Category: Pennsylvania

The Philadelphia Chapter happily celebrated its 10th anniversary on Sunday, May 20, with a cocktail party in the garden of Chapter Coordinator Jane Berryman’s historic colonial home in the Old City section of the city, followed by a four-course roast suckling pig banquet at Amada, culinary home of Iron Chef Jose Garces. Twenty-three people were…

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On Jan. 29, members gathered at halal Pakistani restaurant Wah-Gi-Wah in University City, Philadelphia. Everyone shared the latest on their winter travels, encompassing an Arctic Circle train ride with a surprise New Year’s celebration with Russian villagers, to island-hopping through balmy Micronesia and exploring the Polynesian warrior city of Nan Madol. Gold star to James…

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The Philadelphia TCC Chapter met on Sunday, Sept. 24, at Catahoula, a Cajun and Creole restaurant known for its award-winning gumbo, to hear from KPMG managing director Lisa Woods. She talked  about her years living and working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, made all the more interesting by the fact that she was a…

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Those who attended our Filipino Kamayan banquet at Perla on May 21 certainly had an experience! Feasting on brown rice, seasoned mixed vegetables, fish, pork belly and some of the most moist and flavorful chicken of our lives, and using banana leaves as “dishes,” the group heard from local immigration attorney Audrey Allen. The meal…

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The next Pennsylvania Chapter gathering is on Sunday, May 21, at 5 p.m. at Filipino restaurant Perla,  with immigration attorney Audrey Allen as our guest speaker. The meal is $40 family-style and BYO. RSVPs are due by May 12.

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Philadelphia-area TCC members met on Jan. 29 at Indonesia Restaurant. The guest speaker was Linda Resnick, founder of Women International Leaders, a micro-lending nonprofit based in the city. The group was profiled at length recently in The Inquirer‘s Sunday Business Section. In addition, here are the key take-aways from the meeting: We welcomed new member Mark…

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The Philadelphia TCC Chapter met on Saturday, Sept. 24, at Feasterville, Pennsylvania’s famed Samarkand restaurant, for a purely social meeting of great food, live music, belly dancers, and some TCC members showing off their moves on the dance floor. Thanks for George and Jill Kyle and Lion and Donna Curran for suggesting this lively venue for…

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The next Pennsylvania Chapter meeting will be at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, at Samarkand, an Uzbek restaurant in Feasterville. RSVP to Chapter Coordinator Jane Berryman by Friday, Sept. 16. We will be ordering off the menu and enjoying the Uzbek live music and entertainment during the meal.

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The next meeting of the TCC Pennsylvania Chapter will be on Sunday, May 22, at 5 p.m. at Estia, a Greek restaurant at Broad and Locust Streets in Center City. The meeting will feature archaeologist Jill Weber, who will discuss some of the excavations she’s participated in with the University of Pennsylvania archaeology department. Please…

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A Middle East archaeologist, Jill Weber, was the speaker at the Jan. 31 meeting of the Philadelphia chapter, reports Coordinator Jane Berryman. It was held at Zahav, a popular Israeli restaurant. Check back for information on the chapter’s next meeting.  

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