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Word on the Street What is your reaction to Michael Sam being the first openly gay player to become an NFL draft pick?

“It’s his personal choice, that’s his life. It has nothing to do with his ability to do his job.”

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“There is nothing wrong with it. Nobody should judge anybody for what they are.”

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From the beginning

It seems like yesterday. Well maybe not yesterday — but considerably after the arrival of Christopher Columbus.

It was early September and I was sitting in Room 207 at Curtis Hall during Temple’s freshman orientation. They introduced the executive staff of Temple’s radio station WRTI, and there he was with his every hair in place black flattop – Tom Cardella. I was star-struck!

My idols growing up were sportscasting icons By Saam, Gene Kelly and Bill Campbell, but at Temple Tom Cardella was THE MAN! Tom was a senior and he had that cool, confident look of a guy who had everything under control. It became my mission to get Tom to know my name. It took about a month, but the first time he actually called me Merrill, I rushed to a pay phone to tell my mom that I had arrived.

Whenever Tom was at the sta-

tion, I was like a puppy following him around asking if there was anything I could do. Finally Tom told me I could tape an interview with Temple basketball star Bruce Drysdale. That entailed lugging a 50-pound Webcor tape recorder three blocks down Broad Street and climbing three flights of steps at old South Hall. I then mechanically read 10 handwritten questions to Drysdale who was kind enough not to laugh.

That spring, Tom presented me with my very first play-by-play opportunity. I was dispatched to Villanova University to tape record a Temple-Villanova baseball game. The announcing was the easy part. The challenge was unwinding a thousand feet of electrical cord down the right field line to the nearest power outlet. My play by play had to be atrocious, but Tom told me that I did a good job and that was all that mattered.

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There was no greater authority in my world. More importantly, by the end of that year Tom and I had become friends. That friendship has grown to where my wife Cindy and I think of Tom and his wonderful wife Fran and their children as family. We’ve shared the happy times, and we were there for each other when life provided hard knocks.

Tom was with me when I was hired for my first professional job. We drove to Pottstown to interview on a Tuesday to handle the broadcast of a Saturday Pottsgrove-Springford high school football game on WPAZ. At the time I had been out of college, completed my military service but hadn’t done a game in several years. I also had many doors closed in my face and had listened to small town program directors tell me that I was in the wrong profession. My confidence was shot. I let Tom do the talking at the interview. When we left the studio, Tom gave it to me straight.

He told me that if I ever wanted

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a job in this business, I’d have to speak with authority and act confidently. Otherwise I’d have no chance. On Friday the station owner called and said we could do the game. His words were “It’s between you and dead air.”

I started the broadcast nervously, but with Tom’s encouragement, my confidence returned. By the fourth quarter, I was back in full gear. The following Monday, they hired me for a full-time job and finally, thanks to Tom, my career was under way!

Throughout my career, I have never made a move without consulting Tom. His judgment is my greatest guideline. Tom’s intelligence, kindness, compassion and sense of humor are world class.

His broadcasting is also topnotch.

His work on the Eagles pre- and post-game shows was exceptional and the show that he co-hosts with Paul Jolovitz on my radio station, WBCB, is five-star. I still believe that had the opportunity presented itself, Tom would have been one of the top baseball announcers in the country. Football is my greatest passion — baseball is Tom’s.

Tom’s Review columns have made me laugh, cry, remember and applaud for so many years.

Most of all they have always made me think.

There is no doubt that this book, like my friend Tom, will be a treasure.

Merrill Reese

(Merrill Reese has been the play-by-play voice of the Philadelphia Eagles since 1977, and is the managing partner, vice president and general manager of WBCB 1490 AM)

“Everyone has a right to be who they are. It is not a big deal. Let the guy be; he’s good enough to play.”

John Smith South Franklin Street and Moyamensing Avenue

Interviews by Gianna Gigliotti Photos by Kathryn Poole

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A REWARDING OCCASION: For achieving impressive results on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment, the pupils at Francis Scott Key School, 2230 S. Eighth St., flocked to their site’s library May 8 to pick out rewards. The Lower Moyamensing-based youngsters consistently produce scores on the standardized test that top the School District of Philadelphia’s average marks. SPR

Editor’s Note: A special book featuring 50 of Tom Cardella’s columns that have appeared in the South Philly Review is in the works. Details of the release date and how to purchase the book will be announced soon.

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Saluting Cardella To the Editor: Please add my words of congratulations to Tom Cardella on his 50th year as a columnist for the South Philly Review. Half a century doing what he does so well is something to celebrate!

Tom is a bit more liberal than I am. That makes for some amusing disagreements and some agreement. Many of his columns have inspired me to write letters to the editor, and we have exchanged darts and laurels on the message board. All in good fun!

Hey, Tom, whatever happened to Uncle Nunzio? I hope he is alright. Oh and Tom, one last wish: Per cent’anni!

Gloria C. Endres South Philadelphia

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On a similar path To the Editor: I have a quick follow up to Kim Alsbrook’s “Another Perspective,” her rejoinder of May 8 to my piece “Bicycles on Pavements.” I don’t disagree with anything she says about the unsafe conditions of the streets on bike riders. And yes, they do accommodate bikers in Europe much better than here. I will even add that they have a system that works beautifully in Key West as well, where bicyclists and motorists obey the traffic laws and are civil to one another.

Whether that can be attributed to city planning or something in the culture, I don’t know. But the atmosphere sure doesn’t exist here. Where Kim and I diverge is on her argument that rests on the fact there are hazards on the streets, so bikers prefer to ride the pavements (but at least they’re courteous to everyone). If I

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Still talking affirmative action “I agree that affirmative action is not repealed or now not a part of American politics because of this ruling (“Race and affirmative action,” May 1). If you only read the Daily News, that’s what is implied along with the omission that a liberal justice voted with the majority. But any type of favoritism, whether economic based or race based wrong. If a 17-year-old senior whose parents are doctors has a higher GPA than a senior who comes from a single mom on welfare, who should be accepted to a university whose primary criteria is GPA? If its not doctors’ kid, its unfair.”

Kevin Metz via southphillyreview.com

carry that logic to an analogy, it would be like coming down in the morning to find a broken window and a street person sleeping in your living room, who then awakes and says courteously, “Hey grumpy, selfish guy, what did you expect? It’s cold out there. Did you want me to freeze to death?”

So maybe, the issue we should be addressing here, is what can and should be done to accommodate bicyclists on the streets better. Go figure the populace of South Philly has made a remarkable effort to mimic the café atmosphere of Paris on [East]Passyunk Avenue. There is hope for this!

Louis Lezzoni South Philadelphia Comment on these letters or topics at southphillyreview.com/opinion/letters.

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To the Editor: Many years ago, before I went into TV news, I worked as the art director of a sports newspaper that was a project of Review Publishing.

One of the best things about going to the Review offices every week was having the privilege of working with Brendan Moss (“Almost 40,” May 1).

Brendan was always helpful, cheerful, funny and full of great ideas. There is no way I ever could have done my job without his patience and guidance.

Happy retirement, Brendan. I’m sure that all the people at the Review will miss working with you as much as I have.

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Unease at Neumann-Goretti Two incidents have caused procedural changes at the East Passyunk Crossing high school. n By Joseph Myers Review Managing editoR

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isturbing matters on consecutive Fridays at Ss. Neumann-Goretti High School, 1736 S. 10th St., have led to enhanced security for the remainer of the year. At approximately 8:30 a.m.

May 9, the Philadelphia Police Department notified administrators at the East Passyunk Crossing-based institution that it had received a report that an individual might have brought a firearm inside. Students and faculty members remained in their classrooms as police performed a preliminary search of the building, Archdiocese of Philadelphia spokesman Ken Gavin said, with no weapon apparent.

A noon dismissal occurred to allow for a more thorough investigation, and families received communication that afternoon. On Monday, new safety procedures went into effect, Gavin said, with all students, faculty and staff to enter the school through one entrance and all bags receiving security inspection.

The Archdiocese and the Public Affairs Unit revealed last week’s episode has no connection to a May 2 event that resulted in the arrest of a now-former pupil of the Catholic facility. In the latter matter, administrators learned the aforementioned pupil allegedly threatened the safety of a handful of students, Gavin said, with the school providing information to all school families on May 4. An investigation, which did not disclose what prompted the teen’s supposed actions, led officials to the in-question youth, of whom they reportedly found a video playing with a butterfly knife when searching his home, Officer Christine O’Brien said.

The boy, whose name will remain undisclosed because of his minor status, was charged with making terroristic threats, harassment and simple assault. The Archdiocese announced his expulsion from Neumann-Goretti and stated he will not be able to seek admission to any of its high schools.

In response to the events, the school has teamed with a private security firm to prevent similar sorts of unease.

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Three males assaulted an elderly gentleman in South of South last week.

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recovering individual parked his vehicle on the 2500 block of Carpenter Street at the corner of Grays Ferry Avenue and began to gather his belongings from its trunk when three unknown males approached from behind and barked “Give it up, old head,” Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. One interloper struck him in the head, sending him to the ground.

The complainant tried to defend himself, but their blows led to his parting with his blue backpack and a book bag containing approximately $300, two musical recording devices valued at $200 and miscellaneous papers, Tolliver said. The offenders fled on foot toward Kimball Street.

The victim, who did not seek medical treatment for left hip pain, described the first aggressor as white, 19 to 22 years old and 6-foot-2; having a stocky build, no facial hair and dark hair; and wearing a dark hoodie with white writing across the front; the second as black, 19 to 22 years old and 6-foot-2; having a thin build and black curly hair; and wearing a dark hoodie with white writing across the front; and the third only as black.

To report information, call South Detectives at 215-685-1635, text PPDTIP (773847) or visit phillypolice.com/forms.

Four figures sought Police are looking for four teenagers who united to rob a man in Newbold.

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April 23, the complainant was walking on the 1600 block of Tasker Street Surveillance video when three unknown males and a foreign female approached from behind, police said. When he turned around, one adolescent punched his jaw, leading to a fall. While he lay there, the aggressor kicked him and teamed with the others to take his cell phone before fleeing east on Tasker Street.

The victim, who had abrasions to his head and right arm, described the main individual as black, 15 to 19 years old, 5-foot-5, 140 pounds and light complected; having a high box haircut; being clean-

POLICE REPORt shaven; and wearing a multicolored jacket and black pants. He tabbed the second male as black, 15 to 19 years old, 5-foot6, 160 pounds; and wearing a gray jacket; the third as black, 15 to 19 years old, having a heavy frame and a dark complexion; and carrying a book bag; and the female as black, 15 to 19 years old, light complected; and having long hair.

To report information, call South Detectives Division’s Detective Bowdren at 215-685-3013, text PPDTIP (773847) or visit phillypolice.com/forms.

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Tarnished morning A man retained his property but suffered a stab wound in Point Breeze Saturday.

At 3:35 a.m., police, responding to a call of a person with a weapon, met the victim on the 1500 block of South 20th Street, learning an unknown offender had approached him from behind and grabbed his gold necklace, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said.

When the necklace broke and dropped on the highway, the attacker stabbed the owner in his upper right arm with an unknown object before fleeing northbound on foot along 20th Street. Police surveyed the area but with negative results.

The victim received transport to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Tolliver said. He could not provide a thorough description of the attacker.

To report information, call South Detectives at 215-685-1635, text PPDTIP (773847) or visit phillypolice.com/forms.

Shooting duo at large A teenager suffered a thigh wound after two males unloaded guns in Grays Ferry.

Police found the adolescent on the 2900 block of Morris Street at 4:13 p.m. May 8 and noted the aforementioned injury, necessitating a transport to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. The complainant, who was listed in stable condition, stated the figures fired numerous shots at a group of teens who were hanging near the corner of 29th and Morris streets. She relayed that they are black, wore dark hoodies and had their faces covered. She caught them last heading southbound through an alley between the intersection of South Hollywood and Morris streets.

To report information, call South Detectives at 215-685-1635, text PPDTIP (773847) or visit phillypolice.com/forms.

Harassed then hurt Two males crafted an unforgettable stop for a deliveryman in Grays Ferry last week.

At approximately 11:30 p.m. May 7, the Southside Pizza employee, looking to bring food to the 2700 block of Earp Street, called the phone number on the order to state he was near, with a male voice replying he would be right there, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. When the driver knocked at the door of the residence, the occupant stated she had not ordered anything.

Returning to his vehicle, he called the number again and as the phone rang, he looked up to observe a black male wearing a dark hoodie. He stated “That’s my order,” and the two became involved in a dispute over the price, Tolliver said.

A second male, wearing a ski mask, approached from the opposite direction and pointed a small brown gun at him, soon after striking his head with it. The victim said two unknown observers exited from a residence on the block, leading the figures to flee on foot without taking anything. He described the first as black, 5-foot-6, 15 to 17 years old; having a stocky build and a light complexion; being clean-shaven and wearing a black hoodie and black pants.

He tabbed the second as black, 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10; having a thin build; and wearing a black ski mask, a white T-shirt and beige pants.

To report information, call South Detectives at 215-685-1635, text PPDTIP (773847) or visit phillypolice.com/forms. SPR Contact Managing Editor Joseph Myers at jmyers@southphillyreview.com or ext. 124. Comment at southphillyreview.com/news/police-report.

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Authorities last week busted a Point Breeze resident for her alleged April burglary of a local eatery.

Police responded at 8:40 a.m. May 1 to a call of an incident at Seulanga Cafe, 1838 S. 18th St., and met the owner, who stated he had closed the business at 9 p.m. the night before, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. He returned at 8 a.m. the day of the report and noticed the front door window’s glass broken, the video system disconnected and $200 missing from a tip jar.

Upon processing the scene, officials recovered video depicting the matter, with the law enforcement workers ascertaining the identity of the offender and placing an image in an array for the owner’s inspection. The proprietor positively identified the woman as the female from the video, Tolliver said, and police, making use of a May 7-issued warrant, arrested Lynette Chaplin, 43, at her residence on the 1800 block of South 18th Street that day and charged her with criminal mischief, theft, criminal trespassing and burglary.

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n a way, one of the reasons that David Pershica got the ball rolling on the idea of a district-wide high school musical was that he realized that even teachers and administrators didn’t realize what it meant to have arts in their schools. Pershica, a resident of South Seventh and Mifflin streets and 25-year veteran in the performing arts, was recently awarded a Greenfields Fellowship through the Philadelphia Theatre Co. The fellowship facilitated him the opportunity to provide, for kids across Philadelphia, the chance to be a part of a production of “Dreamgirls,” which fin-

ished a five-performance run on Sunday afternoon at the Paul Robeson High School for Human Services.

Functioning as director, choreographer, mentor and sometimes private financier, the Upper Darby native had the good fortune of graduating from a theater-rich Upper Darby High School. The teaching artist and tap dancer had been going into schools for years to teach theater arts, but when he realized that even a generation of educators currently teaching children hadn’t benefited from in-school, funded arts programming, he knew something had to be done.

“I had taken for granted that every high school did a play and a musical, but I found out that not only was that not true, but teachers and principals were saying that they didn’t have arts programming in their schools, either,” he explained, which is a little disquieting.

We’re fighting for current teenagers to have the chance to act, play an instrument,

draw and paint and write creatively. But to think that this neglect goes back decades is alarming.

“There was this whole generation of people that didn’t have it growing up and didn’t understand why it’s important and why I should even be coming to their schools,” Pershica added.

As he points out, the arts aren’t just fun; they serve a purpose.

“The research is out there,” he said.

“Their attendance goes up, they’re better at school, they become better thinkers and better students. We enhance their love of education and going to school.”

The idea of the program is pretty simple: bring kids from all over the city, primarily those without arts funding in their schools, and give them the chance to see what it’s like to work as an ensemble, to be dedicated to a team project and to support one another in the process.

