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To the Editor:We all realize the wretched and

unbearable havoc these heavy-handed snowstorms and blizzards that wreak down on us five to 10 or more inches is left to be dealt with. The manpower, equip-ment, expensive salt and the trau-ma left us. How would you like to see all of these white mountains almost immediately vaporized right before your eyes? Impos-sible, you say?

Ever wonder why no nation in the world has yet to discover a so-lution for this white havoc? Well, little dopey me has a fix-all solution that has been in plain sight for all to see. Even the very healthy giants of businesses throughout the world missed this by the proverbial mile. Imagine the automobile industry being the very first to utilize this unique and practical method va-porizing snow and ice and turning it into plain warm water that will

flow into our sewers. Heat emit-ting diodes, compounds of a laser, of controlled temperatures that are adjustable to melt ice and snow. These units can be placed under, in front, back and sides of cars and trucks with shields to deflect the beams of light to protect from damage to people and properties. Hey, someone who has a bit of foresight and financial resource can make buckets of money. I can-not do these things any more for obvious reasons.

If anyone cannot see the logic and potential of this undisputable and practical idea, I say, woe to all for the loss and distress! Just imagine the great control over these storms it would give us all, and what it would do for business-es. No more closed schools.

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This week the members of the Philadelphia City Council will vote on legislation that would provide several exemptions to Philadel-phias Clean Indoor Air and Worker Protection Law. A limited number of establishments applied for and were granted exemptions by the original deadline in April 2007. Why grant additional exemptions now when it will mean jeopardiz-ing the health of every worker and every patron who visits these four establishments?

The American Heart Association is joined by many health advocacy partners, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and American Lung As-sociation, in urging Council to de-feat and reject these bills that fly in the face of fairness and jeopardize worker health.

Health advocates declared a major victory when Philadelphias Clean Indoor Air and Worker Protection Law went into effect in January 07. At the time of passage, we cel-ebrated a public health milestone

that more Philadelphians than ever before would be protected from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke.

The members of City Council understand the dangers of second-hand smoke to human health. The evidence is clear that exposure to secondhand smoke wreaks imme-diate havoc on the bodys cardio-vascular system and is a contrib-uting factor to the development of heart disease and other cardiovas-cular diseases, leading to thousands of unnecessary heart attacks and deaths each year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, long-term exposure to second-hand smoke, such as expo-sure in a workplace, is associated with a 25 to 30 percent increased risk for coronary heart disease in adult non-smokers.

The legislation under consider-ation creates an unfair choice for Philadelphias workers in todays tough economy: Should they risk working in a smoke-filled environ-ment that may kill them in order to support their families? Philadel-phias workers shouldnt be forced to expose themselves to a toxic and harmful environment in order to have a job and a paycheck. Noth-ing about the science on the deadly effects of secondhand smoke has changed.

Less than a quarter of Philadel-phians are smokers; the vast major-ity of Philadelphians dont smoke and dont want exposure to second-hand smoke. Enforcing the clean indoor air law comprehensively would protect all workers and the public from the harms of second-hand smoke exposure and would provide a level playing field for all city businesses without exception. Rather than allowing new exemp-tions, we should be phasing out the more than 70 exemptions that have already been granted.

The American Heart Associa-tions mission is to build healthier lives free of cardiovascular disease and stroke. We encourage City Council to join us in this mission by protecting all Philadelphians from the dangers of secondhand smoke, no exceptions.

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/ t 12:35 p.m. Friday, the complainant was at Snyder Supermarket, 2700 Snyder Ave., when an employee ac-cused him of stealing, leading to an argument, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. He allowed the worker to pat him down to prove his innocence, but the figure supposedly de-manded he leave, shouting Get the (ex-pletive) out of the store.

The complainant refused to depart, as he was waiting for three hoagies, and stated the offender went behind the front coun-ter, retrieved a black gun, walked back over to him and repeated the demand. The customer walked to the rear to pick up his sandwiches, with the worker reportedly following him, Tolliver said.

The man then allegedly forcefully placed the barrel of the weapon under the con-sumers chin and threatened to kill him. Breaking free, the complainant called authorities, and during the wait for their arrival, he observed the offender again go around the counter, place the gun in a bag and head to the back of the store. Authori-ties recovered the firearm and arrested Juan Soriano, of the 2700 block of Tasker Street, and charged him with possession of an instrument of crime, simple assault, making terroristic threats and recklessly endangering another person. He posted his $25,000 bail and awaits a March 16 status hearing.

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inhabitant received five years of proba-tion Friday for her subdealer role in an illegal drug ring. As first reported in the April 24, 2014 South Philly Re-view as Drug plan

foiled, Willow Orr, of the 1900 block of Federal Street, was among 11 individu-als detained in what participants dubbed the Main Line takeover project, with au-thorities noting they peddled substances, chiefly marijuana, at three higher learning institutions.

In July, the 23-year-old had entered a guilty plea on conspiracy to possess drugs with the intent to deliver. Through a re-lease, attorney David Barrish tabbed his

client an intelligent girl eager to put the situation behind her.

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ter his course before robbing him in Mar-coni Monday.

