J’s GourAmaze is on High School Road in downtown Elkins Park. Surrounded by a number of good restaurants, across the street from Creekside Court and a terrific bookstore, next door to a busy health food store, this little shop is lit up like a Christmas
And, yes. I do know calling it “the Wanamaker’s building” places me well within a certain age bracket. I don’t care. That’s how dire this situation is. When news broke in January of the Center City Macy’s – née Wanamaker’s – pending closure, my stomach dropped. I
You see I have a pretty high tolerance for pain. I’m one of those people who get a an ache and figure it will clear up without issue. Fortunately it usually does. But not this time. This time, my left side pain did not disappear
Change of seasons often times brings change in menus. We start to enjoy food that’s less “salad” and more “meaty.” I think the recipes this month help us look in that direction. Still easy to prepare, not over-the-top-heavy, but filling our need for food that’s
From my yard, I can smell hot dogs on a nearby grill and children’s laughter drifting through the air. These sensory swan songs to summer can mean only one thing. I’m thinking of Halloween. See, the Colonial Theater in Phoenixville is running a few horror movies
The Biddle family of Bensalem left us quite a patriotic legacy… Years ago, I worked with young newspaper reporter Chris Winchell. Cool, I thought, being he’s related to famed journalist Walter Winchell. Turns out Chris was engaged to a Philadelphia woman with the last name Biddle.
Can you see we’re getting ready for the “schoolyear” and some of its sure-fire winning dishes? But we still want to hold on to summer’s finest fruits and veggies? Don’t lose track of the season’s best blueberries and peaches. And the veggie pizza is just
IS THAT for me?” the lady asked as I held the door open for her. “Absolutely,” I replied. Then she tilted her head and said, “Were you an Eagle Scout?” “As a matter of fact, I was,” I told her. “But I held the door open
Now that school has started, we’re back to our busy routines of after school activities, club meetings and all that “stuff” that cuts into our dinner time. Who has time to start prepping dinner after a football practice or band practice? Our prepping might not start
What can I say? I live the high life. The first tooth extraction of the year was performed on my oldest child. With that kid less than six months away from heading off to college, her dentist referred us to an oral surgeon. “Those teeth aren’t
