Six sold-out nights. Lee Mo didn't just return to Philadelphia. She reminded the room what live jazz at its absolute highest level actually feels like. That Ella Fitzgerald tribute... something else entirely. @SOUTHJazzClub #LeeMo #LiveJazz #PhillyJazz

Buckets isn't just a restaurant. It's a workforce pipeline rooted in the I Promise community. Affordable prices. Real jobs. Real training. LeBron built the whole system, not just the brand.

MIKE PHILLIPS AT SOUTH felt bigger than a set. This was command, chemistry, and total control of the room. A serious band, a serious leader, and a room that knew it was witnessing something special. One of those nights that stays with you. #MikePhillips #PhillyJazz #SouthJazzKitchen

Philadelphia knows the difference between a tribute and a responsibility. Jazz Philadelphia is bringing artists, venues, educators, and institutions into alignment around John Coltrane’s 100th with the seriousness this moment deserves. That is how you honor a giant. #JohnColtrane100 #PhillyJazz

One-third of global fertilizer trade moves through the Strait of Hormuz. It is disrupted right now. Urea prices are up more than 30 percent. Diesel is up approximately 40 percent. Fresh food gets hit first. Local food systems are infrastructure. Someone has to speak for the speechless.

This wasn’t just an event. It was a statement. Tipsy Women’s History brought together powerful women, strong ideas, and real momentum. What stood out to me most was the intention in the room. A celebration of leadership, history, and the women shaping what’s next in Philadelphia.

Some people talk about building culture. Ben and Ruben went and actually built it. Secret Handshake is now part of Philadelphia's grassroots film fabric. That's how it starts. Passion, grit, and showing up. Philadelphia needs more of this. #PhillyFilm #SecretHandshake

Philadelphia Cherry Blossom Festival delivered. Blossoms everywhere. Families, music, culture, energy. This city knows how to show up for spring. 100 years of sakura in Fairmount Park and still absolutely worth it. #CherryBlossomFestival #SpringInPhilly #PhillyVibes

Of course I had this on my schedule. No question. The No Kings March in Philly wasn't just noise—it was people showing up. The rules matter. The process matters. Philadelphia did what Philadelphia does. #Philadelphia #Democracy #NoKings

Six sold-out shows. One weekend. Emily Braden and the band delivered something SOUTH was built for. This is what live music looks like when everything locks in. Lee is up next. Emily will be back. Don't miss it. #SOUTHJazz #PhillyJazz #LiveMusic

Philadelphia's food travels over 1,500 miles to reach your plate. One tariff. One weather event. One trucking shortage. And the shelves thin out before the city knows what happened. CEA changes that. Growing food inside the city. Year round. Closer to the people who need it most.

The AU Alumni Mixer in Philly was the real deal. Kogod is going AI-first. Recognized best-in-class for AI curriculum. Paid internships for every student starting sophomore year. This is not incremental improvement. It is a different model.

8% of global crop yields lost by 2050. That is the floor. Not the ceiling. Coffee up 55%. Cocoa spiked. Rice at 15-year highs. Florida citrus in long-term decline. These are not warnings. They are receipts. Philadelphia needs local food infrastructure. Now.

King of Prussia just leveled up. Peter Chang brought real Sichuan to the suburbs and it absolutely delivers. The mala heat is no joke. Go test your spice tolerance. You will not regret it. #PeterChang #SichuanFood #PhillyEats

151 studies. Solid science. Clear conclusion. CEA can grow fresh food inside cities, year-round, close to the communities that need it most. The business model never reached them. That is the gap. That is the work.

The relief years are over. Philadelphia's FY2027 budget still funds housing, safety, and education... but the cushion is thinner. The Economy League just dropped the analysis every business owner and civic leader in Philly needs to read. Link in thread.

Sy Smith on the SOUTH stage this weekend. A singer's singer. A career that runs from Whitney Houston to Thundercat to The Tonight Show. James Poyser in the audience. This is the room Philadelphia deserves. #SOUTHJazzClub #SySmith #PhillyJazz

Philadelphia already has the restaurants, kitchens, distributors, and anchor institutions. The question is whether we can coordinate what exists so more people get fed and more food dollars stay local. Early conversations. Encouraging signs. Stay tuned. #FeedPhilly #Philadelphia

Proud to support Dr. Ala Stanford for Congress. A pediatric surgeon who showed up for Philadelphia when it mattered most. A leader who understands this city from the inside out. SOUTH had the honor of hosting last night and the room said everything. #AlaStanford #StanfordForCongress #Philadelphia

The 4th Annual GPLEX360 Tipsy Women's History. Hosted at the American Philosophical Society. Real stories. Real networking. Great food. Drinks optional. Not just for women. Proof: I'll be there. It sells out. Every year.

Six sold out shows at SOUTH this weekend. Julie Dexter didn't just sing... she lived inside every song. Then Lady Alma stepped up and the room became something else. Philadelphia showed up. The music delivered.

If you haven't been inside the Divine Lorraine lately, you're missing out. The Daily has great coffee. Broad Hall downstairs is one of the coolest intimate music rooms in the city. Start your morning there. End your night there. Philadelphia keeps delivering.

The vertical farming bust wasn't a failure of concept. It was a failure of playbook. $2.7B lost. 14 bankruptcies. And a hard reset for an industry that was always worth believing in. The survivors built differently. The future still grows indoors. #VerticalFarming #FoodSystems

"It was all a dream..." La Chinesca does that to you. Walk in thinking it's just dinner. Leave thinking about when you're going back. Great food. Great drinks. Great room. Philly stays winning. #PhillyEats #LaChinesca

When a Drexel alum builds something real in California... and you get to meet him at the Drexel Food Lab under Jon Deutsch's watch. Philly. Cali. Ideas. Execution. All in one room. #DrexelFoodLab #FoodInnovation

Went to the Kimmel Center planning to pop in and leave early. Hayato Sumino played Rhapsody in Blue with the Philadelphia Orchestra. I did not leave early. Some nights remind you exactly why you go out into the world.

