Victor Fiorillo

Senior Reporter at Philadelphia Magazine

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The 2024 Guide to Dining Down the Shore

From LBI to Cape May, our picks for this season’s can’t-miss bites

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30 Essential Eats Down the Shore

Everything tastes better at the beach.

Protesters of the war in Gaza at an encampment at Philadelphia's Drexel University, which is now on lockdown
City Life

Philly Today: Drexel University On Lockdown Amid Protests and Encampment

“This encampment must end,” insists Drexel’s prez. Plus: Penn students not allowed at commencement.

Donald Trump with Pennsylvania mom Clarice Schillinger, who just received her sentence for providing alcohol to her underage daughter and the daughter's underage friends at a drunken party (photo via Clarice Schillinger for PA campaign page)
City Life

Philly Today: Let This Scandalous Doylestown Mom Be a Reminder to Not Get Kids Drunk

“Fun mom” no more.

The mascot for America 250 PA
City Life

Philly Today: What the Hell Is Going on With This New Mascot for America’s 250th Birthday?

Plus, Lidia Bastianich helps Marc Vetri raise $385,000 in one night.

The Lululemon store on Walnut Street in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood of Philadelphia
City Life

Philly Today: Police Pull Strange Move After Rittenhouse Lululemon Theft

Plus, the return of Amy Gutmann.

an abandoned carnival ride
City Life

Philly Today: Is This the Death of the Carnival?

Violence and rowdy behavior lead to carnival cancelations.

University of Pennsylvania protesters, who were targeted by a GoFundMe threatening to pay a Mariachi band to play next to the protest 24 hours a day
City Life

Guy Raises $46,000 to Annoy University of Pennsylvania Protesters

The plan involved a mariachi band.

Former WMMR employee "Pancake" with WMMR DJ Pierre Robert
City Life

Philly Today: Inside the Major Staffing Shakeup at WMMR

Employees at the historic Philadelphia rock-and-roll station are downright nervous.

City Life

Philly Today: Mayor Parker’s Kensington Crackdown Begins

Plus, Main Line dad wins a Pulitzer.

City Life

Philly Today: Mom Finds Loaded Gun at Queen Village Playground

She had hoped it was a toy gun. It wasn’t.

Mayor Cherelle Parker, an advocate of year round school in Philadelphia (Getty Images)
City Life

Philly Today: Sounds Like Year-Round School Really Is Coming to Philadelphia

Plus, Michael Smerconish gets canceled, both figuratively and literally.

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker, who just signed a tinted windows bill into law
City Life

Philly Today: Philadelphia’s Latest Crackdown Is On Tinted Car Windows

Plus, Krasner disses Columbia and Bradley Cooper slings more cheesesteaks.

The parents of the 11-year-old Havertown biker known as Oneway Lilman recently put up this "My Neighbor Is a Karen" sign on their Delco lawn. (photo via Facebook)
City Life

Philly Today: Ridiculous Delco Battle Erupts Over a Kid On a Bike

But this isn’t just any kid on a bike. Meet 11-year-old Oneway Lilman.

City Life

It’s 2024, and Michael Smerconish Still, Somehow, Refuses to Take Sides

Loved Rizzo and Reagan. Voted for Obama. Ten years into his CNN show, political commentator Michael Smerconish remains an independent voice in what is set to be the most contentious election in American history.