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Philly is the Paris of the USA (humor)

I actually read that line in the Philadelphia Inquirer, what passes as a newspaper of record in my readopted home town. Having spent nearly forty years in Texas, I think I know B-S when I see it. I’m not here to tell you that isn’t really true, because you’re not an idiot. Or if youContinue reading “Philly is the Paris of the USA (humor)”

And the Beat Goes On

So you know we left Texas. And we came back to Philly. After an absence of 46 years, more or less. A few impressions, fair or not. We finally took an extended trip into the city, to Port Richmond, an historically Polish neighborhood, which we reached via West Philly. We were going to Czerw’s PolishContinue reading “And the Beat Goes On”