This Week in Mayfair (1/30/12)

"This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather." Bill Murray, Groundhog's Day

Break out the polka music and head to Gobbler's Knob (it's not what you think it is perverts) because this week is Groundhog's Day!! Why is it that we have all the technology available to mankind yet we continue to rely on a large, furry land-beaver for weather predictions? I mean, have you SEEN that new phallus satellite thingy Action News is using? You're telling me that the perpetually good-looking robot weather people can tell me if a drop of rain will fall in my backyard on Tuesday at precisely 9:02am but they can't tell me when spring is coming? iPhone doesn't have an app for this? What a load of crap. All I know is it better be an early spring, if not I'll be road-tripping it out to Punxsutawney so I can thank Phil for his awesome predictions (i.e. squeeze the life out of his fat, unreliable, little body and then make him into a hat)

Since you can't make it out to Punxsutawney, (or don't want to in my case. Don't make me come out there.) Scoats and clan at the Grey Lodge have a whole day planned around Groundhog Day called "The Groundhog Day Hawaiian Shirt Beer Breakfast and Lucky Cat Beer Prognostication" (Jesus Scoats...title long enough for you? *wink*).

Things you must do to be a part of it:
1. Be there at 7am. (you can come before work or better yet just call out. Jobs are so overrated.)
2. Wear a Hawaiian Shirt for the Best/Worst Hawaiian Shirt contest. (awesomely self-explanatory)
3. See if stupid Phil sees his shadow at 7:20am.(clenches fists and makes threatening gestures).
4. Sample 10 delicious beers specially tapped for this occasion. Founders Breakfast Stout, Ommegang Aphrodite, Philadelphia Joe Porter, Russian River Supplication, Sierra Nevada Exportation (2 years old), Sierra Nevada Life and Limb, Sly Fox Hobo Ed's Coffee Porter, Troegs Scratch 55, Victory Dark Lager, and Yards Old Bart.
5. Wear Mardi-Gras Beads. You're going to do all the above but now you're balking at wearing beads? They are the perfect accessory to your Hawaiian shirt and early morning buzz.

Want more info? Check out here for some video of last year's celebration and more details!

The awesomely reliable Mike Perzel is still running his special and it's getting close to the end!! So get your butt to The Perzel Agency to take advantage of Mike giving you a Powerball ticket for getting an auto insurance quote. He's also giving away a $15.00 gas card once a week and a $150.00 Lowe's Card at the end of January (each quote will receive an entry to win). For any member of the MBA or their employees he will also give them a $5.00 gas card in addition to everything listed above.

Freedom Credit Union is still lowering their personal loan rates. They are just as sick of this winter as I am and I wouldn't be surprised if they rode shotgun with me out to pay a visit to our furry little friend. Details below my little regulators!!

• Fixed APR as low as 5.99%*
• Amounts from $500 up to $20,000
• No fees and no pre-payment penalty
  
• Terms up to 6 years
  
• No collateral required
  
• Membership in Freedom Credit Union required. Freedom Membership is available for individuals, as well as for businesses and organizations. They also welcome Select Employee Groups (SEGS). Freedom personal Memberships are for anyone who lives, works, worships, performs volunteer service, or attends school in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia Counties.

I'm off to read my manual on rodent extermination or as the literary world likes to call it "Of Mice and Men". I wanna pet the groundhog George....

This Week in Mayfair (1/23/12)

Yes, I'm well aware it's Tuesday. I figured you couldn't handle all the awesome things going on in Mayfair Monday morning so for your health and well-being I decided to delay it a day. See? I truly care about you people. Now let me help you stir your coffee you delicate creature....

Just a friendly reminder that Valentine's Day is less than a month away. Now whether you subscribe to the school of thought that Valentine's is a Hallmark holiday created to push a capitalist agenda in the post-holiday slump or it's the day you anxiously await the arrival of flowers, candy, and that ring you've been waiting for (OMG! Lester didn't propose at Christmas or NYE. I HATE him! OMG!! Unless he's waiting for Valentine's Day! OMG! I LOVE him!! Squeee!!!) you can find all your Heart Day goodies on the Ave.

