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For the Eagles, a Loss Is a Loss

I’m confused often, but especially today. I’ve got people telling me that the Eagles losing Tuesday night to the Vikings in the Ed Rendell Memorial […]

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These Are NOT the Best of Times

Since we live in a time when exciting regular-season games are deemed “classics” and anyone who dares mention a player who competed before 1980 is […]

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Hump Day Headlines

Elton John is a daddy. And he also becomes a father with hubby David Furnish. Gay conservatives freak out right wingers. A-List Reichen doesn’t like […]

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New Year’s Resolutions

New Year’s Eve. Again. The resolution obsession is taunting me, forcing me to evaluate the past year and make some promises to myself for the […]

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Top Chef Episode 4: Tennis, Anyone? (The Great Stuffing Debate)

With last week’s double elimination, we no longer have to worry about which fat Dale I’m talking about, and Stephen doesn’t have to worry about […]

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Year in Review: June

Stanley Cupcake – Replica Stanley Cup constructed from Tastykakes, on display at the Comcast Center News Grub Street names 29 great sandwiches in Philadelphia that […]

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Year in Review: May

News Tracking who has good salads is never easy, luckily we had help. Ladder 15 gets new-found respect with David Ansill in the kitchen. The […]

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Philly and the Single Lesbian

So I was out at Sister’s on Saturday night visiting one of my friends and favorite bartender, talking, sharing stories about what’s been going on […]

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Year in Review: April

April featured all-you-can-eat sushi at Pod News Vetri on Wheels, Marc Vetri’s food truck was announced on April 1st. We detail just some of the […]

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The Best Movies and Performances of 2010

As I look over the last year in movies, there were some interesting trends. It was the year of smart blockbusters (Inception, The Social Network) […]

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Matthew Izzo comes back to the Gayborhood

It’s taken long enough. After a whole lotta opening of storefronts and trattorias by Val Safran and Marcie Turney and a few others but mostly […]

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Year in Review: February

News It snowed a lot in February, a lot. Like a whole lot. Fish gets 2½ bells from Craig LaBan. It’s cuteness overload in these […]

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Holiday StorySlam at L’Etage

Philly’s First Person Arts presents its Holiday Spirit: StorySlam at L’Etage on Tuesday, Dec. 28 (8:30 – 10:30 p.m.). The openly gay host S.M. Shrake, a […]

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Eagles-Vikings Game Postponed Because of Safety?

Steve Van Buren must be thinking “what a bunch of pansies” after the NFL postponed the Eagles-Vikings game because of some snow and wind. On […]

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Go Down the Rabbit Hole With Nicole Kidman

It is an ambitious endeavor to turn a play or musical — especially one that won a Pulitzer Prize — into a film. Sometimes the […]