Archive for the ‘Philadelphia’ Category
Guide-dog-in-training
Puppies command affection, but if you’re a puppy being groomed as a guide dog — well, people love you even more. This one got the royal treatment on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, at Sweet Mabel Folk Art & Fine Craft Gallery, in Narberth, Pa.
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A contemplative circle took shape in the basin below Dilworth Plaza. The Quaker community provided a useful service to protesters: bathrooms, at the religious group’s brick building nearby at 15th and Cherry streets. The Inquirer’s Melissa Dribben wrote about it here.
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Tags: city hall, dilworth, occupy Philadelphia, occupy philly, quaker meeting, quakers
Henri David and Mayor Michael Nutter on the main stage, 13th & Locust, during OutFest in Philadelphia on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. Thousands swarmed several blocks that were closed to traffic. Nutter proclaimed “What a city!” before presenting the OutProud Award to Metropolitan Community Church. Ronda Goldfein, executive director of the AIDS Law Project of [...]
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Tags: gayborhood, henri david, mayor, michael nutter, outfest, Philadelphia
After Hurricane Irene had passed, the only damage evident on the deck was suffered by this hammerhead shark, whose lower teeth fell out during the storm. How embarrassing for a shark.
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Tags: damage, groffoto.com, hammerhead, humor, hurricane, irene, Philadelphia, shark, shark teeth
Charlie & the ginkgo
A pooch named Charlie stands amid ginkgo fruit blown from a tree by winds from Hurricane Irene as they passed through Washington Square, Philadelphia, early Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.
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A Sunday morning stroll through Philadelphia’s historic district found little damage from the overnight passage of Hurricane Irene — mostly small branches off trees. One exception was damage to the tall ship Gazela moored at Penn’s Landing. A ship’s volunteer who happened to be biking past noticed a hefty section had been torn from the [...]
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She Hates Me
Kevin Sullivan, guitarist in She Hates Me, performing in Collingswood, N.J., on Aug. 21, 2011. This duo has a seductive nonchalance seasoned with simmering chip-on-the-shoulder snarling toward the audience and each other. McGill’s vocals and Sullivan’s guitar work gave zing to wide range of standards, and the blend of resentment and humor in their between-song [...]
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No injuries were reported in a house fire that was quickly contained in Narberth early Friday on Forrest Avenue about two blocks north of Mapes 5 & 10. Neighbors smelled smoke and spotted fire on the first floor of the unoccupied, two-story house that was vacated in July by a renting family. Firefighters carried out [...]
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Actor, director, writer and now recording artist Tim Robbins performed with his Rogues Gallery Band at WXPN’s free at noon concert at World Cafe Live on Friday, 7/29/11. The music was good and the band seemed jubilant, genuinely enjoying the performance and the robust welcome provided by more than 200 in the audience. The Rogues [...]
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Tags: concerts, free at noon, groffoto, robbins, rogue gallery band, sarandon, tim robbins, world cafe live, wxpn
Shadowy skateboarding
A security guard has a word with four skateboarders who were drawn to the company’s empty parking garage on a 90-degree night in Philadelphia. He warned them that if they turn up on security cameras, some guards will call the cops without hesitation.
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Tags: guard, hot, humor, Philadelphia, security, skateboarders, skateboarding, summer
