Two of the craft cocktail offerings are Frosé Tea, made with apple brandy, lime, raspberry-chamomile shrub and rosé; and Sunshine, made with Tito s vodka, mango, bergamot-fennel tea, lemon and sparkling rosé.
Reservations are required and can be made online. Each reservation will have a 90-minute time limit. Also, since it s an outdoor venue, high tea on the rooftop will be weather permitting.
High tea will be offered on Sunday, May 9, between noon and 2 p.m. There are two different packages available, both named for phrases you ve probably heard from mom plenty of times before.
There s the Because I said so! package, priced at $55 per person, and the I m not asking you, I m telling you! package, priced at $40 per person.
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The undercover operation was made public last week by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a D.C.-based think tank that obtained emails between police and federal officials through a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act.
The emails show Philadelphia police requested the DEA support on June 2 and the operation lasted at least through June 6.
In one message, a ranking agent with the drug agency emailed colleagues and told them they d be placed on teams to assist Philadelphia police and should dress in a fashion that will allow you to bend (sic) in with the crowds. Masks and bag packs are a good idea. Another from a DEA official said, the purpose of the request is to id
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary to move to Gwynedd-Mercy University
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On Monday, the archdiocese announced the seminary would be moving from its long-time home at City and Lancaster avenues in the Overbrook section of Lower Merion to 15 acres of land and two buildings that it would purchase from Gwynedd-Mercy University in Lower Gwynedd.
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Monument Lab app expands space and time at Art Museum steps
The tour begins with a twinkling of chimes, as Ursula Rucker, the Philadelphia poet and artist, materializes on a smartphone screen. She stands at the base of the Philadelphia Art Museum steps “the Rocky Steps, as some like to call them,” she says. “The people’s place.” As one scans their phone around the steps, and look out across the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, virtual signs, maps, photographs, and text boxes appear, an invite to “dig deeper” into the history of the space. The OverTime app features poet and artist Ursula Rucker at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Image: Courtesy Monument Lab)