At 6:52 p.m., the figures flagged down the motorist at 10th Street and Oregon Avenue, instructing him to take them to 16th and Pollock streets, Detective Dan-ielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. During the journey, they changed the destination to the 2900 block of South Sydenham Street and upon reaching the latter location, the first offender produced a handgun and demanded Give me your money, grabbing approximately $100 from the complainants hands before bolt-ing into Marconi Plaza, 2700 S. Broad St.

The uninjured victim described the first man as white, in his late 20s and 6 foot; having a thin build; being clean-shaven; armed with a dark-colored handgun; and wearing a blue hoodie and dark pants; and the second as white and 6 foot and wear-ing a dark-colored jacket and dark pants. A detailed description of the second male was not available as of press time.

To report information, call South De-tectives at 215-685-1635, text PPDTIP (773847) or visit phillypolice.com/forms.

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and steal a small fire safe that contained approximately $1,400. The thief, of whom a detailed description was not available as of press time, left the area in a dark-colored vehicle.


BVSV]ZSb`cbVLaw enforcement officials are hoping to

capture a person who used a hole in a wall to burglarize a Marconi East business.

Police responded to a 12:40 a.m. call Feb. 8 and headed to Thundertech, 631 Or-egon Ave., engaging with the proprietor, who told them of a forced open side door leading to an unoccupied second-floor apartment, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. The at-large individual them made a hole leading to the rear of the establishment, with video surveillance showing the criminal, whose face and hands were covered, using the opening to gain access at 12:30 a.m.

The figure, Tolliver said, removed mon-ey from a cash drawer and four cell phones that were undergoing repairs before escap-ing through the hole.


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its owners supposed use of the site as a speakeasy.

At approximately 3 p.m. Feb. 9, offi-cers from the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement arrived at the Rising Sun Grocery Store, 2348 S. Seventh St., seiz-ing beer, a video poker machine and $355 in cash. They arrested 44-year-old South Philly resident Sopheak Oun, charging her with manufacturing malt/brewed beverag-es without a license, conspiracy and pos-session of gambling devices. They added they received payouts for credits earned on the machine.

Oun, who received Release On Recogni-zance, awaits a March 12 status hearing.

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months in prison following a federal judges Feb. 11 decision to punish him for conspiring with an ex-police officer to rob two drug users.

Robert Powers, whom court records list as having a 19148 zip code, received his sentence from U.S. District Judge Edu-ardo Robreno five days after former offi-cer Christopher Saravello pleaded guilty to plotting with him and another man. According to his charging document, the 23-year-old sentenced individual agreed in June 2012 to pretend to sell OxyCon-tin pills to a drug user in South Philly. In

the scam, Saravello, whom the Eastern District of the United States Attorneys Office charged in November, drove up in his marked car and uniform, seized around $1,200 and detained Powers, to whom he gave one-third of the score. On another occasion, Saravello ordered Powers and another buyer, identified as South Philly resident Robert Nagy, to stand up against a wall, with the former law enforcement agent taking the same amount of cash.

Powers, having fled on foot, then ven-tured to meet Nagy, who in July received a 10-month sentence from Robreno, at his residence to collect his share. Saravello, whose extortion scheme netted $9,800 in drug money and quantities of OxyContin and other narcotics, awaits a June sentenc-ing.

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agers in Newbold.The complainants exited Gill Grocery

Store, 1400 S. 18th St., at 6:20 p.m. Feb. 12 and came into contact with an unknown individual who pointed a small silver gun at them to demand their money and phones, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South De-tective Division said. The first two victims immediately complied, but the third resist-ed, leading the aggressor to strike him in the face with the weapon.

Receiving the property, the perpetrator ordered the complainants to leave the block and fired a shot at the third youth, Tolliver said, with the bullet missing its target. The teenagers described the offender as black, 20 to 30 years old and 5-foot-10; having a thin build, light skin and a goatee; and wearing a black hoodie and skull cap.


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had a Feb. 4 preliminary hearing sched-uled, will instead have his date in court April 7 for allegedly shooting a Point Breeze man.

The 39-year-old arrestee supposedly ar-gued with Terrell Nelson on Sept, 26, 2013 behind a home on 27th and Wolf streets, Officer Christine OBrien of the Police Public Affairs Unit said. Bates then re-portedly shot the 27-year-old in the face, leading to his transport to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where per-sonnel pronounced him dead. Gates had his bail denied Jan. 20 and faces murder, possession of an instrument of crime and firearms violations charges. +(*

Contact Managing Editor Joseph Myers at [email protected] or ext. 124. Com-ment at southphillyreview.com/news/police-report.

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7 t became official late last week Philadelphias pre-miere LGBT-oriented health organization, Mazzoni Center, is moving to South Philly. Its overseers make it just under the wire: their new home, which will be-gin with construction this summer, will be at 1328-1338 Bainbridge St. One block south of South Street and two blocks from the Lombard-South Broad Street Line, with the move, they are stretching the boundaries of whats considered the gayborhood and confirming their stature as an important institution in the city as well as nation-wide.

In their 35th year, they operate out of three Center City addresses and are bursting at the seams. Their two offic-es, 21 S. 12th St. and 809 Locust St., total about 31,000 square feet when they combine into one on Bainbridge, theyll occupy almost 45,000 square feet. They hope to finish by the summer of 2017 and will be able to personal-ize and expand on two adjacent unoccupied spaces, cus-tomizing office and medical spaces to their precise needs. Their third location, a rapid-testing stronghold at 1201 Locust St., will not be affected.

