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aving already penned two books of Italian cuisine, Philadelphia’s pioneering chef and restaurateur Marc Vetri, the man behind such iconic city establishments as Osteria and his namesake dining room Vetri, was ready to write the book he’d had in his mind a long time. “No one would ever let me write a singlesubject cookbook just about pasta,” he says. “But I had always been thinking about it. I had a vision of the layout, of how it would all flow.” That picture in his head of the book he wanted to write changed, though, after he attended a 2013 conference at the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture in New York’s Westchester County. There he met Dr. Stephen Jones, the director of Washington State University’s Bread Lab, an agricultural-think-tank-slash-baking-laboratory that had been doing interesting research on the flavor and nutrtion of various wheats. “I was mesmerized,” Vetri says, “by the whole notion of wheat having flavor. I really started to think about it.” A few weeks later, he hopped a plane for Italy to do his own, less scientific research. “I hit a lot of small little restaurants throughout Tuscany, in Rome,” he says, “and everywhere I went, everyone was talking about fresh-milled wheat.” Apparently, Vetri found, the fresher the wheat, the tastier the flour, the better the pasta it makes. It shifted his thinking about how to approach writing a book about pasta. In the end, his new book, Mastering Pasta, talks considerably more about the fundaments of the flour that’s used to make a cook’s dough than Vetri would have previously expected.
“I think this is the next evolution,” he says, in Americans’ ever-expanding awareness of the provenance of their food. “First we realized we wanted organic fruits and vegetables, then sustainably raised animals, then fish that are live-caught—but meanwhile we say, ‘Oh, and give me a bag of flour, too?’ Ah, but how much protein is in the flour? And what’s the quality of the protein in it? These are factors we haven’t really considered before—but it’s the next obvious step in the right direction.” Vetri argues that many home cooks and chefs alike suffer from a basic misunderstanding of what a pasta dish is. They think about it as two separate things, he writes: “pasta and sauce. But pasta is a singular thing. A good pasta dish is like a good marriage. In it, two things become one. It is no longer simply Bill Smith and Jane Smith, or simply pasta and sauce. It becomes The Smiths, or a dish of pasta.” He thinks that conceptual mistake takes root in Americans’ minds early. “I remember going through the lunch line at school,” he says, “and it was: ‘Here’s your spaghetti,’ and then the lunch lady gives you this ladle of meat sauce: plbbbbbbbbbttt. ‘There you go.’” In offering a more holistic view of how one of our most ubiquitous foods comes together, Vetri’s produced a cookbook that’s an intriguing read even for those who aren’t planning to rush to the kitchen and try out the recipes. n
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African Children’s Choir: the sound of hope
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t was the power of a single boy’s voice in devastated Uganda that gripped Ray Barnett’s heart like a vice over 30 years ago. The Canadian human rights worker found himself haunted by the impoverished child’s singing long after his return home, and it planted the seed of an idea that, a few years later, became the African Children’s Choir: a nonprofit musical organization that raises funds and awareness to help provide a better life for struggling kids all across the continent. When they perform at the Annenberg Center this Friday, March 27, though,
these pre-teens will do more than expose the world to their plight. Yes, many—if not all—of the kids in the choir are survivors of disease, deprivation and disastrous conditions who’ve lost one or both parents to war, poverty or illness. Yet their voices and spirits belie the horrors they face at home; they’ve thrilled audiences the world over with energetically upbeat performances of inspirational song. And it’s paid off: The choir’s efforts have helped to fund the first Children’s Home in Makerere, Uganda, which provides education and a positive environment for its charges—in addition to six
other homes and learning centers for African kids. Along the way, they’ve also been nominated for a Grammy Award and recorded tunes for major film soundtracks, as well as performing alongside artists like Mariah Carey, Josh Groban, Michael W. Smith, Paul McCartney and Wyclef Jean. How’s that for a silver living? —SHEALYN KILROY
Fri., March 27, 7:30pm. $20-$60. Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St. 215.898.3900. annenbergcenter.org
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The Wilma Theater reimagines the fight for the throne of Denmark with fencing, blood, guts and everything you’d expect in a production of Hamlet, only recontextualized for 2015. Directed by Blanka Zizka and starring Zainab Jah in the titular role.
Glinski’s first novel, The Friendship of Criminals, is a fast-paced crime thriller set in Philadelphia inspired by the bloody mob war that tore through the city in the summer of 1989. Tonight, the author will discuss his book, its influences and sign copies. 7pm. Free. Barnes & Noble Down-
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Through April 26, $10-$45. The Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad St. wilmatheater.org d RIn K
Bourbon Battle
Love alcohol and animals? Buy a ticket to consume some of the best tasting bourbon cocktails and complimentary hors d’oeuvres to raise funds for PAWS, Philly’s largest no-kill shelter. 6pm. $30. The
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Party with DJ Pauly D and Philly’s own Natalie Didonato, star of VH1’s Mob Wives. Pauly D’s music library spans every genre of club music with a mix of top 40 and house music. 9pm. $50-$100. District 9,
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Biblical references have been featured in pop/rock hits for decades. Sahar Oz, director of programming at The Gershman Y, discusses what these lyrical inclusions
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It’s a night of food, fun and fashion, featuring scrumptious dishes from Philly’s premier female restaurateurs. Chefs include Kiki Aranita (Poi Dog), Anne Coll (Susanna Foo), Daniela D’Ambrosio (The Pickled Heron), Julie Kline (Alla Spina), Lisa Lombo (Jones), Jamie Wolf (Continental) and more. Purple-themed desserts will be provided by Jess Nolen from Brauhaus Schmitz and Avery Goldman from The Baker’s Jar. Proceeds benefit Women Against Abuse, Philadelphia’s domestic violence service provider. 6pm. WHYY
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The Taming of the Shrew
Shakespeare’s classic comedy explores the battle of the sexes and the quirky ups and downs of courtship. The Lantern Theater Company production is directed by Charles McMahon. 7pm.
$10-$29. Through May 3. St. Stephen’s Theater, 923 Ludlow Street. lanterntheater.org
7pm. $10. Taller Puertorriqueño’s Roberto Hernandez Theater, 2557 N. Fifth St. tallerpr.org WORK SHOP
Journalist Michael Lewis is the author of bookto-screen works The Blind Side and Moneyball. Tonight, Lewis bares the story of a group of Wall Street whistleblowers who find the industry rigged for the benefit of the firm’s insiders in his non-fiction New York Times best seller. 8:30am.
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts’ Justin Baldwin teaches this new monthly workshop where the pros and inexperienced alike can improve their figure drawing skills with a live nude model. The only materials needed are bottles of BYOB bubbly. 7pm. $30-$50. University City Arts
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Donald Marguilies’ two-person play explores the morality of a student who becomes a successful writer after telling the story of her teacher’s affair. Directed by Neil Hartley, the staged dilemma stars Renee Richman-Weisband and Kirsten Quinn. 8pm. $25. Walnut Street Theatre,
The international silver-screen hit comes to the stage in a production packed with music, romance and, of course, dancing. All the classic songs, including “Hungry Eyes,” “Hey Baby,” “Do You Love Me?” and “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” will highlight this groove-packed show.
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7:30pm. $20-$105.50. Through April 5. Academy of Music, 300 S. Broad St. academyofmusic.org
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Tropicalismo events bring together Philly’s Afro-Latin-Caribbean culture for this Catholic pre-Lent celebration. The party will be mix of live music from Philly’s Mummers and Latin American and festive Caribbean food and drink.
