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Door Policies at Local Gay Bars

On a typical Saturday night at Woody’s – one of Philly’s most popular gay nightclubs – men are crowded around the front bar with a […]

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College Freshmen Are Just Whining

Don’t college freshmen seem like they have it all? Pseudo-independence financially and otherwise with the cushion of Mom and Dad’s checkbook back home, relatively easy […]

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GLAAD is Mad at SNL

Saturday Night Live is in hot water with GLAAD over a skit depicting pre-op male-to-female transsexuals. The gay entertainment watchdog group says the skit – […]

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Real Toughness

The big topic of conversation throughout the NFL this past week was toughness. Jay Cutler didn’t have any, and his peers were more than happy […]

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Chick-fil-A Backs Straight-Only Retreat – Again

After a branch of Chick-fil-A donated lunch to an anti-gay marriage retreat in Central Pennsylvania sponsored by the Pennsylvania Family Institute earlier this month (read […]

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Breakfast Is Toast

Every morning, my husband Doug gets up early enough to make himself breakfast. Not just coffee and toast, but a real old-fashioned breakfast—a bowl of […]

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Iron Chef a Hometown Affair Tonight

Food Network 10pm this evening Michael Solomonov faces Jose Garces on Iron Chef America. Solomonov is hosting a viewing party at Percy Street Barbecue. [poll […]

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Line of the Week: Business of Restaurant Week

We’ve seen scads of Restaurant Week comments over the past two weeks. One of the most illuminating may have been Cleevus who looks at Restaurant […]

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Advertising Circulars = Litter

I don’t know how it works in your neighborhood, but Spring Gardenians get an extra helping of litter on ad circular day. In the wee […]

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Philadelphia, Pro Union

Philadelphia Ghost Sign Project First was the behemoth steakhouse Union Trust, then the Philadelphia Union soccer team. Next up will be the Union Tavern bar […]

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Weekend

Friday Dock Street Brewing Co. is doing a firkin of the month and tonight it is Prisoner of Hell, a beer made  with chili peppers. […]

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50 Best Restaurants Final

We’ve reached the Philly Mag Top 50 Restaurants bracket Finals and it all comes down to Lacroix versus Vetri. Lacroix defeated Zahav in one semifinal […]

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Chris Smith Will Tell You When You’ve Been Raped, Ladies

Chris Smith—the far-right, anti-choice zealot of a congressman from central Jersey—has proposed legislation to further restrict the use of government funds to pay for abortion […]

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Eyeball Bender on the Prowl

GPTMC has just launched their third batch of With Love ads and this one makes for a good eyeball bender. Can you guess where these […]

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Is It Ever OK To Date a Friend’s Ex?

Dear Monica, My friend and her ex-boyfriend have been broken up for six months. I have always liked him and I think the feeling is […]