Mazzoni contacted Alterra Group, LLC in 13 to be-gin looking for a new space. Their tenant representation will be with Savills Studley, commercial real estate advi-sors, who will also provide project management services throughout the design and construction process.

What Im really excited about is seeing how much the organization has grown over the last few years since Ive been on the board, Dr. Jimmy Ruiz, an OB-GYN phy-sician who grew up on Staten Island, lives in Glenside and has a private practice out of Abington, said. Mazzoni helps provide services for both health care and social ser-vices with a focus on the LGBTQ community.

The non-profit, according to a press release, will espe-cially bolster Mazzoni Centers growing medical prac-tice and behavioral health program, and will provide the agency with comfortable, updated spaces for its LGBT legal services, case management, food bank and housing programs for people with HIV, as well as HIV prevention, education and other key departments.

Theyll go from 13 to 26 patient exam rooms and ex-pand their staff of therapists, nearly doubling the num-ber of counseling rooms. Mazzoni Center also plans to launch an Intensive Outpatient Program, which will be the first in the Philadelphia region dedicated to helping LGBT individuals with substance abuse issues, accord-ing to the report.

The Centers CEO, Nurit Shein, will have a much short-er commute in three summers time.

I love the neighborhood I look forward to bringing

everybody else with me, the Israeli native, retired colo-nel and resident of 18th and Bainbridge streets, said.

She came to the organization in 1994 as its executive director, and things were very different then.

We were a much different organization then, we were much smaller. It was actually pretty difficult because it was still at the height of the AIDS epidemic, and we were facing a lot of debt and distress from the community, she confessed.

But things are much, much better now. We have added at least 30 new patients every month

and have added a new clinician on an annual basis. Cur-rently, we have no more room to grow in any of our loca-tions, she said.

THERE IS SOMETHING meaningful and symbolic in their move and maturation.

The physical statement of having a building that is an LGBT health organization is an important thing to us and to Philadelphia. And we really have the support of City Council members and of the mayor and of the LGBT di-rector [Helen Nellie L. Fitzpatrick] its a good thing, Shein said. And were looking forward to coming into your neighborhood. Were expanding the gayborhood all the way down, and its been expanding.

The use of a creative Town Hall space will be, in part, shaped by folks in the neighborhood with ideas for how to use the space.

Weve been very good neighbors, and we bring good energy to the neighborhood, Shein added.

She also praised Philadelphias status as one of the friendliest, if not the friendliest, cities to LGBT people in America. She could be referring to the near-perfect 100 score from the Human Rights Campaigns 2014 Munici-pal Equality Index report, which measures the law, poli-cies and services of municipalities and rates them on the

basis of their inclusivity of LGBT people who live and work there.

Clearly, Philadelphia is much more of an LGBT hub than it was 20 years ago I am hoping that we have con-tributed something to that [score], Shein said.

Mazzoni aims at health care to the whole person and not just to the medical concern at hand, Ruiz, whos seen strides in medical education since he graduated from medical school in 1998, said. When you have providers that have already had the experience in addressing those needs, any patient would want to go to a provider who has experience with their situation.

Before the move, Mazzoni staff took a look at simi-lar institutions and other cities, and Ruiz says its about time Philly got itself a brick-and-mortar home for LGBT health.

Its almost as if Mazzoni is taking its place among its peers in terms of having its own home, the physician said.

When pressed on if there were an aspect or depart-ment of her non-profit that she held dearest to her, Shein wouldnt dare say.

Theyre all my babies. Well, now theyre my teenagers. I just love every single department: with prevention, what were doing in the schools with young people and train-ing self-esteem and negotiating skills, this is invaluable for young people; [we help] trans folks with legal name changes; helping homeless youth with medical care; helping people sort out internalized homophobia through counseling, Shein concluded. That is why were talk-ing about holistic health its not just legal or medical or housing we have to look at the individual as a whole and help them wherever they need help. +(*

Contact Staff Writer Bill Chenevert at [email protected] or ext. 117. Comment at southphillyreview.com/news/features.

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Point Breeze dont have those L&I orange signs and should: abandoned houses with open doors and windows invite crime and arson and threaten physical safety.

The Controllers report says there are a total of 1,215 vacant properties in viola-tion of code, 791 of them are Open and/or not in compliance with City Code. 101 of them are the most dangerous, consid-ered Unsafe, Imminently Dangerous or Hazardous with conditions that were not in compliance.

Their zip code breakdown of vacant properties is particularly fascinating. Of the 47 zips in Philadelphia, the top seven zip codes are all in Northeast Philly: 60 in Frankfords 19124 leads the pack. The following six are spread throughout Port Richmond, and the zips along Frankford Avenue up to Olney and Fox Chase. South Phillys 19146, characterized by Point Breeze and Grays Ferry, is the highest on the list south of South Street, ranking eighth with 31 properties; 19148 is 14th with 23; 19145 is 18th with 18; and 19147 is 37th with only nine listings.

L&I has been a constant target for us, but we recognize that theyve been starved for resources for over 10 years. We have a long history of being on this issue, City Controller Alan Butkovitz said.

He added that NBC 10 sent a list of ques-tions to his office in December, and they decided to investigate and report on pri-vately-held vacant properties (they issued a report in 2010 that addressed publicly-held lands, and Butkovitz said it wasnt dramatic as this report).

