Daily Archives: December 5, 2008

Breaking news: suburbs have more/better stores

cvs400As if we didn’t already know:

A coalition of community groups led by the Philadelphia chapter of the NAACP strongly criticized CVS Pharmacies yesterday, accusing the chain of failing to provide customers equal access to stores and services in Philadelphia.

No doubt after this lawsuit, the NAACP will also be filing a lawsuit against Target, Sears, Rite Aid, IHOP, Denny’s, Neiman Marcus, Wawa and every other store they can possibly think of.

Asked why CVS was selected for the study, Mondesire said other pharmacy chains had not drawn as many complaints.

This is surprising. Although Walgreens and Rite Aid are definitely everywhere, which explains why they weren’t targeted. Hmmm, CVS conspiracy.

I <3 Recessions

z71There are those of us who are taking advantage of the current economic slump to apply all those little money-saving tips our Depression-era German grandmothers taught us. Obviously, I am not one of them, but I am trying.

I am, however, a thrifter. A thrifter is one addicted to thrift shops, i.e. Salvation Army, Goodwill, etc. Unfortunately, Philadelphia has few good ones left (there’s always Philly’s AIDS Thrift).

Outside of Center City, my new favorite is a little shop on Olney’s 5th Street called New Life Thrift Shop. You hardcore thrifters might recognize it as an offshoot of Glenside’s popular New Life Thrift, located on Easton Road.  Formerly called Elsa’s Thrift Shop and owned/operated by the Lutheran church across the street, the shop is now under the management of New Life Presbyterian Church (and better off might I add).

Lots of goodies in this tiny, quaint little place.  Easily accessible via the 47 Bus. Check it out.

Ouch!

Local woman gets stuck in toilet.

It wasn’t a bad meal that kept Kathleen Hewko on the toilet at a sports bar for 20 minutes. According to a federal lawsuit, it was a bad toilet seat.

Hewko, of Delran, Burlington County, is suing the Bethlehem, Pa., establishment after the toilet seat, designed for the handicapped, “cracked in half” and sent her “violently” into the ceramic bowl.

“You don’t expect those kind of things when you go to the john,” said her Philadelphia attorney, Gregory Sciolla.