STEPHENIE KENDRICK, wife of Phillies pitcher Kyle Kendrick, told her Facebook friends yesterday that she is pregnant.
"Kyle and I are so HAPPY to announce that we are expecting:-)!!!! We are due September 8th and couldn't be happier! I feel great can't believe 3 months flew by already 6 more to go!!!," wrote the former Stephenie LaGrossa.
She's a co-owner of Old City restaurant Gigi (319 Market) and was a castmate on "Survivor."
It's the first child for the couple, who married in November.
Pros prep for cake war
Who says you can't have your cake and eat it too? Some of the area's best professional eaters such as Royersford's Bob "Notorious B.O.B." Shoudt, Drexel Hill's Erik "Steakbellie" Livingston and Downingtown's Sean "Flash" Gordon are gearing up for the World King Cake Eating Championship on Fat Tuesday, March 8, at the Showboat in Atlantic City.
King cake is a cinnamon-roll-style dessert with Mardi Gras- colored (green, yellow, purple) icing.
Chicago's Pat Bertoletti is looking to defend his title against the guys and also Virginia professional eater Sonya "Black Widow" Thomas, the only woman to have won 610 WIP's Wing Bowl.
Last year Bertoletti ate 10.5 pounds of king cake in 8 minutes to win the event. This year an audience member will be selected to compete alongside the pros at the contest, which starts at 3 p.m. outside the House of Blues.
Director returns to rock docs
Before he made the critically acclaimed "The Art of the Steal," about the battle over the Barnes Foundation, filmmaker Don Argott, of 9.14 Pictures, directed "Rock School" about the Paul Green School of Rock Music.
Argott has returned to the rock-doc genre with "Last Days Here," about Bobby Liebling, singer of the metal band Pentagram, which plays the South By Southwest Festival, in Austin, Texas, in a few weeks. Argott's frequent collaborators Demian Fenton and Sheena Joyce also worked on the documentary about Liebling's attempts to overcome addiction and other demons, with help from his friend Sean "Pellet" Pelletier, formerly of Upper Darby-based metal powerhouse Relapse Records. Pelletier now runs U.S. operations for French record label Season of Mist.
Sheryl Lee in demand