We worked cooperatively with L&I to exchange information and to prioritize the properties that needed to be demolished, the controller reported, adding when we got closer to the conclusion [of the report] they started to be non-responsive.

Despite numerous phone calls and e-mails, L&I never responded for comment.

UNDER THE CITY of Philadelphias Code, the owner of a vacant structure or lot is required to obtain a license with the Li-censes and Inspections Department, the report reads. Applicants for a license have to provide a contact name, address and their Philadelphia Business Income and Receipts Tax Number. The cost is $150 per year, and it must be obtained no more than 30 days following vacating the build-ing. City Code also requires owners to take measures to prevent unauthorized en-try to the premises, the report notes, in-cluding securing windows, doors, or any other openings accessible to trespassers or vermin.

There are hundreds of open windows throughout Point Breeze. There are board-ed up properties without orange signs at the corners of 21st and 23rd and Federal streets and several along the 2300 block of Federal Street. But a real sight is the former home of the Barrett Educational Center at 1300-1304 S. 24th St. Caution tape dangles from the handrails along its

front steps, and windows are broken open everywhere inexplicably, one such sec-ond-floor window has a tree growing out of it.

Butkovitzs team interviewed a guy who lives next to one of those imminently dangerous properties who told of laying in bed and hearing it creak and shift, and he wondered if the building was going to come crashing down on him. He also cited a relative in Northern Liberties who hung on to their vacant house, in hopes of its rise in value, for a lifetime. It took them about 40 years. I think that is repre-sentative of the mindset in all of this.

It makes sense. If one has the right to hold on to a vacant house for $150 a year, why not let it accumulate worth in a grow-ing city?

It raises a good question how many continuances do they get, and how many violations are there? Butkovitz said. How the system gets played the way it does.

The controllers office and its report

looked to Baltimore and Chicago for bet-ter practice techniques.

They treat this as something thats re-ally serious, the controller said.

Cheron Porter, the director of communi-cations for Baltimore Housing, said they addressed namely code enforcement and the way their office runs.

Someone might try to purchase a prop-erty from us, and that might take a year thats not effective or attractive. We changed the way we did it we were able to issue greater fines for people who were not compliant, Porter said, adding I believe the folks in Philly have been in communi-cation with us.

One of the biggest problems is easily the program and software used to maintain in-spection records. Butkovitz said it started with Oracle. Its gone on for all of the years that Ive been here. Its been a long-term to goal to be more integrative, and there have been numerous failures on that front I assume its contributed to by technology and bureaucratic turf, he added.

Baltimore has a system called CHIP. We created a software tool that tracks

all of our properties so we can just type in an address and see the inspection report or any complaints that have been made, what the follow-up has been and with pictures and notices, Porter said.

The vacant status fee in Chicago is $250 to $500, Chicagos Department of Build-ings spokeswoman Mimi Simon said.

The fee is higher if the City finds it to be in violation before it registers, she said, and added that theyve established a unique court call explicitly to tackle this issue. We have a special vacant build-ing court call that allows the City and the courts to take a more systematic approach theyre streamlining the vacant building cases into the vacant building court call and not getting it mixed up with other cas-es going through circuit court. It processes things a little bit quicker. +(*

Contact Staff Writer Bill Chenevert at [email protected] or ext. 117. Com-ment at southphillyreview.com/news/features.


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: iz Filios has long regarded risk-taking as a requisite to promoting artistic growth. Recently endowed with two enviable accolades for her acting acumen, the 31-year-old is again courting complexity by playing Cinderella in Into the Woods.

The role is so fulfilling and so hard, the performer said from her East Passyunk Crossing resi-dence, noting the emotional and physical aspects of her endeavor, the latter including the playing of five instruments. She has so much more to her than one might presume. She is very spirited and goes through an evolution. Add up those elements, and this is probably the hardest thing

Ive ever done.Filios is focusing on fusing the fairy tale

figures characteristics through Theatre Ho-rizon. Making her debut for the Norristown-based entity, she is benefiting not only from her resolve but also the intensity of her col-leagues, including South Philadelphians Alex Bechtel, Rachel Camp and Matthew Decker, the companys resident director.

Its a dream to work with such amazing people, she said of addressing the Stephen Sondheim-penned musical, singling out Decker for his realization that audiences witness Cinderellas spirit transcending surrounding sorrow. Theyre enthused about telling a great story, which inspires me because Cinderella, in this version, has so much depth to her, and I want to convey that accordingly.

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chronicle that acquiring ones wishes can prove as confounding as never obtaining them. That people must persist resonates as a chief theme for the thespians, with Filios fond of finding the lessons within that task.

I could say that in many ways, I aspire to be like her, she said of the character whom she is portraying through March 1. Shes able to muster strength to go on despite setbacks. No matter what sort of fortune we have, thats an incredible men-tality to have.

