Friday, May 16, 2008
Hey: Free Yoga!
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Yoga Sutra
Yoga is awesome, but most of us can agree that unless you have some crazy lucrative job, taking yoga classes can be prohibitively expensive. (Having that crazy lucrative job is also probably really stressful, making you need the yoga even more...it's a vicious cycle.) Anyway, the typically high cost of yoga is why I was happy to see that Yoga Sutra, a new spot moving in at 14th and Walnut, is offering a free class to every newcomer. Not only that, but if you sign up for a regular class on your first visit, you'll get 15% off. I was pretty happy to hear this. Lately I've been doing the same sun salutation DVD over and over, and I've been getting a little bored with it. Yoga Sutra might be just what I need to perk my yoga up...for one class, at least. |
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Super-Concentrated Entertainment
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Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby
Few events are quite as entertaining as a good ol' kinetic sculpture derby. One part art and fashion show, one part heart-thumping race, and one part mud wrestling, I'm pretty sure that such derbies are the perfect modern American entertainment. Hey, when I went to the Kensington derby last year, a lot of the sculptures even had shiny things. Now I know what you're thinking: "Meg! That sure does sound like a lot of entertainment, but I also need to keep my jaw moving and my cash circulating, and you didn't mention anything about food or shopping." Well! The Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby is also part of the Trenton Avenue Arts fest, where you can get lots of great food, beer, and wares from local artists. So mark your calendar for May 17 (at 2 pm): you have a date with some serious entertainment. |
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Antiquated Women Love Cake
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Tartes
You don't see many mink, beaver and fox fur-clad women in Olde City. They're scarce these days. Locals tell me these refined ladies used to roam freely in the area before the general demographics swung to the likes of PAWS pet adoption and Manayunk weekenders. But I saw one of them last week, hovering near Tartes--a pink stucco hole-in-the-wall bakery on Arch Street. I observed her careful choosing of an indie pastry, and it warmed my heart as she made lighthearted conversation with the tattoo-clad gent accepting her money. Real cross-cultural interactions are truly made over delicious flaky dough and fruit. Tartes has proven this. |
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Thursday, May 08, 2008
A Bunch of Pots
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City Planter
Chalk one up to the truth in advertising, people: City Planter is one of the most literal names I've seen for a store in quite some time. They sell planters. In the city. You know, pots. Those outdoor things you grow plants in. The store is just a big, airy room full of various-sized plant houses. I thought to myself: no, this can't be true. There has to be something more than this. Turns out I was right. According to their website, if you buy a planter from City Planter, you also have the option of talking with professional gardener, picking out a plant from a "plant menu," and getting the whole thing delivered to your door. Okay, there are some cute planters there, and I was pleasantly surprised by some of the prices. But seriously? Plant menu? Unless you have money to burn, skip the plant menu and throw some seeds in there yourself. City Planter doesn't sell plants. They don't sell dirt or tiny stones. You won't find any gardening gloves or spades. Oh, wait. Some of the planters have little fountains in them. Is that different? I'm not sure. Anyway. |
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Friday, May 02, 2008
Get Up a Git Down: James Brown’s B-Day
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SoulPurl 77
SoulPurl77 is not just an art gallery sandwiched between Genos and walking tourists of the Italian Market; what we've got here is a budding community art space that sells you art you can afford that reinvents hot shit from the past. And yes, there is free beer. For a suggested donation of five bucks for the GIT UP'A GIT DOWN James Brown dance party, you get: free Philadelphia Brewing Company beer, free funky giveaways from Mixtapes Bring Smiles, and all the Doing It To Death Hot Pants dancin' jams you can funk out to 'til 2am. Mind not to dance too closely to the walls sporting new SoulPurl artwork, and don't get up offa that thing without a screenprinted James Brown sweatrag. Git down. |
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