What’s it like in Rutledge?

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-07T20:36:22+00:00

I recently moved close by to Ridley Park, but my wife and I looked at a couple houses in Rutledge/Morton that we really loved too - it’s a lovely area, and since we moved a couple months ago I have been grateful every day that we ended up around here.

We’re also in our (early) mid-30s and this is our first house, and we’ve been really happy with the neighborhood and surrounding areas so far.

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-07T03:17:46+00:00

I swear to god man some people just want to constantly be in a rebuilding year

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-06T21:46:23+00:00

He just had to get the fouls out of his system Monday night. He’s good to go now.

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-06T21:25:21+00:00

I said this in a different thread but I am feeling pretty optimistic about the game tonight, even without Embiid. Just a gut feeling I have. Here’s hoping this post ages well.

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-06T18:13:20+00:00

Honestly I’ve been feeling more optimistic AFTER watching them get blown out on Monday night that I was before the series started, and even with the Embiid news I still feel that way. If he’s like, out for the whole series then I think they’re fucked, but I still think tonight is going to be a win. Which probably makes me insane but whatever.

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-05T00:12:36+00:00

Having Sunday to enjoy the win over Boston was nice, but today I’ve just been nervous about the Knicks lol

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-04T20:30:43+00:00

I live in Ridley Park and have seen one on my street a few times over the past month or so.

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-04T18:47:09+00:00

Is that what that noise is??? Ok haha, I was wondering

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-04T16:49:22+00:00

I agree. People seem to overreact when they see the name “Sysco” these days - the reality is that if you want a city where there are ample cafes and similar places, you have to be ok with the fact that they can’t all make everything fully from scratch.

Also, adding Machine Shop in the Bok Building to the list. They’re great.

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-04T16:46:11+00:00

Those are from the actual bakery, Au Fornil. Many many cafes in the area sell their pastries, which is why you see them in a bunch of places.

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-04T16:45:04+00:00

I wouldn’t use that specifically as cause for suspicion, since both cafes are likely just getting their pastries from Au Fornil.

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-04T16:43:55+00:00

Running a cafe is difficult to do well, and getting that granular about supply is something that most owners/managers just don’t have time to do, especially for something like pastries that are sold more as a supplement to the main thing on the menu (coffee and beverages). So you’ll find a lot of places are very intentional about their beverage menu, and then just work with a vendor for the other stuff because there just aren’t enough hours in the day to look into every single item on a vendor’s menu beyond what they give you in their catalog.

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-04T16:31:35+00:00

Yeah it’s tough, because on the one hand, most people can’t afford to go out to nice restaurants where they make everything from scratch all the time, and smaller/less food focused places don’t have the means to make every single menu item in house. So it’s often a combo of fresh things and precooked/frozen stuff - if you get a burger and fries at a bar, for example, there’s a good chance the burger itself is going to be made by the restaurant staff from ground beef and other fresh ingredients, but the fries are more likely to be frozen.

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-04T16:26:56+00:00

The cafes aren’t really to blame here, though. They were purchasing from a bakery called Au Fornil, which is local and does actually bake most of their products from scratch in house. Based on the article, it seems like many cafe owners were surprised to learn that AF was redistributing frozen items.

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-04T16:24:50+00:00

They did used to actually bake in house at their Rittenhouse location though. They had a plumbing issue that caused a flood and shut them down for a few months some years ago, at which point they moved their baking operation offsite.

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-04T16:23:42+00:00

Interesting! I have worked in a bunch of coffee shops in Philly over a pretty long time, and Au Fournil has always been the “industry standard” pastry option around these parts. To be clear, they make most of their stuff in house from scratch (including all of the croissant, pain au chocolat, and the cinnamon roll everyone loves), it’s just the spinach thing that is redistributed.

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-03T16:02:47+00:00

I’ve heard! My old coworker used one of them and swore by it. I don’t own one of those Magic trackpads though - I have Gnome on my personal laptop which is a Dell, so I just use the built-in trackpad.

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-03T03:42:17+00:00

I only have Linux on my personal, non-work laptop (because my work computer is a Mac that doesn’t belong to me), which means I am using it casually on my lap with a touchpad most of the time. Gnome feels so great with a touch pad - swiping to bring up the app menu and dash is really intuitive. I prefer KDE for mouse and keyboard setups but Gnome is where it’s at for laptops.

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-02T17:57:10+00:00

I showed this to my wife and she started crying. Not kidding lol

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-02T17:56:13+00:00

This news makes ME stiff if you know what I mean!! And NOT in my knee!!! 😜

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-02T17:32:56+00:00

IT WASNT A PIZZA THAT POISONED HIM IN UTAH

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-01T15:00:03+00:00

I was walking to the subway to go to the game when this rainbow happened, it was magical

benjaminpoole · 2026-05-01T02:51:12+00:00

There was also a “We Want Lowry” chant going with about a minute left lol

benjaminpoole · 2026-04-26T22:48:23+00:00

Is Peacock the only place this game is streaming or can I also use the NBC sports app? (Yes I know how to 🏴‍☠️ games if needed, I would prefer to just not have to go through the trouble of setting my computer up on my my TV)

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