The second installment of my Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz is posted. It's got everything you hope you know about the first European, uh, visitors to our shores … www.phillymag.com/news/semiqui...
Test your knowledge of Philly! This month: The semi-obscure, somewhat murky, utterly unbidden earliest excursions of Europeans on these, our sacred shores.
Our top 5 Most Philly Athletes of All Time is full of heavy-hitters, gamechangers, and plenty of room for debate. So have at it!
I sat on the porch in the sun this afternoon. Granted, it was only for 20 minutes, and granted, I had a blanket around me. But still! It's coming!!!
A thousand times YES!!! SO MUCH SNOW HERE!!!!
Oh dear. The blizzard has begun just as I took possession of eight boxes of Girl Scout cookies ...
Hi All, here’s the link to join us in a walk to support the homeless citizens living in Pottstown.
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A bouquet of white chrysanthemums
Snowy flowers for a snowy Valentine's Day!
Well, there's a robin out in my garden, so despite all the frozen evidence around us, it must be spring ...
Introducing our monthly Semiquincentennial Quiz. First up, the Lenni Lenape Era.
A Christmas cactus with two -- just two -- bright pink blossoms
Woo-hoo! This year, the Christmas cactus has TWO WHOLE BLOSSOMS! That's twice as many as last year -- progress!
A moth orchid in a window with snow falling outside
Orchids in the snow!
July by @pricklepicklepie.bsky.social ! #naddpod
For @phillymag.com, I wrote about how I became invisible. Surprise! I kind of like it! www.phillymag.com/news/2026/01...
A single flower of a white and deep red moth orchid
Second winter in a row I got this orchid to rebloom! I feel like the freaking Orchid Queen!!! Even if I do know these are the easiest orchids to grow ... 😉
New year's babeyyy
Man, I am SO GLAD my kids aren't professional athletes. Particularly NFL kickers.
Paintings of hammerhead sharks depicted in the "Oki National Products Illustration Notes". From Japan, Edo Period, ca 1735
A pair of happy hammerhead sharks
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)
Husband is pissed at me because I listen to Dylan on Alexa while I clean the house and apparently it screwed up his Wrapped age thing on Spotify by making him look really old. Hey, I'm CLEANING THE HOUSE HERE!
Excuse me, but how in the f'ing hell is NORAD an abbreviation for "North American Aerospace Defense Command"? I mean, in what universe?
From a Northern Liberties parade to Krampus photo ops, Philly’s holiday season is trading forced cheer for folklore, horns, and a little rebellion.
CHECK IT OUT!! Our limited time winter pop-up shop is now open! From now until Friday the 19th! Check out limited time items like stickers and ornaments by @zray.bsky.social @fexazaur.bsky.social @husious.bsky.social and me!! yippee!! ko-fi.com/wintermarket...
I keep emailing them and asking HOW THE F*** DO I GET RID OF THE AI PROMPT and they never answer.
Floofy!
Our weekly round-up of the best, can’t-miss bits of culture that we here at Philly Mag have been loving lately.
I don't think that new traffic pattern for Eagles fans leaving the Linc really got a fair test today, since fans began heading out in disgust not long after the half. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
🔥 Trump has thrown everything he has at us. Insulted us, divided us, threatened us, targeted us, & yet he hasn’t even come close to breaking us.
He has revealed the worst in America, but in the process, has also awakened the best.
America will rise.
-Carlos Alvarez-Aranyos, No Kings Co-Founder 👑
hoot hoot hooray
I have been thinking about this line today, on the value of editors, from the late great John Bennet, for no reason in particular.
