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When I wrote about Clark Park a few weeks ago, I offhandedly stated that in West Philly, the parks are bigger. I wrote that before having visited Cedar Park, a small community park situated on a triangle of land between Baltimore Avenue, Catharine Street, and 49th and 50th Streets. Cedar Park is on the tiny side, but that's okay. On the sunny Saturday I stopped by, children were playing on the playground, older men were arguing with each other about something in that way that makes it clear they're not mad, and other people lounged about, keeping on an eye on the kids. Vendors were set up along the Baltimore Avenue side of the park, selling jewelry and various sundry things. It is rumored that the Carrot Cake Man is there selling his cakes in the evenings.

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I'm angry enough having been towed from Baltimore Avenue for the Chaka Khan show this weekend, but at least unlike this guy, I was towed to support a bonafide diva.

For those of you on the left side of the Schuylkill, it’s time to give a warm sun salutation to your new neighbors on 45th and Baltimore: Studio 34 founders and longtime West Philly residents Angela Norris, James Peniston, and Stephen Fisher.

Like the orchestra but hate the scene? Now you have no excuse not to get some culture. Saturday night the Philadelphia Orchestra is putting on a free neighborhood concert in Clark Park. All you have to do is bring a blanket, some friends, and a juice bottle filled with your favorite wine.

I still hate Valentine’s Day. I’m still bitter and I will still want to throw brightly colored, probably already stale Necco hearts at anyone who wears pink or red today.

It is not unusual for Phillyist to hear that a band is coming through town...but it is unusual to hear a band is coming through town by boat - which is why The Sailboat Tour caught our eye (and our fancy). Indie musicians Peter and the Wolf, Castanets & Jana Hunter have recently embarked on a 3-week tour in a boat captained by eye-patched, erstwhile DJ, Dan Gaeta. This weekend, they'll be docking in Philly for two shows: Friday night at Nexus, and Saturday night at the Green Line. Not only does this sound like a real adventure, but it seems to us that it's a great way to foil those insidious tour van-stealing villains, too. The only way this tour could be any cooler would be if they were doing it dressed as pirates. Peter and the Wolf, Castanets and Jana Hunter
Friday, August 25th at Nexus (137 North Second St. )
w/ D*Star of the Free*Stars
7pm, $5
& Saturday, August 26th at Green Line Cafe (4239 Baltimore Avenue)
w/ J Pepi Ginsberg
7pm, $7 Image via Whiskey and Apples

Fun around town, for $10 or less:

Unless you've been hiding under the Internet equivalent of a rock (which, I imagine, translates to being on dial-up with a 2400 baud modem), you've no doubt heard of the Flying Spaghetti Monster - an alternate view of world creation that made itself known during the Kansas State Board of Education's Intelligent Design debates.

It's been a bad year for West Philly dining. First we lost Betty Rastelli, former owner of the Marigold Dining Room, then legendary deliman Bobby Koch, and now Phillyist is sad to report that Solomon Amare, owner of Dahlak Restaurant, passed away of a sudden fatal heart attack earlier this past weekend.