AS A PRECOCIOUS, audacious, perhaps presumptuous kid who matured in Michi-gan, Filios quickly acquired qualities that have made her akin to her character, namely being knowledgeable of the need to endure and reverent of the inherent clout within any challenge. Growing up with en-grossing exposure to musical theater, she knew at age 12 that stages would stoke her ambition, even asking her parents, whom she credits for her lifelong gusto, for an agent as a Christmas present. Matriculat-ing at the University of Michigan, she wel-comed the wisdom of Brent Wagner, chair of the musical theater department, who ad-vised his charges to imagine themselves as racehorses wearing blinders so as to focus

only on themselves while chasing glory.You have to possess the guts to try if you

want to be in this field, Filios, who be-came a fixated filly in the figurative horse race by also studying Commedia dellarte, physical theatre, Theatre of the Grotesque, classical voice and directing and by ven-turing to Africa, Asia, Europe and South America for artistic opportunities, said. Early on, I was pretty headstrong only to become shyer later on, but I realized that I would have to diversify to have a chance at being consistently employed.

Having come to Philadelphia to audition for Il Racconto dInverno, which took her to Italy, she returned to the city follow-ing receiving directing tutelage in South Africa, deeming the metropolis the best gift. Her Italian excursion became an ad-ditional boon when she scored a teaching position through Camp Wilma, as the post called for her to educate pupils on the land of loves copious contributions to theater. Filios has used that experience and numer-ous exceptional turns for area companies to forge a Philadelphia love story.

I love the citys history, grit and open-ness, the four-year South Philly inhabit-ant said, adding she loves the task of tak-ing on the realms challenges, especially as an outsider. You have to earn your

place here, and thats not something you do through having money or prestige. It comes from having humility, diligence and determination and by working on your craft.

Connoisseurs commended her talent in October, with the overseers of the Bar-rymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre naming her Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical for her appearance in Inis Nua Theatre Co.s Midsummer [a play with songs] and granting her the F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Philadelphia The-atre Artist.

Im so honored to have won, especially because Im so aware of the amazing per-formers in this city, particularly those in South Philly, which is really a culturally diverse and inspirational place to live, Fil-ios said. Im very fortunate to have met so many encouraging people.

Losing one such illuminating individual in fellow performer and dear friend Reu-ben Mitchell, who died Nov. 12, 2012 fol-lowing a motorcycle accident, has bred a desire to transform his writings on the hu-man voice and William Shakespeare into a full-scale project. She ventured to Cana-das National Voice Intensive in Vancouver last summer for instruction and will articu-late her plan through March workshops at

Theatre Horizon and hopes to perpetuate Mitchells insistence on positivity and te-nacity.

Filios, who also made evident her mas-tery of those concepts as a host for Sprouts The Sunny Side Up Show, which helped her to develop even more diligence be-cause of the programs massive audience, also has claimed kudos for her presence within the South Philly-heavy Bearded Ladies Cabaret, of which she is a found-ing member. Deeming the members her heart, she has intensified her risk-taking mentality through their concepts, with backup singer duties for the band Johnny Showcase providing another means to rev-el in the rewards of realizing that actual-izing dreams will always lead someone out of the woods.

Im looking to delve into one or two things at a time as opposed to other times when I tried many things at once, Filios said. I keep encountering people with great vision, so I definitely want to con-tribute to a really passionate community however I can. SPR

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6eres how it went down It was show and tell day in Miss Paster-naks room at Francis Scott Key Elementary School, 2230 S. Eighth St., I dont think we called it show and tell back then about hundred years or so ago.

Miss Pasternak displayed the items on a wooden table in the corner of the room. I dont remember what item I brought in that day. Its not important. Its what I coveted that is a small, wooden white rabbit. I lusted after that little rabbit like Adam wanted a bite out of that apple in the Garden of Eden. Why? What do I know? Maybe I had just read Alice In Wonder-land. Decades later, I loved White Rab-bit by Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane maybe I had a premonition.

I quickly looked around the room to make sure no one was looking. With the coast clear, I popped the rabbit into my shirt pocket. The start of a promising crim-inal career. No moral qualms whatsoever.

I guess it was inevitable that my theft was discovered right after afternoon re-cess. Im not sure who squealed on me. Miss Pasternak played it cool. She strolled up and down the aisles of our classroom before she stopped at my desk and asked me if I had taken the rabbit. The rabbit was bulging in my shirt pocket, but I looked Miss Pasternak in the eye and denied it all. She must have had X-ray eyes. She told me to empty my shirt pocket, and there was the rabbit. But hardened criminal that I was, I wasnt finished yet. I blamed the theft on my best friend (we are still best friends many decades later). He gave me the hot goods at recess and asked me to hold it. Miss Pasternak wasnt buying it.

She kept me after school, hoping that I would show some remorse. Hardened cons dont show remorse. I held firm. It was when I peed my knickers (I told you that this was a long time ago) that remorse set in. Arriving home late from school was one thing, but arriving home with a pee stain down the front of ones knickers is quite something else. Upon intense ques-tioning from my mother, I came up with a quick alibi. Miss Pasternak had falsely accused me of stealing a white rabbit and then refused to let me go to the restroom to relieve myself.

Mom bought the story. All of it. She took

my arm, and we stormed back to school. Miss Pasternak was still sitting at her desk in the now empty classroom. A ter-rible confrontation ensued. I stood idly by, looking angelic as possible above the fray of battle. Numerous charges were hurled back and forth. I distinctly remember Miss Pasternak telling Mom that her son was a liar and a thief. Me who was standing there looking like a member of the Vienna Boys Choir. Impossible to believe. Mom said some stuff, too, that has thankfully been lost in the cobwebs of time.

