Philly Chit Chat

How to Apply: If
interested, applicants should send a resume along with a two minute DVD
highlighting their softball experience and explaining the reason why
they should be selected to be a Phillies Ballgirl. Requested information
should be mailed to:

The Phillies

Citizens Bank Park

One Citizens Bank Way

Philadelphia, PA 19148

ATTN:  BALLGIRL APPLICANT

No phone calls please. 
Resumes must be received by October 15, 2012.  Those qualified will be
notified to participate in a future tryout at Citizens Bank Park.  For
more information, please visit www.phillies.com/community.

ABOUT THE PHILLIES BALLGIRLS PRESENTED BY MACY’S

Each
year, the Phillies Ballgirls make over 150 off-field appearances
including TV and radio as well as school visits, nursing home visits,
golf and bowling tournaments and fashion shows. They also play a minimum
of 10 softball games which all have a charity element.

Saturday night was Dana Spain‘s annual Pimp and Ho party to raise money for PAWS, an organization she founded to assist our furry friends (PAWS is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to saving
Philadelphia’s homeless, abandoned, and unwanted animals. PAWS is the
city’s largest no-kill shelter and operates a high-volume, low-cost
clinic serving pet owners and rescue organizations that lack access to
affordable basic veterinary care. Through its adoption locations,
special events, and foster care network, PAWS finds loving homes for
thousands of animals each year. PAWS is working to make Philadelphia a
place where every healthy and treatable pet is guaranteed a home.)

We also gathered to wish Captain Eric Cahill good will on his mission as he is shipping out on a top secret mission on Saturday.  (the theme of the night was military dress.)

The evening was really more service oriented and charity minded with everyone looking dashing Carol Drumstas, Brown Forman, Steve Rockman, Teresa Nino, Merril Lynch and Christie Honigman, The Honigman Group.

I never saw or photographed the City from the Cira Center. WOW what a view. I was shooting an event for my client, United Way. I tried not to get to distracted, but was able to get a few shots in.
 
This was my favorite. Looks much better when it’s not resized.

Hero Thrill Show Rally to kick
off fund-raising efforts in Center City to help families of fallen police
and fire heroes

Spectators
will get a sneak preview of the 58th Annual Philadelphia Hero
Thrill Show at the noon kickoff event. Thrill Show Chairman Jimmy Binns,
an attorney and patron of police and fire personnel, will lead an all-star
lineup featuring Highway Patrol Motorcycle Drill Team, fire engines and
much more. Tickets for the September 22nd Thrill Show will be available.
 

Where: Market Street, between
18th and 19th streets, (entire block)

The Philadelphia Hero
Thrill Show is Saturday, September 22, at noon, outside the
Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St., in South Philadelphia. In
addition, this fall fund-raiser will include Thrill Show Grand Marshal
 A. Thomas Schomberg, creator
of the Rocky sculpture now at the Philadelphia Museum of Art,
 and displays of crime-fighting equipment by the Aviation Unit, Bomb
Squad, the Crime Scene Investigation Unit, Explorers, the Marine Unit,
Firearms Instructors, Police Academy and S.W.A.T. The show is designed
to raise money for the education of survivors of deceased police and fire
personnel killed in the line of duty in Philadelphia. Tickets are $10
for single purchase, $25 for families (5 tickets, half price). They are
available at local police, fire stations or visit www.herothrillshow.org

 I lived in NYC between 2005 – 2007. I went to the Ground Zero ceremonies during the years I lived there, and the subsequent years when I was shooting NYFW.

 This was the view from my bedroom at my apartment at 23rd and 8th Ave. (Now Katie Holmes lives across the street)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Corie Moskow
corie@glosspr.com
215.518.5526

ANOTHER HELPING?

THE 2012 AUDI FEASTIVAL BENEFIT BRINGS TOGETHER THE CITY’S TOP CHEFS
Culinary Arts Raise Funds for the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe

PHILADELPHIA—The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe announce the 2012 Audi FEASTIVAL will be held on

Wednesday, September 12, 2012. The 2012 Audi FEASTIVAL will expose the region’s most influential business leaders and tastemakers to the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival by uniting dynamic and cutting edge artistic performances with world-class restaurants. This year’s event will be held at Pier 9, located at 121 North Columbus Boulevard from 6:00-9:00 PM. More than eight hundred attendees are expected for what promises to be the cultural event of the year. Tickets available at www.phillyfeastival.com or 267-443-1886. General Admission – $250. VIP – $350 (features early admission, auction preview, private chef demonstration and exclusive bar service).

