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This Week In Philly
It’s another busy week in the City of Brotherly Love, kicking off with Martin Luther King Jr. Day. From educational historic events to pop-up markets to great entertainment, there’s something for everybody to do #ThisWeekInPhilly. Leave a comment or tag us on social media!
Happy Couples Do These 5 Things Every Week
Whether your relationship is going great or is not quite as wonderful as you would like, you may want to [...]
Fact of the week: Americans don’t know much about smart home technology
Consumers lack of awareness of smart home technology can present opportunities for insurance agents and brokers.
The Surprising Reason We Have a 40-Hour Work Week
Working set hours is typically the norm for full-time professionals. Here's a look at how this came to become standard, and why it's time to change it up.
It's Fire Prevention Week. Here are 6 things you need to know
Protecting your family and property takes more than just changing the batteries in your smoke detector.
Having a rough week? These uplifting comics are your chicken soup.
They bring depth and insight to the human experience.
Eating more fruits, vegetables boosts psychological well-being in just 2 weeks
Researchers reveal that young adults who increased their intake of fruits and vegetables showed improvements in vitality and motivation in just 14 days.
The most pet-friendly apartment buildings in Philly
We mapped 13 of the apartment buildings that offer the best pet-friendly amenities like dog runs and pet-washing facilities. No doubt one of these will be the purr-fect home for you and your fluff ball.
Some Creative Ideas for Reinventing the Creative Brief
You could put the creative brief in the same category as old age, writes Phil Johnson. No one looks forward to it, but it's better than the alternative
Why Millionaires Don't Invest in These Things
Phil Town describes some tactics rich people don't use to grow their fortunes.
New Homes Sales Training Is Changing How Realtors Show Resales
If Phil Baruch, co-founder of MaxIT Corporation is right, the real estate profession is about to undergo a major change in the way it trains its agents to show resales. Mainly, add a new home showing to the schedule. Why? Mostly because home shoppers are not finding the right property.
Sustainable Decorating Ideas for Your Philly Home
You want your home in Philadelphia to look fantastic. But, you're also concerned about the environment and about reducing your carbon footprint. Sustainable decorating helps you spruce up your home while being kind to the planet.
Balcony Design Ideas for Your Philly Home
When the weather's nice, it's great to sit out on your balcony with a cup of coffee or a great book. Decorating and designing your small balcony can turn it from looking blah and drab to looking amazing and welcoming.
Is this Philly's first 100-percent Keto bakery?
No sugar, gluten-free with the sweet taste you expect from dessert. If you're craving something sweet without the guilt, we have a spot for you.
Scooters are coming to Philly. What’s next — unicycles?
We don't have enough confusion and congestion with cars, taxis, buses, trucks and bicycles? Our streets are already a Demolition Derby, so we need a new "vehicle" — and is a scooter classified as a vehicle, like a bike?
How to still get 10% dividend yields — if you can stomach the risk
Business development companies can be volatile, but the yields may be worth it if you can hold on for many years, says Phil van Doorn
You having a typical week?
What makes it “typical”anyway? No one really drank coffee 400 years ago, (people drank beer with breakfast) You didn’t have air conditioning at work until about 100 years ago…no sliced …
Can financial literacy solve Philly's poverty problem?
Financial empowerment and wealth building are micro-level fixes for a macro-level problem — but they can make a difference on an individual level.