The tale (or was it tail?) of the white rab-bit and Miss Pasternak became the stuff of legend in our family. The story was repeat-ed almost as often as the one where my mother and her sisters got into a fight at a local bakery that ended with Mom smash-ing a coconut custard pie on the counter and the owner tossing a powdered sugar shaker at my Mom while her sisters were tossing chairs. Hey, the pie was moldy, and the owner had denied it was his pie!

It was years later. My mother was sitting in a wheelchair on a balcony at The Wa-termark on Logan Square. My wife and I were sitting opposite her. The evening was pleasantly warm. The sky at twilight was a palette of red, pink and a smear of light blue. The noisy blades of a helicopter could be heard flying in the sky overhead.

It was a good evening for retelling family stories, and Mom had just disclosed to me after all these years that she voted Demo-crat just to spite my Republican father. He had made the mistake of trying to pull the lever for her (in those days, husbands and wives were allowed in the voting booths together). I am not sure why I thought this was a good time to confess my guilt in stealing the white rabbit. Im not even sure whether I had tried to confess earlier in my life or even whether Brian Williams was around when I did so. Maybe I thought that catharsis would be good for my soul. I had not turned into a hardened criminal, although some of you would probably pre-fer that I did rather than take up writing a column. In any event, I recalled the story of the white rabbit and admitted my guilt.

Mom looked at me and screamed, No, you didnt!!! Not her son. It was then I realized that even John Dillingers mother probably couldnt have accepted the truth about her son. I stopped trying. Sorry, Miss Pasternak. Sorry, my innocent friend.

When Mom finally calmed down, I changed the subject to the time that my Uncle Boot (hired by the neighborhood as a watchman) had gotten loaded and tried to shoot the lights out of the pinball ma-chine.

Truth does not always win out when it involves mothers and sons. SPR

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A better pair of nominated movies is The Grand Budapest Hotel, the best film ever made by whimsical auteur Wes Anderson, and Whiplash, a stunningly tight debut from budding director Damien Chazelle. Both would be more deserving than the other films listed above, as well as Clint Eastwoods American Sniper, a movie that, while not the jingoistic ex-ercise some liberal viewers are painting it to be, lacks the unique punch to reach the finish line.

In all likelihood, the Best Picture race will come down to a wrestling match be-tween Boyhood and Birdman, two movies that have both been celebrated for their grand ambitions. Filmed over 12 years, Boyhood is an unprecedent-ed triumph for Richard Linklater, while

Birdman, Alejandro Gonzalez Irritus first dramedy, boasts the virtuoso illusion of being shot in a single take. Both films have their merits, and Boyhood seems the safer bet, but their most glaring com-mon thread is the exaltation of male egos, meaning the Academys gender problem is arguably worse than its race problem.

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The 2015 Hump! Tour is a col-lection of short and sex-friendly movies for the adult set and its hosted by Dan Savage 6, 8:15 and 10:50 p.m. Feb. 21. Tick-ets: $18-$20. Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St. 215-232-2100. utphilly.com.

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/ fter much anticipation, Bing Bing Dim Sum, 1648 E. Passyunk Ave., opened Monday. To get the low down on the second venture from the Cheu Noodle Bar crew, I chatted with chef/owner Ben Puchowitz.

SPR: Articulate what our readers can expect and what youre going to be do-ing at Bing Bing.

Ben: Bing Bing is really, its like Cheu (Noodle Bar), a fun party almost. Its a very lively atmosphere, theres lots of cool stuff on the walls, lots of art, some funky weird stuff. One of the walls is filled with cartoon dumplings. Another wall is a mu-ral of a Hong Kong scene, some really lively decor.

In terms of the food, its authentic dump-lings or dim sum turned upside down and made more for the American palate. Dim sum is mostly dumplings or small appetiz-ers that are meant to share. Theres some different appetizers that are traditional at a dim sum restaurant that we kind of took and updated them a bit.

We have a really awesome bar manager who came from Percy Street (Barbecue); his name is Max Sherman. Hes got these punches meant for a large party. Theyre almost a gallon of punch for $30-$32. Theyre super delicious.

SPR: How do you balance traditional approaches with the creative stuff you guys do?

Ben: If we are going to do something, it is a lot easier to do say a traditional dump-ling or appetizer, but stopping there is re-ally weird to me. Once we start thinking and get the base menu items down, we go from there. The turnip cake, once I figured how to make that good, I thought how can I make it different and use my background to riff on this appetizer.

SPR: Where do you find inspiration for some of these genre bending dishes?

Ben: If I am struggling, I always go to my Jewish background, so thats how a lot of those flares come in. For that turnip cake, once I made that traditional style I thought this would be good with matzo meal, and it works perfectly.

From there, pretty much all I eat, all the time is Asian food dumplings, noodles, anything really. I get comfortable with those flavors, textures then once I get in the kitchen, I can imitate them or tweak them. ... My style really got started at Mat-yson, riffing on Asian food, and I am doing the same thing today.

SPR: Its certainly a good canvas for some creative approaches that work for you.

Ben: We have tons of awesome Asian markets around Philadelphia that I can go to and just buy interesting produce then mess around with it. ... I am just lucky enough to have a restaurant where we can serve that food.

SPR: Were you looking to set up your second spot in this area from the get go, or did the option just present itself?

