show on the Weekend. Let’s hope she stays out of Tamron Hall’s way, I hear that girl is created a wicked mess of bodies in her wake as she climbs her way to the top.
 Down the shore, Savor Borgata was going on. Lots of good chefs whipping up delicious foods. My favorite chef Michael Schulson and Chef Kevin Yanga (Izakaya), were on hand. I’ll be down next week for dinner as Kory and I are going on one of our notable jaunts to AC.

The Sergey Kovalev v Bernard Hopkins fight attracted a lot of star power to Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ on Saturday night, including Rosie Perez and Whoppi Goldberg as well as Liev Schrieber. I heard the three of them had dinner Saturday night at the Continental at the former Caesar’s Pier and now owned by Bart Blatstein. 
Last week I read this cool tidbit about Lieve Schrieber and his kids.
Last night Bernard Hopkins was back training in the gym.
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Linda Hill Collective Genius – The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation Meet & Greet Last Week

Linda Hill, Harvard Business School leadership scholar, is well versed in the challenges faced by 21st Century leaders. 
Hill was named as one of Thinkers50 top ten management thinkers in the world and has produced award-winning leadership seminars.The morning started out with a VIP meet and greet at 7:30AM, with a general reception at 8AM before the program began shortly after 8:30AM. Above Drew Becher, 6th President of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society greets Linda Hill and gets a signed copy of her book.

Marie Nicolo, Christina Sloutis, Miriam Dechart and Patricia Day.
 Josh Cohen and Janice Woodcock, Kieran Timberlake
According to a 1999 Philly Mag article her favorite places:

The inside of Reading Terminal Market,
because of its activity and long-standing tradition — it’s a combination
of architecture and people. Outdoors, Forbidden Drive in Wissahickon.
Read more at http://www.phillymag.com/articles/pulse-five-questions-for-janice-woodcock/#H8LovXKxOtEevySa.99

 Nevin Muncley, Bank of NY Mellon and Devin Griffen, TD Bank
 Dana Farbo, Leigh Cook, Sparks Grove, and Ed Hickey, Bank of NY Mellon.

The Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia (ABC)
strengthens our creative sector, including arts, culture and for-profit
creative businesses, by engaging the business, legal & technology
communities, providing capacity-building services, and serving as a
thought leader and a convener. ABC, with the support of the Greater
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, is uniquely positioned to actively
connect the creative sector with the business, legal and technology
communities. T

 Leroy D Nunery, Founder & Principal, PlusUltre LLC, Peter J Dunn, Mediator & Arbitrator with Margolis Edelstein in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,  Molly Shepard, molly shepard pPresident & CEO at The Leader’s Edge/Leaders By Designhiladelphia and Emmy Miller, Owner, Liberty Business Strategies, LTD (executive coach)

 Karin Copeland, Executive Director || Arts + Business Council of Greater Philadelphia welcomes the guests.

First there was a panel of local leaders who discussed innovated ways their business’ execute to stay current in ideas.   The panel was  Drew Becher, President, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society ) I never thought that the Beer Pop Up Gardens are really mini-flower shows), Leigh Cook, Sparks Grove,    Peter J. Dean, Ph.D., Founder and President, Leaders By Design,     Natalie Nixon, Director of the Strategic Design MBA Program, Philadelphia University.    
Moderated by: Lyn Kremer, Publisher, Philadelphia Business Journal

Tim Brown, President and CEO, IDEO— on The Collective Genius book.
“The leadership of innovative teams and organizations is perhaps the most confounding mystery in business today . . . Collective Genius
reveals the principles by which we can unlock the collective potential
of our colleagues and release the creative potential of our
organizations.”

The next public event for the Arts & Business Council will be a meet and greet with February  OkCupid co-founder Christian Rudder. Keep checking their website for the latest information on the event. 
The last event was with Peter Thiel, co founder of Paypal and first investor with Facebook. These seminars are really inspirational, especially for entrepreneurs and folks on a career path.

Co-authors on the book are pretty impressive to boot:
Greg Brandeau, long-time head of technology at Pixar Animation Studios, is a former EVP and CTO for The Walt Disney Studios.

Emily Truelove is a researcher and PhD candidate at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Kent Lineback
has spent more than twenty-five years as a manager and executive and,
before that, several years as a consultant and a creator of management
development programs. He has collaborated on several books, including Being the Boss.

