Tag: Philadelphia

  • First Friday Find — Night Owl Terrariums

    While strolling through Old City on Friday night, I was kind of surprised to see street vendors on 3rd Street. It’s embarrassing to say that this was my first First Friday in Old City. The vendor that really caught my eye was Night Owl Terrariums. They use thrifted, vintage, and found glassware to make a…

  • 3rd Ward Philly Sneak Peak

    3rd Ward is a coworking and makerspace in Brooklyn. I had been hearing for months that they were planning a second location in Philly, and I’m excited to say that it’s finally happening! The Philly location is at 4th and Thompson. It’ll offer coworking space, classes, and events, starting tonight! There’s an opening party from…

  • She Tech Philly — A resource for women in technology

    Ever since Lady Hacks, I’ve been working with an amazing group of women on She Tech Philly, a central hub for women interested in the Philly tech scene to find meetups, events, and information. We’ve been meeting fairly regularly over the past month or so since Lady Hacks, and we were finally able to officially…

  • New Shop in Town: Occasionette!

    I was first introduced to Girls Can Tell by my delightful bag o’ swag from Girl Crush. It was seriously the best gift bag I’ve ever gotten (not that they’re a common thing in my life, but still). The tea towel with Sara Selepouchin’s diagram of ranunculus still hangs proudly on my oven handle as one of…

  • 26

    New Year’s week always feels a bit more significant to me, I think, because my birthday is on January 5. So I’m truly beginning a new year, not just of the calendar, but of life. From Friday: It feels like a new decade to me. I turn 26 tomorrow, and it’s like crossing some threshold…

  • Low Key NYE

    I wasn’t feeling any huge elaborate to-do for NYE this year. I’ve been fighting this seriously disgusting throat/sinus thing for over a week, and staying up all night and drinking too much whiskey didn’t feel like a good idea for my body. I spent most of the last moments of 2012 laying in bed and…