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Monthly Archives: September 2018
Last Day of September
Plywood is enjoying an open window while the mild weather lasts.
Saturday Produce
A cool, crisp autumn morning on 9th Street – they weren’t on the list, but these carrots came home with us!
Posted in Glorious Food, Italian Market, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged 9th Street, carrots, Italian Market, produce stands, vegetables
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Gourds For Sale
Offerings at Sprouts Farmer’s Market on Broad & Carpenter Streets.
William Shatner, Star of “For The People?”
Before the Promise margarine commercials; well before T.J. Hooker, and a bit before he sat on the bridge of the Enterprise, the Shat sat on the panel of What’s My Line? in 1965 where avuncular host John Charles Daly introduced him … Continue reading
Posted in Weird World of the Roku
Tagged 1965, cord cutters, gameshow, Roku, Star Trek, television, vintage, What's My Line?, William Shatner
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Autumn Comes to 9th Street
Nothing says fall like the aroma of a giant bin of freshly picked apples!
Posted in Italian Market, News, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged 9th Street, apples, Giordano's, Italian Market
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One Bowl Apple Cake
Who says you don’t have time to bake? One bowl, one pan, twenty minutes – that’s about all it takes to whip up this apple cake. Plus, clean up’s a breeze! Given the sudden drop in temperature, this apple cake … Continue reading
Bride & Groom on 9th Street
Newly married couple getting photos taken on 9th Street yesterday afternoon.
Posted in Italian Market, News, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged 9th Street, bride & groom, Cappuccio's Meats, Italian Market, photography
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Urban Stencil
Posted in Italian Market, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged Eagles, Nick Foles, South Philadelphia, stencil
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A Produce Box with a Story
From time to time, I’ll post pictures of interesting graphics I find on produce boxes on 9th Street. Over the weekend, I came across this corn crate from Russo’s Fruit & Vegetable Farm, memorializing a man named “Tony”. I did … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Italian Market, News, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged 9th Street, corn, farms, produce graphics, Russo's Fruit & Vegetable Farm, South Philadelphia, Tony Russo
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Arrowheads
This collection of arrowheads spent several decades nestled in a drawer in my parents’ spare bedroom. I have very little information on them except that they belonged to my grandmother’s second husband who had visited the Southwest. I’ve poked around … Continue reading
Posted in Collecting, Curious Clutter, News
Tagged Alibates Flint, arrowheads, Mescalero Apache, Obsidian volcanic glass, Southwest, Texas
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