Curbed reported yesterday that the recently-opened Nu Hotel in Brooklyn sported a pretty big error on their website: a shot of the Philadelphia skyline instead of their own. The error has since been remedied, but for a few hours, we could pretend that Philadelphia was in view of Brooklyn's shores. But then, we're really not the Sixth Borough, so why would we want that?......

Today is the last day of gophila.com's Holidays promotion. Until midnight tonight you can book a hotel room through their site, and if it’s over $150 (which, who are we kidding, it will be) you’ll get $50 off. You just have to enter the code “HOLIDAYS” when you’re checking out. Phillyist has considered getting a hotel room in the city on a few occasions, but the price is usually just too steep. Fifty dollars......

Dear Philadelphia: Congratulations! Just a day after The Inquirer reported that violent crime was down across the city, we received a press release from the GPTMC extolling all your other achievements in 2007. You deserve a big pat on the back for the national and international media mentions you've garnered this year. People are paying attention to you. You're like a celebrity now. On the Food front, The Today Show decided that Vesuvio Restaurant's......

Once upon a time, there was a little girl from Wynnewood named Alex Scott. At one, she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma. At four, even while she was being treated for the cancer herself, she started a lemonade stand to raise money for the pediatric cancer center where she was being treated. The little lady attracted a lot of attention across the country and beyond, but unfortunately, all the money in the world couldn't cure Alex's......

My freshman year of college, I spent Valentine’s Day wearing black. My friends, who are of the “We Love This Holiday Because We LOVE love!” camp, dragged me to the The Bridge to see How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days. Then they did everything in their power to stop me from throwing things at the screen. Now, I’m normally a sucker for romantic comedies, but bitter single chic + chipper friends + a......

As 2006 ends and 2007 begins, the -ists look back not at the past week, but at the past year. So here it is, your Best of 2006 Spectacular. And from all of us at the -ists, happy New Year! Austinist was all about controversy as new construction to increase urban density ran rampant in 2006, as did threats to the city's image from gigantic corporations looking to set up shop in town, leading......

For some, yesterday began with a 3 Alarm fire in a 3-story building on West Lehigh. The fire started in the basement apartment of the building, and one of the two tenants of said apartment is currently unaccounted for. Shooting in South Philly. Phillyist has been noticing variations of this sentence: "No arrests have been made and a motive for the shooting is unknown." at the end of news briefs about shootings in the......

The Doubletree Hotel, which recently completed an extensive renovation, has just announced the launch of BYOB Thursdays at the Academy Café . The program enables guests to bring their own bottle (or two) of wine every Thursday night and, with the purchase of an entrée, enjoy their favorite vino with no corkage fee attached. We say cheers to that! Reservations are suggested, so please call (215) 893-1600.......

The news has just broken that Philadelphia has been eliminated from contention to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. The three cities that did make the cut were Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Houston was the other city eliminated of the five that were under consideration by the United States Olympic Committee. This is bad news, of course, and for a few reasons. First, it would have been totally awesome to see the Olympics......

My but we had a great time last night. We only wish we could have shared it with our sister sites... Austinist: Austin is totally ripping Philly off. SFist: Happy birthday to our older sib, SFist, who turns two today. As we experienced last night, -ist birthdays are the best birthdays! Miamist: Were the real criminals as obsecene as Scarface, too? Bostonist: Now, why would anyone hate the British? Seattlest: As Seattle is one of......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. A quick glance at the images on Bert Monroy's website might lead you to believe he's a photographer, but this is not so; all those images were created entirely on the computer, using programs like Illustrator and Photoshop. In fact, Monroy is a digital photo-realist, and his work is pretty astonishing. Check it out. (Via) Dude, quick! Local......

The Ritz offers a hot chocolate sommelier, the Four Seasons, spa services. But the Best Western Independence Park Hotel in Old City has something those other hotels haven't got (or at least aren't talking about): ghosts. According to this article in last week's Weekly, the hotel has decided that instead of calling in the Ghostbusters, they'll embrace the phantom voices, invisible giggling children and at least one playful poltergeist who's perhaps seen The Amityville Horror......

As gleeful consumers of stuff, Phillyist loves consumer opinion websites – whether it’s restaurants, retail stores, or hotels, we think it’s important for people to share their experiences. In an ideal world, companies would pay attention and improve service where it’s needed. The weekend edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer included a piece on review sites, mentioning the big dogs like Travelocity and Epinions, but also giving some love to smaller sites like Hotelshark and IgoUgo.......

Don't come as you are, but as you want to be. So sayeth Henri David, ring master of the best Halloween party in Philadelphia. The Henri David Halloween Ball is held every year on Halloween night at the Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel. Don't leave Halloween to the little kids this year -- big kids need treats, too! Make no mistake -- the Henri David Halloween Ball is a treat. It's a feast for the......