Food tells a story. The dishes that you cook can give clues about your heritage, geographical location, and even your personality. Here at Loco we’re huge foodies, so we thought that we would share the recipes and stories behind some of our favorite dishes. Hopefully they will give you the inspiration to make some culinary magic in your own kitchen!…
issue #9
Glenside, pa is a cozy town filled with stories. It’s a home away from home, a hamlet outside a huge city, and a joyful community. Enjoy the Glenside sites, photographed by Jennifer Clark and set to Alisa Thammavong’s cover of Bon Jovi’s “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” with this musical slideshow. Pay homage to this precious little town with…
I’m a Mary Sue. You’re a Mary Sue, too. Pretty much everyone who reads or watches a film or sits in front of the TV is a Mary Sue because we’re all reaching for characters that we can identify with.
Do you ever remember the full conversation or just bits and pieces? Here are a couple of conversations I had with a couple of drunken friends (I was sober, of course) and asked them a couple of goofy questions.
My Bubbie also always told me, “You gotta do what you gotta do, to get where you wanna get.” Whenever I’m feeling lazy or unmotivated I picture my Bubbie saying that to me. This helps me to remember if I want to be successful and go places in life I have to work for it. No one is handed anything and Sonia Sotomayor is a perfect example of that.
Enjoy as four food and video enthusiasts tear through Philly in search of the perfect meal on a budget, sharing their transit stories, food stories, and stories expressed through brief interpretive dance. What else could you wish for?
As a resident of the city and an enthusiast of anything that claims to be haunted, I sought out some of the legends that are rooted in Philly. Among many of the legends that I discovered one of the most interesting was right in my backyard, the Grumblethorpe in historic Germantown.
With the holidays underway, we at Loco have taken into account a major theme of the holidays, and therefore our issue, “Stories We Tell”.
All of those happy, touristy stories are boring as hell to people who didn’t live them. I loved my trip abroad. But everything I truly learned about myself from my trip abroad happened during the bad moments—during my low points.
They say there is no such thing as a bad dog, just bad owners. I beg to differ.