A Rubber Door

Apparently another attack took place in the SEPTA terminal near where a man was beaten to death last week. This woman was lucky, and survived her attack. The SEPTA police was able to catch 5 of the 10 thugs by stopping the subway train at the next stop and capturing them there where [...]

Yesterday in Philadelphia there was a senseless crime - 36 year old manager of a Starbucks was killed by a gang of students from Simon Gratz High School at 2:30 in the afternoon.  He was simply leaving work for the day and never made it home.  This kind of violence is so upsetting; children in [...]

Or as Grace called it: Shopping in Philly

Recently I’ve considered packing up and leaving the city where I’ve lived, gone to school, and worked in for my entire life. I love this town and think it gets a bad rap, but have gotten bored because I am so familiar with it. It’s as if the city has become a safety [...]

Invariably after getting married come the flood of questions about children; “when will you have kids?” or “how many will you have”. A couple of days ago I was discussing this with co-workers and wondered why anyone would choose to have kids in this day in age with little way to keep [...]

If you needed to be reminded how insanely violent this world has become, a wakeup call was provided this past week. The mass murder that took place at Virginia Tech is senseless but not surprising. In Philadelphia as of last Sunday 114 have been murdered, many of them children, many of them by [...]