Gambling always seemed pretty unreasonable to me. Maybe it’s just because I’m a sore loser, but the idea that you could lose real money always made me avoid this pastime.
The one part that did interest...
After 21 years of claiming to be a die-hard Philadelphia fan, I have finally crossed a Philly destination off my bucket list: the Reading Terminal Market.
Open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, the Reading Terminal...
Marcos Tlacopilco is the kind of person I hoped to meet during my first excursion to Philadelphia’s famous Italian Market: an immigrant, a restaurant employee who worked his way up to owner and a colorful...
I consider myself to be a bit of a do-it-yourself (DIY) enthusiast. I have always loved scrapbooking, and for the last four years, my college room has been decorated with paintings and collages I have...
I like art, I like crafts and I have a weird fondness for a painted rock I found on the Wissahickon trail during the covid-19 lockdown. So, on a Sunday in mid-October, I found myself on my way to “Rock...
A burst of heat hit my chest as I stepped into the “hot room.”
This room, on the first floor of the Tyler School of Art and Architecture on Temple University’s campus, is where all the creativity...
Working out has never been my thing. No matter what gym or home exercise routine has been advertised to me, I’ve never had an interest.
But when I saw that Launchpad Fitness, a gym located in the...
Here’s the thing: cryotherapy is cold. Like, shockingly cold.
Just seconds after I entered the cryotherapy chamber, my entire body began to tremble. I was shoulder deep in what looked like a...
On a fall day in 2018, while visiting my sister, Quinn O’Hara ’21, here at St. Joe’s, the O’Hara family wanted a new experience: something fresh and enticing that would make the brisk autumn day...
Trying to enjoy a meal out while dogs jump on tables to snag a fry may be a stretch for most diners, and dogs, for that matter. But Bark Social, a human and dog social club in Manayunk, puts such interactions...
