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Give us a race with kayaking, naked bowling, and murderball any day. For anyone who thinks running just to run is just plain boring, the urban adventuring event that is City Chase USA is where it's at. Saturday morning in Love Park with started off some pre-chase chocolate covered cricket smoothie drinkin', an on-the-spot, off-key rendition of the national anthem sung a guy wearing shiny, shiny Rocky shorts and a warm up session led by two trainers from race sponsor Sweat Fitness. If there's one best decision Team Phillyist made along the way, it was to NOT DO SQUATS before literally running around Philadelphia for 4 hours. Crazy Sweat Trainer Dude: I would come take your class—that was a good live commercial. But did no one tell you the amount of cardio that was about to commence? (Hint: a lot).

We're sensing a bit of a disconnect here: when you call your video "Philly Phootage," it implies that you've maybe got a sense of humor. So wherefore the music choice?

Amy Freeman joins our staff today with a weekly column on Philadelphia's many parks. A native of the Philadelphia area, Amy thinks soft pretzels take the cake in the battle of Philadelphia delicacies and travels the city with the strength of her own two legs—by foot or by bike. Welcome, Amy!

We wonder if these people realize that all they did was give the pests fuel to go out and conduct their air raids on vehicles around the city.

When we were offered a tour of The Ayer on Washington Square, it felt like a dilemma. Curiosity alone was enough for us to want to do it, and the added photo opportunity was another incentive. But, after viewing The Ayer website and knowing that the condos would be extremely luxurious, we battled with the question of whether an entry would seem too favorable. Above all, we wanted it to be honest.

A Quirky Column about Dog Walking Adventures in the City of Dog-Owning Love

A unique event is taking place this Saturday afternoon. It's the Quest for the Holy Grail Benefit Bike Race! It's only five bucks to enter, and you'll be benefiting a cyclist who was injured by an uninsured motorist attempting to flee the scene of an accident. So it's for a good cause, and it'll really be something to see. Because not only is it a race (with 10 check points), it's also a scavenger hunt, with the Holy Grail itself as the apparent object of the hunt (although we're not sure how that's going to work, as the thing is notoriously hard to find - and is sometimes guarded by nasty, insulting Frenchmen). Prizes will be given out at the end, with extra points going to those who donate, and to those who come in costume! Of course, you don't have to come in costume; all cyclists are welcome. But we hope there will be some Sir Robins and Sir Lancelots out there, perhaps with bloody killer rabbits attached to their throats.

We see dead people. You might too, considering you can't swing a dead cat in Philadelphia without hitting someone with a ghost story. Professional ghost hunters like the Philadelphia Ghost Hunters Alliance probably never have a shortage of haunted sites to investigate. But you don't have to be a professional or go on a tour to find the spirits -- you simply need to know where to look.

We joined the Philly deck culture when we bought a place near Washington Square. Apart from the St. James, we have unobstructed sun beating down on our flowers, herbs and marginally cute chaise lounges from CVS. The herbs were purchased at Young Botanicals at Reading Terminal Market. We’ve made good use of the basil and the Italian parsley by making pesto, which always reminds me of My Aunt the Nudist. Years ago she had a dapper Italian boyfriend who inspired her to grow a large garden. During my childhood summers I would go to her apartment and help make large batches of pesto in her goldenrod-colored Osterizer blender. She wasn’t a nudist then – actually, they prefer the word naturist.