Good Thursday afternoon. Time for a little gossip, out and about and happy news from our neighbors.

Lots and lots of people on my timeline are in Fire Island this week, and they saw Anderson Cooper and Jimmy Fallon about. Former UBar bartender/model/actor Kyle who is now working in Fire Island ran into them on Madonna’s Birthday Tuesday. Jimmy looks like he’s feeling no pain. All of them could use a little sunblock

Congrats to Ashley and Jim Magnatta. So sweet. Jim’s with opssecuritygroup.com, they’re the security company that keeps you safe at events, as well as provide executive protection. When you see the OPS guards tonight at Diner en Blanc. Give them a cheery hello.

Congrats to these two, what a gorgeous location

If you check out today’s earlier PCC entry, you’d see I went to the Atlantic City Air Show, as did Bob Schiers, who represents Cabot Creamery, he saw Tony Orlando at the air show. No word on where Dawn was. But guess what, Tony looks the same as he did when he did the variety show back in the 70s.

Speaking of Cabot Creamery, I love their cheese and seems like Marilyn Russell does too. Their cheese is rich, and tasty. I really do like it, especially on crackers.

Cuba Gooding Jr with the Tinari girls. Looks like this is the Kimmel Center.

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CBS Daytime Drama Casting Call — CBS daytime dramas “The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold and the Beautiful” will hold an open casting call Aug.18 from noon—3 p.m. at SugarHouse Casino. One person will be selected to travel to Hollywood to appear in a walk-on role for one of the two television shows. The casting call is open to U.S. residents, ages 18 years old and older as of April 1, 2016. Maybe you’ll see my buddy Dan Kroll, of

The Piazza at Schmidt’s Commons (1001 N 2nd St) celebrates a new chapter with The Ultimate Summer Cookout in Northern Liberties on Sunday, August 21, 2016 from 12:00pm to 5:00pm. Get ready for the grand finale of summer with a brand new, all-day, backyard party featuring summer eats and sips, live music, DJs, sand pits, lawn games, hand-made shopping, end-of-summer sales and more. Plus, look for surprises in the water and up in the air with a slip n slide, water slide and zip line. All ages are welcome for this family friendly event. Twenty-one and up to drink, with identification only. Admission is free, with food and drink pay as you go. Rain or shine. For information, call 267-246-0618 or visit www.theschmidtscommons.com.

Please RSVP to delfriscos.philadelphia@dfrg.com
or call 215-246-0533.

Boxing Weigh-In Specials — On the eve of Friday night boxing, The Refinery will feature weigh-in specials Thursday, Aug. 25 including:

• $12.50 Knockout wings (12) with house-made hot sauce
• $11.95 Black and blue burger, blackened, 7-ounce patty topped with bleu cheese and Worcestershire onions with fries
• $12.50 Punch drunk meatballs served in a Guinness stout gravy on a hoagie roll with cheddar cheese and fries

Bonobos:– the menswear e-tailer known for its great fitting clothes and excellent customer service – will be opening two Philadelphia Guideshops, one on Rittenhouse Square’s Walnut Street (1519 Walnut Street ) on Friday, August 26^th  and the other the following week at King of Prussia Mall on September 1. The Walnut Street opening will mark the first Bonobos location in Philadelphia, bringing the brand’s fresh take on retail to the City of Brotherly Love for the first time.

Congrats on Dava Guerin and Kevin Ferris on their new book “Vets and Pets”, which will tell amazing stories of veterans, and their service animals.

Speaking of new books, Paige Wolf just published a book “Spit That Out”. She’s doing a book signing September 29 – 4- 6 at the Nest near Midtown Village.

Info Here

Happy Birthday Elaine Grabar, here with Jill Rizen. Afterwards Jill headed back to the beach to participate in a midnight paddle in the back bay in Margate under the full moon.

Hope to see some of you tonight at Diner en Blanc. Check back tomorrow for photos here, in Philly Mag and in Philly Style Mag

Welcome back to Philly, me. Good Thursday morning. I just got back from spending 4 days at the shore, it was lovely. I stayed at my sisters house for the first half, then met up with Mike and stayed at our friends Lynsie & Evan Solomon’s Ventnor condo in the sky. We caught the air show and a great lightning storm.

This storm was in Philly and never came closer than 45 miles to the shore. I have seen the amazing shots others have taken in Philly that night of the very violent storm. Imagine this is what I got 60 miles away.

The next morning the Atlantic City Air show began about 1030 am

The Atlantic Ocean was sea green again

The Geico Skywriters racing the Geico speedboat

The finale was the Thunderbirds. Amazing show, very loud. OK gotta run to a meeting. I’ll be back later today with some good local gossip things to add to your date book.