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Note to Candidate Carpenter: If you want to win the PA vote, you probably should know that our baseball team is the Phillies, not the Philly's. But we totally dig your VP pick.

Okay, so the low temperatures this week might still be a little wintry, but, during the day at least, the sun will be shining and we can finally put away our scarves and gloves.

Holy crap! Somebody forgot to send us the memo, but it seems that July is National Ice Cream Month. That would be far more exciting if there weren't a scant week left before August begins and the happiest month of all (according to our tummies) ends – and we've hardly had a chance to celebrate at all!

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week.

Dear Philadelphia: I wouldn't say I had a particularly great weekend last weekend. I ended up doing something I really didn't want to do, because I am a woman of my word. But I managed to get a few hours to escape on Saturday afternoon, and because I was around the corner, I headed to the Old City Fall Festival in the part of the city most folks know best for First Friday. It...

It's not nearly as miserably hot as it has been this summer, but it's certainly not too late for ice cream. Of course, that's a habit that can get expensive—and fattening. A few years ago, I invested in an ice cream maker, and while I still love me some Capogiro or Franklin Fountain goodies, I have no regrets about that purchase—especially since it cost me ten bucks at an end-of-summer retail sale!

It looks like summer might be starting to break, but there's still enough time left to get out and enjoy the weather - and what goes better with a sunny summer day than ice cream? OK, well, beer. But right after beer comes ice cream!