{"id":2775,"date":"2012-10-09T18:40:24","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T18:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/?p=2775"},"modified":"2022-01-10T21:42:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:42:02","slug":"a-brits-guide-to-all-things-philly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/a-brits-guide-to-all-things-philly\/","title":{"rendered":"<img src=\"\/images\/flags\/United States.gif\"> A Brit\u2019s Guide to all Things Philly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-266hl3-ec158d95ecc0a458b013e5b0754d8201\">\n#top .avia-gallery.av-266hl3-ec158d95ecc0a458b013e5b0754d8201 .avia-gallery-thumb a{\nwidth:14.2857%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-gallery av-266hl3-ec158d95ecc0a458b013e5b0754d8201 avia_animate_when_visible  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  deactivate_avia_lazyload avia-gallery-animate avia-gallery-1'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class='avia-gallery-thumb'> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2012\/10\/Cities-Philadelphia-LeVirtu.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2012\/10\/Cities-Philadelphia-LeVirtu.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2012\/10\/Cities-Philadelphia-LeVirtu-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2012\/10\/Cities-Philadelphia-LeVirtu-450x272.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" data-rel='gallery-1' data-prev-img='https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2012\/10\/Cities-Philadelphia-LeVirtu-495x370.jpg' class='first_thumb lightbox ' data-onclick='1' title='Cities-Philadelphia-LeVirtu'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img class=\"wp-image-2778 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2778\"   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sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2012\/10\/Cities-Philadelphiafolliclestudio-1030x578.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2012\/10\/Cities-Philadelphiafolliclestudio-1030x578.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2012\/10\/Cities-Philadelphiafolliclestudio-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2012\/10\/Cities-Philadelphiafolliclestudio-1500x842.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2012\/10\/Cities-Philadelphiafolliclestudio-705x396.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2012\/10\/Cities-Philadelphiafolliclestudio-450x252.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" data-rel='gallery-1' data-prev-img='https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2012\/10\/Cities-Philadelphiafolliclestudio-495x400.jpg' class='lightbox ' data-onclick='4' title='Cities-Philadelphiafolliclestudio'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img class=\"wp-image-2781 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2781\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2012\/10\/Cities-Philadelphiafolliclestudio-180x180.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"  title='Cities-Philadelphiafolliclestudio' alt='' srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2012\/10\/Cities-Philadelphiafolliclestudio-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2012\/10\/Cities-Philadelphiafolliclestudio-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2012\/10\/Cities-Philadelphiafolliclestudio-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2012\/10\/Cities-Philadelphiafolliclestudio-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/cities\/2012\/10\/Cities-Philadelphiafolliclestudio-450x450.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>I am one of many Brits that now calls Philadelphia- the city that loves you back, home. I love the multi cultural diverse neighborhoods, especially the one I reside in, Bella Vista and Queen Village where I run a chic, European hair boutique Follicle Studio <a href=\"http:\/\/folliclestudio.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/folliclestudio.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fabric Row on 4th Street full of fashion and fabrics, is a great street for a stroll. One of my fav restaurants is Le Virtu http:\/\/www.levirtu.com on E.Passyunk, because of the consistent, flavorful cuisine and the outdoor patio and garden.<\/p>\n<p>Rim Cafe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rimcafe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.rimcafe.com<\/a> at the Italian Market is a must if you love chocolate. 9th and Federal St, very unique experience.<\/p>\n<p>Chinatown is always an intriguing experience, the air filled with the aroma of Asian fare and lots to choose from, vegan too New Harmony <a href=\"http:\/\/philadelphia.menupages.com\/restaurants\/new-harmony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/philadelphia.menupages.com\/restaurants\/new-harmony<\/a> on 9th and Race.<\/p>\n<p>We Brits love Indian food, venture to Tashan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mytashan.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.mytashan.com<\/a> at 777 South Broad St. It has a great bar and gourmet cuisine. The farmers market at the Shambles (2nd, Lombard) on Sundays is a delight to try fresh, local produce and the food trucks that line the street are divine too.<\/p>\n<p>I am a cyclist, so, happy to see that the city is adding more bike lanes around the city. I also love that Philly has a vast amount of green, parks and tree lined streets. Philadelphia has many neighborhoods to venture and explore by foot or bike.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"author-large\">Francesca Rivetti<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am one of many Brits that now calls Philadelphia- the city that loves you back, home. I love the multi cultural diverse neighborhoods, especially the one I reside in, Bella Vista and Queen Village where I run a chic, European hair boutique Follicle Studio http:\/\/folliclestudio.com. Fabric Row on 4th Street full of fashion and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2739,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2775"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30053,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2775\/revisions\/30053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}