Ben: The building itself, when I first walked in, it was exciting. The triangle space on Passyunk [Avenue] creates a lot of interesting angles and space. Its kind of the same way I cook it's not square, not symmetrical, it's not a perfect box.

If you walk down Passyunk, too, it's like that scene in Goodfellas when [Henry Hill] walks in the back of the restaurant. He goes through the whole kitchen, all the back hallways, and he finally gets to the restaurant, that one whole scene. It is kind of like that because you can see the whole operation (from the street). ... You can see the dumpling people in the back and in the front you can see part of the kitchen then by the time you get the corner you see the full dining room. Thats what we envisioned when we saw this place and its happening now.

SPR: How did you come up with your rendition of this essential dim sum dish?

Ben: The soup dumplings are the most traditional thing on this menu. I really didnt stray away from the regular flavor where it's pork, scallion, ginger, then a very heavy chicken broth inside. We tried doing different ones, but it wasnt really making any sense. So we went for the au-thentic flavor on that. It does come out in-evitably a little different tasting. I think the broth comes out a little different, almost like a matzo ball soup broth. The wrap-per took me years to figure out the exact recipe, and its something I still havent perfected yet. ... Then we had to figure out how to make a bunch every night. I am a huge soup dumpling fan, so I wouldnt say theyre with the best soup dumplings in the world. I would say theyre about an 8.5 out of 10 and maybe about three months in, theyll be closer to 10.

We also have a jumbo soup dumpling I found in one of my books. It is the same dough, but it's filled with a shrimp and coconut broth, almost like a Thai or Viet-namese style soup. Its steamed in a bowl so when you get it, it looks like this big dumpling with toppings, but when you go in there with chop sticks, it pops open to all the soup so you can eat it with a spoon. +(*

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www.marrasone.com

1734 E. PASSYUNK PHILA., PA 19148

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0SZZODWabO6OebV]`\S?cSS\DWZ ZOUS/[S`WQO\1]\bW\S\bOZRoyal Tavern: 937 E. Passyunk Ave., 215-389-6694, royaltavern.com, $

/aWO\International Smokeless Bar-beque: 600 Washington Ave., 215-599-8844, $

1OXc\1`S]ZSCatahoula Bar & Restaurant: 775 S. Front St., 215-271-9300, catahoulaphilly.com, $$

1]TTSS1OT{AeSSbaAnthonys Coffee House: 903 S. Ninth St., 215-627-2586, italiancof-feehouse.com, $

4`S\QVCreperie Beau Monde: 624 S. Sixth St., 215-592-0656, creperie-beaumonde.com, $

5`SSY;WRRZS3OabS`\Cafe Fulya: 727 S. Second St., 267-909-9937, cafefulya.com, $$Dmitris: 795 S. Third St., 215-625-0556, dmitrisrestaurant.com., $$

7\bS`\ObW]\OZNew Wave Cafe: 784 S. Third St.,

215-922-8484, newwavecafe.com, $$ The Irish Times: 629 S. Second St., 215-923-1103, $$

7bOZWO\Cucina Forte: 768 S. Eighth St., 215-238-0778, cucinaforte.com, $$ Dante and Luigis: 762 S. 10th St., 215-922-9501, danteandluigis.com, $$ Ralphs: 760 S. Ninth St., 215-627-6011, ralphsrestaurant.com, $$Village Belle: 757 S. Front St., 215-551-2200, thevillagebelle.com, $$$

;SfWQO\Paloma: 763 S. Eighth St., 215-928-9500, palomafinedining.com, $$$

ASOT]]RAnastasis: 1101 S. Ninth St., 215-462-0550, phillyitalianmarket.com/market/anastasi_seafood, $$

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/[S`WQO\1]\bW\S\bOZFuel: 1917 E. Passyunk Ave. 215-468-3835, fuelphilly.com, $$ Noir:1909 E. Passyunk Ave., 267-319-1678, noirphiladelphia.com, $$

Sophias: 1623 E. Passyunk Ave., 215-238-1920, sophiasphilly.com, $$$

/aWO\JC Chinese Restaurant: 1701 S. Eighth St., 215-334-1056, $$Nam Phuong Restaurant: 1100-20 Washington Ave., 215-468-0410, namphuongphilly.com, $$ Pho 75: 1122 Washington Ave., 215-271-5866, $ 4Oab0`SOYKey Pizza: 1846 S. 12th St., 215-551-7111, keypizzagrill.com, $Vincenzos Deli: 1626 S. Ninth St., 215-463-6811, $ 7bOZWO\Chiarellas Ristorante: 1600 S. 11th St., 215-334-6404, chiarellas-ristorante.com, $$Francoluigis Pizzeria: 1549 S. 13th St., 215-755-8903, francoand-luigis.com, $$La Fourno: 636 South St., 215-627-9000, lafourno.com, $$ Mamma Maria Ristorante: 1637 E. Passyunk Ave., 215-463-6884, mammamaria.info, $$$ Marras: 1734 E. Passyunk Ave., 215-463-9249, marrasone.com, $$

