Pa. women in Maxim Hometown Hotties semi-finals

 

 

The four ladies below – all from Pennsylvania – are among the semi-finalists in the 2008 Maxim Hometown Hotties contest.
 
Voting starts here on Monday, June 2.
 
 

News to Reuse (Evening Edition): McCain now coming June 30, Wegmans sells beer and Aniston had them squealing in West Chester

 

 

[ ]   Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Az.) has rescheduled his trip to Bucks County for June 30. A head cold kept him from making the event today.(Courier Times blog)
 
 
[ ]    A Wegmans supermarket in the Lehigh Valley is selling beer. And it’s not a distributor or a six-pack shop. Wooo! (NBC 10)

Weekend Planner: Wizard World, Viking Day, Kimbo Slice, Clitallica and a Jewish Festival

 

Friday, May 30
 
Go to the Shore: Guide here. New blog here.
 
Wizard World Philadelphia: Comics and so much more. Fri. to Sun. at the Pa. Convention Center

News to Reuse: Happy Anniversary, Philly (sports futility) and Levittown (gas riots)! Woo!...and recession hits Great Adventure

 

 

[ ]  Tomorrow officially marks 25 years since the Sixers won the 1983 NBA title, Philadelphia’s last major professional sports championship. (Inky)
 
The last two minutes are below. Just move the toggle to 7:40 and watch from there.
 

Dept. of Belfast Cowboy: Van Morrison to play Tower Theater in July

 
From the release:
"...For the first time since 1978, VAN MORRISON returns for what promises to be an extraordinary two-night stand to TOWER THEATER on July 10th and 11th.
 
Morrison last played the Tower Theater in 30 years ago and has only played Philadelphia once in the past 15 years making this a truly rare performance. Tickets go on sale Monday, June 2

Philly EDGE Scrapple: McCain now NOT coming, new Killers date in Jersey, Katie Couric in Bucks, and Bud > Coors

 

 

[ ]   Extra NTR I: John McCain is now NOT coming to Bucks County tomorrow. So there. (Courier Times blog)
 
 
[ ]   Extra Philly People I: Almost better than The Flaming Franklin Bubble and the Pres Bump is this photo:

Food News: Baja Fresh burrito review

 

 

Ten things you need to know about eating the new Grilled Chicken Salad Burritos at ever-growing Mexican food chain Baja Fresh.

 
1-     There are two types: Grilled Chicken Caesar and Grilled Chicken Cabo Cobb (right).

Bar News: TigerShark’s in Southampton is ready, Keswick Tavern 10th Anniversary tonight, and Red Bull race coming to Philly

 

 


[ ]   TigerShark’s (727 2nd Street Pike, Southampton), whose dining room is pictured at right, seems ready for business in these pictures. The Southampton (Buxco) restaurant and bar offers “Nightly Entertainment…Live Shark Tank…Happy Hour Shark Feeding…and Limo & Valet Parking Available.”

News To Reuse: McCain coming to Buxco Friday, New Kids on the Block in Philly, and why aren’t you at the Devon Horse Show?

 

 


[ ]  Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Az.) will be in Bucks County Friday. (Intelligencer)
 
From the story:
 
In his first Bucks County campaign stop Friday, John McCain will host a town hall meeting at a Pipersville company embroiled in a battle with the state over employees’ wages.
 
The presumptive Republican nominee for president will visit Worth & Company Inc., a large heating, cooling and plumbing company, at 6263 Kellers Church Road.             
 
The event is free and open to the public, said campaign spokesman Jeff Sadosky. Doors will open at 12:30 p.m. and McCain will give opening remarks and take questions for an hour starting at 2 p.m., he said. …
 
The story essentially hints that the visit is one big “Eff youse!” to unions and that the company is under investigation for underpayment to workers. Nice!
One can only expect McCain will suggest sending the company’s air conditioning technology to the Middle East to cool tensions between Sunnis and Shiites.
 
Oh…Since Philly EDGE has blogged plenty about the Dems, we’ll continue even-ing the left lean with the AP Photos at right of President Dubya doin’ a chest bump. (Metro)
 
 
[ ]   Dept. Of Buzzkill on a Beautiful Day: Three Bucks County municipalities are preparing for further flood prevention measures.
 
-         Millions to go to homes near Neshaminy Creek (Courier Times blog)
 
-         Planning officials will walk Old Skunky (It’s a creek, not a dog. –Ed.) in Newtown on Friday. (Courier Times blog)
 
-         New Hope-area residents continue to build houses on-high so that they can look at the nice river. (Intelligencer)
 

 
[ ]  Dept. of It Had To Go Somewhere: The reunited New Kids On The Block will come to the Wachovia Center in Philly on Wednesday, November 5 at 8 p.m. as part of their WORLD FUCKING TOUR!
Tickets go on sale on Saturday, June 7 at 10 a.m. at www.ComcastTIX.com.
       
From the release:
 
…NKOTB last performed in South Philadelphia at the Spectrum in December of 1990
 
 
If you paved the way for Color Me Badd, *NSYNC and Danity Kane, you'd come back too. 
 
