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New Group POWER Wants 10,000 Jobs for Philly by 2015
Philadelphians Organized to Witness Empower and Rebuild is a new advocacy group focused on finding employment for 10,000 of the city’s unemployed by 2015. The […]
Run: The Great Eastern State Breakout Race
Help the Friends of Eastern State Penitentiary Park maintain the area and “foster good neighborhood relations and strong community ties” by running the Great Eastern […]
HughE Dillon: Eagles Wives Open Skin Palette
Dodging rain drops Friday night, I stopped by Skin Palette‘s grand opening party right off Rittenhouse Square (126 South 19th Street). Skin Palette offers spray […]
Eagles Lose to Giants as Vick Breaks His Hand
Eagles Lose as Vick Breaks Hand. The Eagles overcame a 14-0 deficit during yesterday’s home opener. A lot of good it did them, as they […]
Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Booze, Booze, Staphmeal and Booze
It’s not like we’re all a bunch of drunks or anything, but… Let’s just say that it was a very busy week. So if you […]
Restaurant Club Dinner at Fork: The Menu
Last week, we announced that Fork was going to be hosting the next Restaurant Club “All About Wine” dinner on October 5. The good news? […]
Top 5 of the Week
1. “Q&A: Staphmeal, Georges Perrier’s Archnemesis” by Victor Fiorillo A chat with the anonymous blogger. Read more. 2. “Kim Delaney’s Bizarre Behavior at Constitution Center” […]
Citizens Bank Pledges to Help the Wistar Institute Expand
The Wistar Institute in University City—a major biomedical research facility—is looking to expand. Citizens Bank has pledged to help them to the tune of $70 […]
Get Dress-Ready With Dance!
Earlier this week, my lovely colleague, health and fitness editor Emily Leaman over at Be Well Philly, put up a post about classes at nine […]
How Many Stars for A.kitchen
In the October issue of Philadelphia magazine Trey Popp reviews a.kitchen. How will Bryan Sikora’s Rittenhouse spot fare? [poll id=”148″] Photo by Jeffrey Totaro
Upcoming Designer Trunk Shows
Bridal Garden, Marlton September 30-October 2: Amsale Trunk Show You’ll receive special incentives to order the featured designer’s dresses during the trunk show; call to […]
Office Challenge Contestants Spill It on Food Vices
One of the hardest parts of losing weight is undoing bad habits when it comes to what you eat and drink. Our Office Challenge contestants […]
Did a Cherry Hill Lukoil Raise Prices for Hurricane Irene?
In New Jersey, three gas stations are being accused of illegally raising prices in preparation for Hurricane Irene. One of the three is a Lukoil […]
Former SRC Chairman and State Rep. Pressured MLK High Contract
Since the Philadelphia School District has had such a phenomenal public image this summer, the Scoop is astonished to hear that some people involved with […]
St. Joseph’s Student Raped in Taxi
Last night, a Saint Joseph’s University student says that she hailed a cab on Main Street in Manayunk. After getting into the cab, she was […]