The Audi FEASTIVAL will once again be co-hosted by three culinary luminaries: Stephen Starr, Michael Solomonov and Audrey Claire Taichman. Event co-chairs are Jesse and Beka Rendell, and Real Estate Attorney, Tony Forte, of Saul Ewing LLP. FEASTIVAL 2012 will honor actor and philanthropist, Leonard C. Haas, for his pivotal role in Philadelphia’s cultural community. Philadelphia Magazine/Foobooz is the presenting media sponsor, other sponsors include PECO, The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation, Energy Plus, The Independence Foundation and KYW Newsradio.

“World-class cities need world-class culture. FEASTIVAL celebrates both our artistic and culinary scenes, two great economic engines that push Philadelphia forward,” said Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe Board President Richard Vague. This year’s Audi FEASTIVAL will feature live performances by bold Live Arts artists, a culinary feast from over 75 of the city’s top restaurants and bars, and a live auction. Brian Sanders’ JUNK, our headlining performers, will be debuting an exciting and daring work based on his wildly popular 2003 show, The Gate. All proceeds will benefit the

Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe. For more information and tickets please visit http://www.phillyfeastival.com.
Participants include: 10 Arts by Eric Ripert, Alla Spina, Audrey Claire, Barclay Prime, Bar Ferdinand, Bibou, Bistrot La

Minette, Blackfish, Brauhaus Schmitz, Buddakan, Butcher and Singer, Capogiro Gelato Artisans, Cochon, Continental, The Corner, The Dandelion, D’Angelo’s Ristorante Italiano and Lounge, Eclat Chocolate, Ela, El Rey, El Vez, Farmer’s Cabinet, Federal Donuts, Fergie’s, Fond, Fork, Fountain Restaurant, The Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co., Healthy Bites, In Riva, JG Domestic, Jones, La Calaca Feliz, La Colombe Torrefaction, Lacroix, Le Bec Fin, Le Castagne, Le Virtu, Lemon Hill, Lotus Farm to Table, Marigold Kitchen, Matyson, Melograno, Meritage, Metropolitan Bakery, Miss Rachel’s Pantry, Monsu,
Morimoto, Nectar, OIC, Opa, Oyster House, Parc, Percy Street Barbecue, Pizzeria Stella, Pod, Pumpkin, Ranstead Room, Raw, Reading Terminal Market/Fair Food Farmstand, Revolution House, Ristorante Panorama, Rittenhouse Tavern, Rouge, Route 6, Sampan, Shake Shack, Square 1682, Stateside, Sugar Philly Truck, Supper, Swann Lounge, Sweet Freedom Bakery, Table 31, Talula’s Garden, Tashan, Tequila’s, Tria, Twenty Manning Grill, The Twisted Tail, Union Trust Steakhouse, Verdad, Vintage Wine Bar & Bistro, Zahav and Zama.

About The Festival: The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival features performances by renowned contemporary performing artists from the U.S. and around the world who are selected and invited to the Festival by Producing Director, Nick Stuccio. The Philly Fringe is an unfiltered Festival, where new and established artists of all kinds present their own work, free of a selection process. Together, the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe establish Philadelphia as a city bursting with wild creativity, bringing audiences sixteen days of the most stimulating, provocative new art being created
in Philadelphia, across the U.S., and around the world. The 16th annual Festival will take place throughout the city of Philadelphia from September 7-22, 2012.

(promotional consideration)

 He didn’t find the humor in Laura saying “I see your a guy that wears many hats!”

I wish I had gotten a better shot, but I caught the game at the last second as Mike was speeding by

September 6 was an explosion of happenings. Not only was it the final night of the Democratic Convention where President Obama asked the America public to re-elect him for another 4 years, but it was the MTV Music Awards, and fashion’s biggest night for shopping Fashion Night Out all over the country. 

Thank god for DVR’s cause nothing can stop Philly from hitting the town for a little party, bs and bargains.

 I started my night out at the Union League, putting on pants (not shorts) and my jacket for the first time this season. Kinda feels like the adult version of returning to school after the long summer (not long enough). Commonwealth Proper had a cocktail party for their clients and friends (I’ll be writing extensively about this party next week.) “We offer custom & ready-to-wear clothing for the contemporary
gentleman. All Commonwealth Proper garments are proudly cut and
assembled by hand in the United States.”  – co-owner Craig Arthur von Schroeder, with fiance Rhonda Clark Carlson, RCC Design Group LLC,  Sen. Larry Farnese, Nicole Cashman, Cashman & Assocs., Nigel Richards and Kristin Foote. 