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E*A*G*L*E*S, Eagles NFL CHEER ALUMNI REUNION 65 Years of Cheering For The Philadelphia Chapter

A few weeks ago I headed  to the Simone Automobile Museum to attend the NFL Cheerleaders Alumni Reunion – 65 Years of Cheering for the Philadelphia Chapter ie The Eagles.

There’s a lot of classic beauties there, which brings me to the ladies who once brought smiles to the faces of millions of fans.

 Heidi Azar, Beth Fisher, Tina Bernard and Leslie Matz
Eileen Gross, Program Coordinator and Brian Gross.
Jean Paladino, Marla Viturello, Nicole Douglas, Anita Mills, Denise Brant and Nicki Curtis.
Lisa Waishes, Kendra Bollenbach, and Dawn Gogolin Yushchak.
George Mach, Erin Goga, Nick Luczyszyn, Bonnie Kashlack, and Ed Snider.
Deb Smith Peterson, Cindy O’Barr, Patti Smith Cooney, Denise Didinger Bock, Debra Brady and Kathy Perry Gike.
Erin Goga and Dr. Richard Goga
Heather and Jim Moran
Lisa Bones, Tracy Tupper, Donna Mueller, Kim Kucek, Tonya Blaylock and Page Misling.
Lisa Constanzo, Trish McNew, Tammi Thompson Brown, Tracy Thompson Laws (The latter two girls were both Eaglettes and cheered during the 80s)
Fred Hill, (Eagles Fly for Leukemia ) Stan Lane (Eagles Fly for Leukemia ) and Beasley Reece, CBs3 Philly
There were memory boards all over the room and the ladies really enjoyed seeing themselves and friends on them. It was really a nice event, everyone was so excited to see each other. They’re all so supportive too.

The ladies are watching clips of themselves on the big screen. It was so fun.

FYI the gentleman holding the award event MC Mr. Vince Hill (KYW News radio) the late Janis Hill’s widower. At the podium is MaryLou Tammaro, alumni choreographer. (thanks to
Erin Goga for filling in the blanks for me.)
The award that was given out was the “Janis Hill Spirit of Community” award which was created to honor an alumni who has demonstrated commitment to our mission of charitable giving and community involvement. Janis Hill, a Liberty Belle in the 80s, helped to create our first and most successful event that raised over $170,000 for the Susan G. Koman Foundation and was a tireless ambassador and advocate for African -American women and their need for preventative breast cancer screening. She passed away in January of 2011. The recipient in the photo is Sandi Flynn. The trophy was donated by Spikes Trophies. –
Erin Goga

Look Potito’s Bakery in the house (those cannolli’s)
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One Last Gasp of the Most Magnifience Fall Leaves in Philly and Lancaster – Fall 2014

Here’s my trip to Lancaster , PA last Sunday. I think you’ll be able to eek out one more weekend of decent colorful landscape’s before they look dull and boring. (I had a shoot last night, and another this morning at 8AM so I did this quick column for today. Tomorrow I have lots of fun party photos and that Eagles cheerleading reunion I’ve been telling you about…)

 You know how I love to photograph my Amish. On Sunday’s they all head out in the afternoon for courtship and play.

 Amish School House

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Everything Fresh is Coming to the Old Stapler Building on Walnut Street #NewRetail

The Stapler Building has finally found an tenant. Empty since 2006, the building was bought by the Spain family and then renovated in hopes of finding a tenant. It’s been a long time coming

since the property was listed with Fameco, to find just the right tenant.

but the wait is over
as a new concept grocery store is coming to the neighborhood “Everything Fresh.” Small on space, but big on Organic and Value says the sign. It’s like a little Whole Foods but smaller.
Also it says they’re hiring : 
Starting Pay $10hr. EverythingFreshPA@Gmail.com
Check out PhilaPhilia for more info on the building.
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#WoofWoofWednesday Makes a Comeback

A couple people asked me the other day what happened to my “Woof Woof Wednesday posts, that their pets really liked their 15 minutes of fame. I just got so busy I hadn’t collected any pixs for the piece, but I’m going to bring it back. I live in a no pet building, so I get to vicariously live through you all and your pet adventures. Here we go…

 Noel Zayas

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Rusty Griswold Gets the Girl, Walks the Red Carpet at The Prince Theater Monday Night

 The
stars shone bright as they walked the red carpet Monday night outside the
Prince Theater (probably the last screening there as the theater is
slated to close permanently 11/30) for the upcoming movie Foxcatcher.

