And they’re calling it the Snow Sandwich! Youse knowe, like a hoag! The following graphic illustrates the hardpack or icepack situation that developed on some Philadelphia streets in the wake of the last storm. City snow plowing crews removed much of the snow that fell after the initial three inches of snow, rain and sleet, [...]

The Chertoff Mural, prior to conservation. © 1961 by Maurice Sendak, all rights reserved. A few years ago, Philly’s Rosenbach Museum & Library — the same museum that holds an original manuscript of James Joyce‘s Ulysses and many archives originally belonging to the great children’s author Maurice Sendak — acquired a fine thing indeed: A [...]

We know it excites you and all (not in that way, no, no, God no), but still, c’mon, Be cool.

Those of you who are also regular readers of FailBlog (huge crossover audience there) might have already seen the above image from the (at least presently) ill-fated 30th Street Bike Lane. The lane first opened back in December, but was quickly shut down by PennDOT when motorists pretty much refused to stop parking there, as [...]

Somebody get these peeps in ReadyMade, this thing is legit!

Or at least Mark A. Falzon, VP of something called the Jersey Shore Tea Party, is. You know, because merging the two absolute fucking worst American creations of the last decade — Jersey Shore and the Tea Party, that is — just isn’t enough. In an ecstatic, all-caps laden email accusing the Obama administration of [...]

It’s always a nice little bonus when you show up to work on Monday and find that the Inky/Daily News ad department has written a joke just for you. Related: If the DN is written at a fifth grade reading level to begin with, does that mean that I have to ask my mom before [...]

Five days in on the old snow and with some new stuff on the way, you people are still playing with it: This dude is an artist who lives in LA. He said it is first venture in snow art. This is located at Dickinson square park on 4th and tasker. The whole thing should [...]

Perhaps as an addendum to the Great Shorts-In-Winter Debate: You know, when it comes down to it, one of the few real gripes we have during this already-intense winter is that all of the people who rock the utilitarian bike messenger/urban elf quest look to begin with are all like, “Now is my time to [...]

Ah, the beasts of Philadelphia, rodents of unusual size, all of which seem to be seeking shelter in our homes, especially during these winter months. Thankfully we’ve only got mice, which we’re currently trying to trap, humanely, of course, with a home constructed death fall apparatus (without the water), made with a spatula resting in [...]

There’s a great exhibit right now at the Esther M. Klein Gallery at the Science Center over on 36th and Market. Get your geeky art & science fix and head over to see works by David Bowen. His art-producing machines have been shown all over the world and the U.S. These beautiful translations of technology [...]

Carmageddon On An Icy Hill We’re happy the sun is out today.

Maybe it’s a good thing that there’s not too much going on this weekend, because most of Philly is still a skating rink. Is Septa is even fully up and running yet? We don’t know, but be careful out there! A couple of art openings, shows, and dance-your-pants-off parties for ya. FRIDAY: >>> Bear Hands, [...]

RECOMMENDED: Another Year is the latest from that serial-monogamist-of-the-talky-English-movie vibe Mike Leigh (Happy-Go-Lucky, Vera Drake, Secrets & Lies, Topsy Turvy), and it stars regulars Jim Broadbent (Topsy Turvy, When Did You Last See Your Father) and Ruth Sheen (High Hopes). Broadbent and Sheen play — and the movie is about — one of those anchor [...]

I spotted this poster at the corner of 39th and Walnut yesterday and I was bewildered. As a few people know, John Kromer is running for Sheriff in Philadelphia. His goal is to eliminate the Sheriff’s office and consolidate its responsibilities into other city offices, mainly because the Sheriff’s office is pretty bad at its [...]

A reader near 6th & Reed sends us this lament. I weep for south philly and its sad parking culture: But you know, it just wouldn’t be a snow hangover in Philly without a little bit of this flavor. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

Crazy as it sounds, John Bolaris’s Freudian-Slip Massive Weatherpenis is really the least of Fox 29′s worries.

Totally the level we’re on today.

One reader sends us this snap of 17th & Walnut, around 9AM yesterday morning. Another sends us this shot of South Philly, from 13th and Locust, around the same time. And finally, here’s two ten-foot snowmen, and smaller friend, at 10th and Locust. Aw. Magical! Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

A reader sends along this note and the following screen grab: Snow plow death. 4 o’clock news. Obviously I’m having a snow day. Thank you for the bloody killer snow plow graphic. I had to rewind and take a pic. I’m not the arbiter of good taste but like, dude, a lady friggin died. We [...]