>>>There’s a Fishtown twofer with the crew of Mambo Movers tonight. In case you, like cave-hidden Osama or active senior John McCain, have been out of touch for a long, long time, Mambo is well-known as the home of itinerant artsy/hip boys from our fair city, who will move you wherever for a surprisingly [...]

Meet Victoria, or as we like to call her Vicbjorktia.

And has Miguel got the flavor of love?

PHILADELPHIA SOUL AND VIRGIN MOBILE USA ANNOUNCE FREE SOUL CELEBRATION FEATURING BON JOVI TO CELEBRATE AFL CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
Philadelphia – (July 31, 2008) – Virgin Mobile USA and Bon Jovi will offer up some rock and soul with a free Soul Celebration featuring Bon Jovi as a follow up to the Philadelphia Soul’s Virgin Mobile ArenaBowl [...]

Damn, Todd: It’s only Thursday. Relax, bro.

We’ll post them as quickly as they come off the assembly line. First up, meet Barbara Ellis.
Previously: State Rep Tony Payton Wants To Love You Up And Rub You Down With His Hot Legislation All Night Long, Sweet Lady
Shocking Development: Sole Entry Into Philebrity’s Mr. Gay Publicity Stunt Turns Out To Be… A Media Whore!

· We write about our pals at Grasshopper Project all the time, A) because they are sweet, glamorous ladies and B) because they have a great little store. But what we didn’t realize was that, when nobody was looking, they were secretly logging in on what is probably the most interesting fashion blog emanating from [...]

As best we can tell, a bomb-sniffing dog just smelt a shotgun in some asshole’s car, parked in the Independence Visitors’ Center parking lot. [KYW, MyFoxPhilly]

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Oh, right, we almost forgot, and then this happened! The Philadelphia Soul became the first people in Philadelphia to win anything since Ben Franklin stuck a feather in his hat and called it “Whoa, I’m bisexual, and here’s your motherfucking electricity!” SO CONGRATS, BOYS! But while you celebrate today, let’s not get ahead of ourselves [...]

We know you don’t care, but there was a 5.4 earthquake in Southern California on Tuesday that basically set the stage for California finally, gloriously falling into the ocean sometime in the next 30 years. KYW1060 rang up presumably the only Californian they know (and possibly the only living reminder of the time when the [...]

Its not in philly and I don’t know how it got there, but there is an old septa car on 4th ave, btw union and president in brooklyn. Its also visible on google streetview.
A little piece of philly just chillin in nyc.
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No, seriously: The Jay-Z-backed L’Eau Condominiums in Northern Liberties? Not an urban myth! How many times do we have to tell you?
Casting an eye beyond the [New York] city, Dawanna Williams discovered the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia, a kind of sixth-borough Dumbo [Ed.: Woof!] that has drawn artists to its warehouse conversions [...]

>>> I’m not sure if we’re in the opening shots what could technically be called another heatwave or not; what I do know is that I have that last-week-of-high-school feeling that just makes me wanna pretend like I paying attention to the goings-on around me while, in reality, my brain — everyone’s brain — is [...]

The backstreets of Philadelphia are littered with so much random detritus of the modern world that sometimes, it’s hard to tell what any of this shit even is. Like that thing over there — it might be a piece of some girl’s weave that came out during a late night girlfight. Then again, it might [...]

So, we haven’t mentioned this, but we’re starting to look over applications for the fall intern posse. And well, there’s this:
Dear Philebrity,
This letter has been a long time coming. I’ve had to wrestle with so many conflicting emotions every time I tried to sit down at a keyboard and get it out. After weighing out [...]

Nothing quite says “August in Philly” like standing in the sun by the muddy banks of the Delaware, sweating all good sense away and burning your flesh straight crispy. And, nothing quite says “the ought years” like the way in which we started out utterly loathing The Killers to where we wound up blasting that [...]

It’s already been a long week. We’re getting lost for a few hours. Posting will resume later this afternoon. In the meantime, follow the scroll back for the last week or so, there’s been a ton of posts and you have definitely not read them all. Don’t give me that look. I swear I’ll be [...]

Hey, we think these guys might have a future.

Hey, remember when we got all excited to “sponsor”/flood the voting of this year’s Mr. Gay contest with Philebrity readers? Well, guess what? So far, only one of you has ponied up. But before we get to him, we have, um, a bone to pick with you people. We know you gays are out there [...]

· A head’s up to caterer/educator Sweet Pea Nourishment
· Info on Jose Garces on Iron Chef America, plus, if you scroll way down, exclusive video of Distrito
· Adieu to Olga’s Diner, plus reader recommends for the still-living diners among us
· And some hot news on Pub & Kitchen, the new Rittenhouse/Fitler Square place headed up by [...]