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What Makes Victoria Jackson Homophobic?
Saturday Night Live alum Victoria Jackson has come out – as a total homophobe. On a blog recently she wrote about how the gay kiss […]
Philadelphia Would Miss Ramsey’s Common Touch
It’s looking a lot like Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey will leave Philadelphia for the top cop job in his hometown of Chicago. That’s obviously bad […]
U.S. Involvement in Libya Is All About Oil
Recently on “Good Morning America,” Congresswoman and presidential contender Michelle Bachmann was asked, “What is America’s number one vital interest in the Middle East?” She […]
Quick Bites: Spotting a Blind Pig, Tastykakes at Ball Park & Old City Troubles
Tastykakes will make their Citizens Bank Park debut this year as the Philadelphia tradition will be available in counter-top refrigerators. [The Insider] New York has […]
Becoming Chaz
The world television premiere of Chaz Bono’s documentary “Becoming Chaz,” the story of the transformation from a woman to a man, launches the OWN Documentary […]
Philly Man Featured in New Book
It’s been an Internet sensation since Dan Savage and Terry Miller first posted the premiere “It Gets Better” video online in response to the many […]
What Are You Doing for V-Day?
“I come from the ‘down there’ generation. That is, those were the words – spoken rarely and in a hushed voice – that the women […]
Methadone Clinic and Rehab Center Fail Addict
I first met “Diane” about eight months ago, when she’d come out of rehab. She’d been addicted to drugs since her teen years, and had […]
Lessons From Twitter
Twitter turned five yesterday. Happy birthday, Twitter. (Repeat 140 million times.) That’s the number of tweets posted, on average, every day, according to Twitter. Per […]
All Week: Tweek Out at Matyson
It would seem the Philadelphia Inquirer’s special Coffee section on Thursday has inspired the crew at Matyson where their weekly tasting menu is focused around […]
Vetri, Solomonov, Calagione are James Beard Finalists
Congratulations are in order to Marc Vetri, Michael Solomonov and Sam Calagione who were announced today as finalists for James Beard Awards. Vetri, the restaurant […]
Tale of the Tape: Mica
[imagebrowser id=28] Mica, Chip Roman’s second restaurant has opened in Chestnut Hill. The intimate restaurant is currently BYOB and brings a new high-end restaurant to […]
The Agenda: Industry Nights & Restaurant Weeks
On the third Monday of the month Cooperage is hosting a “Food Scene” night. The monthly event kicks off this evening with hospitality industry folk […]
Biba Getting an Outdoor Deck
Biba will be getting bigger as its outdoor deck has been finally received all its approvals. The deck will hopefully be open by the end […]