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Directed by Matt Nelson, each night features a cast of improv actors who will battle the jargon and allegories of screenwriter, producer and playwright Aaron Sorkin. SorkinCorp pays homage and pokes fun at the chaos of television’s writing room and the man behind The Social Network, A Few Good Men and The West Wing. The Taming of the Shrew (Photo by Mark Garvin)
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Carnaval en Philly
8pm. Through March 29. $10. Studio C at Figment Theater, 1219 Vine St. figmenttheater.org
Caryn Babaian: Nature in Chalk
Biology professor/artist Caryn Babaian’s dramatic drawings focus on the rich complexity and beauty of living systems within the natural world. She incorporates traditional Hindu and Buddhist mandalas and other spiritual symbols in her representation of the universe. Through
May 31. $13.95-$15.95. Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway. ansp.org
ON THE OUTSKIRTS F E STIVAL
(Re)Generation Who
Even here in our on-the-outskirts roundup, we don’t usually point you toward Baltimore, but we’re pretty sure there are Philly-based Doctor Who fans who’ll want to hit this big mid-Atlantic regional TARDIS-fest. Former Doctors Sylvester McCoy and Colin Baker are on hand, along with their companions Sophie Aldred Henderson and Nicola Bryant—and the big guy himself, Tom Baker, is scheduled to Skype in on Saturday for an appropriately spacetime-bending two-dimensional appearance. April
24-26. Tickets: $35/ Friday, $50/Saturday, $40/Sunday, $75/weekend. Kids 6-12: $20/day. Hunt Valley Inn, Hunt Valley, Md. regenerationwho.com
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career from his perspective, and even ask him questions during a Q&A. Sat., March 28, 9pm. $75-$135.
Full of misconstrued situations and misunderstandings, this nutty comedy features two bumbling cops after imbecile crooks accused of embezzling $16 million, and a contract killer whose signature move is death by bagpipe. Written by Paul Slade Smith and directed by David Bradley. Through March 29. $28. Act II Playhouse, 56 E.
Caesars Atlantic City, 2100 Pacific Ave, Atlantic City, N.J. 609.348.4411. caesars.com
Unnecessary Farce
Butler Ave., Ambler. 267.761.9950. act2.org STAGE
Al Pacino: One Night Only
Experience the legendary director, actor and producer’s iconic career in person. Relive highlights of his historic
PER FORMANCE
Sweet Treats
The Greater Atlantic City GLBT Alliance presents a variety show packed with singing, dancing, comedy, costumes and glamour, hosted by Miss’d America 2015 winner Honey Davenport and featuring runner-ups Fifi Dubois and Holly Dae. Funds benefit Atlantic City’s LGBT community. Fri., March 27, 9pm. $25-$40. Resorts, 1133
Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J. 609.340.6300. acglbt.org
SATURDAY, MARCH 28 CONT EST
4th Annual Beard and Mustache Championship Presented by Pabst Blue Ribbon and LUSH, watch contestants battle it out for various facial hair titles. Enjoy barbecued food, tattooing stations and much more. 7pm. $19. Theater of the Living Arts, 334 South St.
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Hear from an award-winning local journalist and author as she reads from her new book, Ordinary Mayhem: A Novel of Horror. Stick around for tips on how to write and publish your own horror and mystery work. 6pm.
Free. Big Blue Marble Bookstore, 551 Carpenter Lane. 215.844.1870. bigbluemarblebooks.com PERFORMANCE
Tamagawa Taiko Drum & Dance Troupe
Drums boom and colors flash as this 30-member troupe immerses the stage in ancient Japanese culture. The Tokyo-based performers have won awards in Japan and garnered attention across the globe on their world tour. 4 and 8pm. $10-$30. The Painted Bride, 230
Vine St. 215.925.9914. paintedbride.org STAGE
A New Brain
A charming, hidden gem of a 1998 musical based on famous composer William Finn’s struggle with neardeath is breathed back to life. Follow an emotional, musical journey about a composer trying to find the song he wants to be remembered by. Through March
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IAmAroleMODEL Spring Break Fashion Show Hosted by Quilly Mills, PNBROCK, Phat Geez and Deek, this program showcases trendy new fashion designs and empowers youth. The designer lineup includes Casual Luxury, Lamaj, Jah-Ki by KJ, Tru Designs, Poison Apparel, Encima, Baby Face Frames, Lollipop Boutique, Dahsar by Rashad and Ian Alexander. 6pm. $20-$50. Liacouras Center, 1776 N. Broad St.
215.204.8499. liacourascenter.com F U N DRAISE R
A Touch of Tango
A benefit night including food, entertainment and a silent auction, held in honor of Peter DeLaurier and Michael Norris. Proceeds will aid more than 18,000 adults and children through Lantern’s artistic and education programs. 6:30pm.
$80-$1,000. Hotel Monaco, 433 Chestnut St. 215.829.9002 x102. lanterntheater.org
29. $25. Skybox at The Adrienne Theater, 2030 Sansom St. 267.987.9865. 11thhourtheatrecompany.org
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Koresh Kouture The three-night run of Koresh Dance Company’s new world premiere, Aftershock (see feature story, page 16) culminates tonight in a unique silent action and gala benefiting the dance troupe. Philly fashion designers Bela Shehu, Terese Brown, Victoria Wright and Jovan O’Connor showcase their work there in the Suzanne Roberts Theatre, while attendees enjoy the opportunity to bid on cultural goodies such as a private tour of the Barnes Foundation, a night of dinner and the opera, and a chance to take a Cook Philadelphia class with some of the city’s top chefs. Whether you love looking at art or adorning yourself in it, this is looking like your spring be-there cultural affair. Thurs., March 26-Sat., March 28, $35-
$125. Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St. 215.751.0959. koreshdance.org
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The Love Run Half Marathon
Join like-minded runners for Philly’s newest spring half marathon, 13.1 miles of physical fellowship on a route that begins and ends at the Art Museum. Sun., March
29. $989 Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy. cgiracing.com EVENT
Women’s History Spotlights
Celebrate Women’s History Month with acclaimed ladies from our city’s past. From socialites to chocolate makers, meet the women who helped shape Colonial Philadelphia. 11am-4pm. Betsy Ross House, 239
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Guild, 1307 Locust St. newcenturytrust.org FOOD
Here’s the Beef
World Cafe Live and Shangy’s (The Beer Authority) present this food fest featuring an 8-course tasting menu of braised meats, dry rubs, slow roasted cuts of beef, bourbon and high octane beer. 7pm.
$50. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215.222.1400. worldcafelive.com
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Liberace! On a stage designed to evoke the late singing star’s classic TV show, Liberace! examines the highs and lows of one of the 20th century’s most acclaimed performers. The rich character study delves into the life of the man behind the persona. 7:30pm. $30-$45. Through April
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In keeping with its “Season of Seduction,” Luna Theater takes on one of the biggest, best films ever: the 1950 Kurosawa classic that put Japanese film on the international map and inspired a generation of film artistry. With an innovative plot delivery, splitting the film into two parts that address setting and then characters, the bandit, the wife, the samurai and the woodcutter all converge to tell a story from dissimilar perspectives, something that we’ve come to know as the Rashomon effect: when events are interpreted differently from person to person. Through April
11. $15-$25. Luna Theater, 620 S. Eighth St. lunatheater.org
Historian Joan DeJean talks about the City of Lights and how it was intricately designed to encourage social interaction among its citizens. 5:30pm. The
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The Fair Maid of the west
Swashbuckling silliness encapsulates Thomas Heywood’s classic tale of pirates, barmaids, dashing heroes and villains. The grand journey across the seven seas is directed by Charlotte Northeast. Through
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The Franklin Institute’s latest exhibit is the largest gallery of LEGO art in the country, featuring 100 creations assembled from more than 1 million LEGO pieces. Features include a 20-foot-long Tyrannosaurus Rex, as well as interpretations of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night. Through Sept. 6.