 
[ ]    Montco authorities have arrested a man on theft and fraud charges linked to a dating site. (CBS 3)  
 
From the story:
 
…According to District Attorney Risa Ferman, Paul Krueger swindled money out of women he met on Millionairematch.com by convincing his victims to invest in a fictitious music company. Krueger allegedly posed as a music producer claiming to have been nominated for several Grammy awards….
 
 
 
[ ]   If NBC 10’s dazzling slideshow is remotely accurate, you should be celeb-spotting at the Devon Horse Show (ongoing through June 1). Apparently Bruce Springsteen, Paul Newman, Martha Stewart and Jack Klugman (Oh…Quincy!) go All.The.Time. (NBC 10)
 
 

Plus, these horse are magical: notoriously dead James Cagney and Luciano Pavarotti apparently are reincarnated every year to attend as well….Weeeee! Magic horses.

Philly EDGE Scrapple: Follow that rainbow, girl pukes on self at Phils game and pics from THE ‘Sex and the City’ premiere

 
 

[ ]    Extra NTR I: Look: a rainbow over Center City last week. (PhillySkyline via WillDo)

[ ]  Extra Music News: Philadelphia will be one of the select cities whose Starbucks locations will sell Sonic Youth’s Hits Are For Squares,  a limited-edition CD of the favorite Sonic Youth songs of the noise rock band’s fans from film, literature and music. Beck, Radiohead, Dave Eggers, Chloe Sevigny, Eddie Vedder, David Cross and more made selections for the disc.

Food News: New BBQ in Levittown, Fast Food nutritional info, bands in Denny’s kitchen, and Philly foods in Men’s Health

 

 


[ ]  Boston-basedTennessee’s BBQ and Grill will open in the Langhorne Square Shopping Center on Business Route 1 in Levittown (Middletown; 215.949.1599) on Monday, June 9 under the ownership of brothers Paul and Pete Kelley.
 
From their release:
 
Billed as “fast-casual,” customers order and pay at the counter, and food is served at the table. But the cuisine, well that’s “lo ‘n slow,” says Paul Kelley. Tennessee’s choice meats – pulled pork, pulled chicken, ribs, brisket and beef – are slow-smoked, dry-rubbed and marinated for a timeless taste of the South. …

Track of the Week: “Lost and Found” by Victor Victor Band

 

 

Philadelphia’s own Victor Victor Band is verrrrrry White Stripes-ish (right down to the female drummer), with a smattering of Stooges.

   The (actually) married duo of Jamie and Danielle Victor definitely makes its garage rock slathered with blues to great effect. A little whiny at times, and certainly familiar, but we’ll take it.

Philly EDGE's BIG Concert List May 28- June 3

 

 

33rd Street Armory
33rd and Market Sts. Philadelphia
M.I.A., The Holy Fuck: June 5, 7 p.m.
 

News To Reuse: Sex Chester, Bugs County and the Return of Kidd Chris

 

 


[ ]   West Chester residents are upset that Feminque Boutique – a female-focused adult store which sells lingerie, toys and lotions –  has opened in the suburban town. (NBC 10)
 
From the story:
 

Music News: The Flaming Lips in Philly and Bucks band’s song on One Tree Hill

 
 
[ ]   First, let us acknowledge the fine work of Philly EDGE’s favorite flasher, Brian Hineline, who got these awesome pics from the Flaming Lips show at Festival Pier Saturday night, including the pic below of Wayne Coyne, the bubble AND the Ben Franklin Bridge. Awesome.
 

News To Reuse (afternoon ed.): Thunderstorms tonight?, Transformers 2 casting, and a new date for Madonna show in Philly

 

[ ]   A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued ‘til 8 p.m. in Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton counties in Pa. and Mercer County in NJ. (CBS3)

Pardon us. All this (national) tornado spotting has made us paranoid.
 
 
[ ]  Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) used an op-ed in yesterday’s New York Daily News to explain why she is still running for the Democratic Party nomination for president. (NYDN)

More Philly Sports Backwash: Vengeance Now on the Penguins, Penn goes number two, and waaay tmi on Ryan Howard’s penis

 

 

[ ]  Nod to With Leather for noting how the Pittsburgh Penguins started the Stanley Cup championship series against the Red Wings this past Saturday: Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury face-planted. Video below:
 

Philly Sports Backwash: Eagles Cheerleaders to invade Iraq, Mitch Williams…Yo!, and Bears have home field in Pa.

 

 


[ ]   The U.S. military finally figured out how to defeat the insurgents in Iraq: Boobs….midnight green-covered boobs. (Inky)
 
From the story:

News To Reuse: Five dollar “pole tax,” ‘Burbs man is Philly Weiner King and video games at bars…who knew?

 

 

[ ]    Bucks State Rep. Paul Clymer wants it to cost more for you to see boobies: $5 on each visit to a strip club. (Courier Times)
 
From the story:
 
…Republican Paul Clymer had aimed to bring forward the so-called “pole tax” in March. He was forced to rework it after the Texas law the proposal is based on was declared unconstitutional. …Clymer's proposal calls for customers of nude and topless dancing bars to pay $5 in addition to the price of admission. The money will be used to support the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape.