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April showers, mark your calendars!
I’ve been all work, all the time lately, and the weeks are just flying by. It’s sad, really. I need to slow down. But no time for that! I’m leaving Philly for Milan and London, for very important businessy business, in oh, abo...
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Just days before Live 8, in late June of 2005, the inimitable John Carroll, Phillyist's first editor, let the world know that Phillyist was live and online. Now five years, six months, three days, and nearly 13,000 posts later, it is my official duty to provide one last post for Phillyist. [ more › ]
Thanks for Four Years of Awesome
It was a (presumably) cold November day in 2006 when I made my humble debut on Phillyist with a post called Elevating My Frustration. It was about elevator etiquette. I've come a long way since then. I featured interesting Twitter users and hope some of them will follow us into the future at @keypulp. Show More Summary
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Snowventure along the Wissahickon Photographed by: Julia Rowe Wissahickon Creek [ more › ]
Frugal Fun Alert: Jan. 24 – 27, 2011
Fun around town, for $10 or less: [ more › ]
Blogged Around Philly: Farewell Edition
Who needs an RSS feed when you have us? The best from this week in the 215 blogosphere... [ more › ]
Frugal Fun Alert: Jan. 21 – 23, 2011
Fun around town, for $10 or less: [ more › ]
Good Advice From a Bad Person
In which our Bad Person tear says goodbye. [ more › ]
A Little Friendly Advice For Our South Philly Neighbors
As we make our way to work in the aftermath of yet another winter storm with no running buses, many of us will be digging out cars and braving the treacherous streets of Philadelphia. Later, upon returning home from work, far too many...Show More Summary
This Week In Philadelphia Theatre
Love Lessons From Abu Ghraid, a one woman show that opens at Interact this week, looks pretty compelling. [ more › ]
ArtIST: Mami Kato
As this is Phillyist's last ArtIST post, we're pleased to be ending the series with artist Mami Kato. A Japanese citizen, Kato was born and raised in Japan before coming to Philadelphia to attend the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts) on a transfer program. Show More Summary
Photoist
Capogiro Photographed by: cheshire smile eats (and drinks) Center City [ more › ]
The 2011 State of the Union
Under normal circumstances, we here at Phillyist post a video each day that in some way pertains to Philadelphia or its surrounding area. Since all that's really going on today is snow, snow, freezing rain, and more snow, we're going...Show More Summary
Introducing ... KeyPulp!
As we teased on Twitter yesterday and revealed to Technically Philly this morning, January 31 is not the last you'll be seeing of the Phillyist editors and staff. True, Phillyist won't be updated after 5:00 p.m. next Monday, but, as that song we got stuck in your heads last week goes: "every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." [ more › ]
Phillyist Reads... Eleanor Brown at Chester County Book & Music Company
Shakespeare fiends, this one's for you! [ more › ]
En Garde!
This past Saturday, Penn hosted the Philadelphia Invitational, a season-opening men's and women's fencing event that saw fencing squads from schools such as Duke and UNC don their plastrons and knickers and do sabered battle in University City. Show More Summary
Yo, Philly In the News
Local student gets to sit next to Michelle Obama, local community group wins a grant from the Dept. of Education and more in this morning's news! [ more › ]
Phillyist Playlist: Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield at World Cafe Live
What better cure for the Monday blues than a little alt-rock fantasy soap opera of sorts at the World Cafe Live? Tonight we have Evan Dando [MySpace] and Juliana Hatfield [MySpace], two former poster children of the grunge movement with a lot of history together. Show More Summary
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Icing Photographed by: Jana Shea Philadelphia [ more › ]
Philly Loves Beer: Last Call
As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end and this is unfortunately one of those times. While Phillyist has another week, this will be the last Philly Loves Beer as I will be in the land of Abita and too much High Life when that happens. Show More Summary
