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Philadelphia Reacts to the Death of Osama Bin Laden

Of course our big bin Laden news would involve baseball. As if Phillies vs. Mets 1-1 in the 12th wasn’t exciting enough, news of Osama […]

City Life

Political Nut Jobs, the Doggie Version of Lady Gaga, and a Mel Gibson Defender

1. Why Reparations Are Necessary by Michael Coard I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that reparations is a handout that blacks don’t deserve or […]

City Life

Yankee Spies

While everyone’s been running around all heated up about Big Brother Apple and their iPhone tracking them (data that the Scoop assumes for most Americans […]

Restaurants

Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Diving Horse, Lawsuits, Fish Ninjas and the Shake Shack, Coming Soon

“As noted earlier today, Cantina Feliz got its review from Craig LaBan over the weekend, scoring two bells and the minor complaint that partners Brian […]

Restaurants

New Tasting Menus For Mica

Chip Roman already owns Tuesdays in Conshohocken with his Tuesday Tastings at Blackfish (four-course digressions on everything from soft-shell crab to foie gras, all for […]

Restaurants

Noble Picks A Bad Day For Gardening

Noble–the all-American, dedicatedly local restaurant currently under the command of chef Brinn Sinnott (ex of LaCroix, Supper, Amada and elsewhere)–makes a big deal out of […]

Be Well Philly

Beautiful Art for a Beautiful Cause

Local artist John Murphy, whose work has been featured in our very own Home magazine, as well as Real Simple, Daily Candy and New York, […]

City Life

Haddonfield Dog Strikes Again

In 2009, there was some sort of meeting between a three-year-old girl’s ear and the teeth of one of Robert Taffet’s Rhodesian Ridgebacks. Descriptions of […]

Restaurants

What Makes the Perfect Fry-Up

Drew Lazor goes out in search of the proper English/Irish breakfast of as much fried food as he can muster. He manages to visit eight […]

Be Well Philly

Smile: You Can Have New Teeth in a Single Day

I think just about everyone recalls the moment they discovered that one of their beloved grandparent’s teeth were removable. Mine: A hazy image of my […]

Restaurants

Brunch at the Corner

You know it’s a good brunch menu when reading the dishes offered has us planning on over-imbibing Saturday just to wolf down the Corner’s offerings […]

City Life

Joe Blanton on the DL

Well, Whatever You Want to Call It. Senate President Joe Scarnati revealed what will soon become the first proposal in Harrisburg for a “local impact […]

City Life

Off the Cuff: May 2011

OVER THE PAST MONTH, we’ve suffered through a continuing barrage of bad news about the inner-city schools of Philadelphia. There’s nothing new, really — just […]

City Life

Natalie Munroe: A Tale of a Teacher in a Digital Age

Natalie Munroe strolled into Central Bucks East the morning of February 9th as if it were any other Wednesday. As she wove her way through […]

City Life

What Nurses Wish You Knew

No matter what health-care reform winds up looking like, one thing’s certain: Nurses will play a bigger role than ever, taking over duties from doctors, […]