Inqlings: 'Survivor' catches Phil's pitch
What is it with Phillies pitchers and their boldface women? Lefthander Cole Hamels is married to Survivor alumna Heidi Strobel.
What is it with Phillies pitchers and their boldface women?
Lefthander
Cole Hamels
is married to
Survivor
alumna
Heidi Strobel
.
Righthander
Kris Benson
, now rehabbing with the triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs, is married to model-slash-spitfire
Anna Benson
.
Latest curve: Righthander
Kyle Kendrick
is pitching woo to
Survivor
alum
Stephenie LaGrossa
, who is back out there after a short marriage.
Kendrick, who turns 24 later this month, met LaGrossa, 29, when he visited Gigi's in Old City with teammate
Shane Victorino
. LaGrossa, her brother
Philipp
and partner
Sean Glynn
bought the restaurant-lounge earlier this year. Stephenie LaGrossa also sells ads for WRDW (96.5).
Gigi's has become quite the athletic hangout, as frequent pro guests include Eagles
A.J. Feeley
and
Todd Herremans
and Flyer
Jeff Carter
.
In other Phillies news: Victorino showed up yesterday at Sesame Place in Langhorne with fiancee
Melissa Smith
and daughter
Kali'a
.
Count von Count
greeted them all with a hug - so it must have been a full Count.
Politically active
Mary Patel and Joe Barber
, trading as Flying Home Films, have sold
Electile Dysfunction
, their documentary that uses the 2006 Senate campaign between
Bob Casey Jr.
and
Rick Santorum
as a case study to explore how campaigns work. Buyer Cinema Libre will sell it through NetFlix, Blockbuster and Amazon. Patel, political columnist for Philadelphia City Paper, says the flick will be out next month and will screen at the Newark (Del.) Film Festival in September and the Bryn Mawr Film Institute in October. The doc world-premiered in April at the Prince Music Theatre during the Philadelphia Film Festival.
Briefly noted
Some of the town's top sports-talk loudmouths made nice Saturday at the wedding of WIP (610) midday personality
Anthony Gargano
and
Tamara L. Hummel
at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with a reception at Fuel (with La Veranda's
Tony Cardillo
at the stove). Invitees included WIP talkers
Angelo Cataldi
,
Rhea Hughes
,
Ike Reese
,
Rob Charry
and station manager
Marc Rayfield
, plus his old partner
Steve Martorano
, and
Mike Missanelli
from rival WPEN (950).
The Garganos are honeymooning in the Greek isles.
As South Street landmark Bob & Barbara's undergoes city-mandated repairs, its widely attended drag show has been relocated to Northern Liberties' Liberties Walk development from 9 to 11 p.m. Thursdays starting this week.
CN8's
Lynn Doyle
landed
John McCain
and his wife,
Cindy
, for a two-on-one interview to be part of
It's Your Call
(9 p.m.) tonight.
In Sunday's print edition, I goofed on the wedding date of
Action News
-ie
Erin O'Hearn
and developer
Sal Paone Jr.
It'll be Sept. 6.