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November 15, 2016
Just Sold: $425,000 Stunning brand new renovation at it’s best! This property was totally renovated with immaculate finishes!! It boasts 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, beautiful maple hardwood floors t/o, high end porcelain tiles, central air, contemporary open kitchen with gorgeous white cabinets, high end Samsung stainless appliances, sparkling top of the line Quartz counter tops, beautiful stainless farmhouse sink, […]
November 15, 2016
Philadelphia students and parents may soon see a difference in the school year calendar. The School Reform Commission is currently looking at alternative schedules for the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 school years. If the changes are approved, over the next two years, the school year will gradually start earlier and earlier so that students are starting classes before Labor Day and […]
November 15, 2016
Area codes are, to certain people, a big deal. More than just the three-digit numeric prefix to your telephone number, they stand for a sense of neighborhood identity and pride. Across the country, some refer to their hometown by way of shorthand using the local area code, much in the same way that others tout their ZIP code. My own […]
November 11, 2016
Who didn’t grow up playing with Lego bricks? This perennially-popular toy is a favorite with children and grownups alike… you can build just about anything, and the possibilities for creativity and self-expression are boundless. Surely you’ve seen massive displays made out of Legos – I know at Disney Springs I came face-to-face with a life-sized red dragon emerging from the […]
November 10, 2016
Citizens of the United States are mad over the election of Donald Trump, as the sheer number of protests coast to coast showed yesterday and last night. Trump won the Electoral College, but Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, one fact that inflamed protesters. There is also the fact that Trump has made sexist, racist, and generally bigoted comments throughout […]
November 8, 2016
By this time tomorrow – barring any Electoral College craziness a la Bush v. Gore in 2000 – the dust will have settled and America will have voted for a new president. Today is the big day, and nothing else matters… not the pollsters nonstop TV chatter, not the celebrity endorsements, not the brouhaha over e-mail leaks and lewd comments. […]
November 7, 2016
Good news for the commuters of Philly who have been Uber’ing, walking, riding bikes, or stuck in gridlocked traffic for the past week – the SEPTA strike is (unofficially) over. TWU Local 234 announced on Twitter earlier this morning that a “tentative agreement” had been struck, and that bus, subway, and trolley service would re-commence later today. The news comes […]