Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey is one person with four names. There's a story behind that, but she won't bore you with it. Just call her Jill. She has been writing for Phillyist since its inception in the summer of 2005, and began to share editorial duties in early 2006. A native of Texas, Jill moved to Philly in the early aughts and recently relocated to South Philadelphia. When not learning to say "youse" as fluently as she says "y'all," trolling the city for terrible grammar, or sitting in a darkened theatre, you can find Jill at her day job for a local strategic communications and marketing firm, taking grad classes at Rutgers Camden, or, once in a long while, enjoying being at home with Phillyist Associate Editor Ross Currie and their two cats (and two foster cats).

Andy Johnston first came to the attention of Phillyist when he submitted a piece about pissing in (as opposed to on) toilets. Since then, his sophomoric sense of humor has never ceased to delight the Phillyist staff and editors. Andy hails from somewhere in Western Pennsylvania that you've never heard of, but let's just say his sporting loyalties tend to trend more 'burgh-ward. We let him slide most of the time, except for Sundays and Mondays in the fall and early winter. Andy is recently married and lives in Center City with his wife and their Golden Retriever.

Allison has two almost (but not quite) completely useless film degrees from Temple and the American Film Institute Conservatory that have taught her everything she knows about weaving tall tales. She quite likes judging things that play in darkened theaters and cinemas, taking pictures of live bands, and cooking up elaborate costume party themes with various co-conspirators. Allison aspires to one day be half as awesome as Patti Smith. She cares not a whit about split infinitives.

Ross Currie isn't the droid you're looking for.

Joe Ross is a writer, geek, and law student. In addition to writing and editing at Phillyist, he occassionally contributes to Phillyist's good friend Geekadelphia. A Philly resident since he came here for undergrad in 2001, he has lived in Old City, West Philly, and a few places in between. These days he's a Center City resident and shares an apartment with his girlfriend, two dogs and four cats. He likes Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate, and, well, you get the idea. You can stalk him most efficiently at his own blog, joeross.me.

Miss Bee hails from greater Montgomery County. After a brief stint in the nation's capital, she returned home to reside within Philadelphia proper. She enjoys Philly sports teams, perfect days at the park with frozen yogurt, and a healthy dose of yoga. She can be found buzzing about the chocolate covered candy aisle in Trader Joe's or in line for a cannolo.

Melissa Shae, a Jersey girl at heart, is a health care copywriter by day and a frugal shopper/fashionista by night. When she's not writing or shopping, or doing both at the same time, she can be found listening to 90s music, reading The Great Gatbsy for the 50th time, and playing with animals. Find her on Twitter and give her shopping tips.

Erica used to think her quest to obtain two English degrees was fruitless (except for irritating her friends about commas and Victorian Gothic novels), but then she discovered Quizzo. Now she's always questing--to relearn ballet, to plant eggplants which are never devoured by caterpillars, and to grow up one day to work for Ira Glass. In the meantime, she relishes life's daily adventures with her husband and their two horrible cats.

Andrew Goodman was born in New York and raised in Washington, DC, which are pretty much the two cities we hate the most besides Dallas. Though a Yankee fan, Andrew will be the first to say that anyone who likes DC better than Philly is stupid, so we like him enough to keep him around. He works as a city planner and will often cover such topics for Phillyist: go to him if you need real estate advice and he'll find you a house for less than $300,000 that is within a half-mile walk of a transit station, supermarket, beer distributor and a taqueria. But don't challenge him to a game of 90s alt-rock trivia: the man is trapped in 1994 (don't believe us? The man covered Bobcat Goldthwait and Local H in the same week once.), so he'll school your ass. His claims to fame on Phillyist include getting shoutouts from Living Colour after writing a particularly favorable concert review and getting a phone call from Fishbone's attorney to discuss a stage-diving incident at a show he covered.

Colleen loves all things literary, a good thing since she teaches literature and writing at Kutztown University. When she isn't writing, reading, grading, or teaching, she is walking her dogs, kayaking with her patient husband, or playing Scrabble. As a mechanism for survival, she has embraced her nerdiness and made it her business to geek out over the Oxford comma. She hates writing bios, and tries to be witty like all of her peers. But usually that doesn't work. She sometimes messes up her subject/verb agreement, but don't tell her students.

Carrie Hagen is a local writer and researcher. She lives in Fairmount, where she loves her neighbors and fails miserably at Quizzo. Her first book, we is got him, will be published by Overlook Press in 2011.

Pamela Charles is a theater connoisseur, excels at sarcasm, loves watching football, and can throw better than most guys. Pamela graduated from Temple, but married into a Villanova family. She holds 'Nova season tickets, but when they play Temple, she cheers for the Owls. Pamela rules her Kitchen-Aid stand mixer with an iron fist and can whip up a chocolate-chip cookie or animal-themed cupcake that will make you pledge to her your undying devotion. When she is not chasing her adorable son around the house, Pamela works as freelance calligrapher and resides in South Jersey with her husband, son, and four-legged fur creatures.

Jenn was born and raised in Philadelphia but now lives in sin with her boyfriend in South Jersey. She envies city dwellers, not least because of their easy Starbucks access. Jenn is a vegan-curious vegetarian, but still accepts cheese as her personal savior (Cheesus?). Jenn goes to the gym regularly, only to offset the carbon footprint fried food has left on her body, and is addicted to food/nutrition books. She's an editor by trade, a natural fit given an innate and borderline-psychotic hatred of spelling errors. Jenn is frequently amazed that she is legally recognized as an adult. In an ideal world, she would have a pet penguin.

Amy Freeman is good at assembling Ikea furniture, reading books, and baking bread. She is a fan of the Oxford comma and can't understand why people put apostrophes where none are needed. She has a BA in Greek/Roman Classics (and English) and an MFA in Dramaturgy, which earns her odd looks from time to time. When not exploring the parks of Philadelphia for Phillyist, Amy keeps busy with her own blog Dramaturgs love Goldfish and writing odd little stories.

Stephanie spends most of her time writing, both at her day job at an advertising company and at night for various blogs, websites and print media. She googles everything (including herself), watches too many crime and medical shows on TV and occasionally thinks about going to the gym. Misspelled words and homeless animals make her sad. Margaritas and bacon make her happy (but not mixed together, because that would be weird). There might be incriminating photos of her on the internet but you'll probably never find them.

Joyce is a transplant from Western PA that still, 20 years on, insists on saying "gumbands" and "you'uns," and has complicated sports-team loyalties. (Go, Steelers. When they're winning.)

She spends an inordinate amount of her daytime hours answering questions about dead people and how to find them. On any given evening, you can find her in some dive bar listening to a band with a Shiner in hand, making her best kitchen attempt at vegetarian haggis, or perfecting her butterfly stroke.

Joanne Jordan is obsessed with all things food and culinary related. She partly blames this on being neglected in the oral stage of infancy (lack of a silver spoon) and has been trying to recover ever since childhood. A Philadelphia transplant, she has lived here long enough to know it’s a city worth writing about when it comes to restaurants, drinking and entertaining. As a result, she can usually be found roaming DiBruno’s, returning an unsatisfactory dish at a restaurant or throwing parties, where the wine flows freely, the music is loud and nothing is ever burned. Her number one job is to make people happy one stomach at a time. Her number two job is to make money by helping others make money through public relations. She is recently married and wants to start her own blog, but for now is satisfied with writing posts for Phillyist and occasionally for her husband’s popular blog.

Many thanks and best wishes to all our former Phillyists.