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While Mayor Nutter is in China (where they make those “other” kinds of toys), President Obama came to town to give a speech at the […]

So it turns out Philadelphians can get along with New Yorkers, at least around the holidays. In fact, Rockefeller Plaza has donated lumber from last year’s […]

We had Black Friday. Then Cyber Monday. For God’s sake, now someone’s even come up with Giving Tuesday. And in the middle of it all […]

For the third year in a row, Zahav is hosting a Jewish Christmas night. Yes, the night does include Asian food and a movie. This […]

A recent survey indicates that Philadelphians will spend more money on holiday gifts than they did in 2011. The annual survey from Deloitte predicts a […]

Kevin Sbraga has planned some creative and festive tasting menus for his Chef’s Counter. Monday through Thursday the counter holds one seating a night for […]

All I want for Christmas is a Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Secret Sewer Lair Playset. You should probably run out and pick it up […]

Have you heard? Christmas is coming. Every September it’s the same old lamentation: The stores put up all of their Christmas stuff (and it is […]

We were lucky enough to have exotic visitors over Christmas break—two of my daughter’s roommates, one from college, one from grad school, both from Kenya. […]

Gun Toting Mom Kills Attacker. A 19-year-old pistol whipped a young man and shot him in the leg inside an apartment building stairwell last night. […]

“This is the way the world ends … Not with a bang but a whimper.” Does that famous quote aptly describe America’s future? Time will […]

We were driving to see the new Arthur Christmas (which is wonderful) when I heard it from the back seat: “Daddy, is Santa Claus real?” […]

Of course you do because ESPN won’t let us forget it. First of all, the city had its sights on a certain running back from […]

Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes and wife Sheryl Lee Ralph had their “Holiday Affair With a Flair” party to Benefit SHARE Food Program of PA […]

A lot of people send me a lot of links to a lot of YouTube clips, and most of the time, I either delete them […]