Peanut Butter Appreciation

You may not be aware of this, but January 24th is National Peanut Butter Day.  You also may not be aware that we LOVE peanut butter. And can't understand anyone who doesn't.  We went through multiple years of high school eating plain peanut butter sandwiches for lunch everysingleday, and I would happily continue that trend today... if I still had my high school metabolism. Devil's Den, a bar and restaurant in South Philly, decided...

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Sophia's

My list of "need to try" restaurants has been a little stagnant recently- many of the long time contenders are either 1) too expensive for a regular night out, 2) impossible to get a reservation (I'm looking at you, Vedge), 3) better suited for large groups, or 4) just don't call to me the same way they once did.  I'd also like to throw it out there that it's sometimes tough to choose a new-to-the-blog restaurant when there are lots of places...

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Little Baby's Ice Cream

After finishing our delicious pizza-fest at Pizza Brain (and taking a few minutes to digest), we moved from the pizza-centric dining area of Little Baby's into the somewhat-separate ice cream shop.  The decor here is more pastel 80's than the rest of the space.  Little Baby's has been around for a little while now- starting out as a bicycle-drawn ice cream cart and made famous by a pretty-darn-creepy advertisement- but they specialize in...

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Reads and Eats: Like Water for Chocolate

This month's book club choice was definitely different than our usual reads.  All of the books thus far have been non-fiction or memoir style, so we decided to change it up and read a fictional story.  Our choice, unbeknownst to us at the time, is a Mexican literary classic, Like Water for Chocolate.  Published in the late '80s, the book revolves around the life and love of a woman growing up in turn-of-the-twentieth-century rural...

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Pizza Brain

It doesn't seem like very long ago when I was lamenting the lack of good pizza in Philly.  However, we've since been blessed with a plethora of delicious pizza places including some of our favorites, Pitruco and Nomad.  Much further north, Pizza Brain has been getting some national publicity recently. A free Thursday evening gave me a great opportunity to catch up with a good friend over a few (OK, a lot of) slices.We ventured north on...

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Jamaican Jerk Hut

Just a few weeks after our return from our honeymoon, I spotted an online deal for Jamaican Jerk Hut.  Even though these pop up every now and again, I'd never felt the need to partake.  I've been to the Jerk Hut at least twice before but had never ventured too far into the menu.  However, since I was in full-on Jamaican withdrawal, I had to buy it.  We recently had a chance to cash it in, and headed to dinner a bit early- the...

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Dinner at Ants Pants Cafe

Ants Pants is a well-known brunch establishment on South Street "West" that recently extended their service to the dinner crowd.  We're big fans of famous-for-brunch Sabrina's, opting to skip the crowds and enjoy a quieter setting during the dinner hours.  Our mom was up here for a last-minute trip to take care of some details regarding a new real estate acquisition (so excited!) so we took her out for a low-key dinner relatively close...

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