Sandy Hingston

Well, there's a robin out in my garden, so despite all the frozen evidence around us, it must be spring ...

The Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz The Lenni Lenape Era

Introducing our monthly Semiquincentennial Quiz. First up, the Lenni Lenape Era.

A Christmas cactus with two -- just two -- bright pink blossoms

Woo-hoo! This year, the Christmas cactus has TWO WHOLE BLOSSOMS! That's twice as many as last year -- progress!

A moth orchid in a window with snow falling outside

Orchids in the snow!

July by @pricklepicklepie.bsky.social ! #naddpod

The Best Part of Aging: Giving Up I’ve stopped wearing makeup. My bra strap is probably showing. I haven’t shaved in ... forever. And I’ve never felt happier.

For @phillymag.com, I wrote about how I became invisible. Surprise! I kind of like it! www.phillymag.com/news/2026/01...

A single flower of a white and deep red moth orchid

Second winter in a row I got this orchid to rebloom! I feel like the freaking Orchid Queen!!! Even if I do know these are the easiest orchids to grow ... 😉

New year's babeyyy

Man, I am SO GLAD my kids aren't professional athletes. Particularly NFL kickers.

Paintings of hammerhead sharks depicted in the "Oki National Products Illustration Notes". From Japan, Edo Period, ca 1735

A pair of happy hammerhead sharks
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)

Husband is pissed at me because I listen to Dylan on Alexa while I clean the house and apparently it screwed up his Wrapped age thing on Spotify by making him look really old. Hey, I'm CLEANING THE HOUSE HERE!

Excuse me, but how in the f'ing hell is NORAD an abbreviation for "North American Aerospace Defense Command"? I mean, in what universe?

How Philly Fell for Krampus — and a Darker Kind of Christmas From a Northern Liberties parade to Krampus photo ops, Philly’s holiday season is trading forced cheer for folklore, horns, and a little rebellion.

From a Northern Liberties parade to Krampus photo ops, Philly’s holiday season is trading forced cheer for folklore, horns, and a little rebellion.

CHECK IT OUT!! Our limited time winter pop-up shop is now open! From now until Friday the 19th! Check out limited time items like stickers and ornaments by @zray.bsky.social @fexazaur.bsky.social @husious.bsky.social and me!! yippee!! ko-fi.com/wintermarket...

I keep emailing them and asking HOW THE F*** DO I GET RID OF THE AI PROMPT and they never answer.

Floofy!

The Editors’ Cut: What We’re Reading, Watching, Doing, and Liking This Week Hot recs from the Philly Mag staff

Our weekly round-up of the best, can’t-miss bits of culture that we here at Philly Mag have been loving lately.

Philly is testing a new traffic pattern to help Eagles fans escape post-game gridlock The test pattern is designed to provide drivers leaving the stadium complex with an expedited route from Pattison Avenue to the Walt Whitman Bridge and I-76 East, along Darien Street, the city said.

I don't think that new traffic pattern for Eagles fans leaving the Linc really got a fair test today, since fans began heading out in disgust not long after the half. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

🔥 Trump has thrown everything he has at us. Insulted us, divided us, threatened us, targeted us, & yet he hasn’t even come close to breaking us.

He has revealed the worst in America, but in the process, has also awakened the best.

America will rise.

-Carlos Alvarez-Aranyos, No Kings Co-Founder 👑

hoot hoot hooray

I have been thinking about this line today, on the value of editors, from the late great John Bennet, for no reason in particular.

Spring tulips in bloom

Today I planted tulip bulbs with the grandgirls, and as we covered each one up, we said, "See you in the springtime!"

A chalkboard covered with pictures and scribbles

Gee, how could you tell the grandgirls were here?

Hmmm…
What can I make with this…

I can relate to the hip switch-over halfway down ...

Thank God I'm retired so I can watch this f'ing World Series game right to the bitter end.

I saw ours tonight for the first time this fall!

So all the Phillies ex-relief pitchers really came through in the playoffs? Great, great.

Was walking in the woods with the grandgirls today, and I pointed out a woodchuck, and one yelled, "It's a capybara!"