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2016 Walnut St
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(267) 242-0959

Meagan Q Macklin  

Categories: Physical Therapy, Massage, Active Life
Neighborhoods: Rittenhouse Square, Penn Center

5.0 star rating
1/17/2011 First to Review
My Christmas gift from my boyfriend was to have this woman kick my shit.  

Seriously though, this was the best deep tissue massage I've ever had.  I have bad posture and I am either at the gym or hunched over a computer all day and this makes for really tight and gross muscles.   I've been to a couple different places recently.  (Mostly because I kept forgetting Meagan did massages).     Nowhere else have I been have I felt like I was actually getting a deep tissue massage or felt so much better afterward.

I was sore for a couple days (a good thing).   My shoulders were no longer resting somewhere around my ears and most importantly, Meagan gave me some advice for how to stretch, sit/stand, and what workouts to do and avoid.  

I'm definitely budgeting to see what kinda regular thing I can afford.  Quasimodo no more!

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507 S 6th St
Philadelphia, PA 19147
(215) 625-6660

Blackbird Pizzeria  

Categories: Vegan, Pizza
Neighborhood: Society Hill

5.0 star rating
Update - 11/29/2010
Ok.  This might be the best pizza I've had ever.  Vegan or otherwise.  Pretty pricey but when you're talking about getting another slice on South Street (2.50-3 dollars) it's only slightly more so.

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  • 3.0 star rating
    11/10/2010

    I fully admit that sometimes my tastes run a bit common.  Give me some gooey shells & cheese over dried oven baked mac & cheese any day.   With that said, you'd understand why I was a bit disappointed in the texture of my seitan cheesesteak.  It was just too damned fancy.    The steak was still in slices making it more like a hot roast beef deli sandwich than the shredded up chunks of a cheesesteak.  It tasted good but I just wasn't buying the texture.

    Also, my sandwich was wrapped in paper.    This was unfortunate because I only had a 15 block bike ride home my nomz didn't make it.  I don't know if there are any hippie reasons to use paper over foil but I hope they use foil.  Especially when the deliveries start soon and food'll have to go on multiple stops before it reaches its destination.  

    I will be back again I really wanna try some of that pizza and the cuban sandwich

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700 S 5th St
Philadelphia, PA 19147
(267) 888-7002

Adsum Restaurant - CLOSED  

Categories: American (New), Breakfast & Brunch
Neighborhood: Queen Village

3.0 star rating
11/8/2010
So I made a reservation on open table.  Sorry I didn't make it before the restaurant opened but if you use open table you're supposed to keep up with it all night, short-asian-hostess-girl.  This is how you avoid the situation that happened on Friday

We waited 20 minutes for a table after our reservation.  The worst part was...we had a table cleared for us and some random yuppies from the bar decided that table was for them and sat there.  The hostess did NOT move them.  I guess their money was greener than ours so they can break the rules while we wait.  

After we eventually got a table service was quick.  Our appetizers came out very quickly (I love the Poutine) and but the entrees took a little time.  

I'm not pretentious enough to review the food any more than it was very tasty and decadent

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112 S 18th St
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(267) 467-3277

The Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co  

Category: Lounges
Neighborhoods: Rittenhouse Square, Penn Center

4.0 star rating
11/8/2010 1 photo
I understand what they're doing.. but waiting outside for 5 minutes in the fucking cold while there is room inside for people not to be standing in the damn cold is fucking annoying.

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242 S 20th St
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 735-9900

St. Patrick's Church  

Category: Churches
Neighborhood: Rittenhouse Square

4.0 star rating
8/20/2010
What a beautiful Church!  You really can't tell how impressive it is from the  outside until you step inside.   Pro-tip: 7-11 is across the street just in case you go to Mass a bit hung over.

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260 S Broad St
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 772-1230

Ted's Montana Grill - CLOSED  

Category: American (New)
Neighborhoods: Rittenhouse Square, Avenue of the Arts South

2.0 star rating
8/20/2010
Ted Turner will tomahawk chop you for a bad review.  

I went with my friend for an 8 dollar lunch special menu.  I'd have rather spent 8 dollars at Locust Rendezvous for a burger and supported a local business.

Now my lunch companion isn't the easiest customer to have.  He talks a lot. He asks stupid questions and never shuts the hell up.    It takes a special kind of server to put up with this shit and still be nice to his dining companion.  This server was not special at all.  She was rude to me and my friend.  I apologised a couple of times for him whenever he said something completely stupid and the server just rolled her eyes and grunted.

The food was also nothing special.  I am glad that this is a national chain because calorie counts were on the menu.   I quickly realised I could only eat half of anything here because eating my full plate would be my calorie allowance for the cotdamed day.  So it gets a plus 1 more star for that.

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1400 S Columbus Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19147
(215) 755-2219

United Artists Theatre Riverview Plaza  

Category: Cinema
Neighborhood: Pennsport

3.0 star rating
8/19/2010
I went to Riverview Plaza the weekend it first opened a gazillion years ago.  I went today and had a perfectly pleasant time.  Then again, I'm not racist.  

It's comfortable--it's clean--and it shows movies you actually have heard of.  I don't get the hate

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1351 S Columbus Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19147
(215) 463-1100

Comcast  

Neighborhood: Pennsport

2.0 star rating
8/19/2010
Why do I have to wait in line when there are 4 cashiers who are not helping any one?    I feel like I'm on parking wars at the impound lot every time I go here.

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S.W. Corner 20th and Christian Sts.
Philadelphia, PA 19146
(215) 735-0600

St. Charles Borromeo Church  

Category: Churches
Neighborhood: Graduate Hospital

3.0 star rating
8/19/2010 First to Review
This church is really pretty on the inside and is only 2 blocks from my house.  But really?  One Mass a week? Srsly?   That kinda sucks, dude.

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204 S 12th St
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 985-4092

12th Street Gym  

Categories: Gyms, Trainers
Neighborhoods: Washington Square West, Market East

4.0 star rating
8/19/2010
As a fatty, I appreciate the very chilled out vibe the morning and early afternoon crowds at 12th Street.    I've never been during rush hour but there are no "fitter than thou" attitudes from the other members or more importantly, the staff and personal trainers.  

It is confusing as hell to move around in (in fact I've already figured a lot of it out) but that doesn't bother me as much as how HOT IT GETS because it's an old building with no central air .

Still, I was a member of Sweat and I really like this place a lot better.

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