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Getting to know you…

April 26, 2013

Getting to know you, getting to know all about you!

 

Name: Chris

Shop, Donate or Volunteer? Shop and Donate

How long have you been coming to Philly AIDS Thrift? Two years.

What’s your favorite thing you bought here?

A vintage Laurence Kazar sequenced jacket. I paid thirty five dollars for it and originally back in the late eighties, it would have been something that you paid like two hundred dollars for.

What do you like most about our store?

The amazing finds. I always find the rarest things and the coolest stuff. Some of my best pieces in my closet I got here.

What’s

the #1 top played song on your iPod?

You guys are gonna think it’s a little corny, but she’s my favorite. I play Jennifer Lopez, Feelin’ so good.

Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotel?

Yes, yes I do and whatever else…the free coffees!

Who was your high school

crush?

Haha I like a lot of people! Hmm…I had a big thing for Bruno Mars. That’s when he was first coming out, my senior year.

What occupation did you want to be when you were a kid?

Fabulous! I’ve achieved it!

If you could have a private audience with Mayor Nutter, what would you talk to him about?

About really shaping up the city, there’s a lot of things that light needs to be shed on, like the crime.

Getting to know you…

April 19, 2013

Getting to know you, getting to know all about you!

Name: Mike B

Shop, Donate or Volunteer? All of the above!

How long have you been with Philly AIDS Thrift? Almost a year.

What’s your favorite thing you bought here?

My family portrait of the Dukes of Hazzard (in photo). Although I really wish I had bought that Chair Aerobics VHS.

What do you like most about our store?

The electronics and music and DVDs! And the love.

What’s the #1 top played song on your iPod?

Little fugue in G minor for organ. If

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this iPod’s a Bach-in, don’t come a knockin!

What was your favorite Halloween costume as a kid?

Batman. Superman. Scary ghost. Give me candy.

Who really killed Kennedy?

I don’t know, but I take comfort in the fact that he never lived to see Dancing With The Stars.

As a follow-up question, who, then, is responsible for killing the radio star?

Everyone blames video, but I say it was print.

And finally, if you could cast out one state from the Union, which would it be and why?

Maryland. Worst. Drivers. Ever.

Mazzoni Center Announces 2013 Elixir Honorees

April 13, 2013

Three of Philly’s LGBTQ community’s “leading ladies” will

be recognized at this year’s event.

Originally posted on http://blogs.phillymag.com/gphilly by Josh Middleton on 4/15/2013 at 1:22PM

Three hard-working women behind Philly’s LGBTQ community will be honored at the Mazzoni Center’s 2013 Elixr event. Themed “Leading Ladies,” the Center’s Elisabeth Flynn says the evening is “both a nod to the outstanding women we’ve chosen to honor with our various awards … and a reflection of what we’re raising money for, which is expanded women’s health services at Mazzoni Center Family and Community Medicine. And the honorees are:

Dean of the Drexel University School of Public Health Marla Gold (pictured, right) will receive the big-momma Peter Mazzoni Award for her “pioneering achievements and contributions to HIV care and public health in Philadelphia, and her advocacy on behalf of LGBT health and wellness.” Since she became dean in 2002, Gold’s LGBTQ-centric accomplishments include launching the school’s Program for LGBT Health and an online LGBT health certificate program.

Philly AIDS Thrift co-founder Christina Kallas-Saritsoglou will receive the 2013 Ally Award and Police Liaison Committee Member Jaci Adams will take home the 2013 Activist Leader Award.

The event will take place on Sat., May 18 at Loews Philadelphia hotel and will include all your usual gala-type trimmings — an open bar, hors d’oeuvres and a buffet. Vocal trio Hotsy-Totsy and DJ Carl Michaels will provide the musical accompaniment. For more information and to buy tickets, check out mazzonicenter.org.

Getting to know you…

April 13, 2013

Getting to know you, getting to know all about you!

Name:

Camille

Shop, Donate or Volunteer? Volunteer

How long have you been with Philly AIDS Thrift? Since the Spring of 2010.

What’s your favorite thing you bought here? Do you have any idea the thousands of things I bought here? I don’t know! I bought so many things!

What do you like most about our store? I like the laid back, eclectic atmosphere. It’s good company, everyone is real chill and the prices are good. It’s a combination and you know the wearing.

What’s the #1 top played song on your iPod? Waves by Electric Guest

What is the weirdest thing that’s happened to you on vacation? I got stung in the foot by a sting-ray in South Carolina. It was the worst pain ever, I had to go to the hospital!

What’s your ideal first date? Oh man…One that might lead to a second date!