Starting tomorrow bicycle police officers from the 9th and 6th Districts and Center City District will be on the streets enforcing the rules of the road in Center City. In addition to other violations, the Police will be stopping bicyclists riding on the sidewalk, not stopping at red lights or [...]
As we mentioned earlier today, Thanksgiving is just one week away. That means that whether you’re cooking, finagling an invitation or making the meal yourself, it’s time to get your plans in order.
I’ve got plans to have dinner with my husband’s family in Virginia (oh [...]
Buried in the chaos of today's council proceedings was the approval of the Pedicab Regulations Bill by a vote of 17-0. The bill needs to be signed by the Mayor before it becomes law.
Come December, Chef Hiroyuki “Zama” Tanaka, will open his new authentic Japanese restaurant, Zama, right in Rittenhouse Square. Zama will serve “innovative, visually stunning sushi alongside exquisitely prepared Japanese dishes” accompanied by a “diverse selection of cocktails, beer and wine in a chic, gracious atmosphere.”
For those [...]
The Onion absolutely owns it with their latest article on the Eagles. From the amazingly titled "Eagles Settle for Field Goal After 260-Yard Drive, "At least we came away with three points. Those 120 yards in penalties really hurt our field position, but those conversions on third and 21, third and [...]
Les Bowen writes, "Offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg said if quarterback Donovan McNabb yelled over on camera during Sunday's loss to San Diego that the Eagles should have run the ball on third-and-1 from the 7-yard line, 'He was probably right.'"
I just felt like we should note this monumental occasion of Marty Mornhinweg saying McNabb [...]
(Clockwise from bottom left) Seurat's Models, on view at The Barnes Foundation; Rodin's The Thinker outside the Rodin Museum; and the National Constitution [...]
Thanksgiving is just a week away and the familiar twinges of pre-holiday panic are beginning to set in. Should you serve sweet potatoes or mashers? Brussels sprouts or green beans? Relish tray or just a few dishes of toasted nut for pre-meal snacking? And remind us [...]
Enrico said it best in the comments of the game thread: "Maybe they should threaten to take Brand out of the starting line up every night and then he'll finally put up some numbers." Indeed, the Sixers thought they were getting a 20-10 guy when' [...]
We’re a mere seven days from Thanksgiving, which means the annual Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade is just around the corner! The annual parade is chocked full of floats and balloons of your favorite characters, along with special performances and a special Winter Wonderland expo.
Our [...]
The South Philly Bar and Grill is meant to be a place where you come to watch the game – any game. Football, soccer, baseball, hockey… whatever suits your fancy.
The place has an ideal location at 9th and Passyunk – right across from Pat’s and [...]
What a huge relief. After experiencing his second concussion in less than a month, Brian Westbrook went to Pittsburgh to meet with specialists, and so far the news is good. Doctors released the following statement:
"We are very encouraged by Brian's progress, we believe that he has an excellent prognosis," [...]
The oldest open-air market in the country is a place to play, shop and, above all, eat. While it's open every day of the year, the Italian Market [...]
More than 20 Cheer Zones for spectators will be set up along the course. (Photo by R. Kennedy)
The Philadelphia Marathon returns this weekend with three-days of activity, capped by the main event on Sunday. This year the city-wide race is bigger than it’s ever been, with [...]
Busy today, so I’m just going to post videos of me screwing up songs…
All I Want Is You…
Push by The Cure…
And by popular demand (OK, one college buddy asked), The Beer Song that I used to play during my days at Georgia Tech… yikes…
Chef Marc Vetri at Osteria (Photo courtesy of the Chef)
Welcome back to our Q&A series on uwishunu called “With Love Letters,” in which our With Love Philadelphia campaign interviews notable Philadelphians in order to learn more [...]
Photography courtesy the Devon Theatre
Like so many fun and energetic shows that have graced the Devon Theater’s stage, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat promises to electrify audience members while telling the biblical story of a man who had a dream – [...]
"It's Giants football now, third and two. We thank our producer Bob Rowe, our director Jim Silman, and our CBS crew, spotter and statistician John Mara and Tom McHugh here at Giants Stadium. As the clock winds down on the Philadelphia Eagles, a game they thought would project them into" [...]
This week, Gregg Gethard tries out the evil side of comedy.
Last week Dave Walk wrote about how much he loved pro wrestling growing up and how funny it is. I have said, many times, that I think professional wrestling is America’s greatest form of art. But, I can assure you, [...]
The Flyers begin their first meaningful road trip of the season tonight, a slate of five games that includes a pair of first place Western Conference opponents in San Jose and Colorado. Tonight's appetizer is the Los Angeles Kings, who are off to a very solid start themselves at 13-7-2, [...]
Remember when I said that the one upside of Marreese Speights going down with a torn MCL was that at least Brand would now definitely get all the minutes he needed to shake off whatever rust he had left from spending the better part of two [...]
Sometimes commenters knock it out of the park and that's exactly what Dean did on Kulp's "A Cautiously Optimistic Look At The Birds' Remaining Opponents" on how the Eagles season will unfold:
Most likely scenario?
We win the next two, and irrational exuberance reigns supreme.
Then we lose tough ones back to' [...]