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La Dispute + Title Fight + The Hotelier March 26 at Union
Transfer. Let’s thank Conshy producer-guru Will Yip for this sold-out night of mayhem; his fingerprints are all over lots of the excellence in store. utphilly.com
Northern Arms + Shilpa Ray March 27 at Franky Bradley’s. Keith Peirce’s 10-piece pack is equal parts eclectic and electric. Those horns? Yes. And Ray’s going to leave a mark. Promise. frankybradleys.com Trigger Hippy March 27 at Ardmore Music Hall. Joan
Osborne returns, after a nearby lone set, joining the Americana supergroup with a potent output she’s dubbed “meat and potatoes rock.” ardmoremusic.com
Lieutenant March 27 at Johnny Brenda’s. Bass boss Nate
Mendel’s weeks-old solo debut is the best-titled LP of ‘15 so far: If I Kill This Thing We’re All Going To Eat For A Week. johnnybrendas.com
Foxtrot & The Get Down March 28 at MilkBoy Philly. This Philly four-piece channels sweet Southern soul with charm and style. Put their LP, due this summer, on your gotta-get-it list. milkboyphilly.com
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pennywise + A wilhelm Scream + Teenage bottlerocket March 28 at The Trocadero Theatre. Still
doing cartwheels over Jim Lindberg’s return to the Pennywise fold? You’re not alone, pal. Here’s to 25 more years of showing kids how it’s done. thetroc.com
Regina carter March 28 at the Annenberg Center. The
jazz violinist and genius grant recipient’s crossing the country in support of last year’s down-home Southern Comfort LP. annenbergcenter.org
Keith Sweat + Ginuwine + 112 + whodini + Rob base
March 29 at The Liacouras Center. Come party like it’s 1990-something at this certified throwback jam. Mic rocker extraordinaire Doug E. Fresh is set to host. liacourascenter.com
Jeff bradshaw & Friends March 31 at Theatre of Living Arts.
Tonight, the trombone master’s getting by with a little help from Tweet, Eric Roberson, Kenny Lattimore and Black Thought. tlaphilly.com
Steve Gunn + Mary Lattimore & Jeff Zeigler
March 31 at Boot & Saddle. The former Violator guitarist’s last LP, Way Out Weather, is a walk on the wondrous side. Harpist Lattimore, an old friend of Gunn’s, contributed to it, too. bootandsaddlephilly.com
Gone for Galactic
The New Orleans outfit’s bold funkiness takes them into spaces precious few have dared to go. bY bILL cHENEvERT
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hat I’m about to admit may not be cool or chic, and really serious music critics aggressive about appearing to be jaded know-it-alls may guffaw, but: I really love Galactic. I do. They’re amazing. Most of my love is born of 2001’s We Love ‘Em Tonight: Live at Tipitina’s, a concert set they recorded at the legendary jazz and blues bar on New Orleans’ Napolean Avenue. The Neville Brothers, Phish, Dr. John, The Blind Boys of Alabama and one of their heroes, Professor Longhair, have all recorded live albums there. Clearly, there’s magic in that room. We Love ‘Em Tonight culls standards from their first three albums: 1996’s Coolin’ Off, 1998’s Crazyhorse Mongoose and their 2000 LP, Late for the Future. It is impossible to resist the percussive deliciousness and harmonica cacophony of their “Bobsky/Jeffe 2000” mashup. It is very difficult not to smile when you hear Theryl DeClouet’s croaked, lived-in vocals on “I Get Lifted.” It is foolish to believe that the many horns and woodwinds contributing to the clamor of “Baker’s Dozen” wouldn’t send you into ecstasy overdrive. When I listen to this live moment from almost 15 years ago, I sincerely wish I could’ve gotten my 17-year-old ass to the Big Easy to be in that audience, whoopin’ and hollerin’ until my voice was gone. Now, the thing about Galactic is that they are deeply steeped and inspired by New Orleans and southern funk: The Meters, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, the aforementioned Sir Longhair and the man who’d eventually become their rhythm maestro, Stanton Moore. Moore uses some samples and, in a way, has brought the 20-year-old band into the modern age by focusing more and more on acid jazz and hip-hop. By the way, 2003’s Ruckus, Galactic’s first studio record after We Love Em’ Tonight, is also boss. “The
Moil” is muscular funk that entertains the incoming influences of electronica, yet still manages to employ Ben Ellman’s devastating saxophone. Their next couple of albums, From the Corner to the Block (‘07) and Ya-Ka-May (’10), saw the band definitively leaving their jam-band reputation behind and striving instead towards modernity and wider appeal. DeClouet’s no longer with them, but in 2010, they picked up Corey Glover of Living Colour fame. And the band’s played alongside and opened for The Roots, Gift of Gab, Jurassic 5 and the Soul Rebels Brass Band. Hell, they’ve even invited Chali 2na, Lyrics Born, Trombone Shorty, Boots Riley, Big Freedia and Ladybug Mecca into the studio. So what, they’re far out—though, in my opinion, they’ve never been at a patch-pants-and-dreads level of hippiedom. Still, I’ll defend Galactic’s glorious sickness to the masses when called upon. There, I said it. n Thurs., March 26, 8:30pm. $25-$30. With The Revivalists. Electric Factory. 421 N. 7th St. 215.627.1332. electricfactory.info
JAZZ
Jason Moran and the Bandwagon
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etween coaching, composing, curating and collaborating, it’s anyone’s guess how jazz piano innovator Jason Moran finds time to create soundscapes like the gorgeous, dramatic musical backdrop in last year’s Selma—his first venture into film scoring after winning accolades for his notable work on a couple short films. We’re just glad he carved out space to construct “Live: Time,” the haunting, chaotic wonderwork commissioned for the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s stellar ’08 exhibit, Gee’s Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt. And happier still that he’ll be in a Philly state of mind again, at least for one unforgettable night. Along for the ride, of course, is Moran’s bangin’ Bandwagon—bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits—with whom he’s created a peerless, fearless rhythm fusion since he began performing with them aside sax don Greg Osby. The trio’s remarkable 2010 album Ten, which opens with the soulful complexity of “Blue Blocks,” from the Art Museum’s commission, celebrated a decaversary of unrivaled excellence—and hopefully will be performed in its entirety. Cross your fingers. | Sun., March 29, 7:30pm. $34-$44. The Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St.215.670.2300. kimmelcenter.org | SHEENA LESTER
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Firestone Walker easy Jack. Few states can match
Pennsylvania when it comes to having fantastic brewers, but among those that can is California, arguably the top brewing state in the U.S. That’s thanks to folks like Firestone Walker. All the attention goes to their anniversary beers and monsters like Sucaba, but they are masters of the little beer, too. Take Easy Jack session IPA, for example: Easy Jack is the smaller sibling of Union Jack, but being smaller is no knock. The body is light and crisp and easily drinkable, but you won’t want to chug this. Not when it’s awash with potent aromas of melon, grapefruit and orange peel. Go see why it’s one of the best session ales on the market at Memphis Taproom, Kite & Key, Tria Taproom and nearly a dozen other locations.
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alpine Captain Stout. Located a little outside the
brewing mecca that is San Diego, Alpine Beer Company has been quietly making beers for a lot of years but have generally stayed pretty small. Captain Stout pours a deep brown with little head; this roasty stout gives off enticing aromas of fresh coffee, chocolate bars and scorched malt. It’s a creamy, chewy beer that goes down with the smoothness of chocolate milk. Head over the bridge and try this well-made stout at House of Brews on the Black Horse Pike, because Captain Stout is proof positive that a beer doesn’t have to be rare or driven by hype to be worth drinking.
Stone Smoked Porter with Vanilla Beans.
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Take an already wonderful smoked porter—rich, chocolaty, and just a little smoky—add some rich vanilla beans, and you’ve got yourself something special. That’s what the folks at one of California’s top breweries, Stone, did, and it’s as yummy as it sounds. The velvet sweetness of the vanilla perfectly complements the rich chocolate and hints of coffee, while peat-smoked malts add a hazy hint of wildness. This beer’s full body makes it a perfect one to finish off a meal or to pair with a good cigar; head down to Madira and give it a try.
Sierra Nevada hop hunter. If the topic is California beers, you really can’t have a conversation without bringing Sierra Nevada into the mix. From sprawling experiments like their Beer Camp packs to rock solid mainstays like their pale ale.html, these guys are a model for how to do it right. Their latest is Hop Hunter, a crisp, aromatic IPA made with a pioneering new method of capturing hop flavor. Lots of pine and a touch of citrus rise from the glass; the sip reveals grassy, almost “green” hops and assertive bitterness, balanced by a touch (but only a touch) of Wonder Bread sweetness. Hop Hunter is available at nearly a dozen locations, including London Grill, The Greeks Next Door and Tattooed Mom.
