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Let’s Not Christen Michael Vick “St. Mike” Just Yet

Sports Illustrated jumped onto the Michael Vick bandwagon this week with an expose entitled “What Michael Vick Tells Us About Ourselves.” In the story, Vick […]

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Thanksgiving Movie Guide

It’s Turkey Day. It’s a time to get together with friends and family. It’s also a time for many, including my family, to see movies. […]

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Why Do We Vilify the Rich and Successful?

In spite of our current economic climate, I’ve been giving a lot of thought lately to the American Dream. Growing up North of the border, […]

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The Importance of Best Girlfriends

Tomorrow will be filled with food and family. Too much work and way too many calories but an annual tradition enjoyed yet again. And as […]

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Tonight

Yee Ha! It’s Pub & Kitchen’s Country Delight where the special menu will include buttermilk fried chicken, Anson Mills grits with honey and butter, and […]

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Breakthrough in HIV/AIDS Prevention

The New England Journal of Medicine reported the results of a study of 2,500 high-risk gay men online today. The study concluded that by taking […]

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Royal Tavern Turns Eight

Royal Tavern is turning eight and tonight they’re throwing themselves a party. From 5pm on there will be cupcakes, popcorn, special beers and the winners […]

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Philly and the Single Lesbian

Punch-drunk. It’s an adjective meaning a medicine or pathology; demonstrating or characteristic of the behavior of a person who has suffered repeated blows to the […]

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Don’t Like Airport Scanners?

When both sides in a negotiation refuse to budge, the impasse is usually detrimental to both parties. With that in mind, perhaps I can be […]

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Make Philadelphia the Best City in America

It’s time to stop talking about how great we could be and actually start planning how great we will be. We looked at dozens of […]

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TSA Makes Air Travel Seem Like Bad Reality TV

When the Secretary of State says she wouldn’t want to be felt up at an airport, you know something’s about to blow at the TSA. […]

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How Many Bells for Le Viet?

Craig LaBan checks out the swankier than typical South Philadelphia Vietnamese restaurant, Le Viet. [poll id=”113″]

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What to Watch Tonight

Rent It: Eat Pray Love (PG-13, 2010). Julia Roberts portrays Liz Gilbert, a woman who begins a yearlong, worldwide search for herself. Despite some clunky […]

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Leave Four Loko Alone

If you’re going to ban Four Loko, Red Bull and vodka—the drink of choice for the hard-partying set in my collegiate years—should be next, or actually, maybe first.

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The Onion Gayly Spoofs Philly

The Onion, the nation’s “finest news source,” according to, well, The Onion, made us laugh today in a new post about one of Philly’s most […]