Listed are the posts for July 2009.
Coming from a brownstone apartment in Brooklyn, I only dealt with hardwood floors. Now, in Philly for almost a year now, vacuuming my wall to wall carpeting has been quite the issue. I put the task of purchasing a vacuum off as long as possible (4 months to be exact). Finally, visitors began to comment and [...]
I’m a firm believer that great furniture does not have to cost an arm and a leg and it doesn’t have to come from Ikea, either. This amazing website, This is Not Ikea, proves that I’m not the only furniture lover with that view.
In the past few months, This is Not Ikea has relaunched their [...]
I decided to take a few weeks off from blogging to recharge my battery and get focused. I spent some time at the Jersey Shore, biking at Valley Forge, fishing and laying low. But now, I’m back! I have some great ideas for the direction of Phrankly Philly and would like to make it more [...]
While living in NYC, I thrived on good sample sales. That’s where I would buy all of my “nice” stuff”. For months, I looked for them in Philadelphia but to no avail. Finally, some of my favorite stores have come together, rented out the T-Shirt Store on Market Street, and are hosting “Sugar Habit Warehouse [...]
I’ve walked by US Masim Wholesale Nail Supply dozens of times on my way to my favorite Pho restaurant on 11th and Washington Streets, Pho Hoa. Masim is never open. They keeps the strangest hours. But, by luck, I was dining at cafe Laos on Monday night and it was open! I have to say, it [...]