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Not necessarily downtown, but a few of my favorites… Publican (bakery but also restaurant) Doma 🍳 Best intentions 🍸 Middlebrow 🍕 Sportsman’s 🍻 Webster’s 🍷 Mothers ruin 🥂 Avondale bowl 🎳 Sugar moon 🥐 The charleston 🍺 Dial M for Modern 🛋️ Garfield park conservatory 🌿 Newberry library 📚 Myopic / Quimbys 📖 Lula cafe 🥕 Hope that helps! If you’re looking for something specific happy to make more specific recs :0)

@bhm

Mar 15, 2024

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Fun stuff

- khyber pass for beer and po boys in old city - Philly aids thrift off south street - double knot for a swanky dinner - book haven in Fairmount is such a charming book store and short walk to eastern state penitentiary - clay studio gallery - reanimator coffee ☕️ - crime and punishment in brewerytown - moon + arrow for pretty things

@lndsy

Mar 3, 2024

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all of my favor things from when i lived there!

Go to nostalgia for vintage! Amys place (right next to nostalgia) for the best breakfast ever Federal Hill for: dessert at pastiche, Italian markets, and dancing in the square (I think dancing is weekend nights in the summer) East side pockets on Thayer street- cheap and always great. Walk around Thayer and browns campus afterwards. Prospect park- lovely picnic spot and overlooks the city the atheaneum- the most beautiful library I’ve ever been to. I think it’s $5 to enter now, but worth it! Risd art museum- small but cool Pizza Marvin! The eddy for drinks Aleppo sweets for baklava & cool bookstore next door

@yunggrandma99

Jul 21, 2024

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Never changing

My dad teases me about how when I was a little kid, my favorite thing to do when I was on the landline phone with somebody—be it a relative or one of my best friends—was to breathlessly describe the things that were in my bedroom so that they could have a mental picture of everything I loved and chose to surround myself with, and where I sat at that moment in time. Perfectly Imperfect reminds me of that so thanks for always listening and for sharing with me too 💌

@taterhole

Feb 23, 2025

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Finally Quitting the job that you hate

Schedule sent my resignation email for the morning, effective immediately ✅💅

@taterhole

Feb 27, 2025

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Rejecting the Commodification of the Self

I’ve been thinking about how much of social media is centered around curating our self-image. When selfies first became popular, they were dismissed as vain and vapid—a critique often rooted in misogyny—but now, the way we craft our online selves feels more like creating monuments. We try to signal our individuality, hoping to be seen and understood, but ironically, I think this widens the gap between how others perceive us and who we really are. Instead of fostering connection, it can invite projection and misinterpretation—preconceived notions, prefab labels, and stereotypes. Worse, individuality has become branded and commodified, reducing our identities to products for others to consume. On most platforms, validation often comes from how well you can curate and present your image—selfies, aesthetic branding, and lifestyle content tend to dominate. High engagement is tied to visibility, not necessarily depth or substance. But I think spaces like PI.FYI show that there’s another way: where connection is built on shared ideas, tastes, and interests rather than surface-level content. It’s refreshing to be part of a community that values thoughts over optics. By sharing so few