Philadelphia Magazine

Victor Fiorillo

Senior Reporter at Philadelphia Magazine

@phillyvictor
City Life

ShopRite VP Responds to Accusations of Price-Gouging and Fraud

Calls soda tax “very confusing and complicated.”

City Life

Don’t Like the Soda Tax? Drink Water!

With the new sugary-beverages tariff finally in effect, Philadelphians are doing what they do best: complain.

City Life

Five Ways to Help the Mummers Not Suck

First step: Arrest the people who pee on the street.

City Life

Meet the Woman Inside the Giant Mummers Poop

Puppeteer Leslie Rogers tells us all about the subversive skit.

City Life

Philly’s Biggest Losers of 2016

Some old faces, some new faces … and an ascot.

Business

I Love My Job: Rich Galassini of Cunningham Piano

On singing for Pope Francis and the new KOP showroom.

City Life

Feds Charge Philly Man in Fake Springsteen Tickets Scheme

He was previously implicated in a fake Super Bowl ticket scam.

City Life

I Stole a Would-Be Drunk Driver’s Car Keys

Fiorillo: Drunk driving is down, but that there’s still way too much.

City Life

Arrest Made In Chestnut Hill Anti-Trump Graffiti Case

A 33-year-old man has been charged.

City Life

City Screws Up Royally by Not Firing Attorney Involved in Trump Graffiti

The mayor’s office swears there’s no special treatment here.

Things to Do

We Want Answers: Bobby Hill

The boy soprano from Andorra may be one of the most sensible 15-year-olds you’ll ever meet.

Things to Do

Rocky: An Oral History

Forty years after the film debuted, here’s a look at how it all came to be.

City Life

N.A. Poe: The Hardest Working Pothead in Philly

Our premiere marijuana crusader talks incarceration, Lollapalooza ’93, and when weed will be legal in Pennsylvania.

Things to Do

The 27 Best Things to Do in Philly in December

Everything else worth doing in one handy calendar.

City Life

Mo Rocca Showed Up at My Mom’s House to Talk Thanksgiving

Fiorillo: He suggested banning my Trump-loving sister.