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sub-par facilities for performing arts and we would improve the facilities so that they would establish and continue arts programming after that,” Pershica noted.

The performers were ecstatic that South Philly Review was in the seats, and their endless energy was contagious on the stage.

They thanked “Mr. David” countless times for his time and encouragement.

In an endearing note to Pershica, they told him: “We thank you for giving us a chance to tell Governor [Tom] Corbett and Dr. [William R.] Hite [Jr.] that we don’t need them or their money to succeed. However, we do need people like you to believe in us the way that you do.”

The Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA), 901 S. Broad St., was represented in the cast by six students, even when they are a performing arts school. At the time of auditions, Pershica reports, CAPA wasn’t sure if they

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In its very first production out of the gate, After School Musical pulled off five shows from almost nothing. And it may just be programs like Pershica’s that inspire and instill a dedication to the arts that schools are rarely able to offer in 2014.

“Once this stuff gets taken away from the schools, it’s not going to come back,” Pershica said, noting that once arts funding gets cut it rarely gets restored. “I did this by getting it privately funded, and every person I asked for help said ‘Yes, absolutely.’”

Luckily, it seems like Pershica won’t have to finance any more productions on his own after the success of “Dreamgirls.”

He’ll be establishing a 501(c)3 and is hopeful that more local artisans, parents and educators will come on board and make it really sustainable.

Pershica, who’s toured with national productions of “Rent,” “Phantom of the Opera” and “Les Miserables,” reminds that he would have never been a successful professional without the tutelage and guidance from generous teachers.

“There are two people who said to me that you must become a dancer. If not, I never would have gone into this,” he revealed.

How many Effie Whites and Jimmy Earlys are in South Philadelphia right now looking for the teachers to tell them that they can and have to sing? SPR Contact Staff Writer Bill Chenevert at bchenevert@southphillyreview.com or ext. 117. Comment at southphillyreview. com/news/features.

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ing Murphy Applin Jr., who performed the role of James “Thunder” Early.

In the 15-year-old Southwest Philly resident’s cast bio, he wrote: “Having seen the ‘Dreamgirls’ movie a million times, it was breathtaking to see the cast list and see [my] name next to [my] favorite character.”

The freshman theater major followed his friend and classmate, Yvonne Reynolds, to rehearsal one day, and he very nearly stole the show from the production’s Effie White, performed boldly and capably

by Greater Hope Christian Academy’s Veronica Boyd.

The musical is nearly 90 percent sung, and it delves into race, the music industry, loyalties and pride. With Motown-flavored songs at its core, the 1950s and ’60s were effortlessly captured by the spirit these students brought to the production and Pershica’s strong community ties, which yielded low-cost costuming.

In the musical’s bill, the Paul Robeson principal, Richard Gordon, commended the production: “The staff and students at Paul Robeson High School are absolutely thrilled to be hosting the Philadelphia School District citywide musical. This is an extremely invaluable program, and I commend David Pershica for sponsoring such a tremendous learning experience that will expose our budding performers to a professional experience they will cherish for the rest of their lives.”

As Pershica put it, “We are the feel good story about what’s going on in the school[s] these days.”

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remember walking to Ernie Meo’s house on a hot summer afternoon in 2008. Being a New Jersey resident, I didn’t know much about this local legend; I just heard the stories. However, the moment I stepped into his basement on the 1800 block of West Moyamensing Avenue where a few others had gathered for the afternoon session of reminiscing, it didn’t take long for his career story to unfold in front of my very eyes.

Almost six years later, it’s time for reflection once again, celebrating Meo’s contributions to the South Philadelphia community as he passed away Monday at the age of 80.

It’s hard to forget the shrine-like basement walls that were decorated with one black-and-white football photo after another of Delaware Valley Youth Athletic Association city championship teams. Each of these very successful squads was coached by Meo, who at the time of our meeting was 74. In 13 seasons as a youth football coach with the association, 18th and Johnston streets, and the Police Athletic League, Meo compiled an overall record of 149-9-3 that included eight undefeated seasons and 10 city titles. He won 44-straight contests from 1969-72 and 72 straight from ’7378. The latter earned Meo entry into the Guinness Book of World Records for most wins by an organized sports team, a distinction the coach held for a year.

Unfortunately, the setting was missing the true personality of the man as a result of his battle with Parkinson’s disease. But his former players had plenty of great stories to share, which brought a smile to Ernie’s face. My favorite came from Al “Sugar Bear” Barbieri, who didn’t hesitate talking about his former coach’s no-nonsense approach.

It was an “insanely cold” day in which all of the other practices were canceled except Meo’s. On this frigid outing, where a bunch of 13-year-olds were shivering and freezing, the coach stepped onto the field wearing black pants, rubber cleats and a sweatshirt. “‘You think this is cold, this isn’t cold,’” Barbieri recalled his coach telling the team.

After the coach ripped off his sweatshirt, he said, “‘We ain’t sissies like the rest of the teams.’”

The players then ran bare-chested during practice. Decades

Branching out n Charles Santore Branch: One-hour one-on-one Computer Tutoring for Seniors by appointment; Beginner English as a Second Language Class 12:30 p.m. May 15; English as a Second Language Let’s Talk Conversation Group 1 p.m. and Yoga class for Adults and Teens 6:30 p.m. May 19; Chess Club 1 p.m. May 21. 932 S. Seventh St. 215-686-1766. n Fumo Family Branch: Civics Course 2 to 5 p.m. May 15 and 20; Book Discussion Group 1 p.m. May 15; Sleepy-time Stories 10 a.m. and LEGO Club 2-3:30 p.m. May 17; Italian Film Festival 12:45 p.m. and Introduction to Genealogy 6:30 p.m. May 21.

later, when Meo was asked why, he said, “Hard work brings results.”

Others never forgot the life lessons the fearless leader, who also was a 1st District police officer, provided during practices and games.

One former player, Mark DiMuzio, said he took away much from Meo, whom the athletes referred to as “Mr. Meo” during his coaching days.

“I learned more about life from my football coaches than I did in school,” DiMuzio, who played for Meo in the ’70s, said. “He taught us how to stay under control because it was more important to work as a team than as individuals.”

Of course, like many other youth coaches, Meo and his staff of volunteers, had to deal with the occasional complaint from parents. Meo had no problem explaining how his system was going to work. “Ranger” Joe Androzzi, who was one of Meo’s assistants, had fond memories of how the situation played out. “‘We are coaching your kids every night,’” Androzzi recalled Meo telling parents. “Listen, I’ll say who plays and who doesn’t. If you don’t like it, you can take your kid home.’

“Not too many kids went home.”

Meo also spent time with the Philadelphia Eagles, where he served as assistant strength and conditioning coach from ’78 to ’79 and head strength and conditioning coach from ’80 to ’84, meaning he was with the organization when the Birds advanced to Super Bowl XV against the Oakland Raiders. His collection of photos included an autographed image with former Eagles coach Dick Vermeil, with the words “Ernie, you are a true friend.”

Meo even had his own NFC championship ring he occasionally displayed at his shrine.

The impression he left on others, including those who only got to share a brief time with him, is unforgettable.

For those looking to pay their respects, a viewing is being held for relatives and friends 7 to 9 p.m., May 19 at the Vincent Gangemi Funeral Home, Inc., Broad and Wolf streets.

Tuesday morning, a viewing will be held at St. Richard’s Church, 18th and Pollock streets, at 10 a.m.. followed by Funeral Mass at 11 a.m. SPR Contact Editor Bill Gelman at bgelman@southphillyreview.com or ext. 121. Comment at southphillyreview.com/news/features.

2437 S. Broad St. 215-685-1758. n Parkway Central Branch: Shakespeare For All Time through May 31; Children’s Book Week: Author and Illustrator Matt Phelan presents Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton 10:30 a.m., Make Thursdays: Zombify Yourself 3:30 p.m. and Third Thursdays of Horror - Fierce Felines Double Feature 6 p.m.; Dollars Making Sense 9:30 a.m. and Children’s Book Week: Amy Ignatow presents The Popularity Papers 10:30 a.m.

May 16; Cartoonists Run Amok! 1 p.m., Children’s Book Week Storytime Birthday: Whistle for Willie turns 50! 2 p.m. and A Storied Evening: Scavenging for Shakespeare 6 p.m. May 17; “The Wizard of Oz” screening and Readings from the

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Chamber Music Collection 2 p.m. May 18; Baby and Toddler Storytime 11 a.m. and Bardolotry: The Words & Music of William Shakespeare on the Occasion of his 450th Birthday 7:30 p.m. May 19; Children’s Storytime 11 a.m. May 20; Grow.

Sow. Make. Eat! 4 p.m. May 21. 1901 Vine St. 215-686-5322. n Queen Memorial Branch: Music Tells A Story: A Series of Discovery and Discussion with a performance by the Eclipse Wind Trio 4:30 p.m. May 19.

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is required) and Baby and Toddler Storytime 1 p.m. May 19; Preschool Storytime and Craft 11 a.m. May 21; Homework help, computer assistance, literacy and teen activities and crafts 3 p.m. Monday through Thursdays. 1935 Shunk St. 215685-1755. n Whitman Branch: Wee Ones Storytime and English as a Second Language Class 10 a.m. and Ready-to-Read Storytime 11 a.m. May 15; STEM Storytime Series 2 p.m. May 17; Storytime Arts and Crafts 4 p.m. May 19; English as a Second Language Class 10 a.m. and Scrabble Club 3:30 p.m. May 20; Yoga for Kids 5:30 p.m. and adults 6:30 p.m. May 21. 200 Snyder Ave. 215-685-1754. SPR

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n 1st Police District, 24th and Wolf Streets, holds a Community Meeting 5:30 p.m. May 20 at its office; and a Captain’s Townhall Meeting with Capt. Lou Campione 6 p.m. May 20 at the same location. 215-6863010. phillypolice.com/districts/1st. n 3rd Police District, 11th and Wharton streets, holds a Police Service Area 2 meeting 7 p.m. May 20 at Sacks Playground, 400 Washington Ave.; and holds a Community Meeting 5:30 p.m. May 21 at the district office.

215-686-3030. phillypolice.com/ districts/3rd. n 17th Police District, 20th and Federal streets, holds a Police Service Area 3 meeting 6 p.m. May 15 at the Gospel Temple Baptist Church, 1327 S. 19th St.; and a Police Service Area 2 meeting 6 p.m. May 20 at Pratt Senior Center, 3001 Moore St. 215-686-3170. phillypolice.com/districts/17th. n Dickinson Square West Civic Association holds its General Membership Meeting 7 to 8 p.m. May 19 at the Mt. Moriah Church, 410 Wharton St. info@dickinsonquarewest.org. dickonsonsquarewest.org.

n East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District, 1904 E. Passyunk Ave., Stogie Joe’s Rock the Block Fundraiser 1 to 5 p.m. May 18 on the Avenue between Moore and 13th streets (Tickets: $30 for adults/$5 for kids). 215-336-1455. renee@ visiteastpassyunk.com. visiteastpassyunk. com. n Friends of Julian Abele Park host a Spring Open-Mic hosted by Brenda Cohen and featuring Katie Barbato 6 to 9 p.m. May 17th at the park, 22nd and Carpenter streets. e-mail deepcityhealers@gmail.com to reserve your spot. n Hawthorne Empowerment Coalition, 1318 Catharine St., holds Jazz in Hawthorne Park: Edgardo Cintron 7 p.m. May 15 at 12th and Catharine streets (BYO chair, snacks, blankets). edgardocintronazucaband. com. 215-735-1225. info@hecphilly.org. hecphilly.org. n Lower Moyamensing Civic Association,holds a Happy Hour 5 to 7 p.m. May 20 at Bomb Bomb BBQ Grill & Italian Restaurant, 1026 Wolf St.; and Twilight Gardening 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. May 21 at the Gas Station Garden, S. 11th St. and Snyder Ave. lomophilly@gmail.com. lomophilly. org. n Marconi Older Adult Center, 2433 S. 15th St., hosts Zumba Class 9:30 a.m. ($4) and Fire Safety & Prevention 10:30 a.m. May 15 (Free); Let’s Make a Deal 10:00 a.m. May 19 ($1); Enhanced Fitness Exercise Program

9:00 a.m. May 20 and 22 (Free); Don’t Become A Crime Victim 10:30 a.m. May 20 (Free); Next Chapter Discussion Group 10:00 a.m. (Free), Garden Helpers 12:30p.m. (Free), and a Craft Workshop Paper Beads (Free) May 21. 215-218-0800. caringpeoplealliance. org. n Newbold Neighbors Association, holds a Point Breeze CDC meeting 6:30 to 8 p.m. May 19 at the PBCDC office, 1234 Point Breeze Ave. president@newboldneighbors. org. newboldneighbors.org. n Passyunk Square Civic Association is participating in the Raise a Hand for Jackson - Roof Deck Cocktail Party 5 to 8 p.m. May 15 at the Wharton Lofts, 1148 Wharton St. Tickets: $100; and holds a Education Committee meeting 7 to 9 p.m. May 20 at Columbus Square, 1200 Wharton St. education@passyunk.org contact@passyunk.org. passyunksquare.org. n Queen Village Neighbors Association, 405 Queen St., holds a General Meeting: Proposed Bylaws and Weccacoe Playground 7:30 to 9 p.m. May 15 at St. Philip Neri Church, 218 Queen St.; holds the Headhouse Square Farmer’s Market 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 18 at Headhouse Square, 501 S. Second St.; holds the Society Hill 36th Annual Open House and Garden Tour 1 to 5 p.m.

May 18 (Tickets: 215-840-8801 or mattdejulio@aol.com for $30 advance tickets, or pick buy them at 401 Lombard St.); holds a Queen Village Book Club discussion of “The Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt 7 to 8 p.m. May 19 at Gloria Dei Old Swedes’ Episcopal Church, 916 S. Swanson St.; and QVK9 holds a Yappy Hour 5:30 to 7 p.m. May 20 at the Bainbridge Street Barrel House, 625-627 S. Sixth St. 215-339-0975. info@qvna.org. qvna.org. n South of South Neighborhood Association, 1901 Christian St., E.M. Stanton presents a Spring Arts Festival 6 to 7:30 p.m.

May 15 at the Auditorium of the Academy at Palumbo, 11th and Catharine streets ($5 donation encouraged); holds a Bike Registration Event with the 17th Police district and the Safety Committee 10 a.m. to noon May 17 at Catharine Park, 22nd and Catharine streets; Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the church, 750-762 S. Broad St.; a Clean and Green meeting 7 to 8 p.m. May 20 at its office; and a Zoning Committee meeting 7 to 9 p.m. May 21 at the same location. southofsouth.org. 215-7328446. n South Philadelphia Prayer Community, through the Christian ministry of Shawn Lawler, hosts a “Jesus Christ Block Party” noon to 6 p.m. May 17th on the 400 block of Dudley St. SPR

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“I still get a kick out of writing,” the 75-year-old, who has touched and tormented thousands of readers with his reflections and opinions, said of his process. “It’s never stale and provides a form of personal therapy that I have valued having the opportunity to explore.”

The septuagenarian has added validity to claims that breakfast is the day’s most important meal, confessing that he composes his contributions after his morning dining sessions. With five decades in as a ponderer of national and local matters, he has noticed his output increasing in potency.

“I’m not as dogmatic, and I have obtained more life experience, obviously, so I’d say those factors have helped me to get my points across better,” Cardella said.

As he constantly considers his topics in advance, the wordsmith usually produces his copy quickly and has aimed for it to help his immersion into the community.

Never coveting complete agreement and certainly not seeking absolute rejection, the lifelong South Philly figure ultimately looks to encourage conversations as a discern-

LIFESTYLES ing, frequently humorous, occasionally cantankerous witness to neighborhood affairs, be they educational, political or recreational.

