| Dan Gross: Cabaret coming to Morris House
CABARET IS the name of the restaurant that Neil Stein and partners are hoping to bring to the Morris House Hotel (225 S. 8th). Stein is partnered up with Lindsay Ratkovich, a real-estate developer and daughter of Los Angeles real-estate titan Wayne Ratkovich, and Morris House owners Michael DiPaolo and Gene LeFevre. As the name suggests, says Lindsay Ratkovich, Cabaret will be "a space designed to entertain," and the food will be "American-Parisian bistro cuisine." Look for red decor and a piano bar as part of the restaurant. * The Tap Room will open Thursday night at Four Points by Sheraton, formerly the Doubletree Club (Boulevard & Grant). It's open from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. daily. Joseph Pergine is looking to showcase local brews and lagers from "across the pond." Out and about Billy Joel, who performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra Saturday night at the Academy Ball, substituted "a bottle of red" - red-wine vinaigrette that is - for balsamic on his salad at Brasserie-Perrier (1619 Walnut), where he lunched Friday.
Educator Robert Marvin Chatman, 85
ROBERT Marvin Chatman, Philadelphia public-school teacher for 23 years, active church leader and Army veteran of World War II, died Thursday of brain cancer. He was 85 and lived in Wynnefield. He taught at a number of local schools and was a tailoring teacher at Germantown High School before his retirement in 1987. Robert was a man of many skills. At one time or another, he took a course for surgical technicians, studied oil-burner service, real estate and pattern-making. He had a dry-cleaning establishment, was a mortician and had numerous jobs as a handyman - all with the aim of better supporting his family. He was born in Honea Path, S.C., to Howard L. and Marie Lewis Chatman. He got his early education in Honea Path and attended the Colored Normal, Industrial Agricultural and Mechanical College, now South Carolina State University at Orangeburg.
Death Inside a Chesco Home is Declared Murder
The November 2007 death of a Chester County, Pa. man is now a case of murder, although it may take some time before any charges are filed. Michael Caulder, 60, was killed by a single shot to the head inside his Tredyffrin Township home. It took this long for toxicology test results to come in. But for Chester County coroner Dr. Robert Satriale, it was just common sense to label this a homicide: "The facts and circumstances surrounding the case had a lot to do with our final ruling, particularly the fact that there was no weapon found at the scene." The man’s wife, a Philadelphia real estate attorney, has been questioned in the case, but at this point no one has been charged or labeled a suspect. And Satriale expects that won’t change for a while, as township police and Chester County detectives -- who have devoted thousands of man-hours to this investigation -- continue their probe.
Holocaust Museum founder Lerman dies
Miles Lerman, who fought against the Nazis in Poland and later helped found the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., has died. He was 88. Lerman's wife, Rosalie, confirmed Wednesday that he died Tuesday at his home in Philadelphia. Lerman was a member of a prosperous family whose flour mills were seized by the Nazis. Lerman escaped from a slave labor camp and fought the Nazis with other partisans for nearly two years in the forests of Poland. "Our job was to raise havoc, to raise hell with them and survive," he once told The Philadelphia Inquirer. Lerman and his wife immigrated to New York City in 1947. He worked as a grocery warehouse clerk in Brooklyn, N.Y., then had a chicken farm in Vineland, N.J. He later started a home heating oil business that grew into a major distributorship, and invested in real estate.
The Watercooler
It appears that this was truly a life-changing experience for them (40,000 miles across five continents can do that to you). Well, it's been, in my opinion, the best race so far of this Emmy-winning series. You had spitting llamas, shaved heads, mounds of uneaten meat, 600 lb. elephant carts, Jerome the Gnome, a bribed bus driver, many missed flights and confused cab drivers and so much more. And even I'll admit that Rob and Amber were smart, skillful players. Not overly ethical, but smart. Once again, congratulations to Uchenna and Joyce! You two deserve it. (PS. In New York, the happy couple were interviewed on CBS local news, and let me tell you, Joyce's hair short but grown in looks great!) DS American Idol
8:02 Truth? I love 'em both, but I had to go with Bo.
Holiday creep yields bounty of Thanksgiving greetings
Real estate attorney Michael Wasserman received Thanksgiving cards this week from his insurance agent and his dentist, among others.
His dentist's card included a typewritten letter recapping the year's highlights -- a genre once known as the Christmas letter and typically mailed in December.
Holiday creep -- that well-documented phenomenon that brought us evergreen boughs in stores in August -- is boosting Thanksgiving's presence in the greeting card universe.
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