After the checking out the merchandise and filling up on delicious sushi at the Commonwealth Proper 
party I was ready to hit the streets. Word had trickled into the Union League that their were a couple hot parties with banging crowds, coincidentally they were the three that I promoted on PCC on Tuesday. Nicole Miller at the Bellevue, Joan Shepp and Knit Wit.

I headed for Joan Shepp as it was nearing 9PM with only an hour or so to go for
Philadelphia’s first Fashion Night Out (NYC started it in 2009), there I found designers from all over the country whot traveled to Philly to help kick off the new
USAMade campaign. USAMade is a project of the Accessories
Council, the national trade association for the $30 billion accessory
industry, and the designers will be guests at Joan Shepp,
the first independent retailer in the country who committed to carry
some of the jewelry from the line. Products in the USAMade line
range from about $20 to $500 and go on sale nation-wide in September,
but many of the pieces were available for purchase on FNO Philly at Joan Shepp. The place was still buzzing with the fashion plates when I arrived. Satu Greenberg of Tuleste, Jimmy Contreras, Vlahos PR (Thank you for the cookies from Whipped Bakeshop), and Karen Giberson, President, Accessories Council. Giberson told me that she was excited to be part of Philly’s first fashion night out and the evening had been a blockbuster.  So many people came out to support the event, admiring and buying many of the fine jewelery pieces that were on hand at Joan Shepp by designers like Emanuela Duca, Lesli Sunshine of Lesli, Bonnie Jonas, John Wind
of Maximal Art, Caroline Rocha, Nicole Romano, Celeste and Satu
Greenberg of Tuleste, Gary Glaser of W/A Studios, Representative from
Alex Woo, Larry Jonas of Zack.

  Party Favorite: Donald
Carter. He always graces the finest parties in town and is always styling it, especially with his fancy free ties.

I saw young people out and about including this crew of freshman from Temple University fashion program: Caroline Houlihan, Marina Capara, Lucy Weigard, Galen McCarty (who tie dyes his clothing), Irma Barbosa, Ryan James Caruthers (who’d better guard that white shirt cause I caught Gaulen eying it up for a little tie dying.) Valerie Giacobbe and Zoe Ganslaw.

Caira Smith and Bertha Smith. Caira tells me her favorite outfit is leather pants because you can go edgy or dressy with it depending on which article of clothing you pair it with. Her mom loves kicking back in designer sweat outfits. Check out Caira’s tumblr FilthyRichandFabulous

Joan Shepp’s Tuesday Gordon, Sarah Doheny, YUBpr and Joan Shepp.  Sarah is wearing vintage “Steal Pony” accessorized with a bag and shoes she got at Joan Shepp.   You’ll recall I wrote earlier this week that the building that Joan Shepp’s in located in is being converted to apartments. She’s looking for a new place in Rittenhouse Square but we should appeal to the building to allow her to stay put as her place is a landmark on Walnut Street. I’ll find out who the leasing agent is and let’s write some letters. We can not do without the Joan Shepp windows beautifying Walnut St.

Out for fashion and to celebrate: Michelle Walker, Mina Jackson (Happy Birthday), Rose Carlton and Monica Moody.

Aly Kauffman loves her Equipment shirts and J Brand skinny jeans paired with super high heels when she wants to look fly on the scene, Tom Covello he just brings that smile that lights up a room.

 

Nicole Haddad, Brazilian-American fashion and textile designer in Philadelphia with a women’s contemporary clothing line called Lobo Mau.

The Philadelphia Collection “Random Red Carpet” viral
community initiative Step and Repeat project will be in two more
locations (September 10th & September 12th) during the month.

 
Check out Al For’s shots for The Philadelphia Collection Random Red Carpet here:

Last night was my blogs 5th Anniversary Party. I can’t thank Reserve, Cashman & Associates,  “CTO Artists” that was a dj fusion act.  Mike Hirata Photography, Christal Watson of Southern Wine & Spirits, Cool Pix Photo Booths, and
Professional Tarot Card Reader Marilyn Sukonick-Zeff, Laura Burkhardt, The LAB, Focused Studios,

and my friends for all their help in making the party so successful. Here’s the link to the photos on Philly Mag