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Put Your Paws Together for Kimpton Hotels! | January 21, 2010

If you have a dog or cat and love to jet set, remember the name Kimpton Hotels the next time you travel. The Kimpton chain has luxury boutique hotels in over 20 big cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington D.C…and they are all pet friendly! Having just come back from D.C. with my dog Riley and my sister-in-law’s dog, Lexi, I wanted to rave about the Kimpton Hotels. We stayed at the Kimpton Palomar in Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C.

From the moment we checked in, Riley and Lexi were greeted … Read More »


 

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Jet Set Smart Guide to Philadelphia: Fun and Food | January 11, 2010

About Philadelphia:
By way of background, ‘Center City’ Philadelphia is the equivalent of Manhattan to the rest of NYC (obviously on a much smaller scale) shaped like a rectangle, bordered on the West by the Schuylkill River and on the East by the Delaware River. To the West of the Schuylkill is the University of Pennsylvania and to the East of the Delaware is Camden, NJ. The main East to West streets for shopping, restaurants and bars in Center City are Walnut, Chestnut and Market. Broad Street (also referred to as the Avenue of the Arts) is the main North to … Read More »


 

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Best Airport Dining Spots | December 23, 2009

I don’t know about you, but when I jet set somewhere I always get hungry. Whether it’s before I get on the plane, or during a layover, I want something to eat at the airport, but sometimes the fast food joints don’t cut it for me. I want a hearty meal that’s halfway decent. So where should I go? Thanks to Food and Wine magazine (so glad I have a subscription- best investment ever!) I now know and wanted to share with all my jet setters. So if you are ever in any of these U.S. airports, just log onto … Read More »


 

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Dance Performance at Philly’s Bus Stop | October 21, 2009

Fatima Adamu will be performing a site-specific dance piece with Sasha Wright, created especially for BUS STOP!

Fatima Adamu was born in Philadelphia, and grew up in Nigeria, West Africa with her American mother and Nigerian father. She began writing poetry and drawing when she was 10 years old and is a self-trained painter, costume and fashion stylist, poet, model, actress, singer and dancer with a B.A in Geography and Urban Studies from Temple University. She presently works in the fields of city planning, voice and dance.

Public transportation, whether you love or hate it, is an integral part of the urban … Read More »