I'll be bringing you all sorts of updates and specials from MBA members Torresdale Flower Shop, Steins, and Giggles and Gifts. Also you may want to consider making appointments at the local MBA salons BellaLisa, Michele's Family Hair Care and Sharp Decisions Hair Care to get even more ravishing then you already are (this goes for you too guys!). And ladies, let's not forget the men. My husband's idea of a great gift? Food, beer and being allowed to save the world on Call of Duty for the entire night. I can make that happen with orders from the Soft Pretzel Factory, Gino's, Santucci's and Wawa after stopping off at the The Six-Pack Store.

OR you could give each other the gift of everlasting, ridiculous wealth by stopping in to see Mike Perzel at The Perzel Agency who is still running his special and giving you a Powerball ticket for getting an auto insurance quote. He's also giving away a $15.00 gas card once a week and a $150.00 Lowe's Card at the end of January (each quote will receive an entry to win). For any member of the MBA or their employees he will also give them a $5.00 gas card in addition to everything listed above.

Freedom Credit Union is also lowering their personal loan rates. You still have plenty of time to take out a loan to get your snookums the ring of her dreams! Get to it Romeo!!! See below for details!

• Fixed APR as low as 5.99%*
• Amounts from $500 up to $20,000
• No fees and no pre-payment penalty
  
• Terms up to 6 years
  
• No collateral required
  
• Membership in Freedom Credit Union required. Freedom Membership is available for individuals, as well as for businesses and organizations. They also welcome Select Employee Groups (SEGS). Freedom personal Memberships are for anyone who lives, works, worships, performs volunteer service, or attends school in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia Counties.

And last but certainly not least...Grey Lodge Pub. Quizzo. Wednesday. 8pm. Cheese steak egg rolls. Be there or be square.

Wait til you hear about the fun Groundhog's Day Event Scoats and crew have planned for next week on 2/2. It's so cool, Bill Murray might show up. (Probably not, but we can dream!)

Suffragette City

So I'm having a serious issue writing this week's blog posts. I can't really pinpoint why besides the fact that I'm probably hungover. Plus my husband is hogging the computer. He's all like "I have work to do cause I'm a teacher and I need to research things and make power points to educate the youth of America ...blah ...blah...blah." And then I'm all like "This IS America and Gloria Steinem didn't die for me to not be able to write blog posts whenever I WANT. Feminists unite!!! Where's my lighter??"

So to make a long story short the "Merchant of the Week" profile might be delayed until I get my shiz together. Probably tomorrow; latest Tuesday. And to the husband I now refer to as Don Draper? You can shake your own martini's tonight...this little Betty's going OUT!

Former Nun Has 2 Kids, Opens Insurance Agency!

Wow. I didn't think I'd lower myself to tabloid journalism so quickly. I personally gave myself until at least June when everything takes a backseat to Margaritas and sitting on my porch with a stack of the most recent Pulitzer prize winners (read: trashy celeb mags). Don't judge me.

And now back to the story...

This is truly one of those this fascinating and heart-warming story that comes along once in a lifetime. Upon reading that Sharon Owens was a former Sister of St. Joseph, I immediately glanced down to make sure my skirt was less than 3 inches above the knee (It wasn't. I was wearing pants). Then I remembered that my parents used to call the St. Joseph's nuns the "Pope's Mafia" because apparently they were holy bad-asses, beating kids in the name of Jesus (Amen!). Immediately fear crept up my spine, visions of rulers, and all 3 feet of Sr. Miriam Grace walking around yelling "Don't trust those Judge boys ladies! Always leave room for the Holy Spirit!" (Which actually turned out to be very sage advice, but I digress....)

Sharon actually began her working life in the Pope's Mafia running numbers and breaking legs and was known as the "Avenging Angel". Alright the truth....she worked at West Catholic as a high school English teacher in the late 70's/early 80's but decided in her late 30's that she wanted to be a mom, left the order, and adopted two little girls; Taylor who is currently 19 and Lauren, 17. (Cue the "Awwwwww's!"--alright enough.) Realizing that there was no way she was going to have the mental energy to deal with the completely rational and unemotional cycles of teenagers all day while raising 2 kids, she began to explore her career options. Since Gaddafi's Amazonian Guard weren't hiring, she found an amazing opportunity in Tacony with State Farm Agent Jack Stabler who taught her the ropes of the insurance industry. She was then offered her current agency located at 7034 Frankford Ave. in Mayfair when Herb Matthews and Phil Waschko retired in April 2001.