“I aim for variety in what I address,” Cardella said, divulging that his personal pieces count as his favorites, a stance that an impending collection of his columns will honor. “There have been major shifts in what compels us, but I think I’ve remained true to my attempts at being funny and entertaining.”

Upholding allegiance to his comedic nature has meant using a steady supply of self-deprecation and, since the early 1980s, calling upon Uncle Nunzio, a composite of numerous local individuals, including himself, to wax philosophical about themes such as loving, losing, aging, changing one’s views, disturbing the communal applecart and leaving a legacy.

Enamored with the Ernest Hemingwaylike notion of writing from the gut, he has proven to have a staunch stomach that has absorbed enough figurative punches to know he has succeeded as a fighter against the status quo.

“There have been some regrets and many more memorable moments,” Cardella said of his estimations of contemporary life.

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“One thing is for sure, though, I’ve always been committed to making people think, even if it’s been about the lighter sides of life.”

The respecTed wriTer has shared his sentiments with local denizens since August ’64, when then-owner Leon Levin had him helm a look at television programs.

After adding sports to his explored areas, he earned his superior’s favor enough to become a columnist, instigating a run that has garnered admirers and detractors galore.

“I didn’t go there with a long-term gig as a plan,” Cardella, who was living on the 2600 block of South Iseminger Street and working for the Defense Personnel Support Center, 20th and Johnston streets, said of commencing his journey with the paper. “Because of the career that I had going already, I just thought it could bring an extra sense of excitement.”

Having sought a position at the urging of his wife, Fran, with whom he celebrated 50 years of matrimony last week, he came to clash with Levin on content, as their political and cultural views differed, even leading him to quit for three months, but the latter eventually let the hire have con-

siderable leeway in devising his thoughts, which have appeared until the titles “Small Voices” and “People, Places and Things.”

“Sure, I had a period where I was arrogant, obnoxious and over the top,” Cardella said of less than stellar recollections of his freelance career. “However, we all grow up a little, some more than others, and realize we have to be willing to tackle what’s not necessarily our desired cup of tea.”

Though he has established himself as a local award-winning chronicler, the graduate of South Philadelphia High School, 2101 S. Broad St., and Temple University could have plied his trade in Louisiana or Nebraska, as they were among the places in which he pondered starting his professional existence. He forged affiliations with entities shortly after leaving the latter school and made compelling friendships, including one with longtime Philadelphia Eagles’ play-by-play announcer Merrill Reese. He and his pal went on to cover Philadelphia Big 5 basketball games, and though enthused about this and related tasks, Cardella left the field for a considerable time, returning at the behest of his peer.

“I’m very thankful for his encourage-

ment,” Cardella said of Reese, who helped him to secure pre- and post-game Eagles commentary and who benefits from his co-hosting turn for the Levittown-situated WBCB. “He’s very complimentary to me, which is definitely why I think of him as a great friend.”

With Reese and other renowned radio personalities, the eyes-and-ears of South Philly has enjoyed immense professional satisfaction, and through the love of his spouse, whose devotion includes giving him a kidney five years ago when he required a transplant, two children and as many grandchildren, he has reveled in experiencing so many unforgettable times and noting so many majesties and oddities of humanity that his mind figures to continue to crank out quality columns.

“I look at my idol, Vin Scully, and I realize there are so many factors in being able to put in so much time,” Cardella said. “For me, I’ve loved connecting with people on a range of topics and will look to do so for as long as the paper will let me. They’re going to have to hide all the keyboards for me not to wish to write.” SPR Contact Managing Editor Joseph Myers at jmyers@southphillyreview.com or ext. 124. Comment at southphillyreview.com/news/lifestyles.

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By Tom Cardella Columnist

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apartment on the same small street where my in-laws lived. In South Philadelphia, families lived within blocks of one another back then.

Your best friends were your cousins. Your idols were your aunts and uncles.

Reality hit me. Radio jobs were few and far between and didn’t pay enough for us to order the chopped sirloin at the Pub in town. I was a bored civil servant when my wife pointed out that maybe the weekly newspaper down the street from our apartment might be interested in hiring me as a writer. You might call it fate. I call it good advice from the former Miss Abbruzzese. It was August ’64, and the Phillies were heading toward their first pennant in 14 years, at least we thought so. Then a little known player — Chico Ruiz — came along and stole the heart of a desperate city.

Full disclosure. I was a Dodgers fan. My summer had been made when I saw Sandy Koufax throw a no-hitter at the Phillies in the aging park at 21st and Lehigh Avenue. Once Shibe Park, it had been renamed Connie Mack Stadium in honor of the great owner-manager of the Philadelphia Athletics. Mack wound up as a charter member of this city’s villains when he sold off members of his championship teams in the ’30s. The decline of the A’s followed as inevitably as my wife follows sales. The A’s eventually moved to Kansas City.

Along with several friends, we had mailed the Phillies our applications for ’64 World Series tickets. The Phils had opened what looked like an insurmountable lead. Our application was rejected, causing me to curse the team — ”I hope they don’t win another game.” I carry that guilt. My cry had conjured up from the depths of hell, the obscure Ruiz.

The Phillies had a six-and-a-half-game lead with 12 games left to play that fateful afternoon at their stadium. They were playing the Cincinnati Reds. There were two outs and two strikes on Frank Robinson. Hall of Famer Frank Robinson. Right-handed-hitting Frank Robinson. The baseball gods tell us that you don’t try to steal home with two strikes and a right-handed hitter at the plate, especially one who is named Frank Robinson. But that’s just what Ruiz did. “Safe” called the umpire. The math didn’t say so, but the Phillies died that afternoon and along with them an entire city looking for hope.

It is 50 years later. Race relations in Philadelphia aren’t perfect, but they are better than in ’64. We’re still singing Beatles songs. I became a Phillies fan sometime after the Dodgers left Brooklyn. Two world championships have dulled the pain of Ruiz. Frances Scroccarelli is still my date. I am still privileged to write this column.

It’s been a helluva ride. Thanks for taking it with me. SPR Comment at southphillyreview.com/opinion/ cardella.

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ou can call it the year that changed my life. All of us have a milestone year, but 1964 was a doozy for me. Got married to the love of my life. Began writing for the South Philly Review, which turned out to be the second great love of my life. When you think about it, that’s a helluva parlay.

Frances Scroccarelli should have been way out of my league. Hey, when the guys at the local Sons of Italy Lodge vote you Miss Abbruzzese, that has to tell you something. And you didn’t need the fingers on both hands to count the girls I had dated, which also tells you something. To get a church wedding in May at Stella Maris back then, one had to book the date a year in advance. Thus it was that we booked our wedding date of May 9, ’64 before we were even engaged.

When we married on May 9, ’64, the Democratic Party was already entrenched in Philadelphia. The reform days of Joseph Clark and Richardson Dilworth were long gone, replaced

by Mayor James H. J. Tate, a mediocre politician. Philadelphia seemed a dying city. Industry was fleeing the city faster than the Beatles were producing hits. A good-sized chunk of the population followed, looking for a safe haven in the suburbs.

That year, President Lyndon Johnson declared a War on Poverty as part of his Great Society. He signed the Civil Rights Act. But ’64 also was the year that race riots exploded across the nation. Our city was in the center of the storm. In the heat of August, violence ripped through Columbia Avenue. My father was a cop back then, a good cop, but a selfconfessed hot-headed cop. He was kept as far from the riots as possible.

We honeymooned in Bermuda. I managed to get both my arms severely burned during an alfresco lunch. The Beatles sang “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” but I just wanted to move my arms. “Hello Dolly” opened in New York.

A brash Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston for the World Heavyweight Title. I watched on closed circuit TV in Convention Hall. Either Sonny had aged 20 years before my eyes or he had tanked unceremoniously. Clay soon afterward joined the Nation of Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali, and as they say, the rest was history. They nailed Jimmy Hoffa for eight years for jury tampering. The Ford Mustang was introduced.

We settled into married life in a duplex

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nybody my age will tell you Valentine’s Day wasn’t as big a deal when we were growing up. People didn’t buy expensive jewelry for their sweethearts — maybe an inexpensive little charm from places like Barr’s Jewelers, more likely gold-filled than 14K. And they certainly didn’t decorate their windows with mischievous cupids or ubiquitous hearts with an arrow going through them. Decorating the front of your house was reserved for Christmas.

People did pretty much what my dad did for Mom. He was a tough-as-nails cop, but he had a sentimental streak as wide as the Rio Grande. A terror on the mean streets of Philadelphia, he wrote songs and painted pictures of serene beach scenes or ballerinas standing on their toes. For Valentine’s Day he would always buy Mom the biggest greeting card he could find. As loving as Mom could be, she was a cynic at heart and she received Dad’s huge greeting card with a measure of skepticism. “Could you find something bigger?” she would say.

Dad would get this sheepish look on his face, and out would come the gigantic candy heart.

In those days, all the chain drug stores sold Whitman’s Chocolates in various size hearts for Valentine’s Day. The smaller sizes were merely cardboard heart-shaped containers, but the really big hearts were quite fancy and wrapped in satin. Dad always bought her the largest satin heart he could find.

Mom, being the cynic she was, was not easy in accepting the heart. She would complain about needing to lose weight and could not resist reminding Dad he was the one with a sweet tooth, as she put it. In fairness to Dad, it was not easy to buy a romantic gift for Mom. Sexy lingerie was out of the question Dad found out much to his disappointment one year. He also tried flowers, but flowers reminded her of a funeral parlor. At least with chocolates he could share in the gift. Actually it was Dad, as I remember it, who eventually wound up eating most of the chocolates.

Mom always reminded him she made him an Easter basket when that holiday rolled around because otherwise Dad

would make a small slit in the cellophane enclosing our baskets and the bunnies and chicks would mysteriously disappear one by one. Thereafter, Mom gave in to Dad’s taste for sweets so we would stop complaining that he was raiding our Easter baskets, but she always reminded him about it.

Dad was really the most scrupulously honest man I’ve ever known. He was a cop who obeyed the law and he scorned other cops who took advantage of their positions to park illegally or mooch free food from local eateries. The only larceny in his heart pertained to sweets. He not only engaged in petty theft of everything from Mom’s chocolate valentine to the marshmallow chicks in our Easter baskets, but he also raided the refrigerator at all hours of the night and whole pies would disappear before the morning light.

Faced with questions about the vanishing sweets, Dad would remind us he grew up in a house with four other brothers and you had to develop a “boardinghouse reach” to survive.

It was amazing Dad thought he had to justify his ravenous craving for sweets.

He risked his life on the job each and every day, and took care of the bills, with nary a late payment. He was the breadwinner, yet he felt in his heart that chocolates from us was something to which he really wasn’t entitled.

We, even Mom, understood the importance of the size of Dad’s gifts on Valentine’s Day. The huge card would sit in the dining room next to the huge satin heart weeks after Feb. 14 had passed, even after the chocolates were but a distant memory. It was as if the physical size of the gift represented his love for Mom. It was the only way he could express it, and she knew it.

Every once in awhile I come across one of those big satin hearts and it reminds me of my parents — the cynic and the romantic whose love endured the wear and tear of all those years. If they taught us anything, they taught us how to love.

And the chocolates weren’t half bad either. SPR Comment at www.southphillyreview.com/opinion/ cardella.

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here was this song when we were kids that went something like, “You get no bread with one meatball.” That was the earliest recorded sighting of the Atkins Diet.

Dr. Atkins came up with this bright idea that you could lose weight if only you stayed away from bread, pasta and cannoli. This is what passes for insight in America? This is like telling a man to stay away from fast women and slow horses and your marriage will last longer. You, too, can publish a selfhelp book and make a million bucks.

I know this Atkins thing is all the rage, but it can’t be catching on in South Philly, the kingdom of carbs. If everybody is on Atkins, how come I have to wait in a line a half-mile long to get a loaf of bread from one of the bakeries around here?

At an early age, you must choose whether you’re a Cacia, a Lanci, a Sarcone — well, you get the idea. Living in South Philly is a lot like living in the border states during the Civil War. Brother was pitted against brother, fathers against sons, based on whether they were loyal to the Union. In South Philly, the bread war divides families based upon loyalties to bakeries.

The dinner table becomes a battleground as arguments are waged in support of the more slender seeded loaf from Sarcone’s or one of those fat, crusty loaves from Lanci’s that looks like a NASA spaceship. Atkins doesn’t have a chance as the adherents of Cacia’s pepperoni stromboli face off against those who die for the offerings of area pizzerias. Uncle Nunzi doesn’t speak to two of his cousins because he doesn’t like their taste in bread. What happened to the business about bread being the staff of life? You’re a man, you want to do without your staff?

Sure, we can lose weight by not eating pasta, but at what price happiness? When I eat a nice plate of ravioli or gnocchi, even President Bush doesn’t seem like such a bad guy.

My heart overflows with love for humanity at the first bite of my wife’s feathery light manicotti. This guy Atkins, you telling me he was a happy man? Uncle says he must have been a communist trying to ruin our way of life. What kind of a life was it, even if he was a famous diet doctor, when people argued over whether he died fat or thin? Uncle says, “Dead is dead.”

What did Atkins have against a nice Italian cream cake? Uncle believes the guy must’ve gotten a soggy cannoli one time and it made the good doctor a bitter man. Was Atkins a real doctor? He became rich, but did he still make house calls? Did he say anything about the malpractice insurance being too high or was he fixated on whether a couple of rolls are “bad” for us?

Look, we in South Philly know as well as everybody else the importance of good carbs versus bad carbs. Good carbs is when it’s Italian and it tastes good. Bad carbs is like the food they serve in Irish pubs. That’s why if

you live in the suburbs and you want good carbs, you come to South Philly to eat.

To paraphrase that saint — Vince Lombardi — good eating isn’t everything, it’s the only thing. Our holidays would be nothing without carbohydrates. Easter is around the corner.

Tell me you’re not going to eat Easter bread.

Tell me you’re going to tell your wife, “No ham pies, no ricotta pies this year, honey.”

Tell me you’re not going to start off your Easter dinner with a half-dozen manicotti before you tackle the ham. Tell me you’re going to tell everybody at the dinner table, “Sorry, I’m on the Atkins Diet.” Maybe you can get away with that in Chestnut Hill. It doesn’t fly around here.

You think Joe DiMaggio would have hit in 56 straight games without eating bread or pasta? What, was Joe D. overweight? According to Uncle, that’s why these athletes today resort to steroids to build up their strength when all they need is another dish of linguine.

This Jason Giambi, he doesn’t understand this? Who’s the greatest singer in the world?

Pavarotti. How long you think he was on the Atkins Diet before he went for some lasagna?

Sinatra was even better once he put some flesh on his bones.

I don’t want to leave you thinking that Atkins only attacked the Italian culture with his diet. This man was even against bagels. You mean to tell me he ate his lox without a bagel? This man gave up that wonderful taste of a toasted water bagel lathered with cream cheese? Even Uncle, who is not a man to cross ethnic lines in his food tastes, knows the value of a good bagel.

Atkins didn’t stop there. He tried to get people to eat their corned beef without rye bread.

You try to eat a “special” with the corned beef, cole slaw and Russian dressing, but without bread. You talk about sloppy. This Atkins, he must have had a lot of stained ties.

If all of this is not subversive enough, Atkins was anti-Philadelphia. I hate to speak ill of the dead, but what else can you call a man who was against the soft pretzel? Uncle, being a master of economic theory, also wants you to understand the ripple effect on the companies that make mustard and mayo, or worse, what the loss of bread would do to the olive oil industry. There is regrettably already a scarcity of virgins in America. We don’t want to see the “extra virgin” become extinct.

