Addam Schwartz
@addamschwartz.bsky.social
Multiplatform editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philly lifer. Opinions expressed are my own.
Taking the opportunity to promote this book. It’s a terrific read about the players, the game, the times, and of course the city.
Luke Epplin@lukeepplin.bsky.social · 4w agoNow that LeBron James is heading to Philly, if you want to read more about the last huge free-agent signing by the Philadelphia 76ers (Moses Malone back in 1982), my book "Moses and the Doctor" came out earlier this year. www.amazon.com/Moses-Doctor...
At my first newspaper job, in Northeast Philadelphia, I interviewed a very nice man who said he knew where the fabled Fountain of Youth was. Because he had lived next door to Juan Ponce de Leon. In Northeast Philly. In the 1980s. The story landed him, and me, in a supermarket tabloid.
Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social · 4w agoOkay, my QUESTION OF THE DAY is… What is your weirdest actual accomplishment? Not the biggest necessarily…but the weirdest?
Scenes from Sunday night’s house party with Scott McCaughey @theeminus5.bsky.social at Chris and Deb’s awesome home in South Jersey. Top-five concert. Top-five human. Thanks, Scott, and may your Christmas wish come true. w/ @annapplegate.bsky.social @ginae.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with 10 artists you’ve seen live B-52’s Beach Boys Billy Bragg Bruce Springsteen Monkees Paul McCartney Ramones Richard Thompson Robyn Hitchcock Wilco
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3mo agoIntroduce yourself with 10 artists you’ve seen live Beastie Boys Bo Diddley De La Soul Parliament-Funkadelic Pixies Radiohead R.E.M. The Roots Stereolab Superchunk
Harmony Vegetarian Chinese, in Philadelphia’s Chinatown. I found it not long after I’d given up meat, and Harmony had the best vegetarian ham fried rice in the world. I still miss the wonton soup and the perfectly prepared eggplant in black bean sauce.
Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · 7mo agoSunday night timeline cleanse please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
Representing “The Tweedy Show” at the Tweedy show at @uniontransfer.bsky.social in Philly. w/ @annapplegate.bsky.social
Brought in this beauty from the garden today. It’s a Soldaki — a prized heirloom of Polish origin. Kind of like me. @annapplegate.bsky.social #tomatoes #soldaki #schwapplegatefarms
Slightly diminish a band: Gladys Knight and I Could Have Sworn There Was A Pip Around Here Somewhere
Forty years ago. It was scorchingly hot, super crowded, and absolutely perfect. Tickets had gone on sale less than three weeks earlier, and I wrote about scoring mine for the weekly paper I worked for. (I also wrote about the show, but I can’t find the clip.) #liveaid #northeasttimes
Ringo at the Mann was everything I’d expected, and more. Watching an almost 85-year-old Beatle doing jumping jacks onstage was incredible in itself. But his band this time around was just amazing. Special props to co-drummer Greg Bissonette. And Hamish Stuart, who was anything but average.
At the Mann for Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band, with special guest … Larry Kane!
Harmony, a vegetarian Chinese restaurant in Philly, had a vegetarian ham fried rice that was perfection. And a place called Wiz Kid briefly made a vegan cheesesteak that made me forget I hadn’t had a real cheesesteak in 30 years. So good. Sigh.
Chloe N. Clark@pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · last yr.I don't want to hear about your lost loves, tell me about the restaurant food that haunts you because you'll never be able to taste it again
Back in the ‘70s, the Phillies’ Del Unser used to be a .400 hitter. You’d see his name in the agate list of NL leaders. In April. Then, tragically, came May, and June, and he would stop being Ted Williams and be Del Unser again. That’s why I’m not too worried about Alec Bohm. Yet. #phillies
With a sky blue sky, this rotten time, wouldn't seem so bad to me now
“Saquon Barkley, you are the man!” — Harry Kalas in heaven, probably #eagles
A belated New Year’s vertical tasting of Dr. Konstantin Frank dry Rieslings from 2015, 2020, and 2023 at Schwapplegate Estates. The winner: Us. w/ @annapplegate.bsky.social #dryriesling #drfrank
The upside to our looming global environmental catastrophe: I’m still bringing in tomatoes like this one from my Northwest Philadelphia garden in mid-November. #alwayslookonthebrightsideoflife
