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Virgin America expands with service to Philadelphia
Jan 17th, 2012 at 3:00PM:
Welcome to the City of Brotherly Love Virgin America. The California-based airline has announced that starting April 4, 2012, they will offer three daily nonstop flights from Philadelphia (PHL) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and two daily nonstop flights from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) starting April 10, 2012.
Connecting flights will also be available from PHL ...
Philadelphia's trash and glass garden
Nov 21st, 2011 at 10:30AM:
Made entirely of found objects and contributions from the community, Philadelphia's Magic Gardens is a folk art environment that showcases the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
In 1968, Zagar and his wife came to Philadelphia after spending three years with the Peace Corps in Peru. Creating folk art all around his new city, he took an entire rowhouse on South Street and covered it with ...Host and experience budget-friendly local tours all over the United States
Oct 20th, 2011 at 12:00PM: HipHost, a new "peer-to-peer marketplace for socially-hosted local tours", not only gives travelers a way to experience new cities from a local's point of view, but also gives people an opportunity to make extra cash.
Anyone who wants to share their local knowledge can be a HipHost and design a tour based on anything they find interesting. Some tour topics include art, culture, fitness, ...Taking Denny's Tour of America
Aug 5th, 2011 at 11:00AM:
Denny's - America's Diner - recently introduced their Tour of America menu. The chain attempted to capture the essence of America's diverse cuisines in seven dishes and three beverages. However, it's not really a tour if you only order one meal. That simple thought led Gadling to send me to New Jersey with Erik Trinidad, food writer for the Huffington Post and creator of Fancy Fast Food, to ...Philadelphia cracks down on texting and walking
Jul 19th, 2011 at 2:30PM:
Philadelphia has taken what most savvy travelers would call a "safety" issue and turning it into a legal one ... sort of. The city is issuing warnings to pedestrians who walk down the street and text or play on their smartphones.
The practice, while annoying to other pedestrians and motorists who may suffer from your lack of paying attention, isn't illegal, but highly discouraged.
...Finding Philadelphia's Hotbed of Creativity
Jul 5th, 2011 at 12:00PM:
Sitting in a kitchen in a loft on Third Street in Old City, talking to one of the most enthusiastic and driven people I've met in years, I began to wonder what would happen if I quit my job, moved to Philadelphia and started my own business. Alex Hillman, wearing a t-shirt that read "I <3 my internet friends," was selling me on the cheekily named co-working space Independents Hall, of which ...Fourth of July travel deals from Viator
Jun 27th, 2011 at 12:15PM: Sometimes the best things come to those who wait. If you're looking for some last minute Independence Day deals, our pals at Viator have pulled together a list of Fourth of July bargains to help travelers get the most out of their three-day weekend. From New York to Oahu, below are some suggestions that will have you seeing red, white and blue without spending a whole lot of green.
New York: ...Mummies of the World exhibition opens in Philadelphia
Jun 21st, 2011 at 9:30AM:
Mummies are endlessly fascinating. To see a centuries-old body so well preserved brings the past vividly to life. While Egyptian mummies get most of the press, bodies in many regions were mummified by natural processes after being deposited in peat bogs or very dry caves.
Mummies of the World is a state-of-the-art exhibition bringing together 150 mummies and related artifacts. It opened last ...500 Civil War reenactors march on Philadelphia - no, you aren't on a movie set
Apr 13th, 2011 at 10:00AM:
If you're visiting the City of Brotherly Love this weekend and stumble upon a field of Blue and Gray marching down the city, shouting about state's rights and ending slavery ... no, you haven't found a movie set. You've found the city's largest reenactment for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
A bit of background: On April 15, 1861 President Lincoln called for volunteers to ...A guide to America's most "offal" restaurants
Mar 11th, 2011 at 11:00AM: Even when I was a finicky kid subsisting on Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, I was intrigued by offal. No way in hell would I have eaten what are politely known in the food industry as "variety meats," but they sure looked intriguing.