Uncle has become like one of the patriots during the American Revolution. Like Thomas Paine, he is thinking of publishing a pamphlet titled Common Sense that will implore our citizens not to surrender to the Atkins Diet. He has asked me to be his Paul Revere and ride through our streets hollering, “No bread, no life.” I don’t ride, but I have agreed to walk.

In the end, it comes down to not letting your gravy get lonely. SPR Comment at www.southphillyreview.com/opinion/ cardella.

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ow strange and haunting this experience of returning home. It shouldn’t have been that difficult.

It was only seven years since he had left home to get married. He still lived in South Philadelphia. This was not like the author Thomas Wolfe returning to the home of his parents in North Carolina after tasting the fame and excesses of New York. But yet he found that once you leave home, the distance could not be measured merely in city blocks or calendar years.

Now he was going back — back through the years of his life, as surely as if he were traveling in some sort of time machine.

The familiar streets and houses glided by, and yet they were unfamiliar too, like the face of a friend that you haven’t seen in many years. The bright, well-kept little houses of his childhood had grown old.

The paint had peeled off the house fronts like so many layers of dead skin. They were sad houses, beckoning like weeping willows in mournful repose.

He passed Sixth and Moyamensing where the Ideal Theater, an old movie house used to stand, a place that held the dark, dank mystery of childhood, of Saturday afternoons spent with Abbott and Costello. Next to the movie house had been Sherman’s, a tiny candy store, a hole in the wall with soft pretzels that he liked to eat with Sherman’s sweet, chunky water ice. Now there was only a vacant lot, scarred and pitted with rocks and rubble, a playground barely begun and then abandoned when the money ran out, a lot where stray cats came to die amidst last week’s newspapers.

At Fifth and Jackson, he remembered Stein’s grocery store with its great hunks of sweet butter, garlicky pickles in barrels, and corned beef sliced so thin you could almost see through it. He could still taste those deli treats. In place of Stein’s Deli was a laundromat where sullen people washed their clothes and cloaked their despair in silence.

It was a summer night, but no one sat outside anymore. The advent of air conditioning moved people indoors as much as the threat of violence. The warmth of South Philadelphia had cooled because of air conditioning.

The house next door to his folks had been abandoned. Unruly grass protruded wildly through the cracked pavement.

He remembered the house next door as a wonderful home. The occupants, were a Jewish couple, refugees from Cuba whose lives had enriched our own lives. We lived next door. The Golds were people who went about their lives with quiet dignity, who graced the neighborhood with their simple lives, and who died within weeks of one another because the one thing they couldn’t face was life without one another. Their clean, neat little home was now faded and had changed into the battered old building in front of him. Deserted by life, the house stood dark and desolate, a crypt for the ghosts of his childhood.

Once inside his parent’s home, it seemed as if everything was touched by the wispy strands of time. The dog barked out back.

The puppy which his sister had yearned for all her life, a surprise which Dad had tiptoed past Mom, was now a heavy, aging dog which didn’t even bother to acknowledge his presence.

In his room, he poked around the bookshelves. He found some old term papers from his college days, papers full of superficial logic and smart-ass “wisdom.” He peered out the back window. A vision of the kids he grew up with flashed across his mind like an old movie, Spots, Sal, Maury, all grown and probably married. He felt the rush of time grab at his throat, felt the quickness of life, as he stared out his back window at the once familiar backyards where strangers now lived.

He fell asleep that night in the bed where he had dreamed boyhood dreams of greatness, but his dreams had faded and did not return that night. Instead he felt only the hard and unfamiliar mattress.

Not many days later, he left and knew that it was for good this time. The old neighborhood was dying and ashamedly he was embarrassed to be witness to it.

The neighborhood had fought bravely, but now it was just tired, so like a cancer patient it slowly wasted away. “Home” had become a place where people no longer traveled after dark.

As he passed the corner, the wind blew across a vacant lot, rustling newspapers and causing the broken glass of discarded beer bottles to tinkle crazily like chimes.

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n South Philadelphia, it’s a real status symbol to marry into a family that owns a home at the Shore. So for 19 years, when people ask me where I’m going for a vacation, I puff out my chest and with a sly wink I say, “My wife’s family has a place in Wildwood.” What I don’t tell them is that I get to sleep in the non-air conditioned attic.

Seashore attics have a smell all their own. The odor of my mother-in-law’s attic smells like the good ship Bounty after six months at sea. This attic, I think was designed for Quasimodo, “The Hunchback Of Notre Dame.” It’s the kind of place where you expect Charles Laughton to leap out at you with Maureen O’Hara in his arms.

Of course, I’m only kidding. I love this attic. I love the little things like bumping my head in the middle of the night, while trying to find my slippers. I like the sound of the thud as head meets plaster.

The attic is painted a bilious green that sort of fits its personality. When you wake up in the morning, you think you’re inside the liver of Ray Milland in “The Lost Weekend.” But what I like most about the attic is the delightful variety of temperatures you experience when you sleep here.

We’re not talking ordinary hot and cold, folks. When it’s hot and you stretch out on the bed, you are instantly transformed into a slab of crisp bacon. My wife puts me on a plate with two fried eggs and serves me to my kids, and no one even notices. I must say that I look beautiful when I curl while crisping. Sometimes, you catch one of those cold, damp seashore nights, the kind where when you reach for the covers in the middle of the night, all you can find is a thin sheet that barely prevents rigor mortis from setting in.

The attic is at its most adventurous during a storm. The acoustics are such that a little thunder sounds as if Buddy Rich were sitting outside your window. Buddy has played some of his best solos on the attic roof around 2 a.m. As a bonus, all the sounds from the street carry up to the attic while you’re sleeping. During the wee small hours of a summer morning, you can

swear that teenagers are busy filming their own version of “American Graffiti.” Their voices waft through our attic window with a clarity that puts Memorex to shame. I’ve heard Kathy break up with John and then heard them make up the following weekend.

There is no plumbing in the attic. This means if you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, you must first travel down a perilous flight of stairs. What makes your descent even more fun are the shopping bags, plumbing tools, brooms, and jars of homemade tomato gravy that occupy most of the free space. To make things more interesting, you can’t flick on the lights because you’ll disturb your spouse who has been lucky enough to fall asleep. Not to worry, my wife could’ve slept through the Normandy landing. Minefields are easier to traverse. Modesty prevents me from telling you how many times I have opted to use an empty Maggio’s Ricotta can that I strategically keep by the bed.

There is a certain undeniable charm about the Wildwood attic. Maybe it’s the way the slat of the bed drops away in the middle of the night leaving you with your feet in the air and your head resting snugly between the mattress and headboard.

Maybe it’s the gag that both of you stuff in your mouth when you make love so you don’t wake up the entire house. One time my brother-in-law got up at four in the morning to go fishing and wound up cheering us on. Maybe it’s the mattress itself with its mischievous crevice in the center that allows you and your wife to go bump in the night. Maybe it’s the clothes rack, that is so delicately balanced, that the mere removal of a short sleeve shirt will cause it to topple over. Let me tell you, there is nothing quite as much fun as being buried under an avalanche of smartly styled summer clothing. Come to think of it, my in-laws could rent the attic to the Green Berets to use for basic training.

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My father’s song for my mother never gave him a lot of credit for creating something wonderful, something out of the very depths of his soul for our mother.

Mom herself is a woman who doles out praise sparingly, but even she was moved

by Dad’s song about her.

Down through the years, Dad would suddenly begin singing his song. I guess that song got him out of the dog house more than a few times. Dad was a dreamer. He dreamed that eventually he could get Buddy Greco or Martino to record his song. He dreamt of all of the ways that he could convince them to record that song.

He wanted to hear his song sung by a great balladeer, accompanied by 100 violins.

What’s funny is that except for that hit by the Turtles, I’ve never heard a song about a girl named Eleanor. I love the Turtles song, but it just didn’t capture Mom. Their song doesn’t have the wistful charm of my father’s song for my mother.

I often thought of that song now that is gone, unrecorded, written down on a scrap of paper already lost in time. I searched my memory and the words came back to me as if he wrote them yesterday. I decided that there would come a night when I would surprise my mother and sing my father’s song to her.

That night came. We were all sitting in a little Italian restaurant, enjoying the conversation and good food. The moment seemed right. I made sure that I sang the song softly so none of the restaurant’s patrons could hear me. I have inherited my father’s singing voice for good or ill. And to the petite lady, who looks as good as the day that my father wrote the song, I sang these words.

Eleanor, it’s you I adore. What more can I say?

Eleanor, it’s you I miss throughout the day.

And when nightfall comes, I’m yearning for you.

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y Uncle Nunzi says everything with this president is missing. He can’t find weapons of mass destruction.

He can’t find Osama bin Laden.

He can’t find Saddam. This administration has been all about looking for things they know are there, but they can’t find. Three days ago, half of Bush’s cabinet couldn’t find their car keys.

Uncle swears he saw Bush at the recent St. Anthony’s Festival at St. Monica’s.

He claims he saw a guy in a gray suit and wearing a red tie who looked as if he didn’t belong in the parish, and that he was chewing on a cannoli and pinning a dollar bill on the saint’s statue. I admit the likelihood is farfetched, but I ask you, is it any more farfetched than Saddam showing up in the middle of the war strolling in the marketplace and kissing babies?

Furthermore, Uncle says if it was Bush, it is a good thing. Uncle has long advocated that the president turn to St. Anthony to at least help him find the WMD. St. Anthony, for Uncle and a lot of my family, is really the patron saint of the lost and found. I’m not sure this is what St. Anthony had in mind when he was canonized, but that’s what he’s stuck with, and he’s making the best of it.

Bush has tried everything else. Before the war, the White House claimed it had a map showing exactly where the WMD was hidden. It’s to the left of Yusef’s Pharmacy at 55th and Baath Boulevard. Another chunk is under an oceanfront apartment on Suicide Drive. The rest, Saddam’s son is keeping in the back pocket of a brown suit he wears only to bar mitzvahs, which means he doesn’t wear it too often.

Every few days, either the president or Ari Fleischer (who’s quitting soon because he knows a dead-end job when he sees one) anxiously announce that the search in Iraq has yielded the WMD, Saddam, one of Saddam’s sons or a great brunch spot near one of the palaces. The inevitable disappointment soon follows. The WMD turn out to be some leftover parts from a game of Legos, and the DNA on Saddam and his sons actually came from the body parts of a pizza deliveryman who got caught in one of the palace bombing raids.

The president is clearly frustrated. He’s got nine Democrats running for his job,

and they’re nipping at his hindquarters.

The Democrats couldn’t find Iraq on the map before all this began and suddenly they’re experts. Howard Dean thought WMD was an acronym for “white male doctor.” Al Sharpton was sure the “W” stood for “white.”

Uncle is right. This is clearly a job for St. Anthony. I know Bush is not a Catholic and Uncle has forgiven him for that.

But lots of non-Catholics I know have turned to St. Anthony to find things. Who else are they going to turn to, especially if they live in one of those ritzy sections that don’t even have a lost and found?

I understand the political fallout that will occur once the New York Times reports that Bush is praying to St. Anthony. But the Times is hardly in a judgmental position these days. Think Jayson Blair. Besides, Nancy Reagan used an astrologer and got away with it for eight years. St. Anthony has a better track record.

I think Uncle Nunzi may be on to something. If the liberal media blasts Bush for praying to St. Anthony, Fox News could counter with Bill O’Reilly charging that the president is the victim of an atheistic news media. Between the economy and Iraq, the president really needs to become a sympathetic figure instead of the nebbish he’s turned out to be. Besides, in 2004 — better than St. Anthony — Bush has the Supreme Court on his side if they screw up the ballots in Florida again.

Be aware, however, that even St. Anthony won’t be able to locate Saddam’s nuclear bombs, because apparently Cheney and Rumsfeld were lying through their capped teeth about it. I know this shocks older Americans such as myself who lived through the Lyndon Johnson-Richard Nixon-Bill Clinton years — that the White House might on occasion lie to us — but we’ve learned it might mean we get another Robert Redford-Dustin Hoffman movie, and that’s all that matters.

If St. Anthony solves the Iraq dilemma for Bush, maybe he can use the saint’s help to bring peace to the Middle East. On second thought, he might need St. Jude for that one. SPR Comment cardella.

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y father was not the kind of man whom you would expect to write a love song. He was a tough cop, 35 commendations for bravery.

Spent seven years on the Narcotics Squad banging down doors in the middle of the night, looking in flushing toilets for heroin. Got through 20 years of the Police Department, dodging knife-wielding crazies, going mano et mano with brutal thugs, getting transferred out to the sticks for ticketing the car of some big-shot politician. He got flipped who knows how many feet when his police motorcycle was hit by a bus. Yet there was this soft side to him. He would go down to the basement for hours on end painting tender scenes of seagulls flying over beaches or ballerinas dancing on their toes.

I don’t know when exactly he got this idea of writing a song for my mother. He didn’t show it to anyone while he was composing the song. I’m not sure how long it took him. He had no formal musical training so he had to memorize the tune once he had it right. Then he wrote the lyrics about this petite blonde lady, my mother and named it after her — Eleanor.

We didn’t have a piano in the house so there was no musical accompaniment when he introduced the song to us. He recorded his song on my tape recorder over and over again until he felt the song sounded the way he wanted it. My father didn’t have a great voice. I thought he sounded a little like George Burns. But he loved to croon the romantic ballads of the day, singing along with his 78 rpm recordings of Art Lund, a young Tony Bennett, Dick Lee, Al Martino, and Don Cornell.

What he lacked in range, he made up in feeling.

One night, I think it was on my mother’s birthday, he introduced the song to us. It was a bit repetitious, maybe not as complete as one of those songs you hear on the radio, but he stunned us with its simplicity and beauty. Kids being who they are, we

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The male obsession

ontrary to popular belief, a man’s best friend is not a dog. It is not his wife, his car or even football. For most men, their best friend is actually their own body part that lies south of the border (and you thought Sinatra was paying tribute to Mexico when he sang that song). This essential truth is the only way females can hope to understand the recent trials and tribulations of U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner and of men like him, which is to say, most of us.

Weiner’s name was actually “Smith.” but because of his infatuation with a certain part of himself, he legally changed his name to Weiner. It also is true that Weiner will not be the last man caught lying about his penis. In fact, so many men lie about sex it is expressly written into the U.S. Constitution (by men) that this is one of our inalienable rights. It is called the Clinton Amendment.

If you don’t believe me, see how Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas votes when you bring it before the Supreme Court.

Men always lie about their sexual prowess.

George Washington lied to Martha about the size of his cannon. Even Wilt Chamberlain exaggerated when he claimed to have slept with 20,000 women in his lifetime. If his claim were true, statisticians figured out Wilt would have had little time for anything else. The NBA games in which he participated would have included sex during the timeouts — even the 20 second timeouts.

As badly as Weiner has behaved, he knows he is not alone.

There is seemingly a vast army of men out there sending obscene photos of themselves on Twitter. The male obsession with his penis is one of the few stabilizing factors preventing our economy from free fall.

Imagine how sales of cell phones with little cameras would decline if men stopped taking pictures of their own genitals. Twitter would fritter away without aging males pursuing young women with shots of their willies.

In a man’s mind, all it takes to seduce a woman is to flash his proudest possession.

We have this innate ability to read the female psyche. We know one peek and we can save on the flowers and dinner. Just ask Brett Favre. It is an axiom of male belief that women swoon at the sight of our pride and joy. Of course, women snicker at such thoughts.

Only two men — Larry David and Richard Lewis — have discovered the real truth (refer to a famous scene in “Curb Your Enthusiasm”). Unless we are paying for sex, women have to love us and tolerate our private parts. Their main reaction is to stifle a chuckle because they know how sensitive

we are about these things. Some women have told me in order to simulate excitement at seeing the male body part, they fantasize about handbags and shoes.

