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“MEMO TO ALL PPA METER MAIDS: First person to bring us a FedEx truck gets first dibs on office Pollyanna this year.” Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com. [Photo credit: PhillyChitChat]. (Read More)
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Well, that sure was something. And while we can spend the next five months spitting bile at all those whom we believe should be smited (smote?) from the Phillies roster (and oh, how we will do just exactly that), consider this: Your Philadelphia Phillies are, and will very likely remain to be, an historic baseball [...]. (Read More)
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It is with this post that Philebrity apologizes to its readers for the fact that, in five plus years online, we have not once posted anything about Philly-raised disco chanteuse Evelyn “Champagne” King, who was discovered while working with her mother at Philadelphia International Records as a cleaning woman. (Read More)
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Hold it right there: Are you folding your Phillies gear and damning it to hell? C’mon ___! Amidst all the recent tragedy Philly has suffered — World Series loss, Septa strike, Soprano-mama’s-boy-cum-Rebublican-fat-fuck as Governor next door — we shouldn’t feel at a total loss. These past two years have been a hell of a ride (Read More)
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· Awesome upshot of the SEPTA strike, which thus far has been about as anti-Good Motherfucking News as you can get: Based on counts conducted by the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia yesterday, Day Two of the SEPTA strike saw a 38% increase in bicyclists during rush hour. What! That’s awesome! And there’s more: Ther (Read More)
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We must never surrender. America will get better. I love you very much. (Read More)
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Contrary to what a quick survey of your favorite homeless people, with their refrigerator boxes and soiled couches, would lead you to belive, street furniture is not the discarded remains of old apartments and dead relationships. Rather, it’s the stuff, usually put there by the local governing body, that populates the pavem (Read More)
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BIKE THE STRIKE Commuters Can Bike During a SEPTA Strike PHILADELPHIA – November 3, 2009 – The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia urges SEPTA travelers to bike instead of driving. Commuters who bike will win out over those stuck in traffic jams of epic proportions.”Avoid the crush and bike the strike,” says Alex Doty (Read More)
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Let us face this simple fact: In all likelihood, you have a better chance of catching a SEPTA bus today than mustering up whatever it takes to care about this Election Day. But still, democracy trudges on. Here in Philadelphia, the only race a reasonable person could be expected to watch is one that will [...]. (Read More)
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Remember last year, when we all had visions of a Philly Bike Share dancing in our heads? Well, as the Bike Share Philadelphia folks gather steam, they may want to take a look at Paris for examples of what not to do. In this piece in Saturday’s NYT, we learn that, out of the 20,600 [...]. (Read More)
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The Gaboon Viper is “the world’s heaviest viperid and it has the longest fangs and the highest venom yield of any venomous snake.” The one above is waiting for you at the Philadelphia Zoo, where it will invariably try to talk you into getting a tattoo of its own likeness. (Read More)
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FRIDAY: >>> In Jolly Old Englund, Mischief Night is a chance for all of the merry young people to play clever pranks on their elders; here in Philadelphia, it’s an excuse for our finest street urchins to commit violent crime — they get more “points” if you’re a minority in whatever particular neighborhood you’re in — [...] (Read More)
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Oct 30, 2009
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We cannot tell a lie: It makes us feel nice just knowing that Tweed Ride Philadelphia even exists. What better way to enjoy a Saturday in Novemeber, after all, than comb your moustache, deck yourself out in your finest tweed, and take a leisurely ride around the city with others who, like you, share an [...]. (Read More)
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From a press release economically titled, “INSPIRED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE MAYORS, NEW YORK CITY CORPORATION COUNSEL AND PHILADELPHIA CITY SOLICITOR BET ON WORLD SERIES”: Whichever team loses, the chief legal official from the losing city will travel to the other city, along with a team of leading attorneys and staff. (Read More)
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Phillies fans crowd Shorty’s, a Philly-loving cheesesteak restaurant in NYC, to watch the Phillies Vs. Yankees in World Series game 1. Fans that arrived before the game were treated to free cheesesteaks courtesy of GPTMC, With Love XOXO TM, October 28, 2009. Meredith Edlow for GPTMC. And as you are no doubt aware, the Phils (Read More)
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