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Feeling United by Flowers at the 195th PHS Philadelphia Flower Show
Sunshine bathes the 195th PHS Philadelphia Flower Show’s welcome banner at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. We HAVE to write about flowers. We have to experience flowers. We have to understand that their flourishing is dependent on an entire ecosystem of grass and dirt and water and sunlight and touch and love. Because when we understand that about the flowers, we will understand that about one another as well. — Jenna Winship Story, photos by Sharon Kozden While I intellectually get that every season has its distinct glory, beauty and allure, truth be told, the winter of my discontent is, well, winter. When it’s dark outside as I leave for work…
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Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Presents PHeaSt, A Delicious Party
Photos, story by Deja Cromartie The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s (PHS) PHeaSt is the event to attend for those who are are foodies at heart and love to support a good cause. Last Friday, PHS transferred the warehouse in the Navy Yard into full blown food-to-table gala. The annual event’s proceeds supports the City Harvest Program. Local farmers and top chefs teamed up to provide a truly unique and rewarding dining experience. Attendees of the event sampled food fresh from the garden and prepared by the Philadelphia areas finest restaurants. There was also a section dedicated to craft beers and specialty cocktails. Attendees arrived to the event in style with complimentary…
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Hendrick’s Gin: Get On Board World’s Only Flying Cucumber
Photos, story, video by Cassie Hepler When you receive an email asking you to fly on a giant cucumber, the only answer you can have is yes. Yes squared. Or hells yeah! That’s exactly what happened on a Friday during the Tall Ships Festival. After the opening of T Street at The Playground in Atlantic City, N.J. Thursday night, this reporter hightailed it back to Philly in the morning to make sure not one second was missed. Using a special code, the world’s most chatty Lyft driver swooped by and got to the Northeast Philadelphia Airport in record time. This airport is well known for private jets, helicopters and not really…
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The Jazz Age on the Delaware Was the Cat’s Meow!
Story by “Hep Cat” Christine Tarlecki Trimble, Photos by “Swell” Samara Messer The Jazz Age on the Delaware debuted on August 1 on the grounds of the Glen Foerd mansion estate, and what an event it was. Transforming itself to a grand old age of 1920s, this event was truly the bee’s knees! The Glen Foerd estate is the only Gilded Age mansion along the Delaware river, and it’s sweeping, breathtaking views, it’s grand mansion, and lovely grounds are truly a place to enjoy the Jazz Age. “Jazz Age on the Delaware is a day to experience and partake in the free-spirited fun so prevalent in the 1920’s,” said Executive Director Meg Sharp Walton. “Guests…