Famous men are even more famous for exposing themselves. The thought is the more famous we are, the more interested you are in seeing our magnificent object. Incidentally, if you should see a hunched over man, odds are his poor posture is due to hours of staring at his own johnson.

Once in a relationship with a man, you find out men like to give their penis a nickname.

You may think this is a bit odd until you learn this practice goes back to the days of Ben Franklin who called his “lightning rod.”

This is why men have explained away sexual indiscretions by pleading their big boy has a life of its own. Some men have even taken to buying name books, designed for expecting parents, to assist them in choosing a name.

The most original name selected last year was Mercutio. Later, it was revealed the selectee was an aspiring Shakespearean actor.

Men view their penis as a separate entity with its own personality. If a man were a ventriloquist, he would probably make his thingy talk. Edgar Bergen threw his voice below his waist and it is how he came up with Charlie McCarthy. It is also how the nickname “woody” came about. The next sequel of “Sex and the City” will be about a penis that talks.

The tradition (if indeed that is what it is) of this male obsession usually begins in school locker rooms. Nude boys quickly learn not everyone is created equal. If females find men unduly cynical, this is because early on we find out one of our most cherished principles is pure baloney. Males separate themselves into two lifelong categories — the haves and the have-nots. This principle was founded on the inequality of the male sex organ is the basis of the difference between our two political parties.

Republicans believe being well-endowed means you are superior and entitled to low taxes and premium health care. Democrats insist we must help the have-nots by paying for drugs that help sexual disfunction.

You might ask if men love their own peter so much, why aren’t all men gay? The crucial difference between gay and straight men is that straight men are only interested in their own.

I admit I have posted an image of myself wearing briefs on a social networking site.

Apparently my photo was less impressive than Weiner’s because the only responses I received were from Pfizer and a local nursing home. SPR Comment at www.southphillyreview.com/opinion/ cardella.

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hy 1956, you ask? Because it was a year of transition for me and a lot of people I know. It was a year we learned from Elvis what it was like to visit a place right at the end of Lonely Street called Heartbreak Hotel.

It was a year when Norma Jeane legally became Marilyn Monroe and married Arthur Miller. How could a guy with glasses replace the Yankee Clipper?, the guys on the corner wanted to know.

In ’56 no one I loved had died. They were all alive and loving, even Grandpop.

We were all invincible in ’56. On a Sunday morning, you could smell the meatballs frying in my grandmother’s kitchen (can I have mine without gravy?). We still went to church and believed in things like happy endings. Wasn’t the pizza just grand from the bakery just a block or so from Epiphany?

Grace Kelly officially became a princess and the guys on the corner at Ninth and Wolf had an opinion about that. We had an opinion about everything. We recognized a girl who would put out just by the way she walked, or so we bragged while steeped in our loneliness.

Loneliness was not a seasonal thing. It came to you on a soft summer night, even when you were surrounded by guys in front of Johnny Williams’ luncheonette (Johnny’s secret was he saved the wax paper from the wafer-thin steaks he used for his cheesesteaks and used them over and over again). Loneliness came to you in the dead of winter when you couldn’t stand outside on the corner too long before going inside, where you had to spend money playing pinball. Loneliness was even with you when you rode with a bunch of guys in Andrew’s red-and-white stick-shift Chevy.

You rode until you ran out of money for gas — there was no particular destination, just riding until the loneliness subsided a little bit.

Martin and Lewis performed together one last time at the Copa, but we never got there. New York might have been a million miles away. We were learning the wisdom of the world from the older guys on the corner, like if you touched a girl in the right spot they couldn’t turn you down.

We were not bothered much by the news Soviet troops had crushed the brave rebellion in Hungary while America averted its eyes in shame. We were busy in the schoolyard where, in summer, we lived from

morning until night. We were schoolyard athletes who never owned a glove, basketball or football — we borrowed them from the younger kids and sometimes even let them play. On quiet Sundays in summer, the wise guys took over the schoolyard.

Hair slicked back, puffing on cigarettes and wearing taps on their shoes, they shot craps while posting a lookout.

In winter, we shoveled ice and snow off the basketball court while Ike beat Adlai to remain our president for four more years.

No matter how cold, we played with our coats off and never got sick. Like I told you, we were invincible. Basketball was played half-court style where the first threeman team to reach 12 won the right to keep playing. Sculli’s left-handing hook shots went in off the backboard and Sonny, who didn’t drive, swooped toward the basket.

The only way we stopped him was to elbow him in the face as he went by.

Our soundtrack was Buddy Holly and Elvis and please don’t step on our blue suede shoes and if you met long tall Sally you knew she was built for speed and had everything that Uncle John needs, oh baby!

We listened to Wibbage, where Hyski and the Rockin’ Bird reigned. But with all the music, most of us still couldn’t dance if you pointed a gun to our heads.

Our social life consisted of crashing weddings on a Saturday night in the eternal hope of meeting chicks. And, while we were at it, another sign of the changing times hit us when Floyd Patterson replaced the retired Rocky Marciano as champ. Our only consolation was Rocky retired undefeated.

It all changed that fall. Some of us started college and guys started drifting away from the corner. They pass before my eyes now. The guys with the crazy nicknames whose real names I never knew — Fatty Lou, Ginger Beer, Danny Ryan and Cabbie Ryan (they weren’t related), Blondie and Shmay. Guys with whom I became lifelong friends, like Salvi, and guys like Mikey Deets, Voci, Trombetta, Madden and Ricky the Queer (the word “gay” meant happy then) who have disappeared into the ozone of my life. The seminarians and mobsters, the nuclear science professor and the guy who knew how to scam unemployment — all of us together in 1956, when our world was amazingly young. SPR Comment at www.southphillyreview.com/opinion/ cardella.

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hen we look back upon our lives as youths, it is much like looking through the reverse end of a telescope. Not only was life obviously different because there was no television, VCRs, computers, or air conditioning, there was also a different code of behavior. Viewed through the prism of time, we are, in some ways, as citizens of the 90s, as different from our parents as aliens from another planet.

Men were free to smoke and most did. Women had begun smoking in significant numbers during the war years, but the older generation had never found smoking among females acceptable social behavior. Women had not yet come a very long way, baby. This unwritten code led to a benign deception in our family. My mom and all of her sisters smoked, but not around my grandfather. In fact, even his daughter-inlaw did not smoke around him. They didn’t acknowledge in his presence that tobacco ever touched their lips.

My grandfather was a wonderful patriarch.

He was widowed early in his marriage when my mother was only 7. His passions were his family, his garden in the back of his South Philadelphia row home where he grew corn and tended his fig tree, wrestling and baseball, in that order.

He mixed his wine with Frank’s Cream Soda, which means that he was making spritzers years before they were invented. In short, Grandpop was a forward thinking man, except on the issue of women smoking, especially his own daughters. The fact Grandpop himself liked to puff on a cigar or that both of his sons openly smoked, didn’t seem at all to him at odds with his belief that women should be nicotine-free.

He had four daughters — really five — because his daughter-in-law was also a daughter to him. Tobacco, being the addiction that it is, did not respect family tradition. The urge to smoke overcame the noblest of intentions. The craving would not wait until Grandpop was not around.

Our houses were small, privacy not being one of the uppermost considerations when they were constructed. There were no secret passageways, as in the old mystery movies of the era, where one could hide while smoking. The only citadel of privacy was the bathroom.

You can question the logic of his daughters who believed that they could smoke in the bathroom and yet not have their cigarette smoke betray their secret to Grandpop. I have questioned their logic myself as I have sorted through these memories over the years. One comes to the inevitable conclusion that they had no choice.

That was why, during a typical family gathering, along about the middle of the evening, his daughters would disappear one at a time, and head for the bathroom. Each would reappear

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with their guilt clearly visible on their faces.

In the meantime, grandpop would wait until all five women had paid homage to the tobacco leaf, and then head upstairs for the bathroom.

His daughters would react with shocked expressions, as if this bit of Kabuki theater had never played out before. The tiny bathroom, by now, was filled with clouds of fresh cigarette smoke.

By comparison, a pool hall would have been considered environmentally pristine. Grandpop would have to be lucky not to trip over the bathtub in the dense haze.

The minutes dragged by interminably. These poor women tortured themselves worrying that Grandpop had discovered their secret. Finally, he would return to his easy chair. He never said a word about the smoke in the bathroom.

In his own way, Grandpop was part of this bit of theater. The scene was repeated all through their lives with his daughters sneaking away to smoke in the bathroom, while he pretended not to notice.

There were several close calls that almost ended this quaint charade. His son and daughter-in-law lived next door. One night, when the gang was gathered in their home, Grandpop unexpectedly entered through the kitchen door in the rear of the house. Aunt Mary, who for some reason always seemed to be the one most vulnerable to being caught, was puffing away contentedly as Grandpop came through the door. For one dreaded moment, they were face to face.

Family respect hung perilously in the balance.

Aunt Mary quickly flicked her cigarette into the kitchen sink, almost hitting Grandpop in the nose. He turned away as if it never happened.

There was even a closer call, and again it involved poor Aunt Mary. She was immersed in a conversation on the second floor of my Aunt Ange’s home on Mildred Street, again enjoying a cigarette. There is no explanation for why she reacted to the ringing of the doorbell by throwing her lit cigarette out of the second floor window. Grandpop was standing with his finger on the bell when the tiny tobacco missile came hurtling out of the window above him, carrying the tell-tale trace of blood red lipstick. The cigarette hit with the deadly accuracy of Jimmy Doolittle dropping bombs over Tokyo in World War II. And for a moment, our world stopped.

Surely now, Grandpop would confront his harried daughter. But he entered the house quietly and never uttered a word about it.

As a young boy, I learned a valuable lesson that night, the value of which would not become fully apparent until I was much older. There I sat with my mother and my aunts, none of whom would ever disrespect their father by smoking in front of him. And there he sat, in all his silver haired nobility, knowing that this kind of respect was more important than whether they smoked or not.

I live my life hoping that I too can someday earn that measure of respect from my kids.

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A boy and his dog (Note: This column earned me a $5 raise from my boss, the late Leon Levin, the original owner of the South Philadelphia Review). If you knew Mr. Levin, you know the story must have really moved him because raises were not a frequent habit in which he indulged his staff.

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teven Lerario is 11. If he had lived when Mark Twain was around, Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer would have had another companion.

Steven’s favorite past times are collecting tropical fish and crabbing off the Wildwood pier during summer vacation. But Steven’s idea of a really big time is romping with his pet dog. The only problem is Steven doesn’t own a dog.

Steven has spent the better part of his 11 years trying to persuade his mother that a pet dog would be just the addition to complete the family household. His mother isn’t buying it. It’s not that she’s mean, but unfortunately for Steven, she has that city-bred dislike of pets. When she imagines a pet dog, she sees a messy yard and odiferous home.

The greatest moment in Steven’s life arrived almost unnoticed. It seemed like any other morning as he set off down the street on his newspaper route. It was a morning for thinking about the hot summer days ahead, of bike riding and fishing. Not a school book in sight. Suddenly, Steven felt as if something were following him. It turned out to be a redhead — the only kind of redhead that means anything to an 11-year-old boy -— a floppy-eared, sad-eyed, part cocker spaniel, part unknown, tail-wagging dog. It was love at first sight.

That afternoon, Steven faced his greatest challenge — how to convince his mother to accept his new friend, whom he had dubbed Max. You might think “Max” is an unusual name for a dog, but Steven had named the dog in honor of his favorite TV character, Maxwell Smart. So Steven delivered one of the great legal briefs of his life. He was F. Lee Bailey, Melvin Belli, and even a little of Perry Mason thrown in as well. His purpose was to convince Mom to keep Max. Mom succumbed, as moms tend to do on such occasions. Max had found a new home.

The next week was a frantic, wonderful, magical, maddening week. Max needed a dog house, so Steven Lerario alias F. Lee Bailey, became Hyman Korman,

the builder. Max wound up with his own split-level doghouse. Max needed food, so Steven dug into his newsboy earnings, combed the neighborhood stores, and carefully compared prices. “Saved 10 cents,” said the nation’s newest consumer advocate, Steven Lerario.

Steven kept Max out of his Mom’s path all week. He figured that it might take some time before she actually would fall in love with Max as he had. He had no doubt of her eventual surrender to Max’s charms. Right now he was satisfied with Mom’s neutrality on the subject. To give Max his due credit, he acted like a perfect gentleman through it all. His bathroom habits were impeccable. He refrained from leaping on to the tempting terrain of the Lerario’s new couch. Max was so good that Steven even took him to visit Aunt Frannie, affectionately known in the family as the “fusspot.” He even took Max to see his grandmother, whom he knew had passed her anti-dog feelings on to her daughters.

Things just could not have been better as Steven ventured out one day on his newspaper route with Max tagging behind him.

But into such happy circumstances dark clouds sometimes gather, and so it was to be with Steven and Max. While tossing a newspaper on to a step, the door opened and a kind faced woman appeared. Before Steven knew quite what was happening, Max took off and made for the lady.

“Rusty,” she called, “where have you been? I’ve been looking all over you.”

Steven’s heart sank. Max ignored him and licked the lady’s hand. Oh perfidious canine, oh Benedict Arnold with the floppy ears, oh Max — oh Rusty — how could you?

The lady explained that the dog belonged to her and her children had really missed him. She said that Rusty had just disappeared one day and she thought that she would never see him again. She congratulated Steven on the good care he had obviously given her dog. She said a lot of other things, but Steven no longer heard them. The lady plunked a five dollar bill in Steven’s hand as a reward, but he barely noticed.

He had to get out of there fast before the tears in the corners of his eyes started running down his cheeks and betrayed his manhood. He would’ve been OK when he got home if he hadn’t looked at the empty doghouse. SPR Comment at southphillyreview.com/opinion/cardella.

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but it also raises awareness of MS and why the fight against MS is so important.”

The inaugural event brought in close to $100,000 and this year’s goal is to double that fundraising effort. Recently, progress spurred by heightened awareness proves that events like Preakness at the Piazza can have an effect on the lives of the approximately 14,000 people in the Greater Philadelphia area with MS. Kristina McGraw, VP of Community Outreach for the Great Delaware Valley Chapter of the National MS Society and resident of the 200 Blk. of Wilder St. in Pennsport, is particularly proud of the strides that have been made.

“I am personally motivated by the exciting progress the Society has fueled in its research efforts, she says. “ In my 18 years with the organization, I’ve witnessed the difference our organization can make as the leading private funder of MS research in the world. When I first started with the chapter, there was only one treatment for multiple sclerosis and now there are ten.”

Organizers have fully embraced the fashionable aspects of the Triple Crown’s second leg. Local clothing line Duke & Winston is offering limited edition custom bow ties for the event, with all of their proceeds benefiting the MS Society as well, and brand founder Sean Oluvbodun will also be on hand as a special guest judge.

Alongside him will be Philly.com’s Maria Papadakis, Susie Celek, Natalie Egenolf of WIP and Phillies Nation TV, and Reuben “Big Rube” Harley of the Daily News’ Street Gazing column.

Patrolling the red carpet will be the last two Miss Philadelphia winners— Diamond Edmonds and Francesca Ruscio—together with Gina Gannon of Tango Traffic. Awards will be given for Best Hat, Best Couple, Best Shoes and Best-Dressed Male and Female.

The Piazza’s 400 square foot LED TV, which will broadcast the race, in combination with the trendy open-aire space— known for hosting everything from concerts, to flea markets, and beer sampling events—make it the ideal venue to host the party.

