http://phillyist.com/ Phillyist is a website about Philadelphia. MoreEditors: Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey, Andrew JohnstonAssociate Editors: Ross Currie, Allison Krumm, Joe RossPublisher: Gothamist en Copyright 2011 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:00:50 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.31-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=47c16753d4bfd33edddc5d6cddb2be33 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/31/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_fish.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/31/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_fish.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/31/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_fish.php#comments ]]>let the world know that Phillyist was live and online. Now five years, six months, three days, and nearly 13,000 posts later, it is my official duty to provide one last post for Phillyist. [ more › ]


]]> Miscellaneous 2011-01-31T17:00:50-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=87d301eff6399b8a3219407b5f182534 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/31/thanks_for_four_years_of_awesome.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/31/thanks_for_four_years_of_awesome.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/31/thanks_for_four_years_of_awesome.php#comments ]]>Elevating My Frustration. It was about elevator etiquette. I've come a long way since then. I featured interesting Twitter users and hope some of them will follow us into the future at @keypulp. I wrote not one but two posts on the mysterious Toynbee tiles. The local sleuths who spent years investigating them were the subject of a Sundance-winning documentary called Ressurect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles. [ more › ]


]]> Miscellaneous 2011-01-31T16:00:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=935f1f7eccc07de7c09ff38982ab6bc7 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/31/photoist_749.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/31/photoist_749.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/31/photoist_749.php#comments ]]>Snowventure along the Wissahickon Photographed by: Julia Rowe Wissahickon Creek [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Events 2011-01-31T13:00:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=eadbc76fe331910617bf12e067e4a7dc http://phillyist.com/2011/01/28/blogged_around_philly_68.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/28/blogged_around_philly_68.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/28/blogged_around_philly_68.php#comments ]]>Who needs an RSS feed when you have us? The best from this week in the 215 blogosphere... [ more › ]


]]> Miscellaneous 2011-01-28T15:30:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=d1e3e8a91c1fd10aa84659e803105724 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/28/photoist_748.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/28/photoist_748.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/28/photoist_748.php#comments ]]> [ more › ]


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]]> Arts & Events 2011-01-27T13:00:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=942d6e19f59d2775ef369a55334cc596 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/27/a_little_friendly_advice_for_our_so.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/27/a_little_friendly_advice_for_our_so.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/27/a_little_friendly_advice_for_our_so.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> Miscellaneous 2011-01-27T11:00:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=c00ecb4c7a84ffde13efe36c681c3ef2 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/27/artist_mami_kato.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/27/artist_mami_kato.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/27/artist_mami_kato.php#comments ]]>Mami Kato. A Japanese citizen, Kato was born and raised in Japan before coming to Philadelphia to attend the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts) on a transfer program. After moving back to Japan for a spell, she relocated to Philadelphia permanently eighteen years ago. For more insight into the career of this artIST, keep reading. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Events 2011-01-27T09:30:02-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=edb9bbb6d0129977a9fe065bbae46f4d http://phillyist.com/2011/01/26/this_week_in_philadelphia_theatre_50.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/26/this_week_in_philadelphia_theatre_50.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/26/this_week_in_philadelphia_theatre_50.php#comments ]]>Love Lessons From Abu Ghraid, a one woman show that opens at Interact this week, looks pretty compelling. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Events 2011-01-26T13:30:00-05:00 http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=edb9bbb6d0129977a9fe065bbae46f4d&p=4 edb9bbb6d0129977a9fe065bbae46f4d ]]> 2011-01-26T13:30:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=3909c1c53d825bd0b5b8b211137162f5 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/26/photoist_746.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/26/photoist_746.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/26/photoist_746.php#comments ]]>Capogiro Photographed by: cheshire smile eats (and drinks) Center City [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Events 2011-01-26T13:00:02-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=aa77140a273f58fc9582396daf33ad60 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/26/the_2011_state_of_the_union.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/26/the_2011_state_of_the_union.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/26/the_2011_state_of_the_union.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> Miscellaneous 2011-01-26T11:00:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=ad4d564abb3037d9a248be524884c4ce http://phillyist.com/2011/01/25/introducing_keypulp.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/25/introducing_keypulp.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/25/introducing_keypulp.php#comments ]]>teased on Twitter yesterday and revealed to Technically Philly this morning, January 31 is not the last you'll be seeing of the Phillyist editors and staff. True, Phillyist won't be updated after 5:00 p.m. next Monday, but, as that song we got stuck in your heads last week goes: "every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." [ more › ]


