October 16, 2009
vox populi
if you’re looking for something to do in philly tonight, vox populi is holding their second annual benefit show at johnny brenda’s at 9pm. tickets are $10 and proceeds go towards supporting vox, a philadelphia independent artist collective. the benefit show will feature bardo pond, arc in round and ape school, comedian andrew jeffrey wright and dj scott sullivan.
check out some of the artists on vox populi’s website…you might be inspired to support the collective and go to the show: http://www.voxpopuligallery.org/
October 4, 2009
what's the story?
before my friends' and my spiritual reading (!), we decided to get some breakfast...i haven't been to morning glory in a long, long time. but it's just as good every time i go. this was our server...kind of a character, but super nice.
close-up of my southern frittata - incredible. full of sausage and okra and goodness knows what...
and look at - even a straight-up scrambled egg looks delicous. (the biscuits are killer)
sam's morning glory diner. 10th and fitzwater. get there early...
September 25, 2009
black spot books
margaux kent lives in philadelphia. she has a beautiful son and endless talent. check out her wares at her etsy site, the black spot books.
August 31, 2009
my art belongs to philly
our friend kim forwarded this article from the new york times...about the scrappy, scruffy, no-holds-barred art scene in philadelphia.
like pifas place...
and the fabric workshop and museum...
go philly! go art!
August 27, 2009
duct (tape) work
say hello to mark khaisman, a philadephia-based artist who hails from kiev, ukraine. his medium of choice is tape.
how he gets his inspiration: "i go mostly by motivation. i conceive an idea and live with it, and if in a while it still feels right to me, i work on it."
August 24, 2009
sugar...oh, honey honey
from our marketing manager, kathryn... :)
my brother and his partner, who live one of my many dream lives, spend 3 months out of the year here in philadelphia with family and the rest of the year in their home in hawaii. they, among other things, are local beekeepers. before they left this year, they harvested the hives and left me with a jar of local, organic honey. you can see the difference between the smaller jar of honey that was harvested here, and the darker honey from hawaii. apparently, when done organically, the color depends on the flowers the bees choose to collect pollen. check out their website to learn more about organic, biodynamic honey. i’d like to learn how to keep bees eventually when I have some space, but for now i’ll enjoy these gifts from them. wanted to give them some love for the cool things they are doing. xo.
a few interesting notes about honey and beekeeping…
1. it is said that eating local honey can help prevent and tame outside allergies.
2. there are said to be 212,000 beekeepers in the US, and about 95% of them are hobbyists.
3. the white house vegetable garden is home to a hive.