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russian river Pliny the elder. This elusive beer
has an almost mythic status among beer geeks, driven in part by the fact that it’s generally not available east of the Rockies. Philadelphia, however, is the one exception. Pliny is easily among the nation’s top double IPAs. No surprise there, as Russian River owner and brewer Vinnie Cilurzo is credited with inventing the style. This beer’s snow-white head gives off wafts of pine resin and faint hints of citrus. The taste is the very definition of balance. Wonderful caramel malts, a medium body and a crisp, dry finish help the bitter grapefruit and pine of the hops shine throughout without overpowering the beer. Hard to find, but it pops up from time to time at Monk’s Cafe. | erIC SaN JuaN
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The Best Sort of Deja Vu The Olde Bar breathes fresh life into the storied Bookbinder’s building. By Brian Freedman
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he fried belly clams at The Olde Bar just may be the logical end point of the deceptively difficult preparation. Indeed, like bagels or Sunday gravy, it’s easy to make a bad version of them and unexpectedly hard to make a transcendent one. But, man, does The Olde Bar nail it: Within a hard-fried shell composed of all-purpose flour, rice flour and cornmeal, almost reminiscent in texture of the exterior of good fried chicken, reposes a tender, still miraculously moist center. Dragged through the excellent cup of roasted lemon tartar sauce, and washed down with a cold drink, it’s just about perfect right now. The pleasures of the Olde Bar skew in the direction of the elemental, and that’s a good thing. In the realm of food, there is very little attempt being made there to re-imagine the proverbial wheel. Rather, much of the menu reads as an homage to the space’s previous life as the legendary restaurant Bookbinder’s. Indeed, on the way to the restrooms, observant diners will notice a decades-old menu whose shared DNA with the current one is clear. (If only those prices were still in effect today!) Buck-a-shuck happy hour oysters were classic Chesapeake beauties. Anointed with a balanced verjus mignonette or a horseradish-seamed cocktail sauce, they sang. Nuts glazed with malt vinegar and perfumed with rosemary were compulsively snackable and excellent alongside the aggressively nutmeg-dusted fish house punch. Welsh rarebit could have used more cheese and less restraint, but it served its purpose of accompanying and absorbing the cocktails. And it’s for that reason that most people will make their way down to the 100 block of Walnut. The cocktail program here is deep and wideranging, with combinations both classic and more outré. The 5th Grandchild, for example, brings together the comforts of Old Grand-Dad Bourbon and Port with the unexpected intensity of pineapple gum, lime juice and a hit of richness and spice from mole bitters and Ancho Reyes Chile Liqueur. The Rusty Nail with a Tail spices up Drambuie and scotch with an allspice spritz. The Aviation is excellent, a balanced and expressive cocktail that’s expertly mixed. The list goes on, encompassing signatures, classics, punches
The Olde Bar
125 Walnut St. 215.253.3777. theoldebar.com Cuisine: Focused on cocktails and seafood. hours: 4pm-2am, daily. Price range: Dinner, $14-$28; Bar, $1-$10. atmosphere: Respectful of the original. Food: Just what you want to eat with the drinks. Service: Accommodating and subtly enthusiastic. and even $10 shooters, showing respect to a category of tipple often overlooked as too collegiate to justify much attention. The Olde Bar is a Jose Garces project—the kitchen is helmed by Chef de Cuisine Mike Siegel—but it feels different from his other restaurants around town. Indeed, in his attempt to honor the legendary space, he has accomplished something both difficult and important: Bringing the past into the present, without peddling in either preciousness or hokey nostalgia. The Olde Bar feels both classic and vibrant at once, just like that fried clam. n
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It’s not easy to take over a legendary space and bring it back to relevance while still retaining a sense of respect for what made it great in the first place. But that’s exactly what Jose Garces and his team have done with the Olde Bar. And while their cocktail program is extensive, it’s the Fish House Punch that I keep thinking about, a supremely lovable and time-tested gathering of rums, brandies and lemon juice, all dusted with nutmeg and, at happy hour, served up for $6 a glass. theoldebar.com
To accompany Chef Kevin Sbraga’s ‘80snodding cuisine, GM and cocktail savant Tom Pittakas has assembled one of the most extensive gin programs in the city. This spring, among other gin-highlighting treats, he will be offering both red and white negronis, the former crafted from your choice of gin, Campari and Dolin sweet vermouth and the latter from any gin you prefer, gentian Suze Liqueur and Dolin Blanc vermouth. sbragadining.com
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Before I first visited Bing Bing for a drink, I had high expectations that their cocktail program would be just as interesting as their menu. I had nothing to be worried about. Bar manager Max Sherman has assembled a fantastic range of unexpected concoctions that are deeply rewarding in their own unique way. I recently swooned over the Magic Box, based on white sesame oil-infused gin given even greater complexity by Cocchi Americano, shochu, lemon and absinthe; and the Lapsang Dance, with its lapsang souchong-infused rum, coconut and benedictine. bingbingdimsum.com
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Owner Lê wanted to make a drink for the Garden State, and instead of calling it the New Jersey, he decided on the One Mile East, a reference to the approximate distance from Hop Sing to the Jersey Shore. It’s a refreshing gathering of Hayman’s Sloe Gin, Dolin Génépy (which lends the cocktail a distinctive herbal note) and lemon juice, served on the rocks in a glass within which a sprig of mint was smashed before the cocktail is poured into it (thus releasing the oils and nothing else) and garnished with a lemon twist. It’s a perfect harbinger of warmer days to come. hopsinglaundromat.com
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Serena and the Dangers of the Package Deal Please, Hollywood, don’t go back to relying on proven leads’ chemistry over the strength of good storytelling. By Genevieve Valentine @GLValentine R EviEw
Seymour: An introduction
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(Director: Ethan Hawke)
Often, a documentary is something of a detective procedural, either investigating a mystery (which can take forms as disparate as The Act of Killing and Finding Vivian Maier) or by the nature of the beast, using its talking heads and documentation to construct a case for why a particular subject is worth 90 minutes of particular consideration. With enough context, anything becomes heartbreakingly epic. But of course, documentaries don’t have to be. They can be as small and charming as a conversation in a corner cafe–one of the only-slightly awkward setups Ethan Hawke uses in Seymour: An Introduction, which does just what it says by inviting us into the life of pianist Seymour Bernstein, who gave up a performance career at 50 to become a teacher away from the public eye. Hawke’s workmanlike technique is surpassed by his obvious fondness for Bernstein, whose monkish existence in an old-fashioned studio apartment belies the depth and breadth of his musical reach. “The real essence of who we are resides in our talent,” he explains, both as a motto for his own life and as an ethos of his teaching, which teases out such nuance from notes that even a bashful student at a public master class lights up as a run of notes sounds suddenly sublime. A firm believer in craft and the emotional power of practice—”The struggle is what makes the art form,” he assures the camera—you buy Bernstein’s monkish proclivities. But all this discipline sits easily alongside a sweetness and a sly sense of humor, whether tearfully recalling his time in the Korean War or faux-grumpily testing Steinways for a return to performing. It makes for a quiet but charming conversation with a man who’s lived what he loves. —G.v.
