In order for my lifestyle to be truly sustainable, I gotta seek out the deals. Fortunately, Philly is a place ripe with cheap (or even free) activities, snacks and—oh yeah—beer. In April, two enterprising friends (coming clean: also friends of mine) launched Phrugal Philly, a blog dedicated to all things low budget. There are events,

Five years ago, I was out riding at the Jersey Shore when I was struck by a car. I came out mostly intact—though my patella wasn’t so lucky. It was a harrowing experience, and one that took me a long time to get over. Only recently have I become completely comfortable on two wheels again,

Speaking of lizards, frogs and other scaly things, Grid contributor and herper extraordinaire Billy Brown is hosting a blog carnival over at his site Philly Herping*. House of Herp No. 6 is in honor of spring, and it features creatures getting in the mood for love. Click here for more on the monthly House of Herp.

Tim Laman/National GeographicSo, I was gonna write a post about the gulf oil spill’s drift into the Atlantic Ocean, and how I might just be having a side of slick with my Back Bay crab cakes this summer, but then I saw this. And it made me happy. A group of scientists recently returned from

Casey Spacht cuts morels from the forest floorReading this short piece on morel foraging in The Atlantic gave me new appreciation for Casey Spacht, the guide for my own morel mission in April. The writer and her boyfriend (armed with book learnin’) are thwarted time and again, but eventually leave the woods with a small

There are quite a few iced coffee fanatics in the Grid offices. OK, two. Me and Ad Sales/Distribution Guru Claire Connelly. We spend far too much time talking about the best options (Good Karma and its extra shot of espresso, Vietnamese versions with sweetened condensed milk, the miracle of simple syrup) and sometimes slip out

IPA is the secret ingredientAs someone who spends a large portion of her working hours writing about (and a large portion of her waking hours thinking about) food, I always feel some intense potluck pressure. 
This weekend was no exception, as I prepared for a Saturday evening get together. I had two racks of Country Time

May is National Bike Month, and this week the Bicycle Coalition is celebrating Bike to Work Week with a series of events. There are urban bike riding classes, a “Ride of Silence” on Wednesday, and the whole thing culminates with Friday’s National Bike to Work Day. (Nutter in spandex; who doesn’t wanna see that.) Register,

Seems like I can’t open a newspaper—or, more accurately, click a bookmark on my browser—these days without coming across an article on the ongoing raw milk debate. I like this story in particular because it involves a cow on Boston Common. From The Atlantic:  In Massachusetts, it’s being framed as a libertarian issue. As a

Thanks to everyone who came out to Swift Half last night to celebrate the release of The Food Issue. That said, I think the star of the party was that firkin of Flying Fish Farmhouse Summer Ale. It was interesting to see how a beer I drink quite often mutated and shifted due to the natural