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Best of your best - Your Top 25

Hello.

Something light for a change...

As we all know, each region does certain things best. Whether it be chicken wings in Buffalo or bratwurst in Milwaukee or cool cars and hot girls in Southern California.

What does your area do the BEST??? This could have been a Top 10 list, but a lot us would have more, so why not go all the way to 25?

In Philadelphia, we are tops for:
1) Hoagies - you call them submarines or heroes

2) Cheesesteaks - but you already knew that

3) Pizza - thin crust, and traditional toppings

4) Soft pretzels - no doubt, and one of my weaknesses

5) Italian water ice - fruit flavored ice, NOTHING can cool you down faster on a hot day. You'll still be cool even an hour or two later on a humid 95 degree East Coast day

6) Macaroni and gravy - you call them spaghetti and meatballs

7) Fishcakes - as opposed to crabcakes which belong to "Balteeeeemore"

8) Pierogies - heaven from Poland/Ukraine

9) People with "addytood" - as if I haven't shown it here

10) Jersey girls - BIG hair!

11) Rowdy sportsfans - the Broad Street Bullies are still our favorite team

12) The South Jersey Shore - we say "down the shore"

13) Ben Franklin - would have been a MAJOR audiophile

14) Rocky - YO Adrian!!!

15) Frankie Avalon - well, before he got to those California beaches

16) Bobby Rydel - the one who stayed

18) Warren Zevon - your adopted city REALLY misses you

19) John Coltrane - as above

20) Gamble and Huff - The Philly Sound

21) The Fresh Prince - now he's Will Smith

22) Pat Croce - a real Philly guy - see addytood again

23) Grace Kelly - Princess Grace to us

24) Yo - yes, you guys took that word - a greeting, a question, an exclamation

25) Yous - fills the English language's need for the plural form of you. No, you guys didn't steal that one, because you hate it so

When you come to Philly, make sure you try everything on the list. And, when I visit your town, I am going to try my best on your list. Thank you!
trelja
gunbei
2,327 posts
 
Tireguy,

So good ol' Marty Van Buren started it all?! I'll start saying "Ole Kinderhook" whenever I agree with someone from now on!

The story of the Headless Horseman used to scare the Malt-o-Meal outa me when I was a kid.

Trelja,

Hopkins is really fun to watch. He's a true artist and technician. He and James Toney remind me of the greats from Joey Giardello's era. The Executioner's dismantling of Felix Tito Trinidad was pure beauty. Reminded me a lot of the way Alexis Arguello used to slowly disect then eventually KO people.

Randell Tex Cobb had a funny saying about Philadelphia and its reputation for producing great fighters. He said, "Philly is the only place you'll see two winos fighting on the street and one of them is throwing jabs." Classic!
slipknot1
1,423 posts
 
While I can't top Joe's (Trelja) list as I live in the Philadelphia area myself, here is a list from my home town of Buffalo.
1 - The Bills
2 - 4 straight Super Bowl losses
3 - OJ (not the drink)
3 - Chicken Wings
4 - Snow (even though Syracuse gets more)
5 - Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (made famous while being directed by Michael Tilson Thomas, joining up with the Grateful Dead for a performance at Kleinhans Music Hall)
6 - Buffalo Sabres (not very popular here in Phila. though)
7 - Great Winter AND Summer recreational opportunities
8 - Niagara Falls
9 - Teddy Roosevelt took the oath of office as President of the US in Buffalo after William McKinley was assasinated at the Columbian American Exposition. The exposition is famous for the first large scale use of electric illumination.
10 - Arts & Crafts movement (Frank Lloyd Wright's inspiration) was begun in the Buffalo area (East Aurora) by Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters. Hubbard died aboard the Lusitania when it was sunk at the beginning of WWI
shubertmaniac
350 posts
 
Trelja: Hey how about them Eggles' fans throwing snowballs at Santa! Hey Desjardins is out for the season! Trelja, whether you know it or not, but some of the best chamber music is being played in Philly right now, pick up the Daily News and look in the entertainment section. I thought the women from the Greater Northeast had the big hair too!
trelja OP
3,224 posts
 
I think you are right about the chamber music Shubertmaniac, but I should check it out. I guess I need to wade in to that realm of music.

As they say, that was a pitiful Santa, and he was also mercilessly told so by the boobirds.

Hopefully, the loss of Rico for the playoffs will not hurt us. You may know that he has a habit of playing badly this time of year, so maybe we'll make it through fine. I guess we could always activate the Chief or Jonesy(laughs) if we need to...

Yes, the girls from the Great Northeast also have the big hair - AquaNet thanks them, the ozone layer does not.

I was thinking of listing Schooly D, but you probably are not such a fan. He is the creator of Gangsta Rap, with his song "PSK, what does it mean?", about the Parkside Killers(PSK) - those who live in his neighborhood(52nd - 54th and Parkside). NWA, GangStarr, WuTang Clan, Eminem, Beanie Sigel, JayZ, etc. all should tip their hats to Schooly.

Are you still local? If so, Joe(Slipknot1) and I will be getting together again in about two weeks, perhaps you'd like to join us? And, as he outlined, Buffalo is just the kind of city this list was created for.
tubegroover
2,320 posts
 
"I thought the women from the Greater Northeast had the big hair too!"

and who could forget (that can remember that far back) the South Filwee girls with that big hair, some of the biggest as a matter of recollection, it wasn't just the South Jersey and NE girls!

Treja a few more from my fond memories of Philly even though I left 30 years ago

F..kin "A"

Smokin Joe Frazier

Teddy Pendergrass

Connie Mack Stadium (20th and Lehigh)

Concerts at the Spectrum

The Academy of Music

The Robin Hood Dell concerts

The Mounted Police in Fairmont Park

The deer in Pennypack Park

The Zoo

and does anyone remember Billy Harner from the 60's?

What I miss most are the sports fans, the most knowledgable in the country. Yeah they have their bad habits but lets face it, they don't pay their hard on money to see Santa at a football game. You get what you see, tough love. The teams really seem to understand that relationship.

PS First thing I look for when I visit are the soft pretzels, the original ones not the boutique type and Rosatti's Italian water ice (lemon please....)
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