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It was a (presumably) cold November day in 2006 when I made my humble debut on Phillyist with a post called Elevating My Frustration. It was about elevator etiquette. I've come a long way since then. I featured interesting Twitter users and hope some of them will follow us into the future at @keypulp. I wrote not one but two posts on the mysterious Toynbee tiles. The local sleuths who spent years investigating them were the subject of a Sundance-winning documentary called Ressurect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles.

In which our Bad Person *tear* says goodbye.

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As this is Phillyist's last ArtIST post, we're pleased to be ending the series with artist Mami Kato. A Japanese citizen, Kato was born and raised in Japan before coming to Philadelphia to attend the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts) on a transfer program. After moving back to Japan for a spell, she relocated to Philadelphia permanently eighteen years ago. For more insight into the career of this artIST, keep reading.

As we make our way to work in the aftermath of yet another winter storm with no running buses, many of us will be digging out cars and braving the treacherous streets of Philadelphia. Later, upon returning home from work, far too many people will be faced with the reality that some a-hole stole their perfectly sculpted parking space during the day, forcing them to park presumably near the Sports Complex.

Just days before Live 8, in late June of 2005, the inimitable John Carroll, Phillyist's first editor, let the world know that Phillyist was live and online. Now five years, six months, three days, and nearly 13,000 posts later, it is my official duty to provide one last post for Phillyist.

Snowventure along the Wissahickon Photographed by: Julia Rowe Wissahickon Creek

Capogiro Photographed by: cheshire smile eats (and drinks) Center City

Love Lessons From Abu Ghraid, a one woman show that opens at Interact this week, looks pretty compelling.