People have been asking if Art in Bars has been caught up in the blog / small business kerfuffle that broke a few weeks ago regarding the blog tax. Years ago I went to a blog conference hosted by Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, and one of the concepts repeated many times was if you monetize your blog, you ought to just go ahead and pay the city for a business license. Do you see any adds anywhere on this blog? No, because I am lazy and poor and haven’t set aside the $300 to make AiB a real legit business and chase after the pennies that advertising could bring in. That and there has been waffling with professional-type friends who alternate in opinion as to the best status to glom to. Perhaps we’d make a better non-profit.
Anywho. If you’re interested in this issue and others, the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy and the Department of Revenue in association with I-SITE, P’unk Ave, and Independents Hall are hosting a Bloggergate Happy Hour “conversation” tonight at National Mechanics from 5-7PM. This conversation is for small businesses owners, entrepreneurs, creative-types, and the self-employed and will be about taxes, the business privilege license and other issues. I’m of two minds. This might be really interesting and have worthwhile information for me, or it will devolve into paranoid screaming. Think I’ll check it out. There’s no information about any happy hour specials but one can assume that it will be the standard $3 off pitchers, $2 off special drinks, $1 off pints that they generally have. Because that is important to me; what I can save drinking nervously in the corner listening to political types do damage control while the ill-informed rant.
National Mechanics 22 South 3rd St
Not your cup of tea? Interested in getting your drink on sans conversation? Tonight Wednesday September 8th Bridget Foy’s is hosting GIN & SIN. Their Plymouth and Beefeater local representative wants to buy you a gin-based drink at their bar at 5PM. Bridget Foy’s 200 South St.