Sure, we'd all like to be carried up the stairs of the PMA. But if you're gonna do the Rocky run, you've gotta do it right—even if you are only a toddler.......

This video is actually really adorable, and we can't argue with the musical selection. But the mistake in the Please Touch Museum title is just the teeniest bit disturbing.......

#487: Filming the skyline while driving on the interstate.......

We've seen a lot of these videos, but this is the first one we've posted from this vantage—and now we know why.......

But wouldn't it be nice if once—just once—we came across a tourist video that used no music from the Rocky movies?......

This guy is clearly not a good Philadelphia tourist.......

It's actually pretty impressive how many people like to post their videos of their trips to Philadelphia on YouTube.......

Remember when we told you about Shut the Duck Up? Here's more about the founder.......

UPDATE: Digg this, please! Phillyist has always regarded the Ducks with a combination of annoyance (do they have to give everyone those damned whistles?) and fascination (it's a bus that goes in the water!), but mostly the former. But even at our most annoyed, we're not nearly as angry as Walt Sherman, creator of the new (and sometimes Proofreading Philly-worthy) Shut the Duck Up!, who writes on this new blog: I wanted to start this......

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......

An animal cruelty epidemic is sweeping the city, with dog fighting and pit bull abuse the most prominent activities. Seven Democratic presidential candidates will be coming to Drexel University tomorrow for a two-hour debate that will be televised on MSNBC. No public tickets are available. The Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus is offering a sensitivity-training program (which made its debut on Thursday) to hotel employees so they can learn how to be sensitive to the......

We kind of love the Edgar Allan Poe House on 7th and Spring Garden, where the writer lived from 1838-1844. We love it because some of our favorite pieces of his work, including Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, were published while he lived there. We love it because it means we can claim Poe as a native son. And we love it for being completely empty. (So! Creepy!) Tomorrow, there's another reason to......

Dear Travel + Leisure: If you're going to talk smack, get your story straight. Least attractive city? (Insert buzzer sound.) Have you seen the people who live on Staten Island? You said we were least stylish. Wrong , wrong, and wrong. You said we were the least active. Does any other city have this? You called us least friendly. Bullshit. If we've got to live with the ugly label, at least recognize that we are......

Edward Pettit wrote an enlightening cover story for this week's edition of the City Paper, proposing the relocation of Edgar Allan Poe's grave site to our fine city. The old chap lived here for six tumultuous years. He wrote here, drank here, and likely enjoyed the more potent aspects of the poppy seed here, too. Pettit's argument is lucid and informative and we would love to see Poe's return. However, there is little to suggest......

Back in April, I used this column to encourage you to be nice to tourists. I still absolutely stand by that column, but this week, I'd like to address the other side of the coin: how not to be an obnoxious tourist that the locals want to be rude to. Do not stop in the middle of the sidewalk. You are not the only person using it. Beyond that, not only tourists need to use......

South Street! South Street!......

Dear Philadelphia: I think you’re stalking me. What’s more, I kind of like it. Two weeks ago, while Mamaist was visiting, I took her up to New York for a day. Not to make her sound too small-town Texan (she’s not – she’s traveled plenty, just not in the Northeast, and besides, El Paso isn’t a small town by any means), but it was her first time visiting the Big Apple, so she had......

Ma Phillyist is visiting later this week. We're totally psyched to see her—it's been since the holidays—but unfortunately, her visit coincides with the BlogPhiladelphia "unconference," which we do plan to be at. Mom assures us that it's okay, she can keep herself busy on Friday. But the problem is, she's done most of the busy-keeping activities in the city that we can think of: she's been to the Art Museum, Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell,......

We're just going to get right to the point this week. The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville is hosting its annual showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show this Saturday at 10 PM. Tickets are on sale now, so get your fishnets and your best bustier ready to do the time warp. Again. As if that were not enough to convince you that the Colonial is a national treasure, consider this: they're also hosting a screening......

The 2007 Sunoco Welcome America! Festival launched yesterday (complete with live map to tell you where the festivities are, or, if you're like us, what parts of the city to avoid over the next few days). Between now and Wednesday, there's a ton of celebratin' to do, as part of Welcome America! or otherwise. We know that at some point, we'll be barbecuing some burgers and dogs, and watching fireworks are an absolute must,......

We've been waiting for one of these in which someone took a spill, and we know you have, too.......

Somberly, even.......

Don't get us wrong. We love Philadelphia. We're still here, aren't we? It's just that, well, living in Philly means we'll never need to stay in a hotel in Philly. And that's too bad, because last week, amongst much fanfare and some tasty gin-and-cucumber cocktails, the newly-renovated Room 414 at the Westin Philadelphia Hotel was revealed, and we'd move in if we could. What's so special about Room 414? Well, the GPTMC's blog, uwishunu,......

We actually happen to like the Italian Market. Mass retailers (there aren't that many, guys) and all!......

It's just that Orbitz doesn't send dancing suitcase-carriers to Liberty Place.........

It makes sense, but we'd never pondered the origin of the word "penitentiary."......

The scary thing about this video is that it was obviously filmed by the person driving the car. We kind of doubt that that's safe.......

This weekend, I caught a couple of films at the National Constitution Center. It was cold, but since it's technically spring, and it was a holiday weekend, the tourists were out in throngs on Saturday. Yeah, yeah. We all know tourists can be rude and annoying. They blow those stupid duck whistles up and down the streets. They complain loudly about things they don't like or approve of. They act like, since they're here spending......

Philly really can be pretty.........

Tomorrow afternoon from 3pm to 6pm there's going to be an unveiling of sorts down at the Independence Seaport Museum on Penn's Landing. This is no ordinary unveiling, though. It will be the first public presenation of the Central Delaware Waterfront Planning Process' (whew, we could barely say that out loud) ideas for revamping the riverfront. It is not a stretch to say that our stretch of the Delaware River is one of the city's......