These are the women of the Philadelphia Liberty Belles football team. Yes, full contact – it's the real thing and they play hard! The Belles gathered at E.Y. Toads bar and restaurant in Conshohocken to meet their adoring public and kick off the season. While they did not wear their ball gowns to Toads, the Belles had a ball, signing autographs, eating hot wings, and posing for our camera. You can find their season schedule at www.philadelphiabelles.com Good luck Belles!

Philadelphia Magazine's annual Winefest includes two nights of Winemaker's Dinners at top restaurants in and around Philadelphia. The best vineyards send their winemakers to speak at the dinners. Most sell out quickly, but we snuck in to document the feastivities.

Actor/Dancer Patrick Swayze and his high school sweetheart, wife Lisa Niemi, made an appearance at Dance Affiliates 20th year celebration at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on April 7th. Swayze and Niemi were in town to promote his new film, One Last Dance, which premiered on April 8th at The Prince Music Theater.

The Rittenhouse Row Association held their eighth anuual kickoff party for the Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival in the Paris Ballroom at the Sofitel Philadelphia at 17th and Sansom Streets. Guests mingled and bid on auction items. Proceeds benefitted Rittenhouse Row Association – promoting the uptown area of Center City.

Thorncroft Therapeutic Horseback Riding center offers mentally and physically challenged children the chance to feel freedom and mastery while atop a grand horse, galloping through their fields up in Malvern. Thorncroft held its 18th annual Victory Gallop at the Hyatt at the Bellevue on April 5th.