Apartment 2024

I’m probably far too late in posting this, but for those of you who are still reading this mostly-neglected website, I’ve got a couple events happening this weekend for your consideration.

This Saturday at 2 pm, Fork You Live returns (after a two-month hiatus) to Foster’s Homeware (399 Market Street). We’ll be making apricot-glazed chicken wings, a big pear and fennel salad and baked apples. I’m excited about all this lovely fall food, although Scott isn’t a fan as he doesn’t particularly like chicken on the bone, fennel or fruit. However, I promise that it will be delicious and we’ll see, maybe I’ll make a convert out of him yet.

On Sunday, my favorite curly-haired, rock star sister, Raina Rose, rolls into Philadelphia (along with the very talented John Elliott). They’ll be playing a show at 7 pm on Sunday in the chapel at the Church (2125 Chestnut Street, side entrance). Tickets are $10 at the door and all proceeds go to ensuring that two talented musicians are able to eat and pay for gasoline.

Some of you might remember that last summer, I worked on a little project that I called Stories from Reading Terminal. It was my attempt to gather tales from shoppers and vendors at Philly’s storied public food market. I ran out of steam for the project as the demands of grad school and freelance work became more insistent. However, even during the short period of time it ran, it got some nice attention from the Philadelphia Weekly and 6ABC. It’s a project that I’d like to get back to someday, but for now it sits and waits.

However, despite the fact that it’s been fallow now for more than a year, it continues to get some attention. Today I learned via Twitter (thanks Saul!) that I had been quoted extensively in regard to the market in a piece in AirTran’s in-flight magazine. The person who wrote the article did contact me some months ago, asking if I had time for an interview, but after I responded, she never followed up. I figured that was the last of it, until today. Life is so interesting.

Last Friday, after Scott was done with VM World, we picked up a rental car and drove to Boulder City to visit Hoover Dam. It is an impressive work of human creativity and artistic design. As we toured it, Scott and I couldn’t help comment more than once that had it been built now, it would have been far uglier and never would have been completed more than two years ahead of schedule (as it was). We sprung for the $30 tour and it was very worth it, as it meant that we got significant amount of time with a highly knowledgeable tour guide, as well as exposure to some of the access tunnels. If you happen to find yourself in the Las Vegas area with a little time on your hands, I highly suggest you venture off the debauchery of the Strip and get yourself to Hoover Dam.

You can find all my pictures here and Scott’s are here.