Pizzeria Pesto: 1925 S. Broad St., 215-271-6840, pizzeriapesto.com, $$Ristorante Pesto: 1915 S. Broad St., 215-336-8380, ristorantepesto.com, $$Villa di Roma: 936 S. Ninth St., 215-592-1295, $$ ;SfWQO\The Adobe Cafe: 1919 E. Passyunk Ave., 215-551-2243, adobecafephilly.com, $$La Lupe: 1122 S. Ninth St., 215-551-9920, $$Taqueria Veracruzana: 908 Wash-ington Ave., 215-465-1440, $$;WRRZS3OabS`\Bitars: 947 Federal St., 215-755-1121, bitars.com, $

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/[S`WQO\1]\bW\S\bOZMcFaddens Restaurant and Saloon: 1 Citizens Bank Way, 215-952-0300, mcfaddensballpark.com, $

4Oab0`SOYNicks Charcoal Pit: 1242 Snyder Ave., 215-271-3750, nickscharcoal.com, $

;SRWbS`Ò\SO\Mazza: 1100 Jackson St., 215-952-2600, mazzahealthyfood.com, $

;SfWQO\Los Gallos: 951 Wolf St., 215-551-1245, losgallosphilly.com, $$

7bOZWO\Bomb Bomb BBQ Grill & Italian Restaurant: 1026 Wolf St., 215-463-1311, bombbomb-restaurant.com, $$

Criniti Ristorante: 2611 S. Broad St., 215-465-7750, crinitirestaurant.com, $$

Johnnies: 2240 S. 12th St., 215-334-8006, $

Medoras Mecca: 3101 S. 13th St., 215-336-1655, $$

Ralph & Rickeys Pizzeria: 2700 S. Seventh St., 215-271-6622, ral-phandrickeyspizzeria.com, $

;O`Q]\W>OQYS`>O`YPeking Inn: 2020 Penrose Ave., 215-271-1389, $$

1]TTSS1OT{AeSSbaCaffe Chicco: 2532 S. Broad St., 215-334-3100, $

4Oab0`SOYMillies Luncheonette & Ice Cream: 1441 W. Shunk St., 215-467-8553, $

Philadium: 1631 Packer Ave., 215-271-5220, philadiumtavern.com, $

7bOZWO\Barrels Fine Food: 1725 Wolf St., 215-389-6010, barrelsfinefood.com, $$ LAngolo: 1415 Porter St., 215-389-4252, $$

La Stanza: 2001 Oregon Ave., 215-271-0801, lastanzapa.com, $$

Popis: 3120 S. 20th St., 215-755-7180, popisrestaurant.com, $$

>S\\a^]`bEVWb[O\/[S`WQO\1]\bW\S\bOZIHOP: 3 Snyder Ave., 215-339-5095, ihop.com, $$

2nd Street Brew House: 1700 S. Second St., 267-687-7964, 2ndstreetbrewhouse.com, $$Vinnys Sandwich Shop: Sixth Street and Oregon Avenue, 267-318-7834, $

/aWO\Happy Dragon: 2047 S. Third St., 215-271-0552, happydragon.us, $

4Oab0`SOYFranks Breakfast and Lunch: 2439 S. Columbus Blvd., 215-339-8840, $New York New York Pizzeria: 1400 S. Columbus Blvd., 215-463-6205, $South View Pizza: 367 Durfor St., 215-467-2050, southviewpiz-zaphilly.com, $

Tony Lukes: 39 E. Oregon Ave., 215-551-5725, tonylukes.com, $

7bOZWO\Caffe Valentino: 1245-49 S. Third St., 215-336-3033, caffevalentino.com, $$

ASOT]]RSnockeys Oyster and Crab House: 1020 S. Second St., 215-339-9578, snockeys.com, $$

DSUO\Grindcore House: 1515 S. Fourth St., 215-839-3333, grindcore-house.com, $

]W\b0`SShSA]cbV]TA]cbV/aWO\Golden Szechuan: 2120 S. Broad St., 215-336-5310, $Hibachi 2 Go: 1414 Snyder Ave., 215-336-8646, hibachi2gophilly.com, $

4Oab0`SOYBreezys Cafe: 1200 Point Breeze Ave., 267-858-4186, breezyscafe-philly.com, $Brunics Luncheonette: 2000 S. 17th St., 215-755-7645, $King of Wings: 2233 S. Wood-stock St., 215-551-2400, kingof-wings1.com, $Moes Hot Dog House: 2601 Washington Ave., 215-465-6637, moeshotdoghouse.com, $Texas Wieners: 1426 Snyder Ave., 215-465-8635, texaswieners.com, $

;SfWQO\Caf con Chocolate: 2100 S. Nor-wood St., 267-639-4506, cafecon-chocolate.com, $ SPR

For more listings, visit southphillyre-view.com/food-and-drink/guide.

A]cbV>VWZZg2W\SàBroad Street Diner: 1135 S. Broad St., 215-825-3636, $$Diner at the Plaza: 43 Snyder Ave., 215-755-7899, $$ Melrose Diner: 1501 Snyder Ave., 215-467-6644, $ Morning Glory Diner: 735 S. 10th St., 215-413-3999, morning-glorydiner.com, $Oregon Diner: 302 Oregon Ave., 215-462-5566, oregondinerphilly.com, $$ Penrose Diner: 2016 Penrose Ave., 215-465-1097, penrosedi-ner.com, $$ South Street Diner: 140 South St., 215-627-5258, southstreet-diner.com, $ SPR

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