Tickets start at $75 for general admission, which includes food and drink. There is also a VIP option for $100 that includes private bar and food options as well as its own mixologist from Tito’s Vodka. Check out preaknessatthepiazza.com/ for tickets and more info. SPR Contact Review Columnist Tom Conway at tconway@southphillyreview.com or ext. 115. Comment at southphillyreview.com/news/features.

1986’s “Aliens” certainly ranks as of the most pulse-pumping sequels in cinematic history. The James Cameron-helmed film also proved a box-office smash, taking in more than $131 million worldwide.

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n honor of the latest “Godzilla” remake, here are five more films worthy of getting your freak on.

Arachnophobia (1990) Starring Jeff Daniels, this creepy-crawly 1990s classic proves that creatures needn’t be as tall as skyscrapers to wreak havoc.

When a nature photographer (Mark L. Taylor) is killed by a venomous Amazonian spider, the arachnid hitches a ride in the man’s coffin, and winds up in his small California hometown. When Spidey mates with a local species, a killer new spider army is born, and it’s up to Daniels’ timid doctor to curb the body count.

Extra points for John Goodman’s hilarious exterminator.

Aliens (1986) Ridley Scott’s superb “Alien” may have introduced us to Sigourney Weaver’s deep-space nemesis, but James Cameron’s action-packed sequel revealed the original creature’s deadly brethren, not to mention the dragon-like Alien Queen, who presides over her nest and seeks vengeance in one of the greatest action climaxes of all time.

King Kong (1933) The original and still the best. Peter Jackson took a noble crack at updating this tragic story, but directors Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack still hold the trophy for creating the definitive

“King Kong.” Even though you can see the titular ape’s changing height due to the animatronics department’s inconsistent puppet size, these were still state of the art effects in their time, and the beast’s building-top showdown has lost none of its potency.

Deep Blue Sea (1999) “Jaws” is a indispensable shark film, but few give credit to this pseudo-campy thriller, which focused on an ocean-based team of scientists, who are working with vast mako sharks and enlarging their brains in an attempt to cure Alzheimer’s.

But as a result, the sharks get whip-smart, prompting them to do such things as gobble up Sam Jackson in a single bite while he’s on a characteristic rant.

Clash of the Titans (1981) Disregard the recent remake of this cult hit, and stick with Harry Ham- l i n ’ s adventures as Perseus, who needs to battle Medusa, and, of course, the almighty Kraken, who emerges from the sea to destroy Perseus and his love, Andromeda (Judi Bowker). Created by the legendary Ray Harryhausen, these creatures have an enduring nostalgic charm. SPR Comment and see the trailers for this week’s movies at southphillyreview.com/ arts-and-entertainment/movies.

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ale blue Seersucker blazers, bright orange bow ties, and giant hats wilted over a woman’s face—together these pieces of fashion typically add up to certain destinations, particularly the track for a Triple Crown Race. But the Pimlico crowd won’t be alone in donning this traditional garb on race day. Preakness at the Piazza, the second annual viewing party of the Preakness Stakes, is set to return Saturday May 17 from 5 to 10 p.m. at the Piazza at the Schmidts in Northern Liberties for the race’s 139th running.

Building off the vibrant styles of last year’s crowd, organizers are aiming to establish the event as a premier fashion event in Philly and are bringing an upscale, racetrack vibe together with some of the city’s most notable fashion minds—all in the name of a good cause.

Organized by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 100 percent of the event’s proceeds benefit Multiple Sclerosis education, wellness programs, and research initiatives. Still a mystery to modern science, the debilitating disease typically begins to strike when men and women reach their 20s and 30s, explaining the vibrant, trendy approach taken by organizers in order to garner awareness in those most likely to face it.

“One of the biggest challenges people living with MS face is the fact that most people don’t know what it is – even I didn’t until I was diagnosed,” says Joanna Lopinto, resident of the 1200 block of South Alder Street. “That’s why events like Preakness at the Piazza are so important. Not only is it an important fundraiser

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“How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying” is the Walnut’s newest can’t-miss production of Frank Loesser’s Tony Awardwinning musical, through July 13. Tickets: $10-$95. Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St. 215-574-3550. walnutstreettheatre.org.

1st Police District Advisory Council’s Annual 1st District Banquet will come together 5 to 9 p.m. May 15. Tickets: $30.

Galdo’s Banquet Hall, 1933 W. Moyamensing Ave. 267-597-7154. rrusty1955@aol.com.

Brad Paisley showcases his Grammy Award-winning skills 7 p.m.

May 16. Tickets: $26.50-$62. Susquehanna Bank Center, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, NJ. 856-365-1300. livenation.com.

Philadelphia Phillies host a three-game set versus the Cincinnati Reds 7:05 p.m. May 16 and 17 and 1:35 p.m. May 18. Tickets: $14-$80.

Citizens Bank Park, 1 Citizens Bank Way. 215-463-1000. phillies.com.

Antique & Vintage Flea Market is open for wheeling and dealing 8 a.m.-4 p.m. May 17 (rain date, May 18). Free. Parking lot on East Passyunk Avenue between Tasker and Morris streets. 215-3361455. renee@visiteastpassyunk.com. visiteastpassyunk.com.

16th Annual Pet Walk “Spay A Stray” sets up shop 10 a.m.-1 p.m. May 17 in FDR Park, Broad Street and Pattison Avenue with games, prizes and refreshments. Price: $15 on site registration. 215-4621889.

Relay for Life of South Philadelphia unites in the battle against cancer 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. May 17. 215-985-5342. phillyrelay.org. main. acsevents.org/goto/FOMP. Stogie Joe’s Rock the Block Fundraiser benefits The Cancer Center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 1 to 5 p.m. May 18 on the Avenue between Moore and 13th streets. Tickets: $30 for adults/$5 for kids.

215-336-1455. renee@visiteastpassyunk.com. visiteastpassyunk.com.

Yoga on the Steps: Living Beyond Breast Cancer offers a healthy outing for a great cause 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. May 18. Free. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway. 610-6454567. lbbc.org.

2014 Phillies Phestival steps to the plate to strike out ALS 4:30 p.m. May 19. Tickets: $5-$50. Citizens Bank Park, 1 Citizens Bank Way. 215-463-1000.

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“Romeo and Juliet”: Through May 18. Tickets: $10-$35. The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, 2111 Sansom St. 215-496-8001. phillyshakespeare.org.

Novena Celebration of Saint Rita of Cascia: Through May 21, with Feast Day festivities on May 22. National Shrine of Saint Rita of Cascia, 1166 S. Broad St. 215-546-8333. saintritashrine.org.

“Brainpeople”: Through May 24. Tickets: $20-$25. Luna Theater, 620 S. Eighth St. 215-704-0033. lunatheater.org.

“Tigers Be Still”: Through May 25. Tickets: Free-$25. The OffBroad Street Theater, 1636 Sansom St. 215-563-1100. azukatheatre.org.

“Presidential Satire Reading Series”: Through May 26. Tickets: $5. The Skybox at the Adrienne Theatre, 2030 Sansom St. 215-5637500. newcitystage.org.

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The Ninth Street Italian Market Festival is a fun and food-filled weekend of celebrating one of the area’s most cherished institutions 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 17-18. Ninth Street between Fitzwater and Federal streets. 215-278-2903. italianmarketfestival.com.

Art Sanctuary presents a 30th Anniversary Celebration of Black Writing: Through May 31. Various times and places. 215232-4485. artsanctuary.org.

"In a Dark Dark House": Through June 1. Tickets: $15-$25. Walnut Street Theatre Studio 5, 825 Walnut St. 215-423-0254. simpaticotheatre.org.

"This Is The Week That Is”: Through June 1. Tickets: $30-$40.

Plays and Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey St. 215.592.9560. 1812productions.org.

“Dear Mom, A New Play”: Through June 2. Tickets: $25-$45.

Penn’s Landing Playhouse, 211 S. Columbus Blvd. 215-922-2262. phillyseaport.org.

“Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat”: Through June 22. Tickets: $12-$36. Arden Theatre, 40 N. Second St. 215-922-1122. ardentheatre. org.

“I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change”: Through June 29.

Tickets: $35-$45. Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St. 215-574-3550. walnutstreettheatre.org.

“Lori Nix: Unnatural History”: Through Aug. 2. Tickets: Free$15. Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Ben Franklin Pkwy. 215-2991000. ansp.org.

“Birds of Paradise”: Through Sept. 1. Tickets: Free-$15. Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Ben Franklin Pkwy. 215-299-1000. ansp.org.

“Chasing Dreams: Baseball & Becoming American”: Through Oct. 26. Tickets: Free-$12. National Museum of American Jewish History, 101 S. Independence Mall East. 215-923-3811. nmajh. org.

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“Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love”: Through Nov. 30. Tickets: Free-$20. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Ben Franklin Pkwy. 215763-8100- philamuseum.org.

25th Founders Award Celebration: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. May 15.

Tickets: $150-$250. Fleisher Art Memorial, 719 Catharine St. 215-9223456. fleisher.org.

“Bleu! The Mediterranean Sea”: May 15-18. Tickets: $15-$30.

Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St. 215-925-9914. paintedbride.org.

HAIM: 8 p.m. May 15. Tickets: $25. Tower Theater, 69th and Ludlow Sts., Upper Darby. 215-922-1011. thetowerphilly.com.

Morcheeba: 8 p.m. May 15. Tickets: $25-$28. Theatre of Living Arts, 334 South St. 800-745-3000. livenation.com.

Old City Night Market: 6 to 10 p.m. May 15. N. Third and Arch Streets. 215-599-0776. visitphilly.com.

Hoodie Allen: 6:30 p.m. May 15. Tickets: $15-$30. Underground Arts, 1200 Callowhill St. undergroundarts.org.

Edgardo Cintron Quartet: 7 p.m. May 15. Free. Hawthorne Park, 12th and Catharine streets. hecphilly.org.

Swans: 8:30 p.m. May 15. Tickets: $20. Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St. 215-232-2100. utphilly.com.

The Philadelphia Gay Men's Chorus: Let's Do It: The Music of Cole Porter: May 15-17. Tickets: $20-$27.50. Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut St. 215-972-1000. princemusictheater.org.

“Altar Boyz”: May 15-June 1. Tickets: $31. The Arts Bank, 601 S. Broad St. 267-987-9865. 11thhourtheatrecompany.org.

Always Coming Soon: May 16-18. Tickets: $20. Performance Garage, 1515 Brandywine St. 215-840-9216. bratproductions.org.

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First Person Arts: Grand Slam: 7 p.m. May 16. Tickets: $16-$20. Underground Arts, 1200 Callowhill St. undergroundarts. org.

Tokyo Police Club: 8 p.m.

May 16. Tickets: $18-$21. Theatre of Living Arts, 334 South St. 800-745-3000. livenation.com.

Bleu! The Mediterranean Sea: Noon May 17. Tickets: $15-$25. Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St. 215-925-9914. paintedbride.org.

Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby: Noon May 17.

Free. Trenton Ave. and Norris St. 215-427-0350. kinetickensington.com.

Mastadon: 7:30 p.m. May 17.

Tickets: $25. Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St. 215-627-1332. electricfactory.info.

Panda Bear: 8 p.m. May 17.

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Augustana: 8 p.m. May 18.

Tickets: $22-$25. Theatre of Living Arts, 334 South St. 800-7453000. livenation.com.

Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries: 2 and 5 p.m. May 18. Tickets: $19.50-$45. Tower Theater, 69th and Ludlow streets., Upper Darby. 215-922-1011. thetowerphilly.com.

Concerts at the Cathedral Basilica presents The Philadelphia Singers: 3 to 4:45 p.m. May 18. Tickets: $10 -$25. Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, 1723 Race St. 215-561-1313. cathedralphilaconcerts.org.

Five Munte Follies: 3 p.m.

May 18. Tickets: $15-$18. The Adrienne Theatre, 2030 Sansom St. 800-838-3006. fiveminutefollies.com.

The German Society of Pennsylvania presents the EStrella Piano Duo: 3 p.m. May 18. Tickets: $20. The German Society of Pennsylvania Auditorium, 611 Spring Garden St. 215.627.2332. germansociety. org.

Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra’s 19th Annual Festival Concert: 3 p.m. May 18. Tickets: $10-$20. The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, 300 S. Broad St. 215-8931999. pyos.org.

“The Durang Shebang!”: 6 and 8 p.m. May 18. Tickets: $20.

L’Etage Cabaret, 624 S. Sixth St. 215-285-0472. idiopathicridiculopathyconsortium.org.

Uh Huh Her: 8 p.m. May 18.

Tickets: $20-$32. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215-2221400. worldcafelive.com.

Movie Monday: “Her”: 8 p.m. May 19. Tickets: $3. The Trocadero, 1001 Arch St. 215922-6888. thetroc.com.

You Me At Six: 7:30 p.m. May 20. Tickets: $18-$21. Theatre of Living Arts, 334 South St. 800745-3000. livenation.com.

Tell Me a Story: Three-Year Anniversary Show: 7 p.m.

May 21. Tickets: $5. Shot Tower Coffee, 542 Christian St. hillaryrea.com.

Tom Stoppard’s “The Real Thing”: May 21-June 22. Tickets: $17.50-$48. The Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad St. 215-893-9456. wilmatheater.org.

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That said, I went to Tiffin Bistro with an open mind and palate. Homestyle dishes comprise the menu; this is not fancy, gussied up Indian food.

A couple with a toddler were dining outside, but we chose to eat at the bar since it was early and the dining room was empty. The television was set to CNN, so I was able to catch up on the news while I sipped an expertly mixed perfect Manhattan prepared with Bulleit rye ($10). I recently learned a perfect Manhattan is made with sweet and dry vermouth.

Vegetarians will feel at home at Tiffin Bistro. There are many choices among the appetizers and entrees. The staff, including the bartender, answered my questions and I became more familiar with this cuisine.

Cauliflower bezule ($7) was a tasty way to begin dinner. The florets were gently cooked so they retained a bit of crunch.

They were tossed with coconut, mustard

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seeds and curry leaf imparting a yin-andyang balance of savory and slightly sweet.

The best dish of the night was the aloo papri chaat ($5), a splendid mix of potatoes, chickpeas, yogurt and fragrant mint topped with crisp strips of wheat. I really enjoyed the play of flavors and textures.

The mint added just the right touch. It is often used in Indian fare, but spices wind up in the cooking pot more often. I really liked the trio of dipping sauces that came with the appetizers. They were coriander, mango and tamarind. Three vibrant colors woke up my taste buds as much as the diverse flavors. Naan is the national bread of Northern India. I ordered the garlic version ($5) that arrived warm, but I felt a bit more of the seasoning was needed to pep up the flavor.

All the entrees, except for one, are homestyle stews prepared with either shrimp, lamb or chicken. I like stew, but I also like to see diversity on a menu. After much deliberation, we ordered butter chicken ($14) and lamb chettinad ($15).

The chicken dish consisted of pieces of boneless thighs simmered in a tomatoonion sauce with spices and fenugreek, a seed usually used in making curries. I spooned some basmati rice onto my plate and topped it with the stew. The tomatoes and onions reduced down into the sauce so there was no contrast of textures. I prefer some vegetables in stews.

I found the lamb needed more braising, as the pieces were a bit chewy. The sauce was different from the one used in the chicken dish. Coconut milk added a Restaurant Review:

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velvety finish to the dish, and I detected the flavor and aroma of cumin.

Beer goes well with Indian fare. The bartender recommended a can of T-Rail ($5), large enough to share. I had never heard of this slightly bitter beer, but I enjoyed its flavor with the stews.