As with most of my weird habits, I blame my dad for my fascination with animal guts. Growing up the daughter of a large animal vet, I spent most of my formative years ...Photo of the Day - Matryoshka dolls
Mar 6th, 2011 at 6:00PM:
For travelers, Russia is a country that is at once fascinating and baffling. An oft-cited metaphor for Russia's many charms and mysteries is the Matryoshka doll, a typical wooden figurine pictured in today's photo. At first glance, the Matryoshka appears to be a single doll, but when opened, reveals a series of ever-smaller figures inside. Adding to the mystery of today's photo, taken by ...Photo of the day - Philadelphia skyline
Mar 4th, 2011 at 5:30PM:
Today's Photo of the Day is of a piece of the Philadelphia skyline, anchored by the 1930 PNB Building. It was taken by Christian Carollo Photography.
A few years ago, Philadelphia suddenly started cropping up in the travel media as a bypassed destination, as a place that was finally getting the attention it had deserved all along. This development accompanied a spate of stories about the ...Wing Bowl 2011 eating competition and sex fest results in
Feb 4th, 2011 at 12:15PM: The Super Bowl may be this Sunday but first up was the 19th annual Wing Bowl 2011 in Philadelphia which just finished up and the results are in.
20,000 people packed the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia tor radio station WIP's Wing Bowl 19, a yearly tradition that includes a parade of floats rolling around the arena and a half-time cheesecake eating competition.
All in all, PJ ...Boston cruise terminal sets record, Philly pulls out
Dec 7th, 2010 at 11:21AM:
Boasting a 7% increase in passengers over 2009, Boston's cruise terminal is going full speed ahead on bookings. At the same time, with only two ships scheduled to visit in 2011, Philadelphia's cruise port , once an important part of the city's push for more tourists, could soon be transformed into an Urban Outfitters retail store.
USA Today's Cruise Log reports that "It looks like ...10 U.S. Cities where profanity prevails
Dec 6th, 2010 at 3:00PM: He, we're all prone to a bit of profanity every now and then – some of us more than others. I've had my ass butt handed to me by the Gadling editors over my (finally) occasional use of some foul language, though I've taken steps to (as they say) improve myself. Well, I was happy to see when flipping through my RSS feed that I'm not the only person who likes to drop an f-bomb every now and ...Philadelphia hotel fire is murder cover-up
Nov 2nd, 2010 at 2:00PM:
There was violence at the center of a recent hotel fire in Philadelphia. A repeat guest of the Center City Omni Hotel, Patrick Brady was found beaten, strangled and set ablaze. The 49-year-old stayed at the property when in the area on business.
On Saturday, the local fire department was called to the hotel because of an eighth-floor fire. It was put out quickly and limited to Brady's room. ...Al Qaeda Yemen connection suspected in cargo plane bomb scares
Oct 29th, 2010 at 2:30PM: The simultaneous bomb scares in Newark, Philadelphia and London are now being linked to al Qaeda activity, according to the latest reporting from CNN. On its live blog covering the suspicious item discoveries, CNN reports, "U.S. officials believe that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was behind the plot that caused a security scare at English and American airports on Friday."
In Washington, a ...Planes in Philadelphia and Newark being swept for suspicious materials
Oct 29th, 2010 at 11:45AM:
Suspicious items have been found on cargo flights that landed in Newark, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania today. According to the Transportation Security Administration, the planes have been "moved to a remote location ... out of an abundance of caution," according to CNN.
The fire department's hazardous materials units in Philadelphia responded to situations with two planes ...Traveling with Edgar Allan Poe
Oct 29th, 2010 at 9:03AM:
-- "Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore.'"
Now those are words to conjure with! They are, of course, from Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poem, "The Raven." Poe casts a uniquely powerful spell among American writers. Even people who have never read him have probably heard bits of his poetry or know the titles of some stories, such as "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Fall of the House of Usher." Although ...Getting drunk: Twenty cities that don't know how to handle their liquor
Oct 8th, 2010 at 9:00AM: California loves to get wasted! San Diego and San Jose are the top two cities that drink stupidly, according to a survey by Insurance.com. They lead the country in alcohol-related driving violations, a dubious distinction to say the least. So, if you step into the crosswalk in these two spots, take an extra second to look both ways.
The reasons for hitting this list vary and include proximity ...
