It’s This Simple: If You Love Philadelphia, You Will Hate The Philadelphia Snuggie Crawl
Remember on Friday, when we were talking about the culture of lowered expectations surrounding Our Shared Loser Lifestyle, where we all pretend this is Chicago and we’re all fat loads who hate sex and have no style and are somehow not the inheritors of a beautiful and rigorous intellectual and aesthetic heritage? Well, guess what: Say hello to the Philly Snuggie Crawl. Combining two of the most powerful voices of the “I fucking give up” class right now, the Philly Snuggie Crawl combines both the pub crawl and a blanket that you can put your arms through. We don’t care if (some of) the money is going to Project H.O.M.E., this still fucking sucks. In fact, hey Project H.O.M.E.: Disavow any affiliation with this event and we’ll give you free ads for SIX MONTHS on both Philebrity AND Phoodie.info. It means that much to us to de-sweatpants this wretched city once and for all. Surely, you can appreciate this humanitarian effort.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Only way it could be better is if the pub crawl were actually on rascal scooters.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Can I have free ads if I don’t cover it?
October 5th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Hey there,
Just to clear it up: this is just 2 girls organizing a funny pub crawl; we thought it might be cool to donate the Snuggies to charity post-event. We called up Project H.O.M.E. and they said they would take our donations — so I apologize if we’ve been misleading, but our partnership with them only extends that far.
Whether there are 2 people or 200 at this crawl, we’re just in it for kicks. Understandable that voluntarily wearing a gigantic, assless reverse bathrobe in public is not really everyone’s cup of tea. That being said, clothing underneath is, uh, suggested. But hey. We were just hoping to meet some new people and do something fun. Sorry you’re not into it.
– Megan
October 5th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
@ Megan: Like I said, we are the inheritors of a beautiful and rigorous intellectual and aesthetic heritage. It should mean something to you.
Project H.O.M.E., our offer stands.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Seriously it’s good PR either way, I wouldn’t have heard about it if Philebrity didn’t post it. Hope it doesn’t rain.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
So, for those against this pub crawl due to Philadelphians being “inheritors of a beautiful and rigorous intellectual and aesthetic heritage”, would it be better to dress as Ben Franklins?
Also, to try to squash an act of charity, whether or not you agree with the method, sounds a little non-intellectual to me?
October 5th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Thanks @Philly Chit Chat, and agreed.
I understand you feel differently, and that’s totally fine. I’m just a little upset you’re not supportive of us donating Snuggies to Project H.O.M.E., simply for the fact that we are giving clothing/blankets (whatever you’d like to consider them as) to people who need them in Philly. Yeah, Snuggies are kind of ridiculous-looking, but they’re warm, and they’re made of fleece, and winter’s coming soon. Urge people not to come — fine. But please think twice about urging an organization to not accept our donations because you think our event isn’t intellectually satisfying.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
@megan_b /@adgirl — which agency do you work for?
October 5th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
That’s real nice for some lame blog to pick on two young women trying to have fun – yet and the same time, help donate much needed clothing and materials for the homeless with the impending cold weather moving in. I counted 22 adverts on this page. Any of these proceeds going to help the poor? When’s the last time Philebrity did ANYTHING to help others? Do you set up any personal events that could benefit charities in the area? No? Shut your pie-hole then, you hypocrite. Keep sitting on your fat ass all day and judge others. Wait ’til your Babylon 5 fan club hears about this, they’ll ban you for life, you friggin nerd.
October 5th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
@DirtBird: Actually, we don’t wear it on our sleeves, but over the last few years, Philebrity has aggressively reached out to help a number of 501c’s and charitable organizations, as well as struggling small businesses who just need some help. And we continue to extend that offer to Project H.O.M.E.
I can also tell by your comment that, before today, you have never once read this website. So, uh, thanks for dropping by.