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Bring the potato-leek base to a simmer and whip in the stinging nettle purée off the heat. Toss the razor clams with a touch of oil and char lightly in a hot cast-iron pan. Pour the soup into a bowl, add the charred razor clams, and scoop a quenelle of clam-creme fraiche on top. Garnish with the remaining ingredients, and serve immediately. SPR

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LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22): Cravings for love, CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19): Eccentricity affection, beauty and pleasure is strong, and you hand imagination are key issues. You’re likely to a act on feelings and creative impulses more than usual. If yearn to do something out of character. Let yourself be a you’re unhappy with parts of your personal life, a close relationship might suffer. Lucky number: 752.

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TAURUS (April 21 to May 20): Expect an increase in work obligations, but not necessarily an increase in income. Be patient, as something could rectify the unfairness very soon. Lucky number: 639.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20): Your value sysG tem has changed considerably in the last couple of years, as have and social and personal needs. Go get something that’s waiting for you. Lucky number: 274.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22): Disputes beH tween head and heart may raise time-consuming issues. If you can’t clarify things quickly, move on. Lucky number: 398.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22): You feel you have to fight for your beliefs, and you’re very clear, decisive, and convincing, but you tend to stir up more controversy or competitive feelings than are necessary. Take it down a tone or two, and breathe! Lucky number: 429.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22): You have added energy and confidence and will make a strong impression. This is a good time to go for a job interview, meet the public or simply go out. Lucky number: 091.

beneficial opportunity. Lucky number: 946.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21): Emphasize g loved ones, children and other people or things dear to your heart. Being appreciated and admired for

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tractive quality that extends to your more serious relationships. Lucky number: 987.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20): You feel asserS tive and less inclined to be patient with others’ needs and demands. You may become angry if you can’t get your way. Patience will pay off. Lucky number: 425.

are great exchanges of ideas likely. Lucky number: 183.

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P.H.Y.S.E.D. Summer Camp 2014 P.H.Y.S.E.D.’s Mission

Teaching our children to respect their community by giving them a sense of responsibility for it.

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SPORTS

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An All-Catholic pitcher helped an East Passyunk Crossing baseball team to register a shutout in its playoff opener. n By Joseph Myers Review Managing editoR

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The SainTS have established such a pedigree that they are likely to respond to any big inning by a foe with an even bigger one of their own. The three-time defending Class AA City title holders have also claimed three Catholic League championships since 2009 and tallied impressive offensive statistics to compile a 12-2 league mark. Pitching has also proven powerful

during their run, and Doudican showed it will continue to do so in whiffing two more in the second inning.

To picked up his second knock right after and raced home thanks to Ockimey’s absolutely crushed double that looked as if it would go for a two-run homer. The next few innings produced defensive gems on the Saints’ front, but their wishes to end the game before the rain came did not win Mother Nature’s favor. As he prepared for the sixth inning, Doudican took in the ominous surroundings and offered an interesting reaction.

“I thought the atmosphere was awesome,” the

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“I think we’re more serious as a team this year,” D’Amore said of helping the Saints to improve to 15-3. “For me, I don’t care if I get a hit just as long as I can do something to contribute to a victory.”

“We always have high expectations,” Doudican added, noting he feels honored to have attained lofty status in receiving the Pitcher of the Year tab. “We’re all about playing for one another and know that can take us far.”

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Junior hurler Pat Doudican limited the opposition to two hits and notched five strikeouts over six innings of work.

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16-year-old said. “It felt like pitching in the twilight zone.”

His hurls continued to weird out the visitors, who must have felt relieved when the clouds finally let their contents go from showers to a full-on deluge. Having walked the leadoff batter in the seventh, he yielded to Jerla, a Marist Collegeticketed southpaw, who took 11 pitches to

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bracket game with Cardinal O’Hara, the Saints fell 5-2. They will host Archbishop Wood today at 3:45 in an elimination game.

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at Doudican certainly appreciated the severity of Saturday’s first-round baseball tilt between Ss. NeumannGoretti High School, 1736 S. 10th St., and Archbishop Carroll High School at McNichol Field, 25th and Moore streets.

As his Saints had vanquished the Patriots twice earlier in the week, the junior pitcher knew the guests would want to trumpet the belief that the third time is the charm, but he returned them to Radnor dejected, limiting them to two singles in a 4-0 win.

“I expected them to be aggressive, so I went out there with the same approach as always, which is to attack the hitters,” the resident of the 1000 block of Ritner Street said Sunday, which, because of Saturday’s downpour, included the contest’s completion. “Nobody wants to lose to a team again, but we definitely wanted to keep being a pain for them.”

The East Passyunk Crossing-based hosts had downed their fellow Blue Division adversaries 5-4 at their Grays Ferry-situated field May 7 and had outslugged them 14-13 on the road May 5. Bearing the division’s top seeding, the Saints sent their ace to the mound, but no matter his status, Doudican finds contentment in doing any job that will produce a victory.

“That’s the vibe every guy here has,” the Lower Moyamensing lefty said of the roster members’ allegiance to first-year coach Kevin Schneider’s all-in mantra. “We want to win every inning and not leave the field having any regrets.”

Along with having scared the Saints in the regular season, the Patriots had already tasted triumph Saturday in claiming a 7-2 preliminary round decision versus Father

Judge. A First-Team All-Catholic and the division’s Pitcher of the Year, Doudican fiercely fired his first fastballs, notching two strikeouts and a pickoff to give his squad an opportunity to turn its tenacious hitters loose. Junior right fielder Bay To bunted the first pitch for a hit, with senior left fielder Charlie Jerla smoking a traditional single. With one gone, the First- and Second-Team league honorees pulled off a double steal and rejoiced when sophomore third baseman Nicky D’Amore supported the “two-out hits will get you into heaven” adage by ripping a single.

“I definitely wanted to get those runs in to give us a boost,” the inhabitant of the 2400 block of South Hicks Street said.

“Against a good team, we wanted to put pressure on immediately.”

In addition to wanting to vote down the Patriots’ chances, the Marconi teenager entered the game with a heavy heart, as he parted with grandmother Delores D’Amore May 1. Dedicating his performance to her, he noted his RBI-smack as proof that anybody wearing a Saints uniform can come through in the clutch. Junior shortstop Justin Curtin, another FirstTeam praise recipient, made the score 3-0 right after D’Amore’s stroke by plating junior catcher Tommy Nardini with a single. Having given their fireballer a nice cushion, the Saints knew the day could become dicey, as senior first baseman and division MVP Josh Ockimey, an Indiana University signee, spoke of the May 5 nailbiter where the Patriots overcame a 6-1 deficit in their seventh-inning swats and nearly battled back after giving up eight in the ninth to craft the wacky, National Football League-like 14-13 final.

“They’re going to come back,” the slugger said. “Keep hitting, and keep playing defense.”

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Ss John Neumann and Maria Goretti, Faculty, Staff and Students Congratulations to Ss John Neumann 1965 City Camps on your upcoming 50th Year Anniversary!

Also congratulations for all that the teams of Ss John Neumann and Maria Goretti have accomplished.

From the 1964 Public League and City Champs Among those accomplishments are the following: BoYS teAM Catholic League Champs, City Champs, State Champs Won 3 out of the last 4 state titles and last 6 Catholic League titles JaQuan Newton is the new leading scorer in Catholic League history GirlS teAM Catholic League Champs, City Champs, and State finals runner up finished with a 29-1 record overall

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n Adult karate lessons

n Battle of the Badad

Southwark House, 101 Ellsworth St., offers Shotokan karate instruction for ages 14 and up 7:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact skadojo@gmail. com, or visit karatephiladelphia.org.

The Battle of the Badad will occur 10 to 11:30 a.m. June 14 at FDR Park, 1800 Pattison Ave., with dads competing against one another in “the ultimate fun competition.” Cost is $40. Contact John McGonigle Sr., 215-551-6252.

n Aid from DiMichele St. John Neumann alumnus Frank DiMichele, who pitched for the 1988 California Angels, has launched promotionarmsaver.com, filling it with videos, photos and eBooks on training techniques for pitchers. Call 610-209-5024, or e-mail thepitchingpro@gmail.com.

n All-Catholic honors St. Joe’s Prep senior and Point Breeze resident Jawan McAllister earned FirstTeam Red Division honors. NeumannGoretti senior Josh Ockimey won Blue Division MVP honors and First-Team praise. Junior teammates Justin Curtin, Bay To and Pat Doudican also ended up on the first team, with Doudican also earning Pitcher of the Year kudos. Saints senior Charlie Jerla received SecondTeam outfield and pitching nods.

n All City Classic

n Barry basketball Barry Playground, 2840 S. 18th St., is holding sign-ups for girls’ basketball ages 12 to 14 6 to 8:30 p.m. weekdays.

Coaches are also needed. Contact Anthony, 215-685-1886.

n Basketball showcase Universal Audenried Charter High School, 3301 Tasker St., through boys’ basketball coach Kenyatta Bey and the Point Breeze Youth Development, will host a showcase for ages 18 and younger July 12. The PBYD Philadelphia versus the World Basketball Showcase will gather some of the best talent in the city and from around the globe. Contact Bey, 267-333-2922.

The re-opening of 2300 Arena will occur tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at 2300 S. Swanson St. The card will feature eight bouts, with tickets going for $50 and $75.

Contact 215-765-0922. The Sheet Metal Workers Hall, 1301 S. Columbus Blvd., will host at least five fights beginning at 7:30 p.m. May 30. Tickets are $45, $55 and $75. Call 267-456-0842.

n Capitolo softball Capitolo Playground, 900 Federal St., seeks teams for Sunday coed softball action. Contact Donnie, 215-685-1883, or Eddie, 215-817-0837.

n Coach bag bingo Neumann-Goretti High School, 1736 S. 10th St., will host coach bag bingo 7 to 11 p.m. June 7. Tickets are $30, with the cost helping the 12-andunder Taney Dragons Travel Baseball Team to go to Cooperstown. Call 215-490-6099, or visit facebook.com/ events/444258139043016.

n Cub and boy scouts

and track and field. Contact David Smith, 267-918-4668, or Derrick Landers, 267582-7671, or visit nusigmasharks.com.

n Football All-Star Game

The South Philly Hurricanes are looking for teams to play in a new Little League for players ages 5 to 15. Coach Terry Bennett is also seeking coaches, with registrations occurring 6 p.m.

Wednesdays at Smith Playground, 2100 S. 24th St. Contact Bennett, 215-4397653.

The 40th annual High School Football City All-Star Game will occur 7 p.m. Saturday at Northeast High School. Ss. Neumann-Goretti High School performers Sihmare Morgan and Chris Barbour will suit up for the non-public team. Southern’s Michael Riley and Prep Charter’s John Graham, Curan Simmons and Eric Taylor will play for the public squad.

n Football camp The first Ed McBride Football Mini Camp will occur from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Saturday at the Edward O’Malley Athletic Association, 144 Moore St. Ages range from 5 to 14, with weight groups up to 180 pounds, and participants can qualify for the American Youth Football Super Bowl.

The overseers are looking for coaches and player support. Call Steve, 215-908-1805, or Bryan, 267-257-0791.

n Mary Kline Classic The Fourth annual Mary Kline Classic, which raises money for cancer research, will occur May 31 in West Orange, N.J. Catholic League MVP and NeumannGoretti senior guard Ja’Quan Newton will join Team Perseverance in the senior game.

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n Sports and Education Expo The Pennsylvania Convention Center will host the Sports and Education Expo May 31 and June 1, with more than a dozen interactive sports for parents, youth sports professionals and children to inspect. Cost is free for children 12 and younger, $5 for students 13 and older and $10 for adults. Visit sportseducationexpo.com.

n Summer basketball Under Armour will sponsor 10 and younger and 14 and under basketball leagues beginning June 23, with registrations accepted 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays through June 18. The cost is $40 per player and $200 per team, plus referee fees, for action at Finnegan Recreation Center, 6801 Grovers Ave. Contact coach Jones, 267-897-0736.

n Tennis news

Troop 147 holds meetings and registrations for its cub scouts 7 to 8 p.m. Thursdays and boy scouts 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays at Trinity Lutheran Church, 18th and Wolf streets. Contact Chris, 267-2502335, or visit 147bsa.org.

n Mixed softball

n DVYAA news

n Roman Catholic hockey

The Delaware Valley Youth Athletic Association, 2840 S. 18th St., is accepting registrations 6 to 7:30 p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays for its baseball season. Ages are 5 to 7 for T-ball, 8 to 9 for peewee, 10 to 12 for majors and 13 to 15 for juniors. Call 215-468-1265.

Roman Catholic High School is accepting registrations for South Philly hockey enthusiasts through June 1. The program will run from early September until March and is open to first- to eighthgrade students. Call Bob, 215-205-9682, or Mark, 215-828-5063.

The South Philadelphia Tennis Association oversees junior team tennis for boys and girls ages 6 to 14 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through May 29 at Barry Playground, 18th and Johnston streets. Cost is $50 and includes entry into the intramurals season, which runs 2 to 4 p.m. Saturdays through May 31 at the same site. The latter lessons cost $40. The association holds adult beginner/continuing instruction 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Tuesdays and Thursdays through June 12 for $60 for the whole cycle or $15 per class drop-in. Contact Bryan Hughes, 215-528-0196, or thespta@hotmail.com.

n EOM hockey

n Senior American Legion

n Tolentine basketball

The Edward O’Malley Athletic Association, 144 Moore St., is overseeing a spring roller hockey season for students in kindergarten to third grade and fourth to eighth grades. Visit eomhockey.com to register, or e-mail Bobby Andujar at rwa121@verizon.net or Buddy Yeager at byeag1678@verizon.net.

The Delaware Valley Senior American Legion baseball team seeks youths ages 16 to 19 for the American Legion Baseball League running from Memorial Day through July 4, with playoffs to follow. Call Anthony Fillappello, 267-402-8142, or Jim Gatto, 215-206-5235.

n Flag football Chew Playground, 1800 Washington Ave., holds $5 registration for its flag football season for ages 7 to 14 from 4:30

The South Philly Mixed Softball League is looking for teams for the upcoming season. Contact Vince Vitola, 267-213-6245, for more information.

n Sigma Sharks The Sigma Sharks are looking for coaches and children to participate in their football and cheer program. They will also offer baseball, basketball, golf

The Tolentine Community Center, 1025-33 Mifflin St., is taking registrations for its adult basketball leagues, with competition being Wednesday nights for men and Thursday evenings for women. Cost is $50. Call 215-3890717. SPR Send sports briefs by fax to 215-3361112 or by e-mail to jmyers@southphillyreview.com.

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The 20th annual All City Classic will occur at 6:30 p.m. May 30 at Girard College. The three-game event will feature Philadelphia’s top freshmen, sophomore and junior hoopsters squaring off in a public-versus-non-public-school format.

Prep Charter’s Johnny Eden, Southern’s Barry Quartlebaum and NeumannGoretti’s Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree and Quade Green will compete in the freshman game. The sophomore affair will feature Neumann-Goretti’s Vaughn Covington and Zane Martin, while the junior duel will include their Saints teammate Lamarr Kimble. Contact Charles Monroe, 267-2258-7368, or cmonroe1@ hotmail.com.

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to 7 p.m. weekdays. Games are Friday nights and Saturday mornings. Contact Oktavia Cherry, 215-685-6596, or coach Bud, 215-526-8381.

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246 Catharine St Beautiful Home. 3/2.5 2 Fp’s

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221 Carpenter St

2125 MORRIS STREET

3/2 & beautiful Garden

garden $650,000 $435.000 TRUE. We have 7 deeded 332 Reed Street - This Triplex is raw space.

Make it your dream home or+ lgan ideal rental property generating income in a spots available in a secured fabulous neighborhood. $450,000 Queen Village Location.

