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There’s a New Online Magazine in Town – Explore with Cassie Website Launch Party
The city’s lights and Publisher Cassie Hepler‘s sequined Hollywood disco dress (we heard you Tyler Prete!) sparkled in the sunlight a little brighter on Friday, May 8th from 6-9 p.m. as Explore Philly and Explore NJ officially launched the East Coast area’s newest online magazine. Not another boring blog by any means, ExplorewithCassie.com has multiple writers/photographers sprinkled throughout the city and to the shore. Correspondents currently include Pastry Chef Dana Prophet, Jill Beckel, Whitney Ullman and Elspeth Misiaszek – and more in the making. The IT brains behind the operation is fellow Penn State alum Eric Smith, who also has a background in journalism. The team welcomed invited guests to the Stratus Rooftop…
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Life is Short so Eat Dessert First at Let Them Eat Cake 2015
By Dana J. Prophet Once a year there is a time where cake artists create wedding cake-themed masterpieces – all for a good cause. Let Them Eat Cake is not only a phrase that the doomed Marie Antoinette may or may not have uttered, but it is actually the biggest event where ticket holders can eat delicious cake from area bakeries, restaurants, caterers and culinary students (and why other people don’t write about this amazing event is beyond us). Held in the Crystal Tea Room in The Wanamaker Building, City of Hope, an organization that leads in the research and treatment for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases, sponsors this…
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Brewer’s Plate: Where Locavores and Beer Enthusiasts Unite
By Dana Prophet Looking for a place to find the finest local food matched up with Philly specific boozy beverages? The Brewer’s Plate – a foodie and beer enthusiast fundraiser that benefits Fair Food – is what you are looking for. Fair Food dedicates themselves to bringing healthy local food to the marketplace and promoting a humane, sustainable agriculture system for the region, while The Brewer’s Plate maintains a die-hard commitment to “buy fresh, buy local.” Held at the Kimmel Center, participants had three full floors to taste small bites of what the Mid-Atlantic region has to offer. With a complimentary “Brewer’s Plate” glass in hand to sip the wares of winemakers, brewers and…
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Glamsino Royale: Havana Nights Heats Up Hotel Palomar for ActionAIDS
By Dana J. Prophet Philadelphia’s temperature might have been below zero, but anyone at Glamsino Royale: Havana Nights would have felt the excitement and seduction of Cuba just for one night last Thursday. This night featured Kimpton’s Hotel Palomar Philadelphia third annual benefit event for ActionAIDS. VIPs and ticket holders waited for the doors to open along red velvet ropes on the 24th and 25th floors and were greeting to festive décor, scrumptious appetizers and various casino tables. If gambling wasn’t your forte, there were numerous raffles to choose from: stay at one of the Kimpton Hotels in Boston, New York or Chicago; shop at local retailers; impress a date…