Let me share this here, before you all inevitably do so on your Facebook walls. BuzzFeed has created a list of the “21 Things You’re […]
A Running-of-the-Santas fatality occurred this weekend. Herr, 24, of Lebanon, Pa., was in Philadelphia for the annual Running of the Santas on Saturday when somehow, […]
The Atlantic Cities flags a website that collects Yahoo! autocomplete searches for various cities, states, and countries, and then flings them onto a map. Philly, […]
We’re not always sure what to make of “ruin porn,” but Philadelphia certainly is a great place to make it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPsnDET4CGU
At first, we couldn’t decide if this short film celebrates Philadelphia, or is just a group of people enthusiastically reading the city’s Wikipedia entry. We’ve […]
I recently met someone who lives in Center City and is debating whether or not she should buy a car. Are you kidding me? Driving […]
It’s not news that Philadelphia has a litter problem. As I’ve noted before, this literally goes back centuries: “Filthy-dirty” has been a pejorative nickname for […]
UPDATE: Can HAARP, chemtrails or Cecily Tynan explain any of this? Read the followup here. Original: I don’t mean to alarm anyone, but while in […]
Shawn McKenna–a triathlete (and market researcher) and a friend, James Huth, are embarking on a 72-mile (give or take) expedition tomorrow to cycle the entire […]
The same day that we learned that the Brooklyn Flea brand failed here in Philadelphia, we also learned that its locally based manager, Mark Vevle, […]
Oh, thank God. Philadelphia Business Journal reports: “SEPTA launched a new iPhone app that shows — in real time — the arrival times of trains, […]
I’ve been riding the West Trenton line to and from work for six years. That’s roughly 3,120 trips, or, as I’ve come to realize, 3,120 […]
So, you need that coffee table from Ikea assembled? Hot soup delivered to your sick brother? The next cubicle wrapped in cling wrap on April […]
Via Philadelphia Business Journal, we see that Paul Levy, executive director of Center City District, leads the list of Philadelphians in Top 100 City Innovators Worldwide […]