Sharon loves doing business on the Avenue and even though she lives in the Chestnut Hill area she tries to keep her business local in Mayfair and Tacony. She frequents Freshworks and DiNofa's for quick lunches and Gino's for after-work dinner and drinks (Wait a minute! Nun's EAT?? I thought they just survived on prayers, the host, and making me feel guilty. I'm learning so much today. See Sharon, you're still teaching!) Sharon loves that Mayfair reminds her of her hometown of Hoboken, NJ because it's a strong neighborhood. She truly believes that her original mission as an SSJ of ministering to the "dear neighbor" carries over to being a "GOOD NEIGHBOR" agent; offering her customers good personal service and the quality insurance they deserve!

Sharon specializes in life insurance/needs based selling and retirement planning/rollover solutions. And as the mother of 2 teenagers she has a special place in her heart for helping young drivers and their parents get the best price/package on car insurance. Feel free to give Sharon a call at 215-333-5544 or visit her website at www.owensagency.com.

Bambi's + Beer

If you're a Bambi, love a Bambi (it's not bestiality--promise!),want to support a Bambi or you just want to get a good load on, pretty much every bar in Mayfair is hosting a celebrity bartending event this weekend. However, I'm only going to promote the ones that are in the MBA because that's what I get paid the big buckaroos to do. See non-members? This is one of the many benefits of being a member of the MBA!! Join today or suffer the lack of advertising to all 14 of my followers!!

Kate Rauchut and Rauchut's Tavern are holding a celebrity bartending event Saturday afternoon from 3 til 7. All tips will be donated to the Saint Hubert's Alum to save Saint Huberts. There are still some spots available for guest bartenders so if anyone is interested please call Kate at 215-333-3087.

Two of our most dedicated MBA members, Lisa Greco from BellaLisa Studios and Anne Marie Muldoon from Avenue Chiropractic will be celeb bartending at a non-MBA bar (traitors!!). I'll give you hint as to which bar...it shares a name with a "friendly ghost". That's all I'm saying. Lisa and Anne Marie will be there from 4:30pm to 5:30pm. Come out and support these lovely alumnae!! All tips will be donated to the St. Hubert's Alumnae Association.

Make sure you pregame all of your celeb bartending events on Saturday by stopping by tonight to The Grey Lodge Pub for the beer bomb of 120 on 1/20. Scoats is serving up a sixtel of Dogfish Head 120 IPA!

So there you have it! Now get drinking and tipping! We need your help!!

Letter of Support for St. Huberts

Below is the Mayfair Business Association's letter of support for St. Hubert's.

For more information, please go to Save St. Hubert's.

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

The Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, Archbishop of Philadelphia
C/O The Archdiocese of Philadelphia
222 North 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1299
VIA EMAIL

Re: Closure of St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls

Your Excellency:

Please accept this letter on behalf of the Mayfair Business Association (“MBA”) which represents the business community of Mayfair in Northeast Philadelphia. Many of our members are graduates of Catholic schools, especially Father Judge and St. Hubert’s. Our educations from these schools provided us with the skills to become successful, and equally or maybe more importantly the values to be the sort of businesspeople who contribute back to improve the community. Both schools have been long time anchors to our neighborhood. Losing St. Hubert’s would leave a huge void.

We respectfully ask that the alumni, parents, and local community be given the opportunity to not only save St. Huberts, but to help transform it into an institution that not just survives, but thrives, and continues to produce productive and responsible citizens.

After much retrenching, if the church wishes to make a stand, our community, with its decades of Catholic heritage, is the place to do it. Let us work together to reclaim the legacy left to us by earlier generations and to preserve and improve it for future generations.


Sincerely yours,

Mike Scotese
President
215-333-4184

Cc: Joe Defelice, President, Mayfair Civic Association
Mary Benussi, President, Tacony Civic Association
Pete Naccaroto, President, Tacony CDC

This Week in Mayfair (01/16/12)

Greetings fellow Mayfair people! I don't know about you but I am DONE with this winter already. Between this biting cold and the fact that at least one member of my family has been sick pretty much every day since Christmas I'm about ready to lose my mind. God help us if it snows because I might just go Jack Nicholson in "The Shining" on everyone. The only difference will be that I'll have better hair. Put the bat down, Wendy!