Philadelphia just got its next great cultural institution. The Ministry of Awe opened this weekend in Old City... and it is exactly what this city needed right now. Go. Bring someone. #MinistryOfAwe #Philadelphia

Watched a Zen Buddhist nun cook quietly on Netflix. Then drove straight to Unit Su Vege in Philly. Shrimp dumplings. Pulled pork soup. Peking duck. All plants. At some point the question stops being about food and starts being about everything else.

The U.S. has ~1,200 malls. CEA has an energy problem. These two facts were made for each other. The infrastructure exists. The zoning doesn't. That's not a resource gap. That's a policy gap.

Cities aren't built by tax abatements. They're built by artists. InLiquid's March for Art is running through March 20 in Philadelphia... 200+ works, all price ranges, proceeds split directly with the artists. Go see it. Buy something. Show up.

Made a rule. No going out on school nights. Tuesday had other plans. Mona is one of the coolest rooms in Philadelphia right now... artists, night people, good energy. This city still has it. Worth every Wednesday consequence. #PhillyNightlife #VisitPhilly

Philadelphia showed up for itself Friday night. Robert Glasper at Union Transfer. Five Grammys. One room. An audience full of musicians, legends, and people who know when history is being made. Philly doesn't just consume culture. It creates it.

Spent the morning learning about a CEA system that merges hardware, automation, and AI into one integrated platform. First wave experiments. Second wave learns. Third wave scales. We're getting closer. #CEA #AgTech #FoodSystems

Philadelphia... what a week. Cecily stepped on that SOUTH stage and turned a room full of people into something shared. She sent me home pulling out Tapestry and listening start to finish. That's what a voice like that does. #PhillyJazz #SouthJazzClub

Small support. Real ripple. Backing @CosmicWriters helped power three events and $164K in campaign funding for youth writers in Philly and New York. When young people find their voice... everything changes. #CosmicWriters #YouthVoices

Philadelphia showed up this week. Lindsey Webster. Gerald Veasley. The Unscripted Jazz Series. Three different expressions of the same truth... live music still matters. And SOUTH keeps proving it. #PhillyJazz #SouthJazzClub

March at SOUTH isn't a tribute. It's a reckoning. The women who built the emotional DNA of American music deserve more than a plaque. They deserve a bandstand, a microphone, and a room ready to listen. Come feel it. #WomensHistoryMonth #LiveJazz

Sunday morning ritual: espresso, the sun coming up, and Bobbi Booker on WRTI. Spirit Soul Music is Philadelphia medicine. This week, the voices of women who remind you what music is actually for. #WRTI #SpiritSoulMusic

A Philadelphia seed company just turned 150. Burpee has survived every economic downturn... because when things get hard, people start growing food. Seeds are cheap. But what they represent isn't. Agency. Resilience. Connection to where food comes from. That's infrastructure. Not a hobby.

Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls. Women are designing the solutions, running the programs, anchoring the coalitions. The work now is infrastructure. Not charity. Not recognition. Build the systems. #IWD2026 #GiveToGain

Philadelphia's underground cultural scene is doing something right. March 19. Six hours of wuxia cinema. Secret Handshake + Heavy Cycle Cinema + H&H Books. "Heavy Hands of Kung Fu" is the kind of event that reminds you why this city is different. Got my ticket. See you in the dark.

Every once in a while you walk into a place and immediately think... "okay, this is cool." That was Midnight & The Wicked. Walked by. Looked inside. Walked in. Philadelphia still has rooms with real energy. Stay tuned. Something may be coming.

Some nights SOUTH becomes exactly what a jazz club is supposed to be. Tammy McCann brought that to Philadelphia this weekend. She doesn't perform songs. She inhabits them. That's the difference.

If you haven't been to the Philadelphia Flower Show yet… do yourself a solid. This isn't just horticulture. It's living art with roots. World class. Immersive. Bold. Now imagine this energy 52 weeks a year. Stay tuned. #PhillyFlowerShow

The 7th PAGE Summit wasn't talk. It was architecture. Anchors, entrepreneurs, procurement officers, and funders in the same room... connecting real dollars to real opportunity. When Philadelphia's institutions align with local suppliers, the city doesn't just grow. It compounds.

Morning or evening? If you have a single meal today, when do you eat it? For millions of people, that is not a preference. That is the only meal decision they get to make. Every single day. That's food insecurity.

Women's History Month 2026. The theme is "Leading the Change: Women Shaping a Sustainable Future." That is not aspirational. That is already happening. Everywhere. Every day.

"How Not to Die" is less a wellness video, more a data brief on preventable chronic illness. Watch it. Send it to someone you love. nutritionfacts.org/video/how-not-to-die-documentary #FoodIsMedicine #PublicHealth #HowNotToDie

Philadelphia spends millions on empty school buildings. Meanwhile, 250,000+ residents face food insecurity in those same neighborhoods. That is not a resource problem. That is a vision problem. Other cities are already solving it. #FoodSystems #Philadelphia

5.12 million tons of food waste diverted. 106 brands. 622 certified products. Upcycling isn't a trend. It's a supply chain correction that's becoming a $63B market. The economics work when waste becomes raw material. #UpcycledFood #CircularEconomy #FoodSystems