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Let Us Now Praise Philly Dive Bars
It seems like every weekend there’s a new craft-beer bar opening in the spot where some smoky old watering hole used to be, or a […]
Seven Fabulous Florida Trips for Philadelphians
Considering that they’re nearly a thousand miles apart, Philly has always had an unexpectedly tight relationship with Florida. There are the old-money Main Liners who’ve […]
The History of the Philly Boo
As the clock wound down in the second quarter of the Eagles game against the middling Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the visitors had already piled on […]
I May Live in Pennsylvania, but I’m No Pennsylvanian
A few months ago, I was walking to the train station when a squirrel hopped onto a nearby metal fence and stared at me with […]
One of Us: Patty Jackson, WDAS-FM DJ
My name is … Patty Jackson. Well, that’s my air-personality name. My given name is Patricia Nolan, which is an Irish name, and they didn’t […]
One of Us: Herb Lusk
My full name is … Reverend Doctor Herbert Hoover Lusk II. But since I met the Pope in September, my friends are jokingly calling me […]
Dear Jim Kenney: 48 Philadelphians on How Our New Mayor Can Make the City Great
Kimyona Evans 22, West philly; sales associateIf there were more programs for younger kids, starting from eighth grade to high school, I feel like there’d […]
Why I Decided to Stop Renting in Philly and Take the Home-Ownership Plunge
I expected my apartment hunt to be over before the weekend. After all, I’ve never been particularly picky. My must-haves were few, and after a […]
Garrett Getlin Snider Is Not Your Average Teenager
Garrett Getlin Snider is fretting. This really isn’t so unusual, as it turns out. Garrett Getlin Snider frets a lot. About his twin sisters, “16 […]
Fame, Fate, and the Boy Soprano
Three months after unexpectedly sharing the stage with Pope Francis on the Parkway, Bobby Hill is still being recognized everywhere he goes. Consider just this […]
How Ron Jaworski Helped Change the Way We Watch Football
Outside of Canton, there may be no greater shrine to the legacy of professional football than the headquarters of NFL Films, hidden away on a […]
One of Us: Merrill Reese, Eagles Broadcaster
My name is … Merrill Alan Reese. I’m named after my mother’s brother. I grew up in … West Philadelphia and then Overbrook Park, near […]
Racial Profiling on the Main Line
This past July, Jordan and Joshua Friday confronted one of those endless summer days that teenagers are given. They journeyed by bicycle to an aunt’s […]
Meet Ed Bassmaster, Philadelphia’s Biggest Star … on YouTube
There isn’t much that grates on Philadelphians more than having their city defined by a tired canard about a Santa Claus who got booed in […]
Love in the Time of Dog DNA Testing
This is my third Chihuahua. That’s what I used to say about my dog, Birdie, until this summer, when I got her DNA tested. That’s […]