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Tinsel & Tine celebrates with Ms Goody Cupcake on her 2 Year Anniversary!
I, Le Anne Lindsay of Tinsel & Tine love cake!!! Regular readers know I freely admit to waking up from more dreams where I’ve experienced the ecstasy of a baked good, than any other fantasy. If you follow my facebook page, you know every time I sample a new cupcake I post about it. So when I found out Ms Goody Cupcake (1838 East Passyunk Avenue) was celebrating her 2 Year Anniversary at the same time Tinsel & Tine is celebrating our 200th facebook like, it seemed to be kismet, and Ms Goody agreed! TINSEL & TINE’S 200th FACEBOOK LIKE IS DONNA STOKES SHE WILL RECEIVE A SCRUMPTIOUS MS GOODY…
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Blogstresses Beach Bumming
Part of the fun of blogging is reading and meeting other bloggers. A few of us (The Blogstresses) get together now and again for good food, girl talk, and most importantly to geek out on blogging! Barbara Hammond of Zero to 60 and Beyond graciously hosted us at her Ocean City beach house and what a feast!. Thanks again! — Blogstresses Beach Bumming (7 photos)
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Guest Contributor: PACIFIC RIM
I’ve made mention about a social media platform in Philadelphia called Collaborate Philly HERE, HERE & HERE. The founder Sam Watson, graduated from film school, so I gave him an open invitation to write a post for Tinsel & Tine whenever time allowed. With the lazy days of summer upon us, Sam found himself with time to see the latest in summer apocalyptic movies – Pacific Rim… Monsters appear. Robots smash. Success! That pretty much sums up Guillermo del Toro’s new summer flick, Pacific Rim. The movie is built on the backs of H.P. Lovecraft and almost any B-horror movie featuring giant beast knocking buildings over. We are thrown…
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QFEST Opening Film: G.B.F.
Last night QFEST (LGBT Film Festival in Philadelphia) opened with G.B.F. an acronym for Gay Best Friend. This movie could quite possibly be the Clueless for this generation and Sasha Pieterse (Pretty Little Liars) today’s Alicia Silverstone. G.B.F. (which premiered at TriBeCa 2013) is set in a high school where no kid has yet to come out. However, there is a gender equality organization looking for someone to defend. There’s also 3 major school cliques – one run by a perfect blonde “mean girl” bombshell, Fawcett (Sasha Pieterse); a fierce, black, drama queen, Caprice (Xosha Roquemore); and a “purity” Mormon, Shley (Andrea Bowen). All three of these girls know the…
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Philly Film Fest Highlight: QFEST July 11-22, 2013
More summer film festivals in Philly! As AwesomeFest continues, and on the heels of The Philadelphia Independent Film Festival comes the 19th Annual leading LGBT film fest – QFEST With 108 films that include 46 feature films, 23 documentaries, and 39 shorts films, as well as 3 World Premieres, 4 East Coast Premieres and over 50 Philadelphia Premieres, QFest is showcasing the absolute best in LGBT cinema. As has become tradition for the festival, QFest will be also offering up films that touch on several hot button topics facing the LGBT community, immigration, sexual identity, addiction, and marriage equality. “While not prone to hyperbole, I have to say that this…
