Lifelong Philadelphian Michael Klein writes about local people, places and things three days a week in his column INQlings and contributes on video as "The Insider" on Philly.com. He also writes about the local restaurant scene in his column Table Talk.
Skippack's John DelVecchio, who lived in a flaming-red 2009 Ford Mustang for 11 days, will have to wait a bit before taking delivery of the car he won.
- Be gentle with Anna Kournikova
There is a real Max Brenner behind the new Max Brenner, Chocolate by the Bald Man, the cocoa-licious restaurant/cafe/retail store/theme park/shrine opening this week at 1500 Walnut St. (215-344-8150), on 15th Street around the corner from Butcher & Singer.
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Gary Papa's memorial tribute will play out as most viewers knew him best: On TV. The sportscaster's station, 6ABC, has booked the National Constitution Center on Wednesday for a 90-minute program starting at 7:30 p.m.
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Fifth time's a charm in the Miss Pennsylvania Pageant for Wilkes-Barre's Shannon Doyle, 24, who graduated summa cum laude from Villanova with a bachelor's in biology and who just finished her second year at medical school at Thomas Jefferson in Philly.
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Much has been made of the adoption plans of Phillies ace Cole Hamels, 25, and his wife, Heidi, 30, who started the process in Ethiopia.
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It's the age of the duopoly, in which two restaurant concepts share a building, a liquor license, management, and many fixed costs.
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There's a teaser trailer out for The Last Airbender, the cinematic fantasy movie that M. Night Shyamalan is shooting around town. No matter that it won't be in theaters till July 2, 2010.
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Action News weather alumna SallyAnn Mosey is starting a freelance arrangement with Fox29. Mosey, who worked at 6ABC from 1998 to 2006 and later for WNBC in New York, was spotted yesterday at the Fox station, a week and a half after a meeting with management.
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There's a power vacuum in the Ben Franklin world. Ralph Archbold, the city's busiest and best-known Franklin interpreter, is in the hospital, recovering from what friends call a mild stroke last week.
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After 12 years, Evan Lambert said, Savona, his posh Main Line staple (100 Old Gulph Rd., Gulph Mills, 610-520-1200), needed to "evolve."
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WHYY, though cutting back its TV news operation, is seeing a ratings surge for its morning radio news. The public station (90.9) nudged out powerhouse KYW (1060) for third place among the coveted demographic of persons aged 25-54 from 6 to 10 a.m. weekdays, according to May ratings from Arbitron, released yesterday. The Preston & Steve show on rock station WMMR (93.3) owns first place, followed by Tiffany & Michael on soft rock WBEB (101.1).
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People used to drop $165 and more to dine at Le Bec-Fin. Now, chef-owner Georges Perrier will take whatever you're willing to pay.
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