Re: [UC] Mannakeesh Lebanese Cafe/restaurant - Opening

[Ann Mayer]

>
> I just checked on the website.  The new cafe is not opening till the end of
> November.




> Its offerings are dramatically different from  Saad's.



> Check the menu. It does not overlap with Saad's.



> It consists of traditional LEBANESE

dishes.  I don't see the two as competing for the same clientele. Manakeesh
is NOT halal, as the bacon on the menu indicates.

It is common for restaurants identifed with one distinctive NATIONAL

Fwd: [UC] Mannakeesh Lebanese Cafe/restaurant - Opening

[Ann Mayer]

sorry -- incomplete email sent itself before it was done.

-- Forwarded message --
From: Ann Mayer 
Date: Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: [UC] Mannakeesh Lebanese Cafe/restaurant - Opening
To: University City List 


 I just checked on the website.  The new cafe is not opening till the end of
> November.




> Its offerings are dramatically different from  Saad's.



> Check the menu. It does not overlap with Saad's.



> It consists of traditional LEBANESE

dishes.  I don't see the two as competing for the same clientele. Manakeesh
is NOT halal, as the bacon on the menu indicates.

It is common for restaurants identifed with one distinctive NATIONAL
cuisine to call themselves something on the order of the Agentina
corner, etc.  This does not mean they are taking over the block.

Ann

[UC] Clark Park: Power and secrecy was the goal, UCR

[Glenn]

Citizens,

 Here is the UC Review coverage of the Clark park closure. Like always, 
the local residents are supposed to feel stupid while they are wondering 
how they missed "nearly five years of planning and nearly countless 
public meetings geared toward receiving community feedback on 
revitalizing Park "A..." (UC Review)


http://ucreview.com/tree-removal-in-clark-park-a-elicits-surprise-from-some-local-residents-p2341-1.htm?twindow=default&smenu=1&mad=no 



If you looked closely at the announcements of Friends of Clark Park 
meetings over the past few years, a few mentioned "updates" about 
"maintenance." Almost no one from the community, other than the anointed 
FOCP leaders themselves, bore the pain of these gatherings as I did.


Fact: There was no portion at FOCP board meetings that was ever geared 
toward receiving PUBLIC feedback about Penn's plan to redesign the park!


Eyewitness account:  A few minutes (4 or 5) were left at the end of each 
show, in case anyone wanted to thank and applaud the FOCP leaders. For 
three consecutive years, I attempted to make a one minute statement to 
voice opposition to the closed, secretive and exclusive process which 
was driving Penn's redesign. Each time I was silenced (Snyder, Snyder, 
Melmen)! That is what FOCP claims were countless public meetings for 
feedback.


As indicated in the UCR article, the other "public process" was to find 
out about Siano and West frightening people PRIVATELY at the farmer's 
market. Everyone is to believe that while Siano and West demanded 20 
dollars from people with false promises of inclusion, that citizens had 
a legitimate process for providing "feedback" to the closed and secret 
Clark Park Partnership. It's as silly and dishonest as melani's private 
"in-box" survey for BID supporters. (I wish more people understood the 
very basic principles involved!)


It looks like the big lie has now become part of the history of West 
Philadelphia as advanced by UCD.


Reality:  The years between the rejection of Penn's plan to redesign 
Clark Park as well as these FOCP "updates" were always designed to keep 
the public confused and excluded from the UNPOPULAR plan. They kept 
saying the community wants this destruction and kept telling the public 
that there were public meetings. They never allowed park user groups to 
participate or observe the planning meetings since Penn first hand 
picked the "master plan steering committee." Only FOCP leaders were 
allowed and all others were banned.


When Aaron told the reporter that 100 people, he knew, were surprised by 
the slaughter of trees, we are all supposed to believe that they just 
didn't pay enough attention while the FOCP patiently begged for 
community feedback in public meetings! Are the people going to stay 
silent against this lie?


Wake up: The three stooges, West, Siano, and Chance, helped Penn 
privatize Clark Park and give absolute control of Clark Park to UCD, 
masked as the closed  "Clark Park Partnership." It wasn't public 
feedback meetings that everyone missed. It was the loss of our rights, 
as local residents and as citizens, that we failed to see and stand up 
against with these deceptions!


Today, it is the park users whose culture and rights are being 
destroyed. I copied this from the Holocaust memorial in downtown Boston 
for the silent ones to consider:


"They came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for me
and by that time no one was left to speak up."


Pastor Martin Neimoller

Re: [UC] Mannakeesh Lebanese Cafe/restaurant - Opening

[Mark Lindsay]

> dishes.  I don't see the two as competing for the same clientele. Manakeesh
> is NOT halal, as the bacon on the menu indicates.

