As a practical matter, some of the lead actors aren’t even American, let alone southerners, so it might have been easier for them to perform a general American accent rather than a region-specific one. Sometimes details like this don’t matter, and other times it takes you right out of the show because you stop…

Thank you for clarifying and for the subtle reminder to read the original article, which I didn't do.  Mea culpa.

A charitable interpretation could ascribe that line to the college that turned her down, not to Sowers herself, whom I doubt would have referred to herself that way. I don’t want to believe that Lauren would use the word “lifestyle” in that context either, but it’s hard to know.

Wait, she’s not even wearing a real hat, it’s just a Snapchat filter? No wonder the hat looks too big for her narrow head.

Did you forget Mrs Pence, aka 'Mother', aka Second Lady of the United States? I think she counts.

Making cajeta at home is its own reward. Thanks, now I have something else to do this weekend.

Allison, this is dangerous information, because like @elgordo47, I would step over my own family to get some of these. The Chinese version, called daan taat, are similar to the Portuguese pasteis de nata except that the custard tops are usually not as browned or dusted in cinnamon. The best ones I ever had were from…

Various Mummers clubs have a history of offensive costumes or behaviors, but to be clear, the two men quoted in the article above defending blackface were the ones using it, and I have no sympathy for them because the clubs said they were pulling people from the parade for inappropriate costumes, and I think these two…

They do wear name badges in Philadelphia. However, the photo above is of Outlaw in her Portland uniform, and what appears to be the name badge is turned away from the camera so you can’t really see it.

Thank you for replying! I can get the canned poppy seed filling if necessary. I’ve done yeast breads (focaccia, challah), so I’m hopeful. If it works, I’ll share it with my Polish friends. If not, rubbish. I look forward to this.

I’m not Polish, but I have Polish friends and I plan to make this for the holidays. One question, if I may ask, did your grandmother’s recipe say to grind the seeds first, and if so, how? Food processor? If this step improves the texture and flavor, I’ll do it, but I want to know how much labor it’s going to involve…

Oh, yeah, Woody’s is still there, but now it has windows, and some people get bent out of shape because bachelorette parties show up sometimes.

I didn’t initially read the linked Page Six article on Sonja Morgan, so I just assumed this happened in New York City. But now I’ve learned that this actually happened in Philadelphia at a specific bar in my neighborhood and it fills me with glee.

BBC reporting on location

I was on a flight to Philadelphia recently with a family who let one of their small children fall asleep on the plane, then de-planed without him. I caught up to them in the jetway and asked them if they forgot their child.  They tried to get back on the plane, but the flight attendants wouldn’t let them back on and…

Felice,

These are all good, but the useless comment I see too often is:

Lest we forget, Kristen has had relationships of one kind or another with Tom Sandoval, Jax Taylor, James Kennedy and Brian Carter. Her jedgment is not great, and any dating experience she might share should only be taken as a warning of what not to do.

Maybe it’s just me, but in the top photo, President Niinistö looks like a slightly-less perturbed clone of Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker, and I was holding onto a slim hope that the meeting would end with a hearty “fuckity-bye”. Well, the version playing in my head did not disappoint.

Manipulating people by “negging” so they seek your approval isn’t just for pick-up artists, although one could argue that he’s the pick-up artist-in-chief. It’s gross to watch people debase themselves for a position in his hierarchy.