The Alley Project

[I'm going to make "tucked away" the official starting phrase of every post from now until eternity.]
Tucked away in an alley called Camac Street (our first palindromic alley!) in downtown Philadelphia lies an artificially old-looking Inn that is actually simply a nice old-fashioned gay bar called The Venture Inn. Despite the artificiality of some of [...]

Tucked away off 4th Street just south of South St. lives a night club called Fluid and every Sunday they have a little shindig called Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control.
It was fast (I was only there for an hour), the drinks were cheap (if you get the lager & whiskey shot combo) but it [...]

McGillin’s Old Ale House (someone forgot the "e" on the end of "Old") is supposedly the oldest continuously running bar in Philadelphia proper. It has retained a lot of the old world charm and has matured out of its former "peanut shells on the floor" paradigm.
After a couple of beers, my dad and I hoofed [...]

Since I’ve chosen the great 8-8-8 to start this site up, I think I’ll just be a little more self-indulgent and start it off with an alley from my home town, Elfreth’s Alley in Philadelphia, PA. Here’s a little somethin’-somethin’ from the Elfreth’s Alley Association:
The Alley was opened in 1702 and has been home to [...]