I have mixed feelings about the Philadelphia Inquirer. The sports section is very well done and very informative regarding sports. I was a bit dissapointed in their media/entertainment section of the city. I found it brief and not very diverse in what Philadelphia has to offer...I felt wanting to know more and yet there wasn't much being advertised. I was expecting to find what makes Philadelphia unique and articles written about places a philly citizen should be on the look out for or check out, but no. 

The one thing that caught my attention:

1. U.S. Parks would close due to U.S. government shutdown

2. Shutting down national parks is America's best idea 

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/10/131002-national-parks-shutting-down-americas-best-idea/

3. State and National Parks and Forests in Pennsylvania

http://www.visitpa.com/pa/pennsylvania-wilds/outdoor-recreation/state-national-parks-forests#1|5||180,104|||||||||

4. Places to hike and experience nature, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Awbury Arboretum Association, and etc.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=philadelphia+nature+centers&ie=UTF-8&ei=17lMUomrPMTYyQGDx4GAAg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg

5. Let's get together and enjoy a nice walk on the nature trails and learn about, The Schuylkill Center

http://www.schuylkillcenter.org/

Stop 1: See little post about Fringe Festival. Wonder about other festivals in Philly.

Stop 2: Continue reading newspaper. Read about music in Philly. Think about music festivals in Philly.

Stop 3: Google "Philly music and arts" and get here.

Stop 4: Click "Music" and see the words "free outdoor concerts" and get here.

Stop 5: See what is happening this weekend and get here.

Stop 6: Realize that a band I like is playing. For free. I get here (the official site of the festival).

I kinda hope someone would want to go to this festival with me. It's a little bit out of the way of everything else. To get there, we'd take the train into Market East then take the subway to Girard Station. From there it's a half mile walk. Free music! 

(Also, to be quite honest, I would also like to go to the Barnes Foundation quite desperately. If nobody is willing to go out that far with me, I'd gladly go to the Barnes Foundation since it's quite easy and on the Parkway.)

So I was procrastinating doing my homework (not for this class though!) and wandered on to Tumblr, where my productivity screeched to a stand still.  Then as a part of my meanderings I came across one Tumblr blog entitled Feminist Media: Taking back the media. Here it is! Several of the posts are about whether or not certain Disney movies could be considered feminist or not. The one that caught my eye was the one about Mulan. As a child, I always wanted to watch the movie Mulan as she became my childhood idol. I know all of the words to "I'll Make a Man Out of You!"

Before I entered this course, Mulan would have been my go-to suggestion of a femminist movie. Now, after learning about the different types of feminism, I understand that Mulan is only one type of feminism. Perhaps Mulan could be viewed through the lens of more than one type of feminism. It is true she portrayed herself as a man to enter the army in her father's place, like the members of the first wave of feminism. But when she ultimately saves China at the end of the film, she does it as a woman, like the second wave of feminism. By the end of the film, she knows who she is, and she knows she does not have to pretend any more. Her assumption is true; Shang, the Emperor, and the rest of China respect her as a powerful and inspirational woman.

Stop 1: Philadelphia Inquirer article about two new NBC and ABC shows that take place in the city (Super Fun Night and the Ironside remake).

Stop 2: Which TV shows have been set in Philly? 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Television_shows_set_in_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania 
Ahh, Wikipedia. Always ready with a list I didn't know existed.

Stop 3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Always_Sunny_in_Philadelphia 
Well, I probably didn't need the Wikipedia list to get this one.....

Stop 4: Hey! Rob McElhenney and Sweet Dee really opened a bar in Philly to be like Paddy's Pub! Let's google it!
 http://macstavern.com/

Stop 5: I'm going to look at their reviews on Yelp. It's probably just a gimmick-y place where die-hard fans go to spend too much money.... 
http://www.yelp.com/biz/macs-tavern-philadelphia 

Sixty Food Trucks will be in Chinatown for an event called NIGHT MARKET...and this is apparently the last one of the season.

