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Phillymag’s Giant Honorary Krimpet

Take a look at that luscious baby to the right [photo of Krimpet not attached] and imagine it 1,261 times larger — that’s the size of the special Butterscotch Krimpet cake Tasty Baking Company CEO Charles Pizzi will be presenting to Metrocorp chairman D. Herbert Lipson and president David Lipson on Tuesday to honor Philadelphia magazine’s 100th anniversary.

Everyone’s invited to come by the rotunda of the Shops at Liberty Place at 1 p.m. to meet Kirby the Krimpet (we’ve assured him he’s not on the menu) and share a piece of history with us.

You will find full, complete coverage of this event tomorrow here at Philadelphia Will Do.

Come Share Our Giant 100th Anniversary Krimpet [Phillymag]

Obama Mystified By Tastykakes

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I can only imagine the New York Times describing this with, “Whoa, man. Donut holes? What kind of crazy food do you eat in Pennsylvania?!”

[via Philly EDGE]

Mark B. Cohen Receives Greatest Known Honor

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Messageboards usually give posters a title text and an avatar. Sometimes these are custom, sometimes they’re random and sometimes they’re due to the number of posts a person has.

Phillyblog has a Philly-specific set of titles, and today one State Representative was lucky enough to hit the 500-post count today:

Tonight, I have achieved water ice vendor status.

My initial reaction is that having left tastykake maker status, I hope it will be easier to lose weight. All those tastykakes around are mighty tempting. And having easier access to water ice is very helpful in the coming hot spring and summer months.

My more serious reaction is to thank the many posters on phillyblog, the moderators, and the founders for creating a wonderful medium for both discussion and information. I continue to believe that phillyblog, which now has about 13,600 members, will some day soon be the number two print medium in Philadelphia, second only to the Inquirer.

Yeah, those 13,600 members really have the Daily News worried, I’m sure.

On Achieving Water Ice Vendor Status [Phillyblog]

Quickies: Not tasty at all

031706tastykake.jpg• The Tasty Baking Company is offering a $10,000 reward in the hunt for two teenagers who were callous enough to shoot and rob a Tastykake driver. Bastards. [CBS 3]

• The woman who alleged she had been raped by a member of the Philadelphia Soul has requested the charged be dropped. [KYW 1060]

• The jury is deliberating in the Rick Mariano trial. And by “deliberating,” I mean they’re watching the footage of him being hit by that gate and laughing over and over and over again. [Mariano v. USA]

• Hey, Gavin Floyd pitched well yesterday! Could things actually be falling in place for the Phillies? [Daily News]