The fried chicken was sublime, everything else was quite good per usual.
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| Complimentary Hush Puppies with Compound Butter |
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| Egg Toast with Bone Marrow |
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| Fried Chicken Livers |
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| Fried Chicken with Gravy and Coleslaw |
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| Mussels |
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Lemon Hill (Fairmount Philadelphia, PA 2013-10-11)
Dinner at Lemon Hill.
The fried chicken was sublime, everything else was quite good per usual.
The fried chicken was sublime, everything else was quite good per usual.
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Unboxing 2013-10-04
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Unboxing 2013-10-04
This will be more of an iAngus review post.
For those of you who know me or follow this blog, I imagine you're all aware that I enjoy gadgets and tech. I own an iPad. I like my iPad quite a bit, but for reading a novel or proper text like a book, its still just not quite that good. It's too bright, its too heavy. I have narrowly avoided smashing myself in the face when the iPad slips from my hands while reading in a reclined position. As I already own an iPad retina, I decided to look into the Paperwhite Kindle and skip over the other color high res Kindles. I wanted something that was light, easy to carry, and small.
Meet the Kindle Paperwhite. It continues with amazon's "paperwhite" tech which allows for high contrast with text in various lighting and is much easier on the eyes. Its significantly smaller than the original sized iPad and is much lighter. It hooks into the Amazon marketplace and if you're an Amazon Prime subscriber, it even allows you to check out, or borrow, a book a month.
Granted, I've only had the device for a few days but I've already read a short novel on it and enjoyed the experience. I imagine this will help me to enjoy a little more of my backlog of novels and books that I have been meaning to get to. The cover I purchased reminds a bit of the covers for ipads that use the magnetic lock stolen from the original blackberry covers. When the magnet is in place the screen goes to sleep, when the magnet is moved the device comes on. Simple, but effective.
This will be more of an iAngus review post.
For those of you who know me or follow this blog, I imagine you're all aware that I enjoy gadgets and tech. I own an iPad. I like my iPad quite a bit, but for reading a novel or proper text like a book, its still just not quite that good. It's too bright, its too heavy. I have narrowly avoided smashing myself in the face when the iPad slips from my hands while reading in a reclined position. As I already own an iPad retina, I decided to look into the Paperwhite Kindle and skip over the other color high res Kindles. I wanted something that was light, easy to carry, and small.
Meet the Kindle Paperwhite. It continues with amazon's "paperwhite" tech which allows for high contrast with text in various lighting and is much easier on the eyes. Its significantly smaller than the original sized iPad and is much lighter. It hooks into the Amazon marketplace and if you're an Amazon Prime subscriber, it even allows you to check out, or borrow, a book a month.
Granted, I've only had the device for a few days but I've already read a short novel on it and enjoyed the experience. I imagine this will help me to enjoy a little more of my backlog of novels and books that I have been meaning to get to. The cover I purchased reminds a bit of the covers for ipads that use the magnetic lock stolen from the original blackberry covers. When the magnet is in place the screen goes to sleep, when the magnet is moved the device comes on. Simple, but effective.
El Rey Happy Hour (Center City Philadelphia, PA)
El Rey Happy Hour (Center City Philadelphia, PA)
El Rey offers a very cost effective, high quality happy hour. The only downside I could find with their happy hour is that it is quite popular with lots of people taking advantage.
The happy hour specials include specials on beers, margaritas, and wine along with dollar tacos (chicken, fish, beef, vegtable) and 2 or 3 dollar small bites. I recommend all the tacos and I also sampled the 3 dollar ceviche taco. All items were very good.
El Rey offers a very cost effective, high quality happy hour. The only downside I could find with their happy hour is that it is quite popular with lots of people taking advantage.
The happy hour specials include specials on beers, margaritas, and wine along with dollar tacos (chicken, fish, beef, vegtable) and 2 or 3 dollar small bites. I recommend all the tacos and I also sampled the 3 dollar ceviche taco. All items were very good.