"More than 60 of the city's best food trucks and ethnic and regional restaurants, serving up Japanese, French, Mexican, Italian, Venezuelan, Chinese, Southern, Hawaiian, Caribbean, Thai, Taiwanese, Indian, and Korean street foods ...and more.

Plus: More than a dozen local bands, artists, DJs and dragons."

Sounds like fun to me.

Chestnut Street

1 I first notice bunch of advertisements and coupon with the newspaper. Macy not only has its own advertising book but even also occupy whole area of some pages in the newspaper. I recognized I even don’t know the shopping area in philly.

2. Then I found the article called “too bean or not to bean”, it really attracts me to explore the café market in this city. To be honest, I never went into any café in Philadelphia except Starbucks. I found Noble would open a new café in Chestnut Street, which caught my attention. It’s the place I first visited when I arrived.

3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut_Street_(Philadelphia)

4. Then I searched this street and found there were many different places I could go on this street-

 It’s a modern shopping place- even Macy’s is near. (I really want to know those propagandas and sales have any effect on the people in real). http://www.visitphilly.com/itineraries/philadelphia/shopping-in-philadelphia/

 It’s a historical place- independence hall http://www.visitphilly.com/history/philadelphia/independence-hall/

It’s a special place- specialty store cafe and restaurant http://www.visitphilly.com/restaurants-dining/philadelphia/di-bruno-bros/

1. http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9268677
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_City_Hall
3. http://www.phila.gov/virtualch//index.html
4. http://www.phila.gov/virtualch//body_pages/visitorinfo.html
5. http://www.phila.gov/virtualch//body_pages/room_directory.html
6. http://www.phila.gov/virtualch//body_pages/history.html

1. I started by reading the article "Too Bean Or Not To Bean" in The Inquirer about local coffee shops trying to thrive amongst big buisnesses in an overflowing market.

2. A quick internet search led me to this article about Town Hall Coffee.

3. From that article I clicked a link to an article about the Night Market in Chinatown (which closes tomorrow)

4.I then went to Chinatown's website and under attractions was listed the Kimmel Center

5. After exploring the Kimmel Center's website for a few minutes I went to maps.goggle.com and searched the Kimmel Center to look for places around it.

1. Finding nothing that interested me (that wasn't a dead end) in the paper, I went to www.philly.com

2. After browsing through many headlines that didn't catch my imagination, I was caught off guard by the ridiculous headline "George Clooney hopes government shutdown ends soon" 

3. From that absolutely ridiculous article, I looked around the website at other articles pertaining to the recent government shutdown. I found this one "Merchants near Independence Hall worry about shutdown"

4. From there, I started doing some "googling" about the merchants near independence hall, and the whole Historic Philly area. 

5. I read about Pumpkin Fest, http://historicphiladelphia.org/franklin-square/pumpkin-fest-2013/ which sounds super fun! but which is a little more pricey than I'd intended to go. 

6. Continuing my search, I read about Franklin Fountain, which a few people have already recomended to me (this is their website) http://www.franklinfountain.com/

What I took away from The Philadelphia Inquirer:

I thought that the P.I looks like a skinnier, less charasmatic little sister of the New York Times. It does an adequate job (but nothing beyond that) of reporting the news without noticeable bias. It is a bit short on the worldwide news, and leans too much on "shock-value" stories like TWO FACE CHARGES IN HEROIN TRAFFICKING. Other than that, it does well to report local phenomenons that huge newspapers like the NY Times can't do so well.

My Bread Crumb Trail:

1. To Bean or Not to Bean news article about how pretty coffee shops in philadelphia/main line area do. 

2. http://www.cbn.com/health/nutrition/reinke_coffeetea.aspx 

3. http://www.yelp.com/c/philadelphia/tea

4. http://www.yelp.com/biz/mary-cassatt-tea-room-philadelphia

5. http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-random-tea-room-and-curiosity-shop-philadelphia

Why: I want to try this tea house. I'm an ardent lover of tea and warm drinks (minus coffee. Sorry) and cute pastries. Apparently this place has a dog too. Want to go get a feel for the atmosphere and try their chai. We can work on our essays in there too, or just read a book.