Belgian restaurants and cafes are well known for their emphasis on high quality Belgian and other imported beers. The city of Philadelphia offers a few excellent restaurants. Monk’s Cafe Monk’s cafe calls itself a “Belgian Beer Emporium” and with good reason. This quaint cafe features two full bars both offering up many different beers on […]
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If you are not familiar with the process of writing in general, it may be daunting to compose a eulogy. A common mistake made by the inexperienced is to imitate a lofty style. Don’t forget that whatever you write about your grandfather, you will have to read aloud as well. If you use simple, direct […]
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Writing a eulogy can be a painful experience if you are close to the person who has died. With the right words, it is easy to come up with a huge number of memories to choose from that will also mean something to others. Since my grandmother recently passed away, I wanted to give a […]
Eulogies are given at funerals by friends, relatives and sometimes associates as personal memorials or individual reflections about the deceased. If you have attended even a few funerals that have included eulogies you may have recognized that some flow smoothly and others decidedly do not. You may even have thought to yourself, “what would I […]
Old City Philadelphia is the home of the historic area of the city. There’s also a great night life scene there, with plenty of bars and restaurants around. The area is home to Penns Landing, Independence Hall, and a ton of other great destinations to visit when you’re in Philadelphia. After you’re done checking those […]
When someone passes away be it in your family or a friend, people scuttle about doing funerals. In most families, someone will do something else, and someone will take care of someone else. So it should be, so that one does not press too much. One of the steps in the funeral plan is writing […]
Much like his contemporaries, Ben Jonson utilized the iambic pentameter, though not in the traditional sonnet form. Within “To the Memory of My Beloved, the Author Mr. William Shakespeare”, Jonson uses couplets to monumentalize the passing of one of the most prolific dramatists of the sixteenth century. While the poem is a testimony to the […]