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n the golden age of Hollywood, actors signed contracts with studios that essentially required them to hand over not only their time and talent, but their entire personalities. The studios could have actors plug products, trade their services to one another like baseball cards (Twentieth Century Fox refused to lend Shirley Temple to MGM for The Wizard of Oz) and arrange false relationships to help box office draw–or to dismiss rumors that anybody was light in their loafers. At worst, it was a stifling system that robbed some of the best actors of the day of a shot at performances; one wonders what Anna May Wong might have achieved if Paramount hadn’t been in charge of her perpetual supporting-cast issue. At best, however, the studio system could match up well-suited actors as meta-characters in their own careers: an erstwhile franchise connected by its cast. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers paired up nearly a dozen times, in films that were just as often clunkers as classics, as it turns out there are only so many plots that will repeatedly make people dance together. For sheer bafflement, though, the worst might be 1938’s Carefree, in which Astaire’s a psychiatrist who falls for smitten patient Rogers, and ends up hypnotizing her to various ends. (There’s dancing in there somewhere.) It ends with a wedding where Rogers walks down the aisle with a shiner, maybe the most disturbing image this pair ever had to live down. Carefree’s not without its moments and contains grand physical comedy for Rogers, irascibility for Astaire, and one of their best-ever dance numbers—if you can forget she’s hypnotized. It’s a mess that’s occasionally engrossing and makes you wonder how it ended up here. I thought a lot about Carefree when I was watching Serena, adapted from the Ron Rash novel about a lumber baron and his wife dealing with infertility and the pesky National Parks Service (with murder, of course). It’s getting a theatrical release after a few years of attempts at distribution and scored most of its initial buzz because it was a deliberate reunion of Silver Linings Playbook stars Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper. It would be their third shared credit, though their plots in American Hustle hardly intersected, and the flurry of interest came from the idea that the leads loved working together so much, they’d teamed up again. Though auteur directors always have their favorites, the studio system now builds its stars a la carte, more or less, at the whim of fortune and franchises. (We’d never have known about the stage rapport between Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush if Elizabeth hadn’t happened to cast them together.) If nothing else, Serena felt like an experiment in seeing a proven pair in a new milieu. The rapport between Lawrence and Cooper has been lauded, and while I’ve rarely seen particular intensity between them, there’s something to be said for their sense of ease, which carried Silver Linings Playbook past some seriously questionable plot points. There are moments of that ease in Serena, but they’re fleeting, buried under stilted dialogue and subplots that feel increasingly contrived (Would you go hunting alone with a man you’ve just threatened to send to prison? These folks would!). The
Together again: Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence in Serena.
third act manages to sneak out from under the self-serious setups and just admit that the best way this climax could play out is if Cooper gets into a knife fight on a moving train while Lawrence sits at home, concerned that her triple attempted murder didn’t work out quite like she planned. If that sounds like secretly-hilarious pulp, it isn’t by design. Director Susanne Bier’s stately shots of Carolina timber and lingering close-ups of Lawrence are the hallmarks of a very serious drama indeed. It’s probably most unfortunate, though, that the movie relied so hard on that rapport to establish them as characters, rather than presenting them on their own merits. Their courtship rates a single montage; most of their character beats happen outside the perfunctory dramatic beats of their marriage. This isn’t the actors’ fault–in fact, I suspect a movie of their own improvising would actually have been interesting—and suggests a failure of something meant to be foolproof by trading on its leads’ established chemistry instead of narrative strength. Hopefully, future directors won’t use this as reason not to hire a package deal, though, and will just take the reminder that even the best cast can’t rescue some stories. Just because they’re great together doesn’t mean you should make Carefree. n
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In Praise of Emoji
Do you think cute little icons mean the death of sophisticated communication?
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determinatives to clarify the meaning of a word.” Okay, so that’s not exactly the same as emoji; hieroglyphs functioned more literally as formal pieces of language. Still, winking chat-window faces do add tone or inflection to a message. It’s easy to demonstrate how that works. Try sending a text: “I’m praying for death.” Add a winking emoji with its tongue stuck out, and the phrase becomes a hyperbolic joke—something you’d send to a colleague during a tedious meeting. Without the emoji, it’s a flat, declarative statement indicating you’re about to jump off the Ben Franklin Bridge. I don’t know about you, but I’d call that a pretty sophisticated form of communication.
Then, of course, there’s the poop emoji. The poop emoji doesn’t convey a particular sound, nor is it a grammatical device. It’s a pile of poop with eyes. For a long time, I thought the poop emoji was chocolate ice cream. Because why, if you are not Trey Parker and Matt Stone, would you anthropomorphize a bowel movement and make it adorable? Yet people love it. Consider the mobile app Venmo, which allows users to easily transfer money to one another via phone and include a publicly visible social-media memo with each transaction. It’s kind of like PayPal crossed with Twitter; people use it, for instance, to settle
up group bar tabs after one person pays the whole bill, while simultaneously showing off what they and their friends are up to. Writer Zach Wener-Fligner and his colleagues at the online news site Quartz recently analyzed a week’s worth of Venmo activity—about 800,000 individual transactions. Nearly 450,000 of those included emoji in the memo. Quartz scoured the data to see what sort of trends were in evidence at different times throughout the day, based upon what emoji people were using. There were few big surprises: lots of beer emoji in the evenings, lots of pizza emojis at night, lots of car emojis in the wee hours. One Venmo user, however, deployed the poop emoji over 1,000 times in one transaction—which, rather amusingly, had a statistically visible impact on the results. One wonders: Why would you send 1,000 piles of poop to your friend at midnight as you’re paying him money you owe him? Actually, upon second thought, I understand that completely. But I digress.
During the Golden Globe Awards in January, the Internet went gaga over the fact that Catherine Zeta-Jones, an awardwinning superstar known worldwide, appeared on the red carpet bearing an unnerving resemblance to an emoji. “The actress showed up at the Golden Globes looking strikingly similar to everyone’s favorite texting party gal,” excitedly
writes Neha Prakash for Mashable, “the red dress dancing emoji.” It was true—ZetaJones looked identical to the icon: dark hair, red dress, arms whimsically akimbo in several paparazzi photos, just like the tiny cartoon woman. What struck me most, though, was the way we Internet Age youngsters said that she looked like the emoji, rather than the other way around. Apparently, those of us raised in the digital world don’t just use emoji as symbols of real-life things—in our minds, we’re making emoji themselves points of reference. I use the bejeweled crown or pink painted fingernails, for instance, whenever I want to conflate myself with a privileged princess. (That happens often.) They’re not always appropriate, though. Even my Facebook friends, presented with the question, agreed universally that adding emoji to indicate gravely bad news, like a death, was a terrible idea. Delivering truly bad news with a cartoon sad face—that just seems like an ironic taunt, or possibly a symptom of sociopathy. One online acquaintance suggested that using emoji in communications with bosses or potential employers is ill-advised, too. That comment puzzled me, though, because I think that’s a question of learning appropriate social boundaries, not a question of the metaphysics of emoji themselves. In other words, teach your children well, and they will use their toys and tools properly. Sometimes, emoji are the cushion I use to soften any possible blows. When I use an emoji in flirtation, it feels like I’ve got a cheery shield against the possibility of rejection or embarrassment. Adding a playful emoji to a lighthearted text, I can tell the recipient that it’s OK if he doesn’t want to go out with me—that I’m not taking this too seriously. Having that kind of semantic cushion allows people to decide for themselves what the social norms of an exchange are. It gives folks leeway to back away from hurting others’ feelings, and it empowers both sender and recipient to effectively establish an emotional rapport despite being bereft of the facial expressions or intonations of speech we’d have if we were physically together. And also, sometimes, I just want people to know I’m feeling like a princess. n
