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Madame Janette Aruba Seafood Dining
Demanda insisted we try something new in Arbua and many of the people at our time share Paradise Beach Villas suggested we try Madame Janette for some excellent sea food. Being one that eats to live, I'll let Demanda do the talking. Beware of the two...
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Odunde Festival 2008
A tradition in South Philadelphia since 1975, Odunde played out to a sweltering heat wave that hit the east coast. I got the opportunity to chat to Daily News reporter Damon Williams a longtime Philly resident and Odunde attendee and neighbor of th...
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Boat Hooky with Capt’n Tony on the Chesapeake
It was a great day to head down to Rock Hall Maryland with Cap'n Tony for some relaxing and to get the sails on my sailboat. I had the pleasure of turning the good Capt'n onto some Hop Wallop a winter seasonal that we found lingering in the fridge of...
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West Philadelphia Springtime Snapshot
This was a real quick play with my brother Andrew as we took a walk to a local pub for some spirits and conversation. I live in the University City section of West Philadelphia which is a melting pot of Ivy League academics, anarchists, hippies and a...
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Cannstatter Volkfest Alt Weiber Mühle
Another videobloggingweek2008 has me salvaging some footage I took at the Cannstatter club last September. Alt Weiber Mühle loosely translates to "old women treadmill". It's an invention I hope will soon be invented!Jimmy CraicHead
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Life Is Beautiful VideobloggingWeek2008
Samantha recently turned 40 years and she shares about surviving cancer as a child in this birthday tribute. Enjoy, tomorrow is promised to no one!
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Videoblogging Week 2008 Hollywood Forever
This footage is a little bit of goofing off before my brother Andrew Coffey and I went off to the first Podcast Media Expo in 2005 where he was hosting Podcast Awards. I had always wanted to visit Hollywood Forever an incredible cemetary featuring t...
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Democratic Debate Drexel University 2007
I shot this video at Drexel University, my alma mater by the way, last October. It was one of the first big Democrat debates and featured a cast of still hopefuls like Joe Biden, Mike Gravel and John Edwards. Not as much footage as I would have for a...
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Videoblogging Week 2008 London 1986
Let's call premier videobloggingweek2008 video the prequel to Dover to Belgium ferry ride. My travel pal Cynthia is one crazy girl. Met her at a Philly block party around 1982, and I was impressed that she was the only black girl (African American te...
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Killarney National Park Ireland
This the third part of our trilogy to Ireland. We saw some of Ireland's best weather in 2007 and Killarney was our third stop after Dublin and Galway. We took a jaunting car ride through Killarney National Park, and the fine driver, whose name escap...
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Philly Beer Week 2008 Ripcord Tribute
Philadelphia is just a few days away from Philly Beer Week, a first for this town and I must say that my beer geekiness far surpasses my tech geek. But like tech, my beer geek friends far out knowledge me in the hops, barley, Belgians, etc, etc, etc....
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“Anonymous” Protests Church of Scientology
A group called "Anonymous" had worldwide protests of Church of Scientology. This is a little of what went down in Philadelphia. You can get a little more of what went on from Boston, London, Washington DC and Philly at Rocketboom, which featured some...
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Froggy Carr versus Philadelphia Police
I've been going every Mummers Parade since 1980 so I've seen a lot of ups and downs with weather, postponements, and cancelations and this year was no different. My sole reason to go the Mummers Parade is to see the String Bands. Every year we have t...
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Running of the Santas Philadelphia 2007
Demanda was sick for this video so I took Judy, my brindle mutt down to Running of the Santas an event held in several cities around the USA. It is a benefit for Alex's Lemonade Stand, a foundation for child cancer. The Philly run is about 2 blocks f...
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RUIN rocks Lee Paris Benefit 1986
As promised, Jimmy has a lot of good Craic tucked away in the video vaults. This is some classic footage of RUIN from the Lee Paris Benefit 1986 from Houston Hall, University of Pennsylvania. Special appearances include Dr. Dirt, Mel Taylor and Ala...
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Downrigging Weekend Chestertown MD 2007
Demanda and I showed at up Downrigging Weekend in 2006, only to find all the tickets for sailing had been sold weeks before. This year we booked early and were greeted with strong cold north winds, the remmnats Hurricane Noel. There are over a dozen ...
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Philadelphia Eagles Tailgate 2007
A perfect day to head down to an Eagles tailgate party. A beautiful indian summer day in October for a 4pm meeting with the Chicago Bears. Many thanks to Chuck and Eric over at Eagles FanCast, a weekly podcast devoted to the Eagles fans and diehards ...
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Sailing to Annapolis Maryland
The timing couldn't be any better than to have Captain Tony join me for the weekend to celabrate Talk Like A Pirate Day on September 19th. A cold front roared through the Chesapeake chilling the Bay with NW winds 20-25 plus with gusts up to 30. Capta...
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God Built My Hot Rod!
Gotta love this "craic" moment in time! We're heading to my sailboat on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and meet this Minister at the gas station with a souped up Jesus Ford hotrod. Only met for a moment so let the video roll. Anybody know anything abo...
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Dover England to Ostend Belgium Ferry 1986
It is a bit scary to watch video from 20 years ago and have forgotten most of it except for actually having done it. Flash Craicback to 1986 when I went to visit my cousin in Mons Belgium. The trip started off in London for a weekend, accompanied by ...
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Firkinteenth
It only happens on a Friday the 13th at the Grey Lodge, a Philadelphia microbeer pub featured as one of Esquire Mags Best American Bars. Every Friday the 13th, many of the best local breweries make a cast "Firken" beer for consumption. It's an all da...
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