Artisan Rittenhouse Artisan II Artisan 1805 Lombard 1431 Bainbridge $67,500.00 2934 S.Broad St (10 - The best! A wonderful designer home w/prkg, top of line everything, 2700 sq. ft., 3BR, 2BA, FP, 1501-1503 Kater Homes) (8 Homes) HURRY 2 ALREADY 5600 Sq Ft 4/3.5 4000 + Sq $70K Ft 4/3.5 HW flFtrs, deck and kitchen. $579,900 4000 + Sq 4/3.5 Elevator Roof Deck TA SOLD 2 Car Elevator Deck 2 Car Garage & Car Garage w/Enclosed Porch, Great118Natural 2827TAS. CamacElevator StGarage - Deck Nice 3 BR 2Home Light, EIK & Deck/Patio. $199,900 810 S. 2nd LR, St “A” DR,Lg 1118 E. Moyamensing Catharine St & TA $2,500,000 1000 sq. ft2/1 Prkng, Tx 4/2.5, patio,deck & finished Award Wining,3500 sq. ft, $2,500,000 2BR + Den $2,000,000 1432 S. 2nd St - Great Home w/CA, LR, DR, EIK w/Great Space, Bsmt & Storage. $279,900 Abmt , lg grdn. &Counter $399,900 basement $369,000 grdn & grg. $1,300,000Cabinet 1107-1121 N. Howard 5BR, 2 Full Bath Home, LR, Sep DR, Original Inlaid HW flrs, Bsmt & Storage.

1626 S. 13th1101-1115 St - Huge $349,900 N. Hancock 1714-20 S. 2nd St -N Hope Terrific Investment Opportunity!

One Story Large Warehouse, 64 x 88 Lot Size, 1102-1134 d d ce ce Zoned and Approved for 5604 Building $599,900 duOffice, &ed2uPowder Rms. Formerly Norman’s Baby Furniture Showroom.

16 TownSqFt, homes + 2 Private Duplexes Rew/Wonderful R Lg Garden, LR, DR, EIK, Mud Room, Bsmt, Mechanicals & Storage.

132 Tasker St20stacked – 2BR Home $239,900 off Street Spaces in 600-02 N American N/C 133 Salter Street Fab. N/C 1923-1925-2021-2023 123-25 Monroe St 1to Christian #40 Condo a 2 Story 245 Monroe Street 820 Fernon St Great Opportunity rehab Home.

2BR, 1BA and EIK. $145,000 gated- Community 3550 Sq Ft 3 + Den/4.5 3 3/2.5, Bsmt Garden, Best N/C .3 + Den/4.5 2 car Courtyard Home.

2/2.5 Deck Great Floor plan Parrish 4/2.5 , Deck N/C 3 to 4 BR $1,975,000 BalconiesDeck Garden Sun + Garage, & TA garage, TA $1,599,000 Garage $369,900 213 Wolf St - Rarely Offered Completely Rehabbed 3BR w/New Facade, Room, HW fl rs, LR, DR, Grdn & Grg. RED $795,000 Home From $469,000 TA Garage TA $979,000 From $650,000 Library/Den, Beautiful EIK & Outdoor Space. $259,900 n 1425 S.Colorado St - Nice 2BR, $159,900 ctio1BA Home w/HW flrs, Granite Kit, Fin Bsmt & Yard. tru D ns LD 118 Emily St - Beautiful 2BR, w/Handsome Facade, CA, Exp Brick, Gas FP, Lg EIK & Side Yard. $234,900 Co 1BA Home O OL w S Ne 1715 Latona St2 -SGorgeous 3BR, 1.5BA3 Home w/LR, DR, HW flrs, Beautiful Kitchen, Huge Yard & Fin Bsmt. $314,900 119-123 Federal 1420 S. 2nd St - Extra Wide Total HW flrs, Huge EIK, Granite Countertops, SS & enormous Yard. $1690/MO L’EAU Jay-Z & Beyonce Rehab w/2BR, 1.5BA, 534 Queen Beautiful 1 Christian St #22 125 Ellsworth—Phase III 2107 Bainbridge 7 Homes, 3 /2.5, 753-757 S. Marshall St 24 Condos 502 Delancey 4+Off/3 F & Pennspoint 3 to 4 + den /2.5 Incredible 3 + media/2.5 3127 + Den/2.5 H/W & StN/C 3/2 Deck + H/W, Bsmt + Gar & TA Reed - Great 2BRDevelopment w/LR, EIK, Yard &+ Deck Bsmt. $249,900 Between 6th & 7th off of 2/2 Parking TADR, HW floors, Nice 2 1/2 BA 3 Car Gar TA From $499,000 Deck & Garden $749,000 Garden $499,000 + Parking RED $499,000 Fitzwater 3 Lots $350,000 From $399,000 $509,000 Prng $1,350,000 103 Sigel St -From Gorgeous Completely Rehabbed 2BR, 1BA Home!

Spacious LR, DR, HW flrs, EIK, SS, n Beautiful Granite Countertops, Tons of Cabinet Space & Side Yard.

RED $249,900 t n io ct me x w/4BRs, tru Outdoor Space. lop 1BA. Lg LR, DR, EIK and 104 Morris St - Lg 3 Story House $199,900 ns ve Co ple eftOrkney St - A Lovely u3BR, De w w L 2414 1BA Front Home w/Spacious LR, DR w/ Original HW fl rs, High Ceilings, ePorch Ne D N 2 Lg EIK w/Granite Countertops, Great Cabinet Space, SS Appliances, Yard and Basement is Mechanicals & Storage. $174,900 128 Pemberton St 335 Christian 1 Christian #49 623 S 6th 3 Condos Rosa Court— Garage 825 S. 2nd St 2338 Fitzwater C 127 Monroe Fab Ave - Spacious 4BR, 1.5BA Multi 5/4 + w/High Deck 3/2.5 Garden + 1 car 4 /3.5LR/DR 2 Car Parking Combo 1925 E.A&Moyamensing Porch Front1/1Home Ceilings, + Deck, TA w/Lg 3 /2 From $549,000 Duplex Great Corner Condos 1/1 TA upscale Builder’s Hm & Garden $649,900 $549,900 $499,500 From $299,000 1 SOLD Property RED $379,000 EIK & Yard.2+Enormous Bsmt w/Tons of Storage,PkngMechanicals & Laundry.REDProperty needs Updating.

SOLD $239,900 From $229,000 Den/2 Garden RED 1117 S. 2nd St - Huge Loft, 3 lots, 3800SF, This Fab. bldg.Stoffer freedom create your own space.

714-22 Bainbridge -13 Condos special with Garage Parking - 2/2- Gardens to & Decks.

FROM $379,900 3 flrs+ full bsmnt, HW flrs and exp brick.

SOLD $700,000 Great Rental 3rd & Bainbridge - Live &St work from home in thisblock fabulous space.

2 bedrooms +den,1.5 Baths, 748 Medina Great w/beautiful park in the middle. This is a dream total rehab, everything upscale, hardwood floors, Deck + Gallery space on 1st Fl. $3000 427wonderful Queen St- Beautiful 3 story, 2 bedroom, 1 & bath bth, trinity, H/W, EIK & fl garden. kitchen HW rs $1400 t/o, fin bsmt, 1BR+ den & deck.

SOLD $199,900 225 Catharine St - Beautiful 3 BR + Den, 4 BA, H/W, Granite ktchn, grdn & 2 car parking. $3500 215 St -1 Bath Location, Location. Lrg 3 story hm w/4BRs, 1.5BAs & high ceilings. Needs updating. SOLD $274,900 776 S. 2ndDickinson St - Very nice 2 Bedroom, Bi level apartmentLocation, w/ CA + Lg Deck. $1350 810 S. 3rd St –Beautiful large 3 BR + Den home with hardwood floors t/o, yard + parking. $2500 1834 S.St4th Total Rehab 3BRs, new façade, HW flrs t/o, fin bsmt and nice back yard. $239,900 1119 E. Palmer –N/C 3St BR +-Media Rm, 3 BA, H/W t/o, Fp, Lg Garden + 3 1.5BA, car parking. $2500 400 Spring Garden-N.C Space Available-800rehabbed to 1600 Sq Ft. Call forspacious Details 215 Daly StCommercial - Completely 2BR, 1BA home w/EIK and nice size yard on great block. $159,000 318 Wolf St - Huge 3BR home w/lg LP w/FP, nice woodwork, great natural light & rear yard.

SOLD $169,900   103 Tasker St - Great Investment Opp. 2 story garage that runs Street to Street. Property is 23 x 41 & zoned R10A. $250,000  116 Dudley   - Nice  2BR, 1BA home   St w/HW flrs and nice yard. Property needs updating. $139,900 343 Wolf St -T hLg, spacious 3BR, 1.5BA home w/high ceilings, lg yard and $179,900 w w wtons . c o nof w astorage y t e a m . space. com e Award Winning Kathy, Patrick and the Conway Team 215.440 .8190 334 Fitgerald St - Great 2BR, 1BA home, HW flrs, great natural light, large yard & CA. $134,900 Society Hill Office 141 Mercy St.- Great 2BR home on nice tree lined st w/HW flrs, FP,215.627.6005 Exp brick & nice yard. $169,900 2028 S. Philip- New Rehab. 2BRs, HW flrs, great kit & bth, fin. bsmt & sep Lndry rm also fitted for powder room. $179,000  Mike Lee Ann HartleySt - Great Ivon Cowell Jeff Kauffman Tory Gargano Adele Gerngross 2445 Newer Construction 5Carestio Yrs Old, 3BR+ Fin Bsmt, 2.5 BA, LR, DR, EIK, SS + Garage.

RED $489,000 Deidre Quinn S. Garnet Visit o u r web fo r o u r co mp te in ventory, weekly open houses, additional a nd 1BA mo re p a rticulars.

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Nice sizepictures 3BR, home w/LR, DR, EIK & yard. $49,900 146 Roseberry St - Very well maintained 3BR, 1.5BA Home, LR, DR, CA, Lg Kitchen, Yard & Bsmt RED $119,900 1520 S. 27th - Great investment opportunity. 3BR, 1BA home, lg kitchen & yard. Being sold as is. $49,900 14xx S.12th St - Huge 2 story home. 3BR, 2.5BA, Bruce HW flrs. PRISTINE CONDITION! RED $329,000

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Renovated 3 bedroom, Hardwood Floors and Porch Front with large yard. $149,000.

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Aprox. 9000 Sq. Ft. on one floor, High Ceilings, Overhead door on 4th St. $600,000.

EDUCATION AND MEETING CENTERS 2501-15 S. MARSHALL ST.

3 Floors @ 15,000 Sq. Ft. w/Elevators, Cafeteria, Auditorium and Classrooms. Rent $3900/mo.

Sale $495,000.

CONVENIENCE STORE & 2 APARTMENTSSOUTH PHILLY 2203-2205 S. 7TH ST.

Investment Property, Good Rental Income. $219,000.

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25XX S. MOLE

Prime Location! Crisp clean, 3 Bed Hm Must See.

22XX S. BONSALL

Very well kept 3 bed w/open porch, H/W floors

17XX RITNER

Huge Spacious Home, 2700 sqft of liv space

22XX S. OPAL

Well Kept, mod 3 bed, 1.5 bath, C/A.

$199,900 $74,900 CALL! ASK $109,900

18XX SIGEL ST.

Great starter home! Updated kitchen.

17XX S. TAYLOR

Very nice, 3 bed mod home, new H/W flrs.

16XX S. 27TH

Recently renovated spac home, move-in-condition.

23XX S. 18TH

Huge mod 3 Bed Hm, HW Flrs, Ultra-mod Kit

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18XX NEWKIRK

Very well kept 3 Bed, C/A, HW Flrs

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23XX S. CARLISE

3 Bed w/nice brick front, full basement

22XX WINTON

Very nice 2 Bed, w/newer kit, gas heat

$93,800 Only $49,900 $99,900

Reduced to $120,900 $44,900

19XX SHUNK

Girard Estate, beautiful 3bdrm w/ gorg. kit.

26XX S. 17TH ST.

Spacious 3 Bed w/mod. eat-in Kit, loacted on a highly desirable block

Asking $384,500

SOUTH OF OREGON 29XX S. 15TH

Great Location Across form Park

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27XX S. 17TH

Prime Location, beautiful stone hm., c/a

Ask $239,900

28XX S. 13TH

Spac. 4BD, Off St Parking, Across from Park

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Beautiful totally redone home, brand new kit Must see $225,000

$229,900

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Former doctor’s office & apt. Prime location!

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2 Lots ideal for New Construction

18XX SNYDER AVE

Spacious office & lg 2 Bed appt.

$299,900

Asking $250,000 $139,900

BROAD & OREGON AVE. Com property w/ 2 Bed Apt.

$299,900

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Store Front w/ nedw mechanicals

$179,900

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Recently Renovated 3 Bed, Large Modern Kitchen

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2 bed fixer-upper, great potential

13XX S. CORLIES

Handyman special, 2 bed

19146

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Asking $199,900 ONE OF A KIND HOME!12XX RITNER Gorgeous 3 bed home w/full fin. bsmnt., H/W floors, spac. bath, Lg. eat-in kit., F/P, lovely rear yard. A must see!!

1120 FITZGERALD - Completely Renovated, 2 Bed, 2.5 Bath Home, Complete with H/W floors, gorgeous eat, full fin. basement.

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Crisp Clean 3 Bed, 1.5 Bath Hm, modern upgraded kit, h/w flrs, fin basement, great closet space, Priced At $199,900

19147 10XX S. RANDOLPH ST.

Updated 2 Bed Bella Vista Home.

Asking $289,900

13XX S. ALDER

East Passyunk, 2 Bed, w/updated kitchen.

Asking $200,000

14XX S. 8TH

Prime location, well kept older home.

Only $ $179,900

19148 24XX LAWRENCE

Adorable 3 bed home w/ open porch

4XX DURFOR

Nice, clean 2 bed home w/newer heater

ASKING $134,900

7XX MCCLELLAN

Just Listed! Gorgeous Custom Renovation

$239,900

$99,900

9XX MCCLELLAN

Spac 3 Bed, w/ full size kit, close to East Passyunk Ave.

$189,900

1XX JACKSON

3 Bed Hm on Great Blk, needs upgrades

$149,900

17XX S. 6TH

Spacious Updated 3 Bed Home, growing area

26XX S. PERCY ST.

3 Bed home on nice street.

$150,000

Priced to Sell $124,900

3XX DALY

Spac, 3 story mod home, great views.

24XX S. PHILIP

Lovely mod 3 bed w/beautiful brick front.

11XX FITZGERALD ST.

Completely renovated, 2 BD, 2.5 BA, Must see!

1XX ROSEBERRY

Lovely 3 Bed Hm in Excellent cond., Nice block

$169,900

7XX MCCLELLAN

Beautifully Renovated 3 Bed, Open Floor Plan

$199,900

2XX RITNER

Lg 3 Bed Hm Located on Prime Whitman Block

12XX PORTER ST.

Spac. 3 BR Home, Frm. DR, Mod Kit. Lg. Yard

2XX SIGEL

Mod 2 Bed hm on one of Pennsports Finest Blks

26XX S. 11TH ST.

Prime mod 3 Bed 2 ba, hm w/ rec re, move in cond.

10XX EMILY

Well maintained hm, close to East Passyunk

Ask $159,900

26XX S. 12TH

Prime Location. 3 Bed, 1.5, Ba, near Marconi Park

Ask $169,900

Asking $187,900 Only $129,900 $219,900

$139,900 Ask $189,900 $189,900 $214,900

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Flourtown, Totally Renovated

625 E. 21st

Chester, 3 Bed Handyman Special

$359,900 $89,900

249 W. Hansberry

Spac. 7 Bed 2.5 Bath Hm in Germantown

$82,900

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Well maintained 3 Bed in Overbrook

$109,000

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$109,900

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