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very few years, we hear folks bemoan the dilution of language. Typically, they blame younger generations for a phenomenon that’s held true since the earliest days of human history: Things change, and people come up with different ways to communicate. For some reason, adults, faced with language use that’s evolving away from their own habits, forget having engaged in that very practice during their own adolescence. Inexplicably, crankily, they think their cri de guerre is special—that this is different, that what they now want to criticize really does mean the death of civilization. Take emoji, for instance. We hear no shortage of grownups bemoaning the adorable little instant-chat icons. “Kids can’t write real sentences anymore!” they fume. It’s smartphones’ fault. It’s Facebook’s fault. It’s the 21st century’s fault. Emoji aren’t as new as we’d like to think, though. Technically, the modern emoji as we know them—the happy smiley faces that eventually morphed into an assortment of dancing cartoon women in red dresses and prompts to keep things “100”—first came about in 1999. A Japanese engineer named Shigetaka Kurita invented the whimsical pictures for a telecommunications company, NTT Docomo. Writing for the tech blog Gizmodo, Jamie Condliffe explains that “initially, there were just 172 of the little pictures” as a feature for a specific phone NTT Docomo made, but thanks to technological and business happenstance, emoji rapidly took off. The Japanese government eventually asked all telecommunications companies in the country to begin allowing the colorful pictograms on their phones and networks. And once the iPhone came to Japan, leading Apple to comply with the regulation, the rest was history. That said, I’d like to believe emoji are much older than 16 years. One might make the argument that they’ve been around for about five thousand years. After all, didn’t the ancient Egyptians use similarly iconic pictures—hieroglyphs—to communicate for millennia, up until about 1,500 years ago? The Penn Museum, which boasts one of the largest Egyptian collections in the United States, notes that “there are over 700 different hieroglyphs, some of which represent sounds or syllables; others that serve as
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lmost every spring, Roni Koresh brings something new and fresh to the Suzanne Roberts Theatre stage, courtesy of his powerful, accomplished team of dancers at Koresh Dance Company. Hearing a little about Aftershock, the world premiere that debuts this week, I knew it would have something to do with Koresh’s personal exploration of leaving his mother country of Israel for America’s shores. And a St. Patrick’s Day meeting at La Colombe on 19th Street felt like a sublimely coincidental opportunity to ruminate on our myriad personalized interpretations of where we come from and what that means to us. “After all that’s said and done, the biggest shock of all is really who we are,” Koresh says—admittedly “getting poetic on” me— “Leaving the country of your heart for the country of your dreams.” Koresh came straight from Israeli military service to New York City in 1983, and America’s been his headquarters since. People always ask him if he misses his home, he says, to which he asks: “Which one? I do miss my mother tongue. I do miss my culture. It took me 32 years to realize that this land is my land—it’s my home, Philadelphia. America’s my home.” With five duets and a trio, in the 60 minutes of Aftershock, Koresh and his company will take you on a tumultuous journey. “It starts with my home that I came from, a short section that shows, in a very interesting way, [this] turbulent place, emotionally and physically—because that’s Israel,” says Koresh. “The next piece is the new country. The way that I’m showing the work, the emotions and the journey, the change that’s happening.” Its score will be a mix, per usual, he de-
clares, including Mozart’s “Requiem-Lacrimosa,” some Vivaldi, original contemporary music from Greg Smith (“His stuff is so powerful,” Koresh says), spare instrumental beauty from James Blackshaw and spoken poetry from longtime collaborator Karl Mullen. Koresh was also upfront about how his company’s aggressive touring schedule meant they’ll be perfecting his choreography up to the last minute. “I choreographed it, and I haven’t seen it from beginning to end,” he admits. “Monday will be the first day that I see it, and Thursday we take it to the stage. I’m excited. But I’m also very nervous.” For Aftershock, he wanted to do something short and potent, he says, smacking a coiled fist into his other hand to make his point. “There will be a couple of things in here that will make you go, ‘How do you do it?’” We talk about his beloved Israel a bit, the notoriety, the history, the culture, the music, the stigmas—and though a lot’s changed over the course of the last few decades, he still considers it one of the best places on Earth. “There is no more exciting place in the world than Tel Aviv,” he says matter-of-factly. “It’s 24-hour parties, food, culture. It’s just unbelievable.” But Philly’s where he is now. And although it’s taken Koresh some time to fully embrace that truth, it appears he finally has. “In the end, the biggest shock of all is that this is my home,” he says. “This is where I want to be. This is what I want.” n
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calorie and fat burn. Some of this reflects the desires not of trainers but of clients, who often care less about their cardiovascular health than the way they look naked. But it’s also emblematic of the ongoing and possibly incurable problem of body shame within a field that’s supposed to be about health. Of course, it’s possible to go too far in the direction of empowerment, too. One presenter, who offered exactly zero safety cues or form coaching during a 90-minute kickboxing session, spouted mindless affirmations like, “Whatever you’re doing right now is perfect!” and “Turn to the person next to you and say, ‘You’re hot!’” No matter how well-intentioned that last part might be, it’s as useless as a participation trophy. And the first part was far from accurate. I can’t even fathom how many knees, backs and shoulders have been torqued out in classes because instructors were too worried about sustaining morale to give their students any real corrections. Clearly, weight loss is a motivator for many, and I’m happy to have people revved up to work out with me, whatever’s fueling their drive. Like I said, as a kid, I didn’t want “to be champion,” I wanted to be skinny. Eventually, though, I found that working out evolved from avoiding self-hate to indulging in self-love. In fitness, I found a means by which to improve my experience interacting with the world every day, fully present in my body. A fitness instructor’s job is to offer you that same opportunity. It’s my job to make you believe you can do anything, not just to tell you you’re great. It’s my responsibility to give you skills that will make you better at everything you do. And whether you’d rather work out at the front of the room or hide in the back corner, you should feel good about investing in yourself. It’s my calling to get you to fall in love with being in your body—no matter the size of any of its parts. n
