Fox29 is preparing to enter the
11 p.m. news wars within the next few weeks.
I hear that 5 p.m. anchor and 10 p.m. interim coanchor Kerri-Lee Halkett has been tapped to anchor the half-hour 'cast, whose format is still being tweaked to make it stand out from the Big Three. (The titles "The Last Word" and "The Final Word" are being considered.) John Bolaris will do weather, and there will be a sportscast, too.
- Vidalia closing
Jose Garces has taken serious looks at Spain (with Amada) and the Basque region (with Tinto).
For his latest act, he's gone to Mexico and he seems to be having fun.
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Raquel Baskin had a neat little business going at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia after she was diagnosed with leukemia last year. "We were basically confined in the room, and there was a virus going around," says her mother, Susan, of Lafayette Hill. "People were sending presents and someone had sent us beads."
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Mum Puppettheatre, which shut down last month after more than 20 years, held a going-out-of-business sale at its Old City theater to dispose of props and memorabilia.
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Michael O'Mara, chef-owner of M/O Grill in Voorhees' Ritz Center, bought San Miguel, a Mexican BYOB in Sewell, this spring.
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If the Philadelphia Soul win the Arena Football League championship, keep your ears open. It seems likely that Bon Jovi will throw a free concert.
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Kayla Collins, who hits newsstands Friday as Playboy's Playmate for August, may look familiar. It's not that Collins, 21, grew up in Mohnton, outside of Reading, and graduated in 2005 from Twin Valley High in Elverson (she was Kayla Dusel then). Or that she worked at Baja Beach Tanning Centers and the Friendly's on Lancaster Avenue in Reading. (Hence, the whipped cream she's wearing in a few photos.)
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Elton Brand's first Philly hoops match will be tonight's 12th annual Charlie Mack celebrity basketball game at the Liacouras Center.
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Seldom is a plumber the hero at Citizens Bank Park. But to Phillies fan Patrice Marchesani of Bensalem, Lynn Straker went "above and beyond the call of duty" Saturday.
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Stephen Starr says he's always wanted to do a French bistro. What about Blue Angel, which he ran near Washington Square from 1999 to 2003? "That room was long and narrow," Starr says. "It was hard to get the scale I wanted."
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¡Uno dos tres! Looks like a Mexican revolution is about to blow in Northern Liberties. Dave Frank and Stephen Simons (Royal Tavern, Cantina Los Caballitos) let on that Cantina Dos Segundos is the name of their project in the former Azure (931 N. Second St.), and they hope to open mid-month. They're going for vivid colors and a candlelit int
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Action News anchor Rick Williams is channeling his inner Yul Brynner as curtain time nears for Moorestown Theater Company's production of The King and I.
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