#PhillyFive What We're Reading: Jan. 21, 2015
What we're reading this morning.
Stories from around the Web that we're reading this morning. Something for everyone.
1) Hipster Joey Sweeney presents his annual Philebrity awards show Wednesday evening — at where else, Johnny Brenda's — but voting is still open and the nominees in the ever-amusing category of "Excommunication" are particularly powerful this year.
2)A new restaurant in Philly gets a review in The New York Times, which uses "Golden Corral" and "music of the 1980s" to describe chef Kevin Sbraga's Juniper Commons on South Broad Street.
3)Could LOVE Park use a makeover? PennPraxis asked, and the masses responded with suggestions for a set of nap stations, skate ramps, more greenery and a zip line. We're crossing our fingers for Jon Geeting's shark-filled fountain.
4)A mysterious stranger gives essayist Courtenay Harris Bond a gallon of holy water. She leaves it on her front porch, where it freezes. A trail of tribulations follow, but as it melts, Bond is led to a gentle epiphany.
5)According to Penn researchers,negative tweets could be killing you. Writer and Philly Blunt blogger Brian P. Hickeyyou've been name-checked.