Dan Cirucci

Monday, January 6, 2014

Single Tickets To Four Nova Games On Sale Now

Single game tickets to see nationally ranked Villanova Wildcats play four BIG EAST opponents at Wells Center are on sale now. Ranked at No. 11 in the Associated Press Men’s Basketball Top 25 poll, the Villanova Wildcats boast a 13-1 overall record, including 8-0 at home, falling short on the road only to No. 2 ranked Syracuse. The Wildcats tip-off against Creighton (Monday, January 20), St. John’s (Saturday, February 22), Marquette (Sunday, March 2) and Georgetown (Saturday, March 8) at the Wells Fargo Center during the 2013-14 college basketball season.

Single game tickets priced at $25, $30, and $40 are currently on sale exclusively through ComcastTIX online at ComcastTIX.com, by phone at 1-800-298-4200, or in person at the Wells Fargo Center Box Office.

Villanova men’s basketball reached the Top 25 by posting wins over top-25 powerhouse team University of Kansas, in addition to defeating city rivals University of Pennsylvania, Saint Joseph’s University and LaSalle University by at least 20 points in each game.

The Wildcats picked up BIG EAST conference honors four straight weeks in a row beginning on Monday, December 2 with senior guard James Bell named Philadelphia Big Five Player of the Week, while junior forward JayVaughn Pinkston took the honor on Monday, December 9 and junior guard Darrun Hilliard followed suit on Monday, December 16. Freshman guard Josh Hart was named BIG EAST Conference Rookie of the Week on Monday, December 23 after his play off the bench gave Villanova a major boost in their win over Rider.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

From Crabcakes To Burgers To Matzo -- All Good!

The quickly-devoured classic Caesar salad at Maggie's Place in NYC.

The candele with wild boar bolognese at Osteria.

The traditional margherita pizza with tomato, basil, and mozzarella at Osteria.

The seafood salad at The Palm.

The bacon, eggs and home fries breakfast at Ponzio's.

The crab cake platter (above) the shrimp and seafood salad and the hardshell crabs (below) at DiNardo's.

The misty, icy, near-perfect martini at Tavistock Country Club.

The well-done basic cheeseburger at Zinburger.

The baked ziti with mozzarella and asparagus (above) and the fresh salad with tuna (below) at Pietro's.

The take-home matzo ball soup from Schlesinger's.

The zesty riggatoni with peppers and sausage (above) and the chicken domani (below) at Bertuccii's.

Perfection! The extraordinary broiled trout (above) and the classic warm shrimp salad (below) at Parc.

Those of you who follow our culinary adventures know that our tastes range through many types of foods and dishes.
From fish to beef to salad to pizza and pasta and clear through to the classic American breakfast, we enjoy it all. Here's are some recent dishes we savored shown exactly as prepared with click-on credits for the eateries that presented them to us.
Of course, we're missing some more specialized fare such as Chinese and Mexican but we assure you, we'll get to those as well. Stay tuned!

KAWS' Art Engages With Vivid Color, Whimsy

The KAWS exhibit closed today at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Pafa) in center city Philadelphia but the vivid colors and high spirits of the show live on.

In case you missed it, above are some of the delightful sculptures and paintings that were on display amidst Pafa's more traditional holdings.

Brooklyn-based, KAWS is a world-renowned artist who exhibits in museums and galleries internationally. KAWS’ art stands within the historical continuum that began with Pop Art, straddling the line between fine art and global commerce. His artworks are immediately recognizable as he transforms iconic pop culture characters into thought-provoking works of art. His work possesses a sophisticated humor while utilizing a refined graphic language that revitalizes figuration with big, bold gestures and keen, playful intricacy.

By producing fine art via thoughtful interplay with consumer products and collaborations with global brands, KAWS moves beyond the sphere of the exclusive art market to occupy a more complex, global market.

KAWS was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and received his BFA from the School of Visual Arts. KAWS’ museum exhibitions include solo shows at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas; and the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut. His work can be seen at galleries internationally, including Galerie Perrotin, Paris, Hong Kong, and New York; and Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, California.