It's probably halal turkey bacon.  :-)

Mark

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Re: [UC] Mannakeesh Lebanese Cafe/restaurant - Opening

[Mike VanHelder]

Never did Al see a parade without wishing for a raincloud.

How soon before his first post about how Penn is supporting a Lebanese
takeover of the neighborhood to further their nefarious plans to argle
bargle burble burble Clark Park committee backed by UCD's money to
gibber gibber howl ANTIDEMOCRATIC CONSPIRACY!?

- Mike V.

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 5:25 PM,   wrote:
>
>
> In a message dated 9/21/2010 4:30:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> philly.jo...@gmail.com writes:
>
> http://www.manakeeshcafe.com/
>
> From their website (emphasis added):
>
> "... located at the corner of 45th and Walnut Street, directly across from
> Saad’s Halal Restaurant. We aim to merge the Lebanese and American
> breakfast, providing a distinct Lebanese twist to many American favorites,
> while introducing a distinct cultural flavor to the community, contributing
> to the transformation of our corner into a ‘New Lebanon.’ "
>
> Unless (or even although) the Manakeesh website says the cafe is only going
> to be open for breakfast (hard to believe considering what they're spending
> to set it up and must be imagining in terms of return on investment), I
> wonder whether Saad -- who's built his Halal food business with sweat and
> tears over the years -- will be happy to see that the new guys on the block
> are using his name and popularity in their promotion. Did Macy's tell
> everyone its store was right across the street from Gimbel's?
> The rest of us in the close proximity of 45th & Walnut -- everybody from
> Orens Brothers and me with rental properties there, to the Second Mile
> Center (a thrift store run by a conservative Christian organization --
> although they don't tout the block as a "New Jerusalem," Monarch Hardware, a
> Korean Karate school,  several other non-Lebanese businesses of no
> particular ethnicity, and lots of tenants of every make and model) certainly
> welcome one and all and revel in the diversity... but might have some
> questions and even a tad of suspicion about the meaning of 'diversity' to
> and the appreciation of America by anyone who envisions "the transformation
> of [this] corner into a "New Lebanon."
>
> -
> Alan Krigman
> KRF Management, ICON/Information Concepts Inc
> 211 S 45th St, Philadelphia PA 19104-2918
> 215-349-6500, fax 215-349-6502
> krf...@aol.com or al.krig...@krf.icodat.com

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[UC] Cedar Park Fair Saturday Noon-5 pm -- Chance to win FREE Raffle Tickets

[Vincent/Roger]

The advance weather report for Saturday is good, so there's really no excuse to 
come out to 50th and Baltimore from Noon-5 for good music, food, live 
entertainment, kids' activities, important community information and vendor 
tables, plus the famous Cedar Park Raffle with more than 50 great prizes, 
including gift certificates to many local establishments, vintage Cedar Park 
memorabilia and much more!  Rumors abound that one great prize will be a 
one-hour session with our own local version of Geoffrey Chaucer:  Ross Bender.  
What could be better than that?   

Here is your chance to win 10 FREE Raffle tickets if you are the first with the 
correct answer to this question:
Name one of the ORIGINAL members of Cedar Park Neighbors (from its founding 
nearly 50 years ago) who is still a current member.

All the best!
Roger

Re: [UC] Mannakeesh Lebanese Cafe/restaurant - Opening

[Joe Clarke]

OMG Mike has been censored with yadda-yadda type editing.  It's creepy how
it's everywhere.

Joe (yadda-yadda) C.

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Mike VanHelder wrote:

