FRIDAY: >>> As we’ve been mentioning, our pool party with Les Professionnels happens tonight at North Shore Beach Club — and then not again until July! The weather is gonna be lovely, the pool will be warm, and admission is dead cheap. Join us. >>> Elswehere, for fans of indie horror movies, the Mausoleum Art [...]

RECOMMENDED: Indeed, you have done your part lately: You got your brainy on and went to see Moonrise Kingdom; your bore down and got bored by Radiohead and the specter of Thom Yorke’s utterly offensive (on several levels) ponytail; even your current beach reading is ponderous. You deserve a break. You deserve Rock of Ages. [...]

It’s not that this lady is wrong, it’s just that she’s been here for a year and so clearly has her eye on the door already. Where does PhillyMag find these people? (Don’t answer that, we already know: Brooklyn is at capacity.) Update: Too funny: Author apparently leaving PhillyMag for greener pastures next week. Related: [...]

Hey, what’s 70 feet long, loaded with free condoms and hanging out on 13th Street right now? THIS GUY!!! Just kidding. Actually, it’s the Condom Nation tour, currently stationed in the Gayborhood on Locust Street between 12th and 13th Streets. Philadelphia FIGHT (Field Initiating Group for HIV Trials) is the tour’s local partner; the Condom [...]

It’s worth thinking about. Previously: From The Desk Of Christopher Sawyer: About The Fire

We mentioned this a few weeks back, but just in case, here’s a friendly message from your friends at The Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities (MOTU) and the Philadelphia Streets Department: Are there any abandoned bicycles crowding the sidewalk in your neighborhood? Now’s your time to do something about it! The Mayor’s Office of [...]

The Dude, currently in Orlando, FL, where he’ll be inaugurated as the president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors this weekend, went on CNN this morning and laid down the knowledge. You know, like everyone else, we have our issues with The Dude from time to time, but time and again, when he hits the [...]

Stop tryna blame da bullshit on me…I was just there like everybody else — Meek Mill (@MeekMill) June 14, 2012 Other than Drake (and very possibly, monitoring the situation from a great distance, Rihanna), guess who else is tangentially mixed up the whole fracas the other night at NYC club that left Chris Brown with [...]