STORES - CLOSE UP Video Interviews

Japanese guitarist plays gentle instrumentals

Watch video here. WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT? It’s like appreciation for this country. [referring to another song he played but not appearing in this video] My intuition, my intuitionish expression.…

August 22, 2012

FASHION ROXBOROUGH MANAYUNK STORES

New barber cuts old style

Greg Roussos is a new barber doing old style barbering at the Wissahickon Barber Shop in Roxborough. Old style is spending more time with the customer, doing scissor over combing…

July 18, 2012

ART BUILDINGS ENVIRONMENT

Chestnut Hill mural is artist’s romp-l’oeil of Wissahickon Valley

I ask mural artist Ann Norththrup to take a break and hold up her paint-spattered hands. We chat about the watercolor she painted of the Wissahickon Park that she and her crew of helpers are now installing on the wall of Bredenbeck's Bakery, the first mural in Chestnut Hill, Northwest Philadelphia. Watch video here.

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July 14, 2012

BUSINESS Games KIDS

Clean up your own toys! (Meet the Toydozer)

The "Toydozer" was invented by a Wyndmoor, Pa mom who modeled it after a shoebox she was using to scoop up her six-year old's Legos. It looks like a large,…

May 27, 2012

BUSINESS Food and Drink STORES

Iron Hill set to open in Chestnut Hill

PRETTY EXCITING YOU’RE OPENING UP HERE IN CHESTNUT HILL. Absolutely. Very excited about it. It’s really a great area, really excited to be opening soon. I HAVE A COUPLE OF…

December 12, 2011

INTERNATIONAL Religion Sports

Adventist basketball player seeks gig in Israel

Kelvin Green hopes to play professional basketball in Israel, where the Jewish sabbath coincides with the sabbath he observes as a practicing Seventh-Day Adventist. Watch video interview taken outside House…

July 25, 2011

FLOURTOWN GLENSIDE Food and Drink INTERNET

Take Flourtown Bakery QR code to Facebook page

Flourtown Bakery just started a Facebook page announcing its specialties like Flag Day cakes, Father’s day shirt cakes and strawberry shortcakes. On a sign at the checkout counter announcing the…

June 29, 2011

BUSINESS STORES

What’s Wrong with This Picture?

SIGNS BY TOMORROW, a national outfit, does it all. ...huge light box banners, custom braille signs, carved signs,trade show displays, channel letters and so on. Here is the proof of…

April 13, 2011

BUSINESS ROXBOROUGH MANAYUNK STORES

Statue of Liberty (Tax Services) dances ballet

Allison Allen knows how to make her own the dreary job luring in customers, costumed as the statue of Liberty outside the Liberty Tax Service on Ridge Avenue in Roxborough.…

April 12, 2011

Education KIDS STORES

Chestnut Hill Newsstand News- cigarettes and handouts out, treats for A grades?

New owner, Chestnut Hill resident Stewart Graham is introducing Brings healthy snacks and flowers to the top of hill newsstand. And cigarettes are out. Jazz pianist Chris Marsceill daylights behind counter…

March 15, 2011