 Based on the true story of Olympic Wrestling Champion Mark Schultz and
paranoid-schizophrenic millionaire coach John du Pont, who murdered
Schultz’s brother, Olympic Champion Dave Schultz in 1996 on du Pont’s
estate Foxcatcher in Newtown Square, Pa.

 

Director Bennett Miller (who
directed Capote), won the Best Director Award at the 2014 Cannes Film
Festival for Foxcatcher, was also on hand as was Dave Schulz’s wife
Nancy.

 

Sixteen Candles star Anthony Michael Hall (he plays duPont’s
assistant in the movie), is all grown up,  he brought his beautiful fiance actress Lucia Oskerova,
(proving that geeks are sexy and get teh babes.) The movie also stars Steve Carell as
John Eleuthère du Pont, Channing Tatum as Mark Schultz, an Olympic gold
medal-winning wrestler, Mark Ruffalo as Dave Schultz, Mark’s older
brother and du Pont’s longtime friend, and an Olympic gold medal-winning
wrestler, Vanessa Redgrave as Jean Liseter Austin du Pont, John’s
mother and

 Nancy Schultz and her fiance, Scott Vitangeli (above)
  actress Sienna Miller as Nancy Schultz, Dave’s wife. The movie opens
nationwide November 14, 2014. 

Joe Weiss and Sharon Pinkenson, Executive Director of the Greater Philadelphia Film Office.


Tomorrow we’re going to see how the cheerleaders of the Philadelphia Eagles have fared over the last 65 years. Friday who was the most fashionable dressed person this past week, and what’s coming up over the weekend.
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Henri David Ball Halloween 2014 & Link to Additional Photos at PhillyMag

Link to more Henri David Photos at PhillyMag’s Ticket.
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The Horrifying Photos of The Monster Ball at Del Frisco’s

Thursday night at DelFrisco’s the Young Friends of the Academy
Music
held their annual Monster Ball. Proceeds
from the event go to the Academy of Music Restoration Fund. This year the
Academy’s 158th Anniversary Ball and concert will be held on Saturday, January 24, 2015 , with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Music
Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra. Guests enjoyed
light bites, cocktails and danced to the tunes of DJ Eddie Tully, drummer Fizz
and songstress Jessy Kyle.

Marilyn Kellmer, Sun Myst,  Claire Allamby, Senior Director, Academy of
Music Restoration Fund Office at The Philadelphia Orchestra Association, Shana
Saddle
and Anna Gerstenberg.
 Martin Ihrig, Adjunct Associate Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and Christina Sioutis, Programs & Events Department at Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
 Katie English, Stacey Kracher, Zarwin Baum, Christie Honigman, co-chair of the Young Friends of the Academy of Music with Brian Lipstein, not pictured. (Christie created the Monsters Ball three years ago.)
 Marc J. Kim, MD, Ernie Poon, Deirdre Sawinski, MD and Liz Lampen-Kim.
 Cory Siegfried and Erika Blatt.
 Carmen Tedesco, GM DelFrisco’s, Kristy Sevag, and Drew Coblitz, The Specialist Group.
 Liz Lampen-Kim helps Alexander Hankin with his mask.
 Hans Goldback and Jacki Wahlavist.
John Paz, Founder of Trico Lift and Rachel Moore
Billy McGraw and Lucy Lathless.

Michael Magnatta, Executive Assistant
to the General Counsel at Office of the Pennsylvania Governor,
Katie Clemm, and Jennifer Brown.

Lathie lawless, Guest and Melissa Leonard.

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Celebrities, Philebrities, Halloween Weekend

Former Philadelphia Inquirer Eric Mencher was at the Henri David Ball on Friday night. He’s got a great instagram account, follow him. He’s very artistic.
John Legend’s wife is a baker among other talented hats she wears.
Terri Matthews was at PowerHouse on Friday night, hanging back stage with lots of celebs including Neyo!
Ryan Phillippe
Mikey P from Naked Dating hanging in Las Vegas
Model Madison Pard
and her fiance Steve Ward was the Brawney guy.
Internet Celeb Brian Sweeney
Internet Celebrity Ian Raymond
Philly girl Erin Como Fox 17 Nashville

Mo’Ne Meets Dr. J

Former “Mob Wives” star Alicia DMicheleat Del Frico’s with friends last Thursday.