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Bistro Romano
I’ve know about Bistro Romano (120 Lombard Street) for a long time, because I’ve always said one day I’d go to experience the corny mystery dinner theater –“Crime of Your Life” is playing now. In our youth (early 20’s) my sister LeVonne and I used to enjoy going to one in Lahaska, back when we ate, slept and breathed Community Theater. However, reliving my penchant for mediocre theatrics was not my intention for choosing Bistro Romano, rather several restaurant sites named it as one of the 10 most romantic dining atmosphere’s in Philadelphia. And that it is, a beautifully historic building (click HERE to read about the restaurant’s history) where…
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PhillySoundStages Opening
I love that I attended two catered affairs in one week for two film studios. First was Suncenter Studios (see post) second, PhillySoundStages, smaller in size and scope, but equally important in solidifying Philly as an entertainment making city!PhillySoundStages is a full-service film studio, housing two studios, 3 Bay Indoor Loading Dock, Lighting & Grip Rentals, Green Room, Make-up and Wardrobe Room, Conference Room, Ample Parking, Production Services, Post-Production Services and… these adorable houses rented out as home offices away from your home office, while on set producing a film, music video, commercial etc… They call it “The Neighborhood”, complete with green astro turf outside the door. Interested parties can…
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GPFO 25th Anniversary
Have you been anxiously awaiting the new sound stages and studio, SUNCENTER or are you just now hearing about it? I remember, maybe about a decade ago, talk of a Hollywoodesque, state-of-the-art sound stage for big budget movie making in Philadelphia, but I didn’t keep up on the progress. Well, this premiere film & TV production facility is here now, (final completion by the beginning of the year) and it’s located only 10-15 min south of the airport, perfect for ushering in & out LA celebs. The Greater Philadelphia Film Office (GPFO) threw a spectacular 25th Anniversary party in one of the sound stages on Sunday night (11.14.2010). Feastivities catered…
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BURLESQUE (Movie Musical)
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor I watched Hello Dolly for the first time around the age of 6 or 7 and have been charmed by movie musicals ever since. It’s my happy place! I can’t count the number of times I’ve watched Ann-Margret be sweetly sassy in Bye Bye Birdie, Barbra Streisand be seduced by Omar Sharif on a chaise lounge, in Funny Girl, I know all the lyrics to “If I Were a Bell” from Guys and Dolls, and Gigi, well, I don’t think I love anything or anyone, more than the movie Gigi. Although another one of my favorites is Gypsy, I always wish that Natalie Wood turned…
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Flying Saucer Cafe
... and so a discussion that was to be about food in film turned into sex in film, it's the same to me as I see good food as wildly erotic, decadent, irresistible and so satisfying ....
