First Friday

Check out our local Philadelphia highlight interview each month!

First Friday Interview: Owners of Vice Coffee

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The small-time renaissance of the 900-1100 blocks of Spring Garden Street includes some of the city’s greatest gems including Union Transfer, the Llama Tooth, and Armory East Skate Shop. In February, a new neighbor arrived matching their energy, originality and eccentricity. As one might imagine, Vice Coffee and Tattoos boasts far more than superior grinds […]

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First Friday Interview: Phillies Director of Marketing and Special Projects

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If you’re a true Philadelphian, the start of Spring brings about visions of red, Miller Lite, and Dollar Dogs. The Phillies’ first week of the season was a mixed bag, with one win and two losses against the Rangers since Wednesday’s opening; but we aren’t concerned over scores just yet. This month’s First Friday interview,

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First Friday Interview: ConKerr Cancer’s Cindy Kerr

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This month’s First Friday interviewee is not only a client of ours, but also the Founder of an incredible not-for-profit organization located just outside city limits. Cindy Kerr is a mother, entrepreneur, seamstress, and inspiring community leader. She has sparked the creation of a supportive international community for children and teens living with cancer from

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First Friday Interview: The Flower Show’s Sam Lemheney

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After an especially crazy week of winter weather, we’re thrilled about this month’s First Friday interview series with Sam Lemheney, Chief of Shows and Events at the Philadelphia Horticultural Society. Sam’s role with the PHS is largely weighted by oversight and involvement in the decision-making processes for the Fall Garden Festival and the internationally renown

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First Friday Interview: WMMR’s Jacky Bam Bam

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When deciding who we were going to talk to for our January First Friday interview, we determined that it had to be a Mummer!   One of our favorite Mummers – and all around cool person in Philadelphia – is WMMR’s DJ Jacky Bam Bam.  Kate knew him from the good ole’ WYSP radio days

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First Friday Interview: Tony Luke Jr.

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When it comes to Philadelphia icons, no one takes the cheesesteak like Tony Luke, Jr.  Born and bred in South Philly, Tony is a jack of all trades with impressive credentials, from international restaurateur to actor; sports reporter to songwriter and producer. He is set to judge on Spike TV’s upcoming original series, Frankenfood, in

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First Friday Interview: Philadelphia Top Chef Contestant

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Wednesday marked the debut of Top Chef’s 11th Season, which whisked two of Philadelphia’s top chefs off to compete in Quick Fire, solo and group challenges for the title which Kevin Sbraga snagged four seasons prior. Philadelphia has been kicking serious ass in competitive reality TV recently, with Dom Streater designing her way to the

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First Friday Interview: Diner en Blanc Co-Host

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You’ve seen the pictures. You’ve heard the stories. With its inception last year, Philadelphia’s leg of the international all-white Diner en Blanc quickly became the most popular event of the season. Thousands of people turn up in Center City dressed all in white, waiting for a text as to the elusive location of a glowing, community-based

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First Friday Interview Philadelphia Project Runway Contestant

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Welcome to the 2nd installment of our First Friday Interview Series.  Now in its twelfth season, Project Runway is giving Philadelphia’s fashion industry a nod with a local on set: Dom Streater. The show’s season debut aired on July 18th, and our girl is still playing hard through the third episode, where she designed one

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First Friday Interview with a Global Leader in Philadelphia

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Welcome to the start of Philly PR Girl’s newest series of “First Friday” interviews where we hand-pick Philadelphia professionals who we think you should get to know, and then pick their brains to learn about their work within the City of Brotherly Love!  Yes, we know it’s technically the the 2nd Friday of the month, but we

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