South Philly
A beer tap at my own table in Philadelphia? … Where the hell is my waitress?!
New beer taps work like self-service gas pumps. You give the server a credit card, and she opens the table. Two beers later, you decide whether to open the table again.
Seven new historical markers for Philadelphia – seven stories from the past
A starlet’s home, America’s first Bible Society, a 300-year-old bridge that cars still use, and an early Jewish basketball team that now survives in a surprising form.
$5 a day is too much for food in Philadelphia, right? Then hooray for government cuts!
In an age of tax cuts and budget battles, we should show everyone how easy it is to live on five bucks a day in the low-budget, low-maintenance hollow of Philadelphia.
You can watch the price of electricity go up and down in real time
A new Electricity Price Ticker tracks the real time wholesale electricity price for the PECO area. You can waste a lot of power learning how much power you’re wasting.
Someone called for help on the Internet – how did Philadelphia respond?
On Reddit: “Was talking to my bf in Philadelphia (I am in Cleveland OH) when he suddenly started breathing heavily and had trouble speaking and I think he passed out…”
Michael Jackson’s latest show arrives in South Philly tonight
Who better than Cirque du Soleil to perform with the music of Michael Jackson – the man who bought circus animals and spent a fortune buying himself a missing childhood.
A review of rules at the airport: Number 1 – no firecrackers …
A Dallas, Pa., man said he didn’t know he had firecrackers in his carry-on bag at the Philadelphia airport. But between him and the scary JetBlue pilot, let’s review the rules.
Philadelphia Airport may put compost bins in all the terminals
Starting last July, six restaurants in Terminal A experimented with diverting biodegradables into compost bins. The result: Lots of compost, and no harm to business.
‘Inca’ for Latin Kings gang in Bethlehem is sentenced to 28 years
Luis Colon – “King Respect” – had pleaded guilty on July 9 to conspiracy charges for racketeering and murder. He was the leader, or “Inca,” of the Bethlehem gang chapter.
Will Philadelphia synagogues be partying hard enough on Purim?
People tend to ignore this, now that we’re so civilized. But in the Talmud, you’re supposed to get so drunk on Purim, you don’t even know what you’re saying anymore.
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