Romney Reacts To MSNBC's Sick Family Joke

On Saturday, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry offered an emotional, tearful apology for a New Year's weekend segment that used Kieran Romney's appearance in a Romney family photo as a setup for jokes about diversity, and became a full-blown media conflagration. On Sunday, former Governor Mitt Romney appeared on Fox News Sunday to address the controversy, which host Chris Wallace called "a disgraceful political attack on a baby."

Last Sunday, Melissa Harris-Perry moderated a panel that set upon a Romney family photo as the pivot point for jokes about Republican lack of diversity. Harris-Perry's own remarks were relatively innocuous, but panelist Pia Glenn sang "One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just isn't the same" upon the photo's introduction, and comedian Dean Obeidallah joked "I think this picture is great. It really sums up the diversity of the Republican party, the RNC. At the convention, they find the one black person."

Saturday, January 4, 2014

US, Russia, Germany France Top Blog Visitors

Pageviews by Countries

for the week just ending . . . .

Graph of most popular countries among blog viewers

Entry	Pageviews
United States	3669
Russia	265
Germany	126
France	87
Bulgaria	77
Canada	47
Ukraine	43
Malaysia	39
United Kingdom	38
Slovenia	31

Dan Cirucci Blog: This Week's Top Stories

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2014 Philadelphia Mummers String Band Winners Jan 1, 2014, 1 comment	569
Ten Reasons Why New Year's Day Is A Stupid Holiday... Dec 28, 2011, 1 comment	315
14 Big Predictions For 2014 Dec 29, 2013	175
14 People To Watch In 2014 Dec 28, 2013	164
The List: Who And What Is In Or Out For 2014 Jan 1, 2014	111

Video: Top Five 'Restaurant Impossible' Meltdowns

Tonight's Flyers Game To Re-Air Tomorrow

As a service to Philadelphia Flyers fans, the Flyers and Comcast SportsNet have arranged a re-air schedule for tonight's (Saturday, January 4) Flyers vs. Phoenix Coyotes 8 p.m. game:

Sunday, January 5
TCN 5 p.m.
CSN 8 p.m.

The game will air live as scheduled tonight at 8 p.m. on CSN and 93.3 WMMR.

Friedman: Rare, Rising GOP Star in Camco!

From our friends at the Save Jersey Blog:

By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog

It’s reorganization season. Snow be damned.

Hundreds of elected officials are being sworn into new terms across New Jersey this week, Save Jerseyans, and Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno is resuming her election cycle role as the NJ GOP’s official ambassador by participating in as many ceremonies as possible.

She was in heavily-Democratic Camden County last night to administer the oath of office to our friend, newly-reelected Voorhees Township Committeeman Mike Friedman (R), the only Republican in the municipal legislative body but one who was reaffirmed by the townships voters with a large margin of victory.

Mike’s wife and kids were present, as were their two twins who are still on the way (look closely above). Great stuff!

- See more at: http://savejersey.com/2014/01/friedman-sworn-in-by-lg-in-voorhees/#sthash.b259t4JR.dpuf

'Gone With The Wind' Star Dead At 98

She was the oldest surviving actress from the classic 1939 blockbuster film Gone With The Wind.

A true southerner, born in Savannah, Georgia she portrayed India Wilkes, sister of Ashley Wilkes in the award-winning film based on Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novel of the same name.

She was Alicia Rhett and she died in South Carolina on Friday, officials at her retirement community said. She was 98.

Bill Trawick, CEO of the retirement community where Rhett lived since 2002 said she was "truly a beautiful woman. Her passion for the arts and love of Charleston were unrivaled. Alicia was a kind and gentle lady."

Other surviving cast members from "Gone With The Wind" are 97-year-old Olivia de Havilland who played Melanie Hamilton, Ashley Wilkes' cousin and wife; 93-year-old Mary Anderson, who played Maybelle Merriweather; and 81-year-old Mickey Kuhn, who played Beau Wilkes

About Dan Cirucci

He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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