These restaurateurs OK at the Linc
Sang Kee restaurant in Chinatown, known to some as the Duck House, is a favorite of Eagles owner Jeff Lurie. He was pleased and surprised to see the restaurant on the roster, according to stadium food reps. Sang Kee's contribution will be cheesesteak egg rolls.
Will cheesesteak egg rolls wimpify the Eagles crowd?
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Line's challenge: Finding riders
In part three of the Inquirer's series on South Jersey's light rail project, the line's potential for creating residential development is explored.
Bush team seeks funding changes at Amtrak
The Bush administration is proposing to scrap direct federal funding of Amtrak and turn over much of the responsibility for national passenger rail service to state governments, officials said yesterday.
Hey we could call it the Pennsylvania Railroad. That has a nice ring to it!
Philadelphia Inquirer | 07/27/2003 | N.J.'s $1 Billion Gamble
In part 1 of 3 the Philadelphia Inquirer describes the big gamble that is the Southern New Jersey Light Rail Transit. Supporters say the new light rail line will promote community development. Transit officials say a rail line should not be expected to serve that purpose.
Among the obstacles in its path, experts say, is that the line does not connect directly into Philadelphia, the area's major job center. At its northern end, in Trenton, the line will stop 1.5 miles from the Statehouse complex, library and state museum, and more than a half-mile from the Hughes Justice Complex.The number of expected riders has plummeted to 2,950 a day, about half the original estimates.
If those numbers hold, the line's fare-box revenues, when measured against operating expenses, would tie it with Detroit's for dead last among the nation's 25 light rail lines, according to figures supplied by the American Public Transportation Association, the transit industry's lobbying arm.
Given such numbers, the line is expected to generate only about $1.5 million in revenue in its first full year of operation. Meanwhile, taxpayers will be handing over $73 million annually to pay for it, according to state officials.
You won't hear WIP morning show host Angelo Cataldi on the air today or tomorrow. He's been suspended for two days as result of comments made July 15 comparing Eagles security to Nazis.
CNN.com - Central Park: Reason to celebrate - Jul. 18, 2003
150 years old, park rebounds to former glory.
CNN Travel does a good piece describing the creation, fall and rebirth of America's most famous city park.
A blog dedicated to TiVo, Replay and other digital video recorders(DVR). So cool.
Philadelphia Inquirer - Inqlings
Philadelphia fans grumble that sports-talk WIP-AM (610) is more about entertainment than sports. Looks like some have opted for New York radio. In the spring Arbitron ratings, released Thursday, sports-talk WFAN-AM (660) landed in 25th place out of 32 stations among 18-to-34-year-old listeners. (WIP was tied for 12th.) Among 25-to-54-year-olds, the FAN was tied for 27th with Wilmington's light-rock WJBR-FM (99.5). ('IP came in 11th.)
Philadelphia Inquirer - 'Restaurant' serves up standard reality TV
Stephen Starr, owner of Buddakan, Pod, Alma de Cuba, Morimoto, Tangerine, Jones and the Continental takes a shot at reviewing the new reality TV show 'Restaurant.
At first I thought McDonalds' new McGriddle sandwich was a bad joke. How could a company that just a few months ago was spouting about its new healthier menu be coming out with a sausage egg and cheese sandwich served on something called McGriddle cakes with syrup baked in? It seemed to me a big middle finger to anyone who might be looking towards McDonalds for a healthy breakfast.
But having actually heard a few people rave about them, including on the Howard Stern Show, my curiosity got the best of me. This morning I went out and tried a McGriddle. And to try and give my heart a break I skipped the Sausage, Cheese McGriddle (550 calories, 33g fat, 260mg cholesterol, 46g carbohydrates) and instead chose the "lighter" 450 calorie Bacon Egg & Cheese McGriddle.
Sure sweet & savory can work, honey baked ham, honey BBQ chips, etc. But this McGriddle.... Upon the first bite, cavities you didn't know you had scream out in pain. And when you get past the overwelming baklavian sugar rush you descend quickly into a typical processed McDonalds bacon, egg & cheese. Having completed this gastronomic catastrophe I do have to admit, I don't want to eat anything else. So with 1/4 of my daily caloric intake out of the way I just have to figure out what to do with this sugar high.
The Philadelphia Eagles have recently announced that fans will no longer be allowed to bring food into the games. Fans are upset with the new rule and the story has become much become a ridiculous parody of outrage.
But the issue points to a frustrating trend of how the Eagles are treating their fans as the bafoons they are made out to be. Security isn't an issue here, it's that the Eagles control the concessions now, and want to maximize the money they can make, so no food can be brought in. The Philadelphia Flyers made a similar change in policy when they moved to the CoreStates (now First Union or Wachovia) Center. But they were up front. They explained to the season ticket holders that to pay for this new building they had leased space to concessions, and if the concession tenents were to make money, they have to sell the fan food. So for now on, no outside food. It made sense. Didn't insult the intelligence of the fans and there was no audible grumbling.
Hey Eagles management, stop with the bologna and be up front with us.
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