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Tutti Frutti in Philly

               

Tutti Frutti just opened in Philadelphia at the corner of Juniper & Walnut, where a Bonté used to be (across from Naked Chocolate).

Benedikt and I ducked in there on Friday to escape the heat and to see if it was anything special in the rapidly expanding microcosm of Philly froyo.

It's self-serve with maybe 10 flavors, including blueberry, peanut, acai berry, and cake. You can add lots of your own toppings, from fruit to nuts to gummi bears. You pay by the ounce at the end, pretty reasonably priced.

The frozen yogurt was cold and of a good consistency, the fruit toppings were fresh. It wasn't awesome but it was definitely good.

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Karaoke at Yakitori Boy

An early evening session from 6-8pm... thankfully I did not get as hoarse as I did last time.

         

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View from the roof of the Kennedy House

(where Helmut now lives)

     

Filed under  //   cameraphone   kennedy house   philadelphia   photos   skyline  

Burgerpalooza Photos

I feel full just looking at the pictures. We picked up burgers (and fries, sometimes) from

Village Whiskey

Five Guys

Good Dog

Nodding Head

500 Degrees (linking to their Twitter account since they don't seem to have a website...)

                                           

The participants: @breakfastquest (thank you for hosting the feeding frenzy), @phillygrrl, @ginothefilipino, @tweet_niblets, and yours truly @polexa

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New Textual Art Installation at Jefferson

Filed under  //   art   jefferson university   light   philadelphia   photos   text  

Demolition at 9th & Walnut

It was cooler the other day when the crane was there destroying most
of the building.

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Christian, Judith, and Ole Visit Philly

I flew back to the US from Germany on the same day that Christian, Judith, and Ole came over on their vacation. First they went for about a week to spend time with a friend in New York, and then they came down for few days to see Philadelphia. I think the only thing we didn't do was eat cheesesteaks (next time!)

                                                     

Filed under  //   christian springub   jimdo   judith henning   ole halver   philadelphia   photos   tourists   vacation  

Spring Hike in the Wissahickon Valley Park

It was one of the beautiful Saturdays in March 2010 -- the 20th, to be exact. A motley crue assembled itself, almost by accident and made the journey up through Chestnut Hill to walk the Forbidden Drive, which follows the Wissahickon Creek. The Wissahickon Valley Park is part of Philadelphia's Fairmount Park system.

We tried to get ice cream, but the place was closed so we ended up at Bruno's Restaurant instead for a variety of artery-clogging food.

                                     
Friends of the Wissahickon

Our merry hikers: Helmut Altneder, Benedikt zur Hausen, Michael, John Sands, Bayrex Marti, and yours truly.

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All You Can Eat Sushi at Pod

Despite this being planned for months, I forgot and had already agreed to go to a seder earlier this night. The seder was awesome (my first!) but I was so full from all the great food that I couldn't eat anything at Pod.

It was great to see Poliana again, and to finally meet Jen, Severin, and their friend Mike.

             

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