> Never did Al see a parade without wishing for a raincloud.
>
> How soon before his first post about how Penn is supporting a Lebanese
> takeover of the neighborhood to further their nefarious plans to argle
> bargle burble burble Clark Park committee backed by UCD's money to
> gibber gibber howl ANTIDEMOCRATIC CONSPIRACY!?
>
> - Mike V.
>
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 5:25 PM,   wrote:
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 9/21/2010 4:30:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > philly.jo...@gmail.com writes:
> >
> > http://www.manakeeshcafe.com/
> >
> > From their website (emphasis added):
> >
> > "... located at the corner of 45th and Walnut Street, directly across
> from
> > Saad’s Halal Restaurant. We aim to merge the Lebanese and American
> > breakfast, providing a distinct Lebanese twist to many American
> favorites,
> > while introducing a distinct cultural flavor to the community,
> contributing
> > to the transformation of our corner into a ‘New Lebanon.’ "
> >
> > Unless (or even although) the Manakeesh website says the cafe is only
> going
> > to be open for breakfast (hard to believe considering what they're
> spending
> > to set it up and must be imagining in terms of return on investment), I
> > wonder whether Saad -- who's built his Halal food business with sweat and
> > tears over the years -- will be happy to see that the new guys on the
> block
> > are using his name and popularity in their promotion. Did Macy's tell
> > everyone its store was right across the street from Gimbel's?
> > The rest of us in the close proximity of 45th & Walnut -- everybody from
> > Orens Brothers and me with rental properties there, to the Second Mile
> > Center (a thrift store run by a conservative Christian organization --
> > although they don't tout the block as a "New Jerusalem," Monarch
> Hardware, a
> > Korean Karate school,  several other non-Lebanese businesses of no
> > particular ethnicity, and lots of tenants of every make and model)
> certainly
> > welcome one and all and revel in the diversity... but might have some
> > questions and even a tad of suspicion about the meaning of 'diversity' to
> > and the appreciation of America by anyone who
> envisions "the transformation
> > of [this] corner into a "New Lebanon."
> >
> > -
> > Alan Krigman
> > KRF Management, ICON/Information Concepts Inc
> > 211 S 45th St, Philadelphia PA 19104-2918
> > 215-349-6500, fax 215-349-6502
> > krf...@aol.com or al.krig...@krf.icodat.com
> 
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Re: [UC] Cedar Park Fair Saturday Noon-5 pm -- Chance to win FREE Raffle Tickets

[Glenn]

" Rumors abound that one great prize will be a one-hour session with our 
own local version of Geoffrey Chaucer:  Ross Bender.  What could be 
better than that? "
Will he provide alternative services if I tip him?  We can call it the 
Mennonite's Tale.  A stage version can be performed at the festival next 
year.


On 9/22/2010 11:32 AM, Vincent/Roger wrote:
The advance weather report for Saturday is good, so there's really no 
excuse to come out to 50th and Baltimore from Noon-5 for good music, 
food, live entertainment, kids' activities, important community 
information and vendor tables, plus the famous Cedar Park Raffle with 
more than 50 great prizes, including gift certificates to many local 
establishments, vintage Cedar Park memorabilia and much more!  Rumors 
abound that one great prize will be a one-hour session with our own 
local version of Geoffrey Chaucer:  Ross Bender.  What could be better 
than that?
Here is your chance to win 10 FREE Raffle tickets if you are the first 
with the correct answer to this question:
Name one of the ORIGINAL members of Cedar Park Neighbors (from its 
founding nearly 50 years ago) who is still a current member.

All the best!
Roger



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[UC] Looking forward to the grand prize

[Glenn]

In anticipation of my future hour with brother Bender, I wrote this tale 
for reading at the festive gathering in the village commons, Cedar Park.


The Democratist's Tale: In the Democratist's Tale, our traveler tells 
the tale about the disappearance of his traveling companion, a renegade 
Mennonite, who seems to mysteriously fade into dark realms.


With him rode a renegade Mennonite

A buffoon of Censorland, and a singer

To the feeble of mind; the barking cheese gang.

On the back of a spotted jackass he rode

Telling tales of pill popping mania

And of the old ladies' sewing circles

The dreary dragon shrews of the district

And when the Mennomaniac shrieked

Burbling dead brains, like little Mikey V

Drooled, farted, and rattled their emptied heads.

But on the long journey, the merry anabaptist

Lost his courage and grew frightened

Of the Commoners and Free Thinkers

Afraid! He fled the open public highway

Frequented by Knights and Heroes

To be chief buffoon of Censorland

With the domesticated herd of

Consumers and positive thinking addicts

Who spit and slither at all who speak their mind

In that blackened pit where no sun shines

The Miller, The Nun, and me, the Democratist

Implored and beseeched the aged pill freak

"Come back crazy Menno, we love you anyway"

But the Mennonite kept riding his spotted jackass

Backwards he tumbled through Ignorance to Censorland

And Knights and Heroes could not stop him

Further away from the merry troop of travelers

He drifted and slid toward the darkling star

The Mennonite fell to the darkness before the sunset

And the band of travelers wandered on, to seek the sunshine.

[UC] Found Tabby Kitten - 48th & Pine

[Linda Lee]

from craigslist:FOUND TABBY KITTEN, 48th and PineDate: 2010-09-22, 11:07AM EDTReply to: comm-dfrk8-1967357...@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]This lost kitten has been hanging around our building for the past three days. She is extremely friendly and affectionate and so comfortable with humans that she has clearly grown up in a home. We think that she might be between 4 and 6 months old, since she is a larger kitten. This is a smart lively kitten who is extremely loving! If she is yours, or if you would like to make her yours, please email us or phone us at 215.294.8723. We can take care of her for a few days, but it is impossible for us to keep her! Location: 48th and Pineit's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests\PostingID: 1