· Martha Stewart Finally Admits On Behalf Of Everyone That Rachael Ray Is The Sarah Palin Of The Food World
· Commentroversy: El Camino Real And Dustin Chalermkittichai/Robinson
· Unsung En Francias: Three Great Off-The-Beaten Path French Bistros In Philly
All this and more — plus the Phoodie Restaurant Guide and Phoodie Calendar on Phoodie.info, the new food [...]

>>> Although, in reality, I have no idea what on Earth would propel a person outside of their home on a night like this, it must be said: The music of Canadian rock instrumental group Do Make Say Think could not be appropriate for a night like this and will be totally great at Sanctuary [...]

Hey, you know what’s awesome? THE SUN. And over in Greece, there’s this company called HelioSphera that makes loads and loads of solar panels, which take the awesomeness of the sun and turn it into ENERGY, which is also awesome. And now, guess what: HelioSphera is coming to Philadelphia, where they’ll have a manufacturing facility [...]

Yeah, that’s right: We wear sweater vests. Like all the time. Because they’re cool. And if you don’t think they’re cool, we’ve got news for you: You aren’t cool, motherfucker. Yeah, that’s right. Bet you were kinda surprised to hear such fightin’ words from a mob of bloggers in sweater vests, weren’t-cha? Yeah, we get [...]

The TLA Video may have closed its doors on both South Street and Spring Garden, but here’s one area where the company is succeeding wildly: Porn. TLA’s irreverent porn blog, POPPORN (borderline NSFW), has now received nine AVN 2010 nominations for their first two site-produced adult features (produced and distributed by Zero Tolerance and 3rd [...]

Says Joe:
Will the streets of Philadelphia ever be safe for civilized man?
With Love Always,
Joe Boruchow
P.S. This is the last week to check out Public Service: New Paper Cutouts by Joe Boruchow at The Bean Cafe, 615 South Street. It closes on Tues Dec 8th.
More –including hi-res, printable poster-size versions of Joe’s work — [...]

Sheena Easton. Who knew?

According to KYW1060, Santa Paws (pictured at right with unbelievably cute puppy) is available for photographs with your pet (or other little center-of-the-universe) Saturdays through December 19th from 2pm to 4pm at in front of the fireplace in the lobby of Hotel Palomar Philadelphia. But, seeing as this is Philly and how we roll and [...]

Anthropologist Philippe Bourgois and photographer-ethnographer Jeff Schonberg spent more than a decade among a community of heroin injectors and crack smokers who survive on the streets of San Francisco’s former industrial neighborhoods. Their extensive research formed the subject of a provocative new book, Righteous Dopefiend (University of California Press, Berkeley, 2009), and now, a new [...]

Sure, the proposed new bike bills by City Councilmen Frank DiCicco and Jim Kenney could be an expensive annoyance to the average bicyclist, but if you’re one of Philly’s bike messengers, the new fines proposed by these bills could put you out of business altogether. So at 5PM today, The Philadelphia Bike Messenger Association will [...]

That’s it. No, really.
Back in the day, the ad industry was one of Philadelphia’s core creative economies, creating jobs and making waves nationwide; these days, it’s one of the major suspects in any Brain Drain argument, and the work put out by many of the still-existing local agencies would be downright laughable if it weren’t [...]

See that big honking Christmas tree? No you don’t.
Here is the bad news: There will be no Christmas tree at the Philadelphia Museum of Art this year. Here is the good news: It’s not because of the recession, and also… there will be EXPLOSIONS instead! Now, before you start quoting chapter and verse from The [...]

WEDNESDAY:
>>> HANDS UP IF YOU’RE READY TO FACE YOUR FAMILY TOMORROW THROUGH THE DENSE FOG OF A HANGOVER AND POSSIBLY BEING STILL DRUNK/HIGH! It’s an American tradition, you teabaggers, and if you hate this, YOU HATE FREEDOM. So let’s get to it, on this, The Biggest Drinking Night Of The Year (Or So We Are [...]

RECOMMENDED: The money behind Fantastic Mr. Fox could have employed any halfwit director and scored a commercial hit because of subject matter and holiday release. But instead of going for the softball, the studio took a chance on a guy who makes his living in a niche market with oddball humor. Not exactly a recipe [...]

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We’ll get it started. Philebrity is thankful for:
· the fact that all we have to do is type the word “bicycle” and 50 comments magically appear instantly.
· the selection of olives at both DiBruno Bros. in the Italian Market and the South Street Whole Paycheck.
· that moment last night at the 700, around 10:15 or [...]

Probably not — and we’ll be comparing and contrasting the two in a post next week — but damn, it sure does feel like there’s some Deck The Halls-style arms-race bitchslapping going on here. Yesterday, Comcast invited community leaders and members of the hospitality biz to preview The Comcast Holiday Spectacular in 3-D. The show [...]

>>> Kath Bloom is about as real as dyed-in-the-wool old-style freak-folkers get. That’s her (and about 20 of her closest musician friends) in the video above, belting out “Something To Tell You.” Tonight, Bloom plays an ultra-rare — first-ever? — show at Silk City with Meg Baird of Espers. Baird appeared on Loving Takes This [...]

Philadelphia is a town steeped in rich culture. Not to get all history lesson on you, but after you’ve been around for a while, weird-looking places start catching your eye. While most of them are benign, some look like there should be a spiral staircase to leading to a secret, smokey basement. There are plenty [...]

If you’ve not seen New Left Media’s compelling/hilarious/awful interview footage of Sarah Palin supporters, spend a few moments getting to know your fellow Americans. Or, as we call like to call it, “The Thanksgiving Dinner Conversation Pre-Game Show.”