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Should Philly Ban Smoking at Bus Shelters?

An academic study found that waiting for the bus is so awful that it can actually compel your mind to lie to you. Every minute that you wait […]

Restaurants

Rally For A Cause We Can All Get Behind: Beer

Beer enthusiasts, this one’s for you. This Thursday, July 16th, The American Homebrewers Association (AHA) offers a chance for you and other homebrewers/beer aficionados to […]

City Life

Department of Duh: Of Course Margie Winters Got Fired

In some ways, I feel for Archbishop Charles J. Chaput. Yesterday, when he released a statement on the archdiocese’s position on the firing of Margie Winters, […]

Restaurants

Frozen Budino Pops Are Back!

So here we go, folks. In what has already become a rite of summer in Philly, the announcement has come down that Valerie Safran and […]

Citified

The Brief: Philly’s Hotel Occupancy Rates Explode to a Modern High

1. Philadelphia’s hotels were more booked last month than during any other June since 1993. The gist: The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Center City’s hotel occupancy rates “reached 89.4 percent in […]

Property

Headlines: Is Another Big Project on the Way in Brewerytown?

With a new construction fence wrapping the lot at at 31st and Thompson, all signs are starting to point towards another big project getting underway soon […]

City Life

Obama in Philly Today for NAACP

President Obama will be in town today to address the national convention of the NAACP, where he’s expected to outline criminal justice reform proposals. He’ll […]

City Life

SEPTA Announces Papal Visit Pass Sales and Station Details

UPDATE [7/20/2015]: The passes are on sale now. Here’s everything you need to know to get one. ORIGINAL: The special one-day Papal Visit Pass required […]

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City Life

Jonathan Papelbon to Phillies: “Shit or Get Off the Pot”

For the umpteenth time in recent memory, Jonathan Papelbon had some strong words for Phillies management. “Shit or get off the pot,” the closer remarked at […]

City Life

Philly Woman Sues Comcast Over Unrelenting Robocalls

A Philadelphia woman is suing Comcast, saying the company flooded her cell phone with robocalls for most of a year — long after she’d paid […]

Property

Report: Philly’s Second Quarter Housing Numbers Highest in a Decade

Boom has been the buzzword of the year when it comes to Philadelphia real estate. Hell, we dedicated an entire issue to it back in […]

City Life

Center City Gay-Bashing Defendants Considering Plea Deal

It has been 10 months since Bucks County residents Kevin Harrigan, Kathryn Knott and Philip Williams were arrested for the attack on two gay men at […]

City Life

Delran’s Carli Lloyd to Be on Sports Illustrated Cover

Sports Illustrated is honoring the 2015 U.S. Women’s World Cup championship team in a way no other team has been honored before. In an “unprecedented” move […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Survey Says: Most People Prefer a Private Marriage Proposal

For as many elaborate, meticulously planned and public proposals we feature here on the blog, we’ve always been partial to the more intimate ones, where […]

City Life

Point Breeze’s Pop-Up Beer Garden Is Baaaack

The controversial Point Breeze pop-up beer garden that was shut down last week by city officials reopened on Saturday, apparently to plenty of toasts. “It was the busiest […]