>>> Fast Company, that quaint relic of the go-go 90s, when people actually made money in an environment where it was not assumed that it’d all be lost in 6 months anyway, hollered at Philly, naming us a “Fast City” for the City’s Mortgage Foreclosure Protection Program, citing it as a model for success. Now, if we could only sell Fast Company all of those empty storefronts and the rest of Fishtown. You want it, FastCo? We can get it for you, cheeeep! [FastCompany]
>>> Next, a big-up to Pig Iron Theater Co.‘s James Sugg, who totally went home with an OBIE last night for his work in Chekhov Lizardbrain, which is funny, ‘cos last night, I went home with a DOOBIE for my work in Blue Oyster Cult Gekkomind. Great minds think alike! Revisit our interview with Sugg from a few years back here. [TheClog/Philebrity'sGreatestHits]
>>> And finally, congrats to the Philly Tourism Industry, who entertained 710K non-Americans last year — a 29% increase from the year previous — with not a single one of them slapping Joey Vento across his stupid face with a frilly white glove. You know, because that’s our job! [PBJ]

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