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Four Phillies Pitchers Combine for No-Hitter
The Phillies got a bright spot in their lost season. Four Phillies pitchers — Cole Hamels, Jake Diekman, Ken Giles and Jonathan Papelbon — held […]
Greatest Hits and What You Missed: La Peg, Beast & Ale, Society Hill Society, Crow And The Pitcher, Corn Dogs, Cooking With Vetri and More
The week running up to Labor Day weekend can be kind of slow, but that doesn’t mean things were completely quiet in the restaurant world. […]
The Dirt: What To Get At The Farmers Market This Weekend
Locally grown produce represents a season’s worth of hard labor for area farmers, and the most rewarding moment of all happens when a customer takes […]
10 Best and Worst Markets for Flipping
Sorry, your browser doesn’t support iframes. RealtyTrac took a look at housing markets with 50 or more flips in the second quarter of 2014 to assess […]
New Cocktail and Video Game Bar for Atlantic City
Perfectly Innocent Amusement Co. opened a couple of weeks ago in Atlantic City. The bar at 142 South Tennessee Avenue serves up prohibition era cocktails, a tight list […]
Long-Shuttered Department Store Will Finally Reopen
In 2003, the JCPenney on the corner of Castor and Cottman in Northeast Philadelphia shut its doors. I was in seventh grade at the time […]
At Last, Everyone and Everything in Accord at Goldtex
Less than a year ago, the news out of the Post Brothers’ Goldtex building was drama, controversy and inflatable rats. Which is why Inga Saffron, […]
The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending August 29th
The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz: Seven simple questions about the week that was. Are you a newser … or a loser?
Fattah in Hot Seat After Aide’s Guilty Plea
Chaka Fattah isn’t talking. (Though he is tweeting.) The feds aren’t either. But the media and the congressman’s political rivals are closing in. His longtime […]
Last Weekend for Budino Pops
Bad News: This is the last week for Budino pops at Verde (108 S 13th Street). Good News: Marcie Turney is going to be selling them all […]
The City Should Throw a Parade for Children at the End of Every August
I was writing and doing laundry, and it was hot out anyway. So instead of walking the four and a half blocks from my place […]
Comcast’s Customer Service Will Be Remixed With a Dance Beat
There’s been a lot of talk lately about Comcast’s customer service. Now, however, it’s going to get a dance mix. BGR reports that open-Internet advocacy […]
Philadelphia Owns List of Outrageous Foods
The web site CityPASS has created an infographic of the fifteen most outrageous foods in America. And in what must be a point of pride, […]
Lauren Conrad Just Launched a Collection of Super Pretty Bridesmaid Dresses
Lauren Conrad, to me, is like the modern day Superwoman—she literally does it all. From being a television personality and entrepreneur (she’s the co-founder of […]
Egg Truck Crash Creates — Ahem — Scrambled Mess on Schuylkill Expressway
A big rig carrying a load of eggs tipped over on the Schuylkill Expressway this morning, creating a scrambled mess of mechanical parts and yolk […]