Philadelphia Weekly went for a stunning, lonnnnng jab at its own “edgy” ghost this week and wound up running as fast as it could, dick down, straight into the dirt. How, you ask? By publishing this first “hand” account (GET IT?) of what happens at the Chinatown washy-washy places. SURPRISE: You can has handjobs! People [...]

The PHA Executive Director and the future president of Haiti both came out of hiding to say that, indeed, they were in hiding.

Absolutely crucial Hazard jam.

Believe it or not, there is some version of a chance that the answer could be “Yes.” This week’s Fishtown Star has a nice piece of reporting on the small and large parcels of money Sugarhouse is handing out to various neighbor orgs, from $1M annual payouts to the Penn Treaty Special Services District down [...]

>>> Ringring! It’s time for some bike news, so you all can freak out on each other in pro-bike/anti-bike rage because when you get down to it, we are all still savages. So let’s go! There are these new bike lines finally connecting the Temple campus to Fishtown, which is great news for our skinny-jean’d [...]

But we kinda think you should follow him — and us, for that matter — anyway.

Who could have known that one of the nastiest anti-Sestak ads in the whole race would come not directly from Scary Howdy Doody Toomey but from the Republican Jewish Coalition, who seem to have real beef with Sestak’s voting record and platform regarding Israel? This ad pushes a lot of buttons, and we’re curious to [...]

I almost went back after dark to lift “bumper buddy” up and show some Philly love.. As lifelong residents of Philly, we feel compelled to add: What a pussy. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

· Readers Write: Is Your Server Overcharging You, A Few Dollars At A Time? · John Daly, J’Adore! · This Just In: Final Menu for Amada’s Heirloom Tomato Fest And It Is Bangin’ All this and more — plus the Phoodie Restaurant Guide and Phoodie Calendar on Phoodie.info, the new food and drink blog from [...]

For anyone who: lives on Google Maps or Yelp, is obsessive compulsive about plans, loves discovering new Philly digs — CommonSpace is going to blow your mind. The site, developed by Azavaea in partnership with NPowerPa and the Sustainable Business Network, finds restaurants, bars, stores, concerts, nearly anything, really, in any given area. You just [...]

This morning, the FBI raided seemingly every location where Pennsylvania state representative Bill Keller hung his hat, as well as the home and office of Philadelphia Traffic Court judge Bobby Mulgrew, a former employee of Electricians’ Union Local 98. And weirdly, already, Governor Ed Rendell is coming to Keller’s defense. There’s been no comment from [...]

Any day now, construction crews are set to descend upon Pier 53, where Washington Ave. meets the Delaware River, and create the first new public green space in that area in many, many years. “The design team is finishing the various site assessments and the plans are undergoing technical review by the water department in [...]

Please allow me to speak to my fellow fans here. We should probably deal with the elephant in the room right away: Is it morally correct for Dean Wareham to go on tour and play the songs — the lazy, wild, beautiful songs — of Galaxie 500? Well, he did write and sing them, you [...]

Don’t look! Stop!

Remember this Readers Cameraphone post from Monday that spotted a Ride The Ducks boat back in the water? Turns out, the company was doing some training — they’re currently working with the Coast Guard to get back up and running in Philly, and boy, aren’t we all excited for that — but while they were, [...]

There’s a great, sprawling piece up on PlanPhilly right now on the past, present and future of what we call G-Ho but academics and sourpusses will call “Southwest Center City.” Therein, there’s a lot of points of interest — from how the neighborhood went from bombed-out to having a Toll Brothers gated community to how [...]

When, oh when, with the leathery leatherfaces of the Main Line/Rittenhouse service journalism axis learn? PhillyMag, who invented the species, is all but in the toilet (you can say it with the French pronunciation if it makes you feel better); Philly Style limps along after a series of shakeups (fun trivia: Phila. Newspapers LLC owns [...]

The above is part of a spreadsheet released this morning by Vice President Biden, by way of announcing 94 Recovery Act investments in broadband projects all around the United States. As you can see, none of them directly benefit Philly, but they do paint a picture of how PA could, in time, become a very [...]

I took this as advice from SEPTA to desensitize my genitals before boarding the bus. It’s made my commute much less painful… Spotted at 22nd & Market, soon to be recast by GPTMC as the Cantfeelyourcockohood. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

>>> Come ’round to the 700 tonight for a not-at-all special Dog Days edition of Philebrity Salon, where your esteemed editor will be going on a 4 Men With Beards rampage. Oh, Chris Bell, you complete me. >>> Or, over at the Barbary, get your mope on with Hang The DJ.