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recently started dating a girl who likes to be submissive. It’s more of a psychological thing than a pain thing. She opened up about her kink, and I was all for it, thinking myself the ultimate GGG lover. Thing is, I find being a Dom quite boring. I love getting her off, but I just can’t get into the role. I’m not sure if this is funny or horrible, but the other day, she was strapped to the bed and just as she was reaching a climax, I stopped. I uncuffed her, told her I was leaving the room, and ordered her not to take the blindfold off or touch herself. She loved it, but I did it so I could go to the toilet and check my phone. I’d say something to her if I found it gross or it wasn’t working, but she enjoys it to the point where she has little interest in doing anything else. Even when regular intercourse takes place, there are still clear submissive overtones—to have vanilla sex at all, I basically have to lecture her first about her dirty ways to get her going. I like more “mutual” activities like 69ing, massages, etc. She seems open to it, but then steers it back to her submissiveness. I enjoy sex with her, but this Dom/sub thing is a roadblock to me getting off. Am I just being selfcentered? —Dom Only On Demand All BDSM tops—all Masters, Mistresses, Pro-Doms, switches, vanillabut-GGG partners of submissive types—occasionally check their phones, go to the toilet, take a snack break, etc., while their subs wait blindfolded or hooded back in the bedroom/playroom/dungeon. The sub gets to tremble in anticipation; the Dom gets to relax for a second. So taking a quick toilet/phone break doesn’t mean you are a lousy Dom, DOOD, but I definitely see why you’re bored: BDSM isn’t your thing, you’re doing it for her, and she’s taking you for granted. You’re being GGG (and indulging all her kinks); she’s not being GGG (she’s making it all about her kinks). Tell your girlfriend that she’ll have to lecture herself about her dirty ways when you two are having vanilla PIV sex, 69ing or swapping massages, if that’s what it takes to get her going, because you don’t want to have to play at being dominant every time you have sex. I suspect the Dom/sub play will feel like less of a roadblock, DOOD, if every sexual interaction with your girlfriend isn’t colored by it. I want to thank you for your constant advice to explore fantasies, communicate desires and get thorough consent in a sexy way. I’m a bi-ish college girl and used to be in a sexually unsatisfying long-distance relationship. Then I started saying, “What would Dan do?” Now I’m friends-with-BDSMbenefits with my ex—he buys me sexy lingerie and bath products while I remind him what a naughty boy he is—and I’m currently planning a superhot threesome with a rugby player and his girlfriend! Yahtzee! And none of it would have happened without you! —Satisfied Lady I feel conflicted about your letter, SL. Let’s say your ex suddenly violates the terms of your friends-withBDSM-benefits arrangement and starts presenting you with unsexy PJs and dishwashing soap. Or let’s say that rugby player is a lousy lay who can’t find your clit, and his girlfriend is a loony nut who keys your car in a fit of post-threesome jealousy. If I had previously taken credit for all the awesome sex you’re currently having and/or looking forward to—and that’s what I would be doing if I accepted your thanks without qualification—then I would have to take responsibility for the unsexy PJs, the dishwashing soap, the lousy-in-bed rugby player, the damage to your car, etc. So instead of accepting your thanks, SL, I’ll just say this: I’m happy you’re happy, and I’m pleased my column was helpful, but the adventurous sex you’re having and/or looking forward to now? You always had that in you. Reading my column may have helped you tap into your adventurous spirit, but the credit for your sex life—and the responsibility for your sex life—ultimately rests with you. n
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f you’re in the back of the room,” the nationally acclaimed yoga teacher announced to her workshop, “your thighs are going to get bigger, and your breasts are going to get smaller—and if you’re in the front of the room, the whole thing is reversed.” I blinked. This was how she chose to beckon us closer to the stage? I wondered, for a moment, if I was in the wrong industry. Growing up, I worked out a lot. My parents were both coaches, and my mom was a regular at a little gym owned by a Romanian ex-Olympian who trained power lifters. When I was 12, he tried to get me into competitively hefting giant things over my head and putting them down again. I politely declined. In a thick accent, he asked incredulously: “But how will you be champion?” My steez, though, was running—and other things that made me skinny, because I was a young girl raised in America. I was also conditioned to believe that any action undertaken by a large group of enthusiastic females was probably stupid—again, raised in America—so I avoided group exercise like the plague. It was, therefore, intensely ironic that years later, I became a fitness instructor. The director of my grad school gym suggested I might be good at teaching, and offered to pay for my certifications; since I’m all about letting other people pay for things, I went with it—and ended up finding my life’s purpose. So now, in order to be able to continue practicing my calling of bringing endorphin-fueled ecstasy to those around me, I periodically attend industry conferences to keep those certifications current. Which is what brought me to the body-shaming yoga class. Each year, the convention in question brings hundreds of spandex-clad, protein bar-chomping fitness trainers together for three days of workshops and lectures. It makes me feel a lot of feels. Lots of them are amazing: There’s the high of indulging in my favorite activity surrounded by equally passionate people; the nerdgasm of learning new stuff from experts; and the physical effects of my opioid receptors after hours and hours of movement. Sometimes, I get a glimpse of what it must feel like to be deeply religious and go to one of those mega-churches. But there are other feels, too. Some truly facepalmworthy things fall out of people’s mouths who should know better. I’ve heard multiple presenters say: “Some people think yoga has to do with religion, but that’s just a myth.” So that’s kind of problematic. As is the alarming amount of body shaming that goes on: discussions of thigh gaps, disgust at fat—and the general implication that exercise’s most important results are to be measured predominately in pounds lost. Yes, there were some excellent lectures on three-dimensional motion and stability training, but they were sparsely attended; the packed sessions were about
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922 E Moyamensing Ave Queen Village $379,000 Berkshire Fox &Roach
702 S. 3rd Queen Village $639,900 BHHS Fox & Roach 2301 Green #5 Fairmount $315,000 BHHS Fox & Roach
115 Catharine St Queen Village $1,125,000 Berkshire Fox &Roach 1812 Fitzwater St Graduate Hospital $499,900 Berkshire Fox &Roach
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Bella Vista 517 Fitzwater ST $949,900 Plumer & Associates 212 Delancey Society Hill $1,195,000 BHHS Fox & Roach
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Northern Liberties 1 Christian #49 Includes real tax • Noto transfer 3 Condos 3 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. Garage 3$525,000 Bd/2 Ba;Bd/2 RenovatedTownhome, 1830 Addison St.+ Deck, Rittenhouse Sq.tax Multi 5/4 + Deck 3 Bd/2 Ba; 2427 Carpenter Street, Graduate Hospital 9CRenovatedTownhome, Greenbriar Fitzwater A& Fab Lane, Paoli Forestate Rent 32338 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 2 Bedrooms $250,000 BHHS Fox & Roach 3/2.5 Garden + 1 car 4 /3.5 $400,000 2 Car Parking 1/1$3,900/month TA 49 Cornell Rd., Bala Cynwyd $525,000 3 /2 Duplex Great Corner St., Art Museum Condos 1/1 TA Builder’s Hm & Garden $525,000 620 S. American Pkng $499,500 3 Bd/22945 Ba;Poplar RenovatedTownhome, From $299,000 1 SOLD $525,000 $379,000 5 Bed/5.2 Bath; 7930Property sq RED ft Colonial $709,900 3 Bd/2 Ba;upscale RenovatedTownhome, 213 Valley Forge Lookout Place, Radnor $525,000 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, G $525,000 3 Bedrooms $400,000 to $500,000 N I 3BD/1.1BA; Townhouse $329K Open Sun 11-4pm | Mon 12-6pm St. Rittenhouse Sq. 5BD/2.2Ba 3,314 Sq. Ft. Colonial Sq. Queen on 2.5 St. acres $1,850,000 1830 Addison St.Rittenhouse Rittenhouse Sq. N Bed/1.5Addison Bath; 1,150 sq ftD Townhouse 1830 Addison St.$299,000 Rittenhouse Sq. Village $525,000 3 Bed/2.1Addison Bath Townhome in Rebel Hill $389,000 Sq. 31830 E 1830 Addison 1830 St. Rittenhouse BHHS Fox & Roach $525,000 P $525,000 504 W. Thompson 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. Includes real estate tax • No transfer tax Tues-Fri 9-6pm | Sat 12-3pm 3031 Coventryville Road, Pottstown Great Rental 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse $925,000 Aubrey Ardmore, Renovated Finished, Walk-out LL $549K Sq. 510 S. 11th Street, Wash Square West 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 3818 Bd/2 Ba;Avenue, RenovatedTownhome, 2219 Memphis Street, Fishtown Northern Liberties $525,000 4 Bed/2.1 Bath; 15.2 Acre Horse Farm $700,000 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 4 Bed/3.1Bath; 2,400 sq ft Twin $399,000 $525,000 $525,000 BHHS Fox & Roach $525,000 31407 Bd/2 County Ba; RenovatedTownhome, $525,000 3 Bed/1.1 Bath; 1064 sqft End UnitC/A Townhome $350,000 Line Rd., Bryn Mawr 3BD/2BA; 3-Story Twnhome $339K Open Sun MonMawr 12-6pm 605 New11-4pm Gulph Road,| Bryn 1206 E. Fletcher 1830 $235,000 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. $525,000 707 Conshohocken State Rd., Cynwyd Sq. $525,000 3545 Darby Road, Haverford Sq. 