]]> Miscellaneous 2011-01-25T17:00:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=078762fd12a29a900e96aac0bec974c1 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/25/phillyist_reads_eleanor_brown_at_ch.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/25/phillyist_reads_eleanor_brown_at_ch.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/25/phillyist_reads_eleanor_brown_at_ch.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> Arts & Events 2011-01-25T16:30:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=67151e0cfe58a9cc40398789a445ef37 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/25/en_garde.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/25/en_garde.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/25/en_garde.php#comments ]]>Philadelphia Invitational, a season-opening men's and women's fencing event that saw fencing squads from schools such as Duke and UNC don their plastrons and knickers and do sabered battle in University City. Penn's men's team, ranked seventh nationally, was totally dominant. They went a perfect 6–0 on the day, only coming close to defeat against Duke. Here's a quick video recap with an interview with Penn junior Vidur Kapur. Errol Flynn ain't got shit on these bucklers of swash. [ more › ]


]]> Miscellaneous 2011-01-25T11:00:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=5de50d8287d6ace6e298a926134eacb2 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/25/yo_philly_in_the_news_504.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/25/yo_philly_in_the_news_504.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/25/yo_philly_in_the_news_504.php#comments ]]>more › ]


]]> News 2011-01-25T09:00:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=370d105deefd7ce1c7e5f55544fb49be http://phillyist.com/2011/01/24/phillyist_playlist_evan_dando_and_j.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/24/phillyist_playlist_evan_dando_and_j.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/24/phillyist_playlist_evan_dando_and_j.php#comments ]]>Evan Dando [MySpace] and Juliana Hatfield [MySpace], two former poster children of the grunge movement with a lot of history together. Both from Boston, Hatfield and Dando have gone through various iterations of living together, rumored knocking boots (Hatfield says she belongs to "a distinguished, though probably small, group of girls who can claim the distinction of having said no to going all the way with Evan Dando ... I lost my virginity to Spike Jonze"), breaking hearts, and making music over the last twenty-five years. They recently reunited for two shows in New York City, which then inspired a small fall tour through the East Coast that continues into University City tonight. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Events 2011-01-24T15:00:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=634902ca2f607cb0c75d8711f079c182 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/24/photoist_745.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/24/photoist_745.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/24/photoist_745.php#comments ]]>Icing Photographed by: Jana Shea Philadelphia [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Events 2011-01-24T13:00:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=b96564aac7769e84bc9146ada9ffc8d5 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/24/philly_loves_beer_last_call.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/24/philly_loves_beer_last_call.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/24/philly_loves_beer_last_call.php#comments ]]>has another week, this will be the last Philly Loves Beer as I will be in the land of Abita and too much High Life when that happens. So this will be goodbye, and as I am horrible at these kind of things I will leave you with other places you can turn to when you need beer info, brewing, drinking, or otherwise. [ more › ]


]]> Food 2011-01-24T12:30:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=291d7dcd3a1a1f8fc76c9f4b8f875766 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/24/frugal_fun_alert_jan_24_27_2011.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/24/frugal_fun_alert_jan_24_27_2011.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/24/frugal_fun_alert_jan_24_27_2011.php#comments ]]>more › ]


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]]> Miscellaneous 2011-01-21T15:30:01-05:00 http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=1b8e926fa222c3801db6c5a1d38cb579&p=4 1b8e926fa222c3801db6c5a1d38cb579 ]]> 2011-01-21T15:30:01-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=1d08215204a29c9668fb46f2011827f3 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/21/blogged_around_philly_66.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/21/blogged_around_philly_66.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/21/blogged_around_philly_66.php#comments ]]>Who needs an RSS feed when you have us? The best from this week in the 215 blogosphere... [ more › ]


]]> Miscellaneous 2011-01-21T14:30:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=2b50cfb8a2ed8b8939f76442c431386a http://phillyist.com/2011/01/21/photoist_744.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/21/photoist_744.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/21/photoist_744.php#comments ]]>Zoli's Sunset Photographed by: Julia Rowe Fairmount Park [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Events 2011-01-21T13:00:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=31ffcca863cb290d127f167ab1f03ac8 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/21/prepare_to_be_self-conscious_every.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/21/prepare_to_be_self-conscious_every.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/21/prepare_to_be_self-conscious_every.php#comments ]]>more › ]


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]]> Arts & Events 2011-01-21T10:00:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=1266dbcb0d7aba2d8915e94fb02c47b8 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/20/artist_ben_volta.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/20/artist_ben_volta.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/20/artist_ben_volta.php#comments ]]>Benjamin Volta, an artist who takes a collaborative approach to art, as he works with "public school teachers to develop creative methods that link art to specific areas of learning." A lifelong Philadelphia area resident, Volta was born in Abington and moved to Center City in 1998. There, he studied sculpture at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and Art History and Art Theory at the University of Pennsylvania. Keep reading to learn more about Volta and his current projects. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Events 2011-01-20T16:15:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=ddb169a91e0eb86f6f1ef3ece53e06f3 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/20/phillyist_interviews_bethenny_frank.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/20/phillyist_interviews_bethenny_frank.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/20/phillyist_interviews_bethenny_frank.php#comments ]]>Real Housewives" in the title, or of the word "skinny." But we are fans of low-calorie cocktails. So, when introduced to Bethenny Frankel's "SkinnyGirl margarita," a drink that doesn't use any fake sugars but manages to clock in at a delightfully drunken 100 calories, we fell in love a little. [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Events 2011-01-20T15:00:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=fbdfc46deb7dba89497812f41d0e11c9 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/20/photoist_743.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/20/photoist_743.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/20/photoist_743.php#comments ]]>Samuel Machinery Company Photographed by: MK Grandison Old City [ more › ]


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]]> News 2011-01-19T17:00:54-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=91e0c8f194d36cf3654dfa3a4815c02d http://phillyist.com/2011/01/19/this_week_in_philadelphia_theatre_49.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/19/this_week_in_philadelphia_theatre_49.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/19/this_week_in_philadelphia_theatre_49.php#comments ]]>The Glass Menagerie, A Few Good Men and Charlie Brown as a teenager. . . [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Events 2011-01-19T13:30:00-05:00 http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=91e0c8f194d36cf3654dfa3a4815c02d&p=4 91e0c8f194d36cf3654dfa3a4815c02d ]]> 2011-01-19T13:30:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=11eaeaecd28aceafdc9dac9367164129 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/19/photoist_742.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/19/photoist_742.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/19/photoist_742.php#comments [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Events 2011-01-19T13:00:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=0114ee78402a26ccea1b17a584327e8b http://phillyist.com/2011/01/19/photoist_741.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/19/photoist_741.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/19/photoist_741.php#comments ]]>Might As Well Jump! Photographed by: elfrethsalley Elfreth's Alley [ more › ]


]]> Arts & Events 2011-01-19T12:50:37-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=c982dc7fdaa4401e91c2ac6e2371b0f0 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/19/humane_society_launching_end_dogfig.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/19/humane_society_launching_end_dogfig.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/19/humane_society_launching_end_dogfig.php#comments ]]>Daily News tells us that the Humane Society of the United States will be at Hunting Park Recreation Center on Thursday to announce a campaign to stop the fighting. Let's hope they can take advantage of heightened awareness and get out the message. [ more › ]


]]> News 2011-01-19T12:30:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=6a1d7062d639e8cdcc469a7136eda148 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/19/gas_main_explosion_rocks_tacony.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/19/gas_main_explosion_rocks_tacony.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/19/gas_main_explosion_rocks_tacony.php#comments more › ]


]]> News 2011-01-19T11:30:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=2fe6c15aed11881b3eda5aec47c005e6 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/18/phillyist_reviews_the_2011_missd_am.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/18/phillyist_reviews_the_2011_missd_am.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/18/phillyist_reviews_the_2011_missd_am.php#comments                      ]]>Boardwalk Hall Sunday night, as Atlantic City embraced the rebirth of pageantry for the second year in a row. Just so you know, when the birthplace of modern pageantry is handed over to drag queens not only do you get first-class entertainment, you also get the attention a charity fundraiser truly deserves. As a result, more than 1,200 spectators filled the seats of the Adrian Phillips Ballroom and watched as Miss Kitty Hiccups was crowned Miss'd America 2011. [ more › ]


]]> News 2011-01-18T16:30:00-05:00 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=88d2c8501bf6527c73413101d17068d2 http://phillyist.com/2011/01/18/photoist_740.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/18/photoist_740.php http://phillyist.com/2011/01/18/photoist_740.php#comments ]]>(Untitled) Photographed by: cwPhotography Laurel Hill Cemetery [ more › ]


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