Stephanie Farr

I still talk about our visit to LOL to this day and we keep a postcard of it on our fridge. I mean look at how happy I am in that photo below feeding tiny horses. That doesn't happen everyday 2/2

30 miniature horses are for sale in Gettysburg this weekend. Here’s what’s involved in owning one. Everything at Land of Little Horses animal theme park must go as the 55-year-old park closes.

NOOOoooOO and neeEIGHghhh!!! The Land of Little Horses has closed! It was one of the weirdest and most magical places in all of PA, totally homespun and filled with miniature animals of all sorts. 1/2

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I'll have to hunt down that show! Thanks!

Not in cages, but there was a young woman dancing on the end of the bar in a cute little outfit that looked straight out of Austin Powers.

That's one I've never been to, thanks!

Stopped into The Trestle Inn for the first time in years after a show an Underground Arts last week. I feel like I will never be cool enough for this bar, but I always feel cool when I’m in it.

What other Philly bars have similar vibes?

There have been several days recently the Philadelphia Police Department sent out a morning message like this and let me tell you, we all feel those exclamation points, officer!!!

Say what you will about the snow, but like an Eagles game, it keeps the city relatively quiet.

Can confirm. Fidel spoke to myself and 600 classmates from Semester at Sea in Cuba in 2004 for four straight hours without sitting down or taking a drink of water once. It was wild.

Who would you like to be or who do you consider the voice of Philly? Not just sportscasters or broadcasters (though they could be) but someone whose voice you would want to convey messages to the people of Philadelphia.

And does the Philly accent factor into your choice?

Rob McElhenney has changed his name to ‘Rob Mac’ Tired of people mispronouncing his last name, the 'It's Always Sunny' star and South Philly native has taken a name fans already know him by.

Yup, happened last year: www.inquirer.com/arts/rob-mce...

Big shout out to @neilpbardhan.bsky.social whose wonderful suggestion on here yesterday I added to my list under the subhead "Snowstalgia."

Snowstorms in Philly may not be consistent, but these Philly snowstorm traditions are While all hail hasn’t broken loose yet in Philly, we have fallen right back into our classic winter storm habits, some of which aren’t snow great.

Wrote about things I've noticed that are constants during a snowstorm in Philly, so obviously not SEPTA.

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Is the grass greener? The highs and lows of marijuana decriminalization in Philly Arrests are down but the numbers are sketchy and racial disparity persists.

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Fergie’s Pub owners have hired sandwich maker N.A. Poe for their new bar in Old City The Monto, after the Dubliners’ song, is due to open on Market Street in April. N.A. Poe’s menu will mix his sandwiches with Irish favorites.

Only in Philly would a marijuana advocate who once asked me if he could light up a joint on Independence Mall for a photo shoot go on to lead the kitchen at a new Irish pub.

We care truly a city of pipe dreams. I love it here.

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As ICE enforcement intensifies, one man works to keep undocumented families fed in Bensalem “We don’t have to choose between risking ourselves and feeding our children," said one man who depends on the deliveries.

"I am learning that being an American means that I have to be worried for the people I love.”

A powerful story about one man's powerful work from my colleagues Michelle Myers and Jeff Gammage.

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Finally watching "The Pitt" and there's a fist fight between two moms in the ER waiting room at one point and the head nurse breaks them up saying "This is not Philly!"

You're right m'am, it is not. A Philly nurse would have let them finish the fight.

What's something predictable that happens in Philly during a snowstorm?

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What to watch Saturday at the Olympics: A Delco native goes for a medal Broomall's Taylor Anderson-Heide will help the U.S. women's curling team try to win bronze. Elsewhere at the Games, some major Americans will aim for medals in bobsled and speedskating.

If @farfarraway.bsky.social’s Delco sensor is going off this morning, it’s because a Delco native is about to play for an Olympic medal in women’s curling:

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Love it! Fantastic lede! 😂

They are putting the exhibits back up about the people George Washington enslaved at the President’s House site at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia and someone is playing “Fight the Power” and “Celebration.” It feels like such a relief to see humanity, history & sanity prevail.

#LifeGoals

Isaiah Zagar, legendary South Philly mosaicist, has died at 86 His glittering glass art on 50,000 square feet of walls and buildings across city has defined the spirit of Philadelphia.

3/3

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But Zagar's work is all over South Philly and it's so wonderful spotting his art hidden in alleyways, nooks, and crannies when you least expect it too. 2/3

May he rest in peace, knowing his hand, his art, and his heart made Philadelphia a more interesting city, and always will. 2/3

Isaiah Zagar used tiny and broken bits to make Philly more beautiful, and there's nothing more beautiful than that.

Zagar's Magic Gardens is one of the places I take folks who are visiting Philly for the first time because it's so damn incredible. 1/3

Philadelphia Inquirer readers remain epic. From a reader email:

"I am approaching 86, but that hasn't stopped me very much from still enjoying life, especially here in Phila and most especially at Kellians, my favorite hangout where I still drink city wides."

Voicemail transcription from a reader: ""Hi, Stephanie, Tom from South Jersey. Love your articles, all of them. Your husband must be a really wacky dude."

Well, this is the card I gave him for Valentine's Day, so that tracks.

Haha! I'll bring her a Butterscotch Krimpet to the newsroom.

And that was my first time at R&D. I can see how it'd be a great a date spot!

We tried a cocktail bar’s new Philly-themed menu, from the HitchBOT to the Crum Bum Fishtown cocktail bar R&D calls its new menu a "liquid love letter" to Philadelphia.

Can Philly’s stories be conveyed in a cocktail glass, and, if so, do they taste good?

Inquirer food writer Kiki Aranita joined me at R&D in Fishtown to find out.

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I would like to officially petition the Olympic committee for dog cameos in every sport.

Email from a reader: "...take this as a Valentines Day sign in your journalistic journey that you are right and speak for all sane and decent Philadelphians ( I think that’s a majority?)."

The parenthetical is killing me. 😂