Nightmarket in Chinatown Philadelphia 2013-10-03
Chinatown NightMarket 2013-10-03
Night Market is a large food truck festival that is put on by the Food Trust. For more info: http://thefoodtrust.org/night-market.
The Chinatown Night Market concludes the 2013 season of Night Markets. Plenty of food trucks were present and turnout was large, as is the case for all night markets.
Highlights included a stand by Philadelphia Distillery showing off some of their spirits in cocktail form.
Night Market is a large food truck festival that is put on by the Food Trust. For more info: http://thefoodtrust.org/night-market.
The Chinatown Night Market concludes the 2013 season of Night Markets. Plenty of food trucks were present and turnout was large, as is the case for all night markets.
Highlights included a stand by Philadelphia Distillery showing off some of their spirits in cocktail form.
Philadelphia Orchestra Free Concert 2013-10-02
Philadelphia Orchestra Free Concert at the Kimmel Center
Verizon Hall
2013-10-02
One of the perks of living in a major metropolitan city such as Philadelphia is the plethora of free events. The Philadelphia Orchestra had a pop up concert canceled in New York at Carnegie Hall. They decided to offer a free informal/casual concert at the Kimmel Center in Verizon Hall for the city.
Verizon Hall
2013-10-02
One of the perks of living in a major metropolitan city such as Philadelphia is the plethora of free events. The Philadelphia Orchestra had a pop up concert canceled in New York at Carnegie Hall. They decided to offer a free informal/casual concert at the Kimmel Center in Verizon Hall for the city.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
La Calaca Feliz (Fairmount Philadelphia, PA)
La Calaca Feliz (Fairmount Philadelphia, PA)
2321 Fairmount Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Phone: (215) 787-9930
Website: lacalacafeliz.com
I had to the opportunity to dine at La Calaca Feliz for Restaurant Week. For $25 dollars during restaurant week an appetizer, entree, and desert course are each available. It is a very good deal as most restaurant week 3 course prix fixe menus run $35 dollars.
The food was quite good and highlights include the crab fundido and seafood enchilada. I also enjoyed my ceviche, but I'm a bit of a sucker for decent ceviche.
2321 Fairmount Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Phone: (215) 787-9930
Website: lacalacafeliz.com
I had to the opportunity to dine at La Calaca Feliz for Restaurant Week. For $25 dollars during restaurant week an appetizer, entree, and desert course are each available. It is a very good deal as most restaurant week 3 course prix fixe menus run $35 dollars.
The food was quite good and highlights include the crab fundido and seafood enchilada. I also enjoyed my ceviche, but I'm a bit of a sucker for decent ceviche.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Bellini Grill (Rittenhouse Square Philadelphia, PA)
Bellini Grill (Rittenhouse Square Philadelphia, PA)
220 S. 16th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: (215) 545-1191
Website: bellinigrill.com
With a large crowd for dinner, it can get tricky trying to plan a dinner. Bellini Grill is good for large groups and is BYOB/BYOW/BYO(insert alcohol), the only downside is that it can be a bit hectic, a tad crowded, and the timing is never as exact as you would hope. Other the other hand, for this evening's review, I was in attendance with a party of 22 people. This is extremely difficult to pull off in center city. As such, if you have a large group and temper your expectations, it's doable.
Food is decent and they offered the standard restaurant week fare with a bevy of selections.
220 S. 16th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: (215) 545-1191
Website: bellinigrill.com
With a large crowd for dinner, it can get tricky trying to plan a dinner. Bellini Grill is good for large groups and is BYOB/BYOW/BYO(insert alcohol), the only downside is that it can be a bit hectic, a tad crowded, and the timing is never as exact as you would hope. Other the other hand, for this evening's review, I was in attendance with a party of 22 people. This is extremely difficult to pull off in center city. As such, if you have a large group and temper your expectations, it's doable.
Food is decent and they offered the standard restaurant week fare with a bevy of selections.
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