So what can you do in Mayfair to pass the winter doldrums? Grey Lodge is primed and ready to help you! They are holding their newest tradition "120 on 1/20" where they tap a sixtel of Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA every January 20th. (Nod, smile, pretend you know what that means.) Listen, I wouldn't know either if Scoats hadn't provided me with the description because honestly I know you can drink beer out of the following things; bottles, cans, kegs, firkins (don't ever say this blog never taught you anything), the occasional beer ball, and if you're in a dangerous/festive mood, a funnel. So now you can add sixtel to your list and impress your friends.

So anyway here's what Scoats said exactly because honestly, it's poetic.
"Tapping a sixtel, well it's more like detonating a hop bomb. 120 Minute is Dogfish's extremely extreme IPA. 120 Minute IPA is boiled for a full two hours while being continuously hopped with high-alpha American hops, then dry-hopped daily in the fermenter for a month and aged for another month on whole-leaf hops."

Awesome! You had me at "bomb". Essentially, The Grey Lodge is allowing you to drink hopped up crack in liquid form is how I'm reading this. So the tapping/detonation is starting at 10am (a perfectly respectable hour--it's like a beer brunch); weighing in around 20% ABV (I would probably die), we expect this sixtel to last all day (and the cops will be arriving around 3 to scrape everyone off the floor and arrest any survivors--nah! just kidding! Those Grey Lodge peeps can handle their beer hop bombs). There is no cover and you pay as you go. And do us all a favor, tell you're stupid friend Mikey to stay at home...dude is a menace to society while drinking Coors Light.

Mike Perzel is still trying to help you win the PowerBall (for getting an auto insurance quote) so you can escape this god-forsaken cold and jet off to someplace warm and tropical. He's also giving away a $15.00 gas card once a week and a $150.00 Lowe's Card at the end of January (each quote will receive an entry to win). You can use that $150.00 to pick out a new patio set and dream about the impending summer and the god-awful oppressive heat. YAY! For any member of the MBA or their employees he will also give them a $5.00 gas card in addition to everything listed above. However you MUST mention the MBA to receive the $5.00 gas card. No excuses like, "oh, my brain was frozen". Won't work!

And the lovely people at Freedom Credit Union are trying to keep us all sane by lowering their personal loan rates. How low you say? As low as the temperature! Actually lower...if the temps were 5.99 degrees right now I'd be sharpening my axe. See below for details!

• Fixed APR as low as 5.99%*
• Amounts from $500 up to $20,000
• No fees and no pre-payment penalty
  
• Terms up to 6 years
  
• No collateral required
  
• Membership in Freedom Credit Union required. Freedom Membership is available for individuals, as well as for businesses and organizations. They also welcome Select Employee Groups (SEGS). Freedom personal Memberships are for anyone who lives, works, worships, performs volunteer service, or attends school in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia Counties.

Well, off I go to replenish my NyQuil/DayQuil stash, open up another box of tissues, and throw another blanket on top of the 8 layers I'm already wearing! I fully intend on planning a trip to Punxsutawney to do serious harm to that groundhog in the off chance that he decides we're getting 6 more weeks of this crap.

Kevin Boyle is Irish

This week I'm profiling the office of Representative Kevin J. Boyle and let me tell you, this is going to be a tough one for me because how do I accurately convey my sense of humor and fun without having Representative Boyle and his very intelligent staff target me for deportation? (Do you see what I did there? That's called flattery. I'll be using that a lot during this post. And please don't ask me how they would deport me! I'll probably be walking along the street one day minding by own biz and the next day I'll wake up in some shady hovel in Uzbekistan all because I made some inflammatory remarks like "OMG! Kevin Boyle isn't even Irish!!)

So as I stated previously, Kevin Boyle is totally Irish. He was born in the cottage of a sheep-shearer and a milk-maid in a little village called Skidderarinkadoo, County Limerick which everyone knows is where the smartest of the Irish come from (except for those of us Irish lucky enough to trace our ancestry back to County Tyrone where we are both smart AND hilarious). I'm totally kidding about the entire above paragraph minus the whole County Tyrone thing which is totally true. Ever hear of Irish tall tales people? Yeah, you just got schooled.

The truth? Kevin J. Boyle is a local lad born in Philadelphia whose parents are actually Irish immigrants. They will probably dislike me immensely because I have no idea what county in Ireland they are from and I used Limerick because it sounds the most Irish of them all. Kevin's parents worked as a crossing guard and a SEPTA maintenance worker to put Kevin through Cardinal Dougherty High School in Olney and LaSalle in 2002. Kevin then went on to Harvard where he hung out with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and instead of writing an award winning screenplay and doing the whole "Hollywood" thing, (Ah gaht her numba..how d'ya like dem apples?) he decided to go into the less dramatic, backstabbing, and stress-free job of politics.

Kevin was elected as the State Representative of the 172nd district in 2010 and sworn in January 2011. He currently lives in the Northeast and his office in Mayfair is located at 7518 Frankford Ave. They love being in Mayfair for the vast array of people they get to meet and help and also like sharing the same business strip with the Grey Lodge Pub. Kevin has hosted numerous community events such as the family movie night in the summer, community shredding events, and has been a very vocal critic of the proposed methadone clinic in Holmesburg. He and his staff provide several services in their offices including problems with public welfare benefits, unemployment, PennDOT, handicap placards and plates, Property Tax/Rent Rebate applications and birth/death certificates. They also offer copying, faxing and a notary service free of charge. The 2011 Property Tax/Rent Rebate applications will also be available soon so stop by to pick them up if you need them.

So stop on by and say hello to Kevin Boyle and his staff. I would too but I'll be working on building up a tolerance to chloroform and tattooing my name and address on the bottom of my foot. I hear all the cool kids are doing it and you know....just in case....

http://www.pahouse.com/KBoyle/

Save St. Hubert's

Dear Friends and Family in the Mayfair Community,

Please considering lending your support in helping me raise money to save my alma mater, St. Hubert's High School for Girls. St. Hubert's provides a competitive college preparatory education and a family-like environment for young women that might otherwise not have the opportunity. It's because of my experiences as a Bambi that I went to college, created many enduring friendships, and have chosen my profession. Please help me by supporting this institution, a cornerstone of our community. Please visit the following link savesthuberts.com for ways to donate either electronically or by sending in a check to Save St. Hubert c/o St. Hubert Alumnae Association, P.O. Box 22104, Philadelphia, PA, 19136. All checks should be made to St. Hubert Alumnae Association.

All money donated will NOT go to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia but will remain with the St. Hubert's Alumnae Association.

Welcome to the MBA!!

We would like to extend a warm welcome to Melissa Casey, her staff, and all the cute little kiddos at Guppies Childcare Center! All of us at the Mayfair Business Association are happy to have you as a part of our dynamic group!

Guppies Childcare Center is located at 7915 Frankford Ave. You can contact them at 215-624-5434 for information about their business!

Welcome!!

This Week in Mayfair (01/09/12)

Hey Kids! I come to you today as a semi-depressed St. Hubert's alumni. As many of you know, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in it's infinite, divine, and un-questioned wisdom (*read bitter sarcastic) had decided to close this local neighborhood institution and also condense many of our local Catholic grade schools. It is more important now than ever to make sure our neighborhoods stay united and there is one thing that you can do, regardless of religious or educational upbringing, to keep our neighborhoods strong; support local businesses in Mayfair, Tacony, and Holmesburg!! Now put on your school colors and get your butt to the Avenue!! The choice to paint your face is entirely up to you but I say "GO FOR IT!!"

Here are some great specials running at several local businesses this week where you can flash your school spirit all around town! (**flash does not equal naked--keep it clean...this is a family neighborhood.)

Feeling stressed by all the school closures or just in general? Anne Marie at Avenue Chiropractic is running a special this week. A one hour massage any day this week is $35! Give this fellow Bambie alumni a call at 215-338-4132 .

Freedom Credit Union is lowering their personal loan rates. (Hi, FCU, I need to take out a large loan. How large? I need to save my closing Catholic school. Of course, I'll hold.) Here's the details:

• Fixed APR as low as 5.99%*(sweet.)
• Amounts from $500 up to $20,000(I need MORE...like 20 million!!)
• No fees and no pre-payment penalty (AWESOME!!)
• Terms up to 6 years (cool.)
• No collateral required (I can provide my dog, Loafy. He can fetch most of the time.)

Membership in Freedom Credit Union required. Freedom Membership is available for individuals, as well as for businesses and organizations. They also welcome Select Employee Groups (SEGS). Freedom personal Memberships are for anyone who lives, works, worships, performs volunteer service, or attends school in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia Counties.

Just think! IF you won the Powerball what you might be able to do with that money? Like...hmmmm....I don't know...save a catholic school!!!! My hero!! Mike Perzel is also still my hero at The Perzel Agency running his 6 week special! He's still giving away a $15.00 Gas Card once a week and a $150.00 Lowes Card at the end of January (each quote will receive an entry to win). You will also receive a PA Powerball ticket just for getting a quote on auto insurance. For any member of the MBA or their employees, Mike will also give them a $5.00 gas card in addition to everything above.. However you MUST mention the Mayfair Business Association to receive the $5.00 Gas card.

And of course everyone's favorite, award-winning pub The Grey Lodge Pub is holding Quizzo this week on Wednesday! Get out there and put that expensive Catholic school education to good use by being the ultimate champion over the godless heathen masses (just kidding godless heathen masses...you know I love you too and you are just as smart..just don't tell those crazy Catholics! shhhhhh!).

Scoats and the crew are also preparing for the famous Friday the Firkenteenth this Friday, January 13, 2012 at 12 noon! I kind of wish I knew a little bit more about this so I don't have to bluff my way through this posting...wait a second!!! WIKI!!! "Firkin: an old English unit of volume. A quarter of a full-sized barrel.". So there will be 25 different firkins of different beer with 7 on tap at any one time at the Grey Lodge on Friday. Me thinketh thout shall getest thine asse toeth thy Grey Lodge Pub to sample thy bounty of firkins. That's my attempt at Old English. Sucketh it.

Mike Scotese, Man on a Mission

Last time I saw Mike "Scoats" Scotese we were at the Mayfair Business Association Christmas party at The Grey Lodge. He was graciously hosting if "hosting" means running around like a chicken without a head serving his fellow business peers and not relaxing at all. He would occasionally stop to socialize, make sure everyone had enough to eat, and recommend one of the fabulous craft beers on the Grey Lodge menu. Then it was right back to work waiting tables, cleaning up, and putting in more yummy food orders so we could cram our faces with cheesesteak egg rolls. Nom nom nom. I can safely say this is probably why the man has 2 very successful business, The Grey Lodge and the Hop-Angel Brauhaus and I am a part-time, smart-assed blogger. The boy has hustle.

Scoats has been at this location since 1994 and it has been The Grey Lodge Pub since 1996. There has been a bar at 6235 Frankford Ave continuously since Labor Day 1950, which for those of you who don't know history, was a little bit after the dinosaurs stopped roaming the earth. (zing old people!)

So how does one decide "I need to run one of the Fifty Best Beer Bars by Beer Advocate Magazine in addition to receiving countless other local and national accolades"? Easy. Scoats did what most of us only dream about. Instead of accepting his fate and being chained to a cubicle desk, he decided that his talents lay elsewhere. Since he had gotten lots of experience working in bars and restaurants to pay his way through school he felt like running a bar came naturally. Now he is a beautiful, bar-owning, beer butterfly and I'm still a blogger. (This entry is ruining my self esteem but I can still alliterate like a mofo. )

Scoats resides in his finely-crafted beer manor in Tacony and loves doing business in Mayfair because "it's a real place, not a strip center in a land of strip centers". His favorite business in Mayfair is the Mayfair Shop N Bag because of their fair prices, easy to find items, and the fact that they always have plenty of cashiers. A busy man like Scoats appreciates these things!

In 2012, The Grey Lodge will be working closely with Yards and Philadelphia Brewing in order to introduce more people in the neighborhood to great beer brewed right here in the city. I for one, can't WAIT!! The Grey Lodge also has a blog that Scoats updates frequently to keep you abreast of the different craft beers in rotation. You can visit it here at greylodge.com.

Now seriously slacker, get back to work. Scoats has been up since 6am and has already waxed his car, done a 1000 piece puzzle, solved the debt crisis, driven a bus full of children to the zoo, and led a discussion on urban gardening for the Philadelphia Horticulture Society. You've picked your nose and pretended to work for the past 2 hours while Facebook stalking your ex.