The Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation hosted their 10th Anniversary Gala at Trust in Old City Philadelphia, featuring dinner by Carlino’s, a live and silent auction, dancing and the premiere of a special anniversary film, all to raise awareness and funding to fight ovarian cancer. From left, co-founders Adriana Way and Robin Cohen give a [...]
Listen To These Sounds Of Summer
Regarded as the founding father of Rock & Roll, Doc Pomus wrote nearly 500 songs for artists such as Ray Charles and B.B. King. Pomus has been elected to the Rock & Roll, Songwriters, and Blues Hall of Fame. Check out these classics: Little Sister by Elvis Presley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBS2NcFJBaE Save The Last Dance For Me [...]
The game of basketball was invented in 1891 by a minister, James Naismith, who believed that it would promote “muscular Christianity.” That game would be unrecognizable today with its peach baskets, players passing the ball but never dribbling (a minor adjustment never envisioned by Naismith) and final scores like 5-4. It wasn’t until Jewish immigrants [...]
You say macaron, I say macaroon
If you live in NYC you had the opportunity to taste a French macaron (as they say it) free on French Macaron Day, initiated here on Sunday March 20 by Francois Payard, one of the foremost émigré chocolatiers from the motherland. In a world where a single one of these cookies costs between $2 and [...]
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