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Staying Friends With Your Ex?
Dear Monica, I dated a man for two years and we recently broke up. I have tried to remain friends with him but he has […]
Quick Bites
Opa | City Paper Opa is aiming to open early next week. Meal Ticket has photos of the space. [Meal Ticket] Plenty opened today instead […]
Councilwoman Proposes Same-Sex Benefits for City Workers
Since 1996, the partners of city employees have been eligible for benefits in Philadelphia thanks to an executive order by then-Mayor Ed Rendell. This week, Councilwoman […]
Equality Pennsylvania Welcomes New Board Members
Equality Pennsylvania has welcomed seven new members to its Board of Directors at a recent meeting held on Jan. 23. The organization is dedicated to […]
Change Comes Slow to Reading Terminal Market
Dominic Spataro is 93 years old, and toddles down the lanes of the Reading Terminal Market in his Timberlands, leading with his bald head — […]
The “W” Word
It was Tuesday. The day the blizzard was supposed to descend on the Philadelphia area. The TV weather people warned that it was going to […]
Mean Girls Bully Just as Badly
Seconds into the raw footage of a group of teenage boys beating 13-year-old Nadin Khoury, it’s clear the bullies mean business. Between kicking Nadin and […]
What We Love: Drag at the Venture Inn
Longtime gay bar and restaurant Venture Inn – nestled on a particularly gay strip on Camac St. – is throwing a drag show Feb. 4 […]
Cliff Lee, Zen Master
Cliff Lee made an appearance at the Auto Show at the Convention Center yesterday, and it sure was nice to see him. In fact, it […]
Remind Me Again Why Philly Cabs Suck
At 7 a.m. two Sundays ago, I was on my way to Mexico to get married. (Before I left the office that previous Friday, we […]
Who Says There Are No New Ideas?
Not long ago, a young pair of urban farm activists named Nic Esposito and Erica Smith had an idea: They wanted to fill some of […]
Some School Choice-ers Have Defeatist Attitude
“Since 1995 the average mathematics score for fourth-graders jumped 11 points. At this rate we catch up with Singapore in a little over 80 years […]
Does Oral Sex Increase Cancer Risk?
There was a sign hanging in the dentist’s office recently warning about the dangers of oral cancer. Attention getting, to say the least. New Scientist […]
Hump Day Headlines
Maryland GOPs are against marriage equality. Jane Lynch is writing a memoir. Out magazine announces 100 most eligible gay bachelors. Pentagon takes next step for […]
Abortion Is Making Me Crazy
On the plus side, a study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that women who have abortions are far less likely […]