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Albertson Cooking School & Yangming Restaurant Fundraising RECAP
Tinsel & Tine attends WINE DINNER – THE FLAVORS OF TAIWAN By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Michelle Leonard is a Philly Real Estate agent with 30 years of experience and a fun penchant for hats, I’ve never seen her hat-less! She’s also a Philly-Woman-About-Town, we first met at the opening of the South Philly restaurant Me-N-Mo (click for T&T post) and then started running into each other at various events and became Facebook friends which now has lead to this post – When Michelle started gathering up a table of people to attend a fundraising dinner to benefit Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, she thoughtfully included me, as a Philly food…
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Philly Spotlight: TOUCH OF HEART GREETING CARDS
Greeting Cards Making A Come Back TOUCH OF HEART GREETING CARDS a tiny, little division of Hallmock In spike Jonze’s futuristic movie HER Joaquin Phoenix’s character has a job writing personal letters for people who love the idea of corresponding the old-fashioned way but don’t have time to put pen to paper. My friend Ira “Wally” Wolins’ new business, Touch of Heart Greeting Cards, puts me in mind of this movie, because he too has found a market for people who still enjoy sending real, tactile greeting cards, but they want to send something original with a touch of humor and a touch of heart.While in between jobs, Ira helped…
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Philly Spotlight: TOKEN Korean Grab and Go
Chef Cherryl Lemi-Gutierrez #TravelwithChefCherryl / PhillyFoodGal invited several Philly Food Bloggers, including yours truly, for a tasting of a new restaurant in NoLib called TOKEN (1050 N. Hancock Street Unit 51 Philadelphia PA 19123, part of Piazza at the Schmidts). Philly Token Exterior & Interior Token Philly is a Grab + Go featuring Korean Barbecue, Bao Steamed Buns, Noodles and Rice Bowls. It’s also a one stop for great carry out Beer Selections, Adult Milkshakes, Coffee, and more… The owners are Yun No, Tom McMackin, Tim Lu & Jason Lu (twins) They also own Crabby Cafe next door and a nearby bakery that had been in business for 100 years,…
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Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival November 10-20, 2016
Highlighting 10 Day Film Festival #PAAFF By Tinsel & Tine Editor, Le Anne Lindsay Wishing THE PHILADELPHIA ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL @PAAFF an Awesome Opening & Nov 10-20 fest #PAAFF – https://t.co/mMz0Eg7oCN pic.twitter.com/xFhifbAH0D — Tinsel & Tine (@tinseltine) November 10, 2016 The 9th Annual Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival is Philly’s home to the best films by and about Asian Americans. It gets underway on November 10, 2016 with opening film THE TIGER HUNTER (International House) by Lena Khan 2016 (Comedy/Narrative) Danny Pudi (NBCs Community) stars as Sami Malik, a young Indian man who immigrates to 1970s Chicago to become an engineer at a top firm. When his job falls…
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Philly Premieres A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME Now on DVD in time for Halloween
SUPERNATURAL THRILLER OUT ON DVD A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME Red Carpet Coverage by T&T Editor, Le Anne Lindsay Last month I attended the premiere of a horror movie called A House is Not A Home. Regular readers know since blog contributor Candi Smith of “Candi’s Corner” left T&T to pursue her own media career, I don’t cover horror movies any more; the reason being, I like to be able to sleep at night. (Note: I am looking for NEW CONTRIBUTORS, so if you’re interested, send me an email with a writing sample or two. It’s a non-paid gig, but I let you have your own voice; you’re bio…