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse 1830 Addison Rittenhouse BHHS Fox & Roach 6Bed/4.1Bath; 4,416 sqSt. ft |colonial $899,000 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. Tues-Fri 9-6pm SatBala 12-3pm 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 5BD/3BA; Colonial Fishtown 3 Bd/2 Ba;Art RenovatedTownhome, 3 Bd/2 RenovatedTownhome, 834 League 5Ba; Bed/3 Bath; Renovated 2795 sqft Cape $575,000 1519 Swain Street, Museum Area 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 625 Lindy Lane, Bala CynwydPark 1919 Walnut Street, Rittenhouse Square 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 4BD/2BA; Colonial in college 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. $525,000 1830 Addison St.sqRittenhouse Sq. 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, $525,000 3/4 Acres; WalkRoad, to Train $724K $525,000 $385,000 3Bed/ 5 Bath, 3,777 ft townhome in Hillgate Bella Vista 903 Remington Wynnewood 722 N. 2nd #200 3BD/2.1BA 1,552 Sq. Ft Townhouse 7,000 sqft Offi ceRenovatedTownhome, Building For Rent $16,500/month 3 Bd/2 Ba; $525,000 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 31,598 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, Sq.Ft; 1-Car$665,000 Attached Garage $349K Sq. $525,000 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 3Addison Bed/2.1 Bath; St. 2080Rittenhouse sqft Colonial $549,000 $365,000 BHHS Fox & Roach 1830 Sq. 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Northern Liberties $525,000 273 Meeting House Lane, Merion Station 1412 South Street, Washington Square Renovated, Central Air; Finished LL $399K 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, $525,000 $525,000 1489 Russell Road, Paoli 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1245 Hollow Rd., Penn ValleySq. BHHS Fox & Roach 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. $269,900 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse 1830 Addison Sq. 5 Bed/4.2 Bath; 5,442St. sqftRittenhouse French Colonial $1,170,000 $525,000 $525,000 Commercial Space Rent for $5,000/month or $525,000 4 Bed/3.1 Bath; 4431 sqft Colonial $925,000 - The w w wCorinthian . c o n w a y t e a m . c1830 h e St. Aw aRittenhouse r d W i n n i n g K a t hSq. y , P a t r i c k a190 d t Presidential h e C o n w a y T e a#301 m 215.440 .8190 BHHS Fox & Roach 3o mBd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, Addison Sq.l 4BD/4.1Ba Contemporary 1727 Fitzwater St.,St. #ARittenhouse - Graduate Hospita 1738 S. 2nd 3 Bd/2 Ba; TRenovatedTownhome, 1830 Addison Montgomery Merion Station 3n431 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1830 Addison St.Avenue, Rittenhouse Sq. For Sale $825,000 2005 County Line Road, Villanova 2006 Annin 6Bd/2 Bed/ 4.2 5500 Colonial 1,025,000 215.627.6005 3$525,000 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 3BD/3.1BA, 2700sqft Sq.Ft w/ Balcony 5,620 Sq.Ft. $1,500,000 2BD/1.1BA Townhouse $350K 3$525,000 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, Pennsport 3$525,000 Ba;Bath; RenovatedTownhome, 5 Bed/3.2 Baths; 2,576 sqft Colonial $649,500 Point Breeze 1025 Barr Lane, Gladwyne 2700 Cleveland St., South Philadelphia 2:00-3:30PM $525,000 $525,000 $525,000 $475,000 Updated; For Rent $4,700/month $749K 1750 Oakwood Terrace 5E, Penn ValleySq. 4bd/3.1Ba 2625 Sq. Ft; Capeor$465,000 1830 Addison St.ft Rittenhouse Sq. 3508 Hamilton Street - Powelton Village $369,900 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse 1830 Addison St.Renovated Rittenhouse Sq. 3 Bed/1 Bath; 1184 sq End Unit $259,000 418 Barbadoes Street, Norristown 2 Bed/2 Bath; 1299 sqft Unit BHHS Fox & Roach 3 Bd/2Addison Ba; RenovatedTownhome, BHHS Fox & Roach 1830 St.Ft. Rittenhouse Sq. 4BD/3.1BA; 3,300 Sq. REDUCED $635k 31348 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 605 Fitzwater 1830 Addison St.$1,850/month Rittenhouse Sq. 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. Bobarn Penn Valley 2531 Lombard Street 1N, Fitler Square For RentDrive, Rehabbed, Multi-Unit Townhome $260,000. 2636 Chestnut Street, Ardmore 3$525,000 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, Bella Vista 3$525,000 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 3$525,000 Bd/2 Ba;Montgomery RenovatedTownhome, 264 W. Ave. #101, Haverford 5BD/4.1BA, 5588 Contemporary 1333 South Street Washington Square West 1 Bed/1 Bath; Condo $225,000 20 W Turnbull Avenue, Havertown 3BD/1.1BA Twin w/ Attached Garage 2414 Kimball 508 S. 3rd $724,900 $525,000 $525,000 1 Bed/1 Bath; 827 sq ft Condo at the Mansard House $199,000. $525,000 4 Bed/2.1 Bath; 2564 sq ft rehabbed colonial 1830 St. Rittenhouse Sq. Duplex Addison w/ Parking; Separate Utilities $499K 1,280 FtRittenhouse $199,900 1830 St..89Rittenhouse Graduate Hospital 2-3 Addison Car Garage; Acres $879K Sq. 18301546 Addison St. BHHS Fox & Roach Society Hill MallardSq. Lane, Chester SpringsSq. 3727 Baring Street, Powelton Village $600,000 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, acres lot w/stream $125,000 $344,000 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 3 Bd/25.10 Ba;OAK RenovatedTownhome, -HILL PENN VALLEY -$460,000 43 Trent Road, Wynnewood 1501 S. 12th Street - Passyunk Square Historical Church Rent for $4,500/month or 20 W Dartmouth Road, Bala Cynwyd $525,000 BHHS Fox & Roach $525,000 3:00-4:00PM $525,000 3 Bed/2.1 1628Havertown sqft Colonial. 336 DavidBath; Drive, BHHS Fox & Roach For Sale $895,000 4 Bed/2.1 Bath; 2,761 sq ft Split-level $549,000. Artisan II 1431 Bainbridge (8 Homes)
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118 Catharine St Award Wining,3500 sq. ft, grdn & grg. $1,300,000
810 S. 2nd St “A”
1118 E. Moyamensing
1000 sq. ft2/1 Prkng, Tx Abmt , lg grdn. $399,900
4/2.5, patio,deck & finished basement $369,000
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3rd & Bainbridge - Live & work from home in this fabulous space. 2 bedrooms +den,1.5 Baths, hardwood floors, Deck + Gallery space on 1st Fl. $3000 427 Queen St- Beautiful 3 story, 2 bedroom, 1 bath trinity, H/W, EIK & garden. $1400 225 Catharine St - Beautiful 3 BR + Den, 4 BA, H/W, Granite ktchn, grdn & 2 car parking. $3500 776 S. 2nd St - Very nice 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath Bi level apartment w/ CA + Lg Deck. $1350 810 S. 3rd St –Beautiful large 3 BR + Den home with hardwood floors t/o, yard + parking. $2500 1119 E. Palmer St –N/C 3 BR + Media Rm, 3 BA, H/W t/o, Fp, Lg Garden + 3 car parking. $2500 400 Spring Garden-N.C Commercial Space Available-800 to 1600 Sq Ft. Call for Details
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1750 Oakwood Ter #8K 650 Washington Lane, Jenkintown - The Estates 5 Bed/3.1 Bath; 4,443 sq ft Colonial 2Bd/2BA; Ft. $249K on 1.441,247 acres Sq. $599,000
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812 S. 19th Street - Graduate Hospital 1 Bed/1Investment Bath; 940 sq4BD/1.1 ft CondoBA $149,900 Great $349K
1420 Pemberton Graduate Hospital $1,199,800 BHHS Fox & Roach Times are Subject to Change.
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THIS WEEK’S FEATURED PROPERTIES 2116 LOCUST ST Pristine gallery like home with ground floor office suited for architecture/ design firm and bi-level 2br, 2b living space above. Incredible renovated 3rd floor master suite with deck
517 FITZWATER ST Open House Sunday 3/29 12-1:30pm New renovation, 4br, 2.5b, +/-2544sf, h/w flrs on all levels, marble kitchen & baths, 500sf roof deck, back yard, tax abatement pending
$919,000 Call Scott Neifeld
$949,900 Call Leon Aksman
1130-32 CHESTNUT ST #301 THE WHITE BUILDING Unique 1br, 1b loft condo with high end finishes & lots of character
1117 S 3RD ST PENNSPORT NEW LISTING! Spacious 3br with original details, wide plank floors, 2 f/p, brick patio, across from Jefferson Park
$395,000 Call Izzy Sigman
$525,000 Call Robert Collins
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$579,000 Call Margaret Szumski
120 McCLELLAN ST PENNSPORT NEW LISTING! OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 3/29 12-1PM Renovated 2br, 1.5b, h/w flrs, kitchen with granite countertop & s/s appliances, back yard, c/a
$319,900 Call Margaret Szumski
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627 SOUTH ST 1st floor commercial space equipped for a restaurant with 2br, 2b apartment above. Also available for rent $ 799,000 Call Michael Waxman
$229,000 Call Isabelle Meyer
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1741 BAINBRIDGE ST GRADUATE HOSPITAL 3br, 2b with many original details, eatin kitchen, finished basement, large brick patio with covered seating area
605 PINE ST SOCIETY HILL NEW LISTING! 3 story contemporary, 2br, 1.5b, +/-1450sf, wood beamed ceiling, loft den, walled garden
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RITTENHOUSE NEW LISTING 3 Story Victorian Row SQUARE NAVAL Duplex Just SQUARE Renovated! 1 Bedroom 1 Bath Remarkable 4 story $335,000 $339,000 townhome. MLS 5965620 MLS 5787044
226 South Street
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$329,900 MLS 5965611 MLS 5784384
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Charming Condominium $339,000 1 Bedroom 1 Bath
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MLSLISTING 5950613 NEW $225,000 MLS 5777406 FAIRMOUNT
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