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The Angry Grammarian: The Rumpus Crowns a Champnew
Started last November, the Angry Grammarian Great Scrabulous Tournament Challenge Rumpus—a Facebook-based Scrabble competition--whittled 120 original competitors down to one final champ.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jeffrey Barg |
07-14-2008 |
Commentary
The Phillies' So Taguchi has Lost His Waynew
But the slumping outfielder remains determined to find it.
Philadelphia Weekly |
G.W. Miller III |
07-14-2008 |
Sports
A Simpler Rouillenew
Here's Eileen Weiswasser's simplified version of this sauce. If you'd like, make your own mayonnaise and mix in a bit of bouillabaisse. Makes one cup.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Mara Zepeda |
07-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
Dirty Buttons: Bogged Gardensnew
Most people assume these striking, alien plants are rare tropical exotics, but they’re not. The venus flytrap is native to a very small coastal plain in the Carolinas, and sundews and pitcher plants can be found from southern Florida to as far north as Canada.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Lord Whimsy |
07-07-2008 |
Gardening
Have Tequila Blanco? Try Mango Fresconew
Tequila Blanco is not oak-aged like other tequilas, so it doesn't overpower the other flavors in the drink. Makes one 8-ounce cocktail.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tim McGinnis |
06-30-2008 |
Food+Drink
Let's Talk Shade Gardensnew
If you have a small deck or courtyard, you can still cultivate a serene urban oasis: Use small raised beds, artful clusters of colorful pots or old containers like bathtubs, buckets and barrels.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Lord Whimsy |
06-30-2008 |
Gardening
Wireless Philadelphia is Still Around, but Its Objectives are Differentnew
If low-income residents can grab a brand-spanking-new free wireless signal anywhere on the streets of Philadelphia using laptops they probably don't own, can't afford and don't know how to use, does it count as digital inclusion?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tasneem Paghdiwala and Anthony Campisi |
06-30-2008 |
Tech
Get Turned on to Vidalia Onionsnew
Vidalias are adored for their caramel sweetness. What red peppers are to green, what yams are to Russets, what in-season heirlooms are to wintertime Roma tomatoes, so are Vidalias to white onions.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Mara Zepeda |
06-16-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: onions, Vidalia onions
Vidalia Onion Tart Makes a Great Light Suppernew
Omit bacon for a veggie version. Serves four.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Mara Zepeda |
06-16-2008 |
Food+Drink
Marc Brodzik on His Launch of Scrapple.TVnew
Scrapple.TV, an internet TV station, exists at the moment is a virtual pirate TV commune featuring every badass art bastard and stared-at-in-the-street crazy Philly street culture freak around.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steven Wells |
06-16-2008 |
Tech
Recipe: Barbecue Chicken Meltnew
This recipe sass-ifies kids and adults alike. Simple, too. Serves four.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
06-03-2008 |
Food+Drink
Confessions of an Internet TV Junkienew
Competitive reality shows, sitcoms, Wristcutters: A Love Story -- I need them all.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
06-03-2008 |
Commentary
The Angry Grammarian: White People Love Grammarnew
I’m white. Always have been. So imagine my excitement when “Grammar” was recently featured on the ever-popular Stuff White People Like blog.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jeffrey Barg |
05-27-2008 |
Commentary
Burger Battles: Five Guys vs. Goodburgernew
It's burger time on the west side of Chestnut, with N.Y.C. newcomer Goodburger (imported by Pietro's owners Nick Tsoulos and Peter Pashalis) challenging D.C. chainster Five Guys for the midtown lunch crowd's bovine-in-a-bun loyalties.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Adam Erace |
05-27-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Angry Grammarian: How the Capitalization of "Internet" Foretold the Doom of Print Journalismnew
The copyediting rules applied to Internet-related terms go a long way in showing just how unprepared newspapers were for the Internet’s arrival, and how fundamental their misunderstanding was of it. So now, thanks to complete unpreparedness on the part of newspapers, we’re left with a mess of rules rife with inconsistencies.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jeffrey Barg |
05-27-2008 |
Commentary