October 5th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Wow! You’re a genius!! Imagine that – the administrator of the blog having access to my membership info. Now – let’s see those write ups about your charitable works please. Judging by the way you handled the Amtrack story, I can see you are filled with bullshit and misinformation.
October 5th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
@DirtBird: I’m not talking about looking up your “membership info,” (what?) I’m talking about you being totally out of your element and obviously not knowing anything about this site. Now to the matter at hand: At which ad agency do you work with the snuggie girls?
October 5th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
@tips Honestly not sure who DirtBird is. Adgirl and I both work at customedialabs, though I’m the only one writing on here who’s responsible for the Crawl.
I do read your blog daily and your opinion doesn’t affect my readership. You have consistently great coverage of Philly happenings. Sorry to see ours won’t be among it.
Anyway, one last comment and I’m done: Anyone who isn’t opposed is welcome to check out details at http://www.phillysnuggiecrawl.com.
October 5th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
why cant we all just get along? why must a pseudo-intellectual blogger with an admiral flair for cynicism use his skills to tear down a charity event that is more important than his blog? why cant people who run charity events see that said blogger has a good point? there is a sad breakdown in our city between do-gooders and cool people. the cool people tend not to actually be smart enough to see that being cool is less important than doing good, whereas the do-gooders are corny as shit. at the very least the two factions should declare a cease fire and let each other live in peace. that means a ban on blog posts shitting on charitable events, however shitty they may be.
October 5th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
“admiral flair”, that made this thread worth reading.
As far as the de-sweatpantsing of Philly. C’mon, does anyone in the Philebs bullpen seriously dress for work?
October 5th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
@Dirtbird, the very fact you could make reference to “Babylon 5″ in your diss to Philebs sez wonders about your own geek cred … did you even read this blog before you stepped in to defend your “girlfriend?” And by “girlfriend,” I mean the girl whose charity plans, twitter, facebook, and SEPTA commute you stalk with her notice “unrequited.”
October 5th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.
October 5th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
don’t let self-conscious hipsters ruin a good time.
October 5th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
As I told you on Twitter, count me in. I wanted to plan one myself, but didn’t really have the time. Glad someone else has stepped up. Carry on!
October 6th, 2009 at 1:19 am
I don’t understand the animosity aimed at Chicago, it’s a fine city.
I know seeing our homeless in snuggies will fill me with sadness–however practical they may be. I mean, we have people in the city that don’t have anything to eat, but that doesn’t mean we have to get them a SlapChop with assorted fruits and nuts, that’s just degrading.
October 6th, 2009 at 8:09 am
Thanks, @fishytown and @DJ Marilyn Thomas.
@almostphamous, I see your point, but we are just donating — not forcing the homeless to wear Snuggies. If they do feel that it’s degrading, then I’m sure they will look elsewhere for clothing donations if they are able to. We’re not trying to get homeless people in Snuggies and then point and laugh at them. We’re just trying to find a better, more necessary use for them post-crawl.
October 6th, 2009 at 9:17 am
I hope you’ll all join me next month as I collect hilarious propeller beanies and spinning bow ties for the homeless to help them get through the long winter.
October 6th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
i’d rather have a bunch of fats in sweats do shit, than a fucking tired and trite psuedo-intellectual talk shit.
check yourself
October 6th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
@megan_b, “We’re just trying to find a better, more necessary use for them post-crawl.” Noted. It’s endearing and nice; charitable of course. I suppose that, as an infomercial “sensation”, I think that Snuggie’s should probably be worn for irony’s sake only (during pub crawls for instance)if they have to worn at all. But your right, that it’s for the homeless to decide what they find degrading, whiter or not I find them to be of poor taste.
October 6th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
I don’t think the homeless are worried about what’s considered degrading. I think they’ll be grateful for the alcohol they can suck out of the filthy sleeved blankets that get thrown their way.
Seriously? Have fun, be frivilous and enjoy the city! Just don’t try to turn everything into a charity function, especially when it looks like a bunch of corporate whoring…