Confessed killer apologizes to Cassidy’s widow:
Testimony ended in dramatic fashion today in the murder trial of John “Jordan” Lewis when the confessed killer apologized to the widow of Philadelphia Police Officer Chuck Cassidy.
Judy Cassidy was testifying about her husband’s last hours before he was shot on Oct. 31, 2007, [...]
Abbe and I miss the great green chiles of New Mexico… just a little bit…
Mass : We Pray the Game xkcd : Academia vs. Business [...]One man is in custody and another man is at large after a burglary in the North End over the weekend.
Ofc. Jeff Murray was on routine patrol along the 100 block of East Market Street at around 05:17 Sunday morning when he spotted two men, Joseph Dominic Sims, 20, [...]
It's like Christmas in November. You have your list of desires all written out but you know jolly old Uncle Cholly doesn't always get you exactly what you want. A brand new Figgins would look great in front of that Raul you got last year, but you'd be pretty stoked [...]
Amanda Palmer outside WXPN this afternoon. Shes playing the TLA tonight. Live Nation says there are still tickets.The Eagles have a ton of work to do internally before fans are willing to take them seriously again. It's the same story on offense: convert on short yardage and inside the red zone. The defense needs to come up with crucial stops late in games. As a team, they [...]
Today is turning into the day from hell.
I had to scramble to transfer money over to our one checking account to pay two past due bills. Our cable got cut off, even though I told the woman that called me last week that I wouldn’t be able to pay the [...]
The Bicycle Coalition, and biking in Philly, has been on TV a lot in the last few days:
Veteran Philadelphia comics The Legendary Wid (left) and John Kensil (right) join the show to talk about the city’s comedy past, their careers and to share a few words of advice for young comics.
Subscribe to the podcast feed (iTunes)(Liked this episode of the podcast? Please write a review [...]
The Astros could maybe be forgiven for letting Bobby Abreu go unprotected in the expansion draft in 1997. He appeared in just 74 games for Houston, with a combined .687 OPS over 234 plate appearances. But I bet the Rays were quickly kicking themselves for [...]
From Andrew Malcolm at the Los Angeles Times:
Wow, for somebody who's supposed to be such a political joke, an Arctic ditz and eminently dismissable as a serious anything except maybe a stay-at-home hockey mom, Sarah Palin is sure drawing an awful lot of attention from Democrats and eager critics.
[...]But that’s not all from Animosity Pierre! The guys have passed along the good news that they have been accepted into the 2010 Chicago Sketchfest! Chicago, you may not have the Olympics, but you’ve got AP.
Even more Animosity Pierre, you say? We’ll how about you check out the sketch [...]
Ever since Allen Iverson packed up his guitar case and left Memphis, the Internets have been buzzing about his next potential landing spot. "The Sixers should sign him to fill seats," people excitingly regurgitated. Would it be entertaining? Sure, but I'd rather not see Iverson' [...]
The past few days have not been kind for those who would combat climate change. On Sunday, it was announced that the goal of an international treaty is being postponed from next month's Copenhagen conference to maybe next year's Mexico City summit, never mind the looming scientific tipping point. [...]
GOP Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Democratic Senator Jim Webb of Virginia unveiled bipartisan legislation aimed at doubling nuclear power in 20 years and increasing funding for research into low carbon sources of energy. Their bill, introduced on Monday, would provide $100 billion in loan guarantees for carbon-free electricity [...]
Hard on the heels of a study revealing that the benefits of breast cancer screenings have been overstated and come with a the risk of overtreating small cancers while missing cancers that are deadly comes another earthquake: Most women should start 
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Sarah Palin's appearance on "Oprah" this week is being heralded as the kickoff of the 2012 presidential campaign despite the awful poll numbers that the face of the Republican Party keeps getting.
Fox News analyst Charles Krauthammer was as the Fox News Special Report Host Bret Baier noted "fired up." The Fox analyst tore into the President not so much for bowing to the Japanese Emperor but more rather for having declared himself America's "first Pacific President" by virtue of [...]
This is a good idea. The best way to do it in terms of stimulus (quick and easy) would probably involve inefficiency and fraud, but perhaps if they sneakily call it "defense spending" such concerns won't matter.
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Because for whatever reason, economist lingo is what people in the Obama administration are comfortable with.
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Bubs and Bowie getting cozy by the fire…
New Zealand, Denmark, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland are the top five least corrupt nations according to a new survey released today by the NGO Transparency International. The United States with a 7.5 (out of ten) score ranked 19th just behind the United Kingdom and Japan. Somalia, Afghanistan, Myanmar, the [...]
Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III of Alabama who back in 2005 called the filibustering of judicial nominees an "affront to the Constitution" today did just that on the nomination by the President of Judge David Hamilton to the Chicago-based 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Sessions, a nominee to the [...]
Ten weeks into the 700 Level's Inaugural Fantasy Football League, and the race is getting tighter than ever--that is, of course, with the exception of my Edmonton Enigmas, who with their loss to previous cellar-dwellers Kibbles n Vicks drop to a pathetic league-worst 2-7-1, all [...]
Villanova's star guard Scottie Reynolds just assured he'll twist his ankle in the next week or so. I'd guess this is a regional cover, but it's clear that Villanova is one of the top programs in college hoops these days.
Incidentally, ESPN is airing 24 straight hours [...]
But from what I've read it's been dealing with foreclosures much better 
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