Up to this point I haven't been able to find the words to write since the COVID-19 pandemic started here in Philly. Like much of the rest of the world, I've gone through the whole range of emotions watching this thing unfold, from denial of how serious it was at the onset, to disbelief and... Continue Reading →
This past weekend when I was itching to get out of the house but didn't want to venture too far in the rain, I decided to visit a museum located right in my neighborhood that I had never visited before - the National Museum of American Jewish History (NMAJH). The museum sits within the nation's... Continue Reading →
Philadelphia was founded in 1682 and during the American Revolution became our nation's first capital. As you can imagine, any place with that much history has to have some ghost stories, and there is certainly no shortage of haunted locations in the City of Brotherly Love. If you're looking for the chance to catch some... Continue Reading →
In Southwest Philadelphia along Cobbs Creek lies Mount Moriah, one of the city's great rural cemeteries developed in the mid-1800's. It once even held the grave of Betsy Ross, before she and husband John Claypoole were moved to the courtyard of her historic landmark home on Arch Street. Unlike the city's beloved National Historic Landmark... Continue Reading →
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