Posted in Philly News on Dec 6th, 2007
Wow - quite a story here. In case you hadn’t heard, there was a major identity theft ring taking place in the Belgravia House in Center City.
Full writeup from CBS3 here.
Buy a shredder people. And as for how they got keys to various apartments…I’m not even sure. Setup home surveillance. This whole story is [...]
Posted in City Living Alerts, Deals on Dec 6th, 2007
Face it, you’re cold. It’s like 15 degrees outside and here you are bumbling around with a 5 year old company windbreaker. That ain’t gonna cut it in Philly.
Fortunately, REI.com has a sale that you can take advantage of to warm your ass up.
40% off select North Face jackets on this website. If you spend [...]
Posted in Philly News on Dec 5th, 2007
It’s true! Frankly it’s not totally shocking. I wouldn’t say that mass transit in Philadelphia is on par with some other major cities, and the weather, lack of usable subways, potential for crime all have to weigh into these types of studies.
Surprisingly, DC was rated first. While I think that’s a more “walkable” city, I [...]
Posted in Philly News, Transportation on Dec 4th, 2007
This nugget flew under the radar somewhat quietly. The President decided to focus on domestic matters and stepped in to avert a potentially disastrous Amtrak strike that would have left millions of commuters along the Northeast corridor out of luck.
Fortunately we can continue avoiding the Delta Shuttle for another month while they (hopefully) [...]
Posted in Philly News on Dec 3rd, 2007
In case you were wondering why there was traffic on Broad Street this morning…
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20071203_Bomb_threat_in_Center_City.html
Posted in Reviews on Dec 3rd, 2007
The Mac & Cheese Blog has a review of the ING Direct Cafe’s that are popping up in major cities. Certainly, if you’ve been to Center City you’re familiar with the one Walnut.
For those that don’t know, ING is predominantly a web-based financial services company. They make up for not having brick-and-mortar outlets [...]