These fritters are the perfect solution for the leftover mashed potatoes and corn on the cob in your fridge. All the ingredients are tossed in one bowl, and takes about five minutes to cook. They make a great dinner side, or topped with fried eggs at brunch. Continue reading
The Sacks Pool bereft of water thus bereft of life. It’s weird passing by a place that was teeming with noisy activity just a week or so ago and is now as quiet as a tomb. The lifeguards are gone and so are the bathers. Where did they all go? It will remain this way until June of 2026 provided that all goes well with the City of Philadelphia.
While rooting through an old hard drive, Joe stumbled across this old collage I made of our son years ago. I don’t recall what it was used for, or if I just did it to do it. Needless to say it was it was fun running across it again!
I am once again returning to the well of awful movies that had great soundtracks. This time it’s Brian DePalma’s The Fury which was released in 1978 and is based on a novel by John Farris who also contributed the movie’s screenplay. That may be the problem with the movie in that the author was too close to the material and wanted to include what he thought was important to the story rather than letting a seasoned screen writer tailor the tome. A decent script in the hands of a stylish auteur like De Palma could have been worked into a potential masterpiece. Nope. Outside of a few terrifically arranged action sequences, the movie is a slog to sit through.
What The Fury does have going for it is a terrific score by legendary composer John Williams. As I’ve said before, Williams must have been the hardest working man in show business in the 1970s writing scores for some of the greatest movies ever made, but they all can’t be hits. Such is the case with The Fury.
Although it’s been a while since I have posted drawings on this site, I have still been plugging away in my sketchbooks continuing to make my dirty little marks within them as one of my teachers in art school used to say. Teenage Beast is still the story I am toiling away on, but I’m not working on the Teenage Beast character specifically. I think I have his look down so I’ve been trying to work out the look and stories of some of the rest of the cast. Who are they? How do they move the story along? Who will survive and what will be left of them?
Which brings us to the punk rock girl. Continue reading
12th and Market Streets in Philadelphia, PA
Francis H. Kimball
Designed by Francis H. Kimball, a prominent New York-based architect known for his work in the Italian Renaissance style.
This cake is magnificent – it’s loaded with so many blueberries that you are guaranteed some in every bite! It’s rich, with a wonderful crumb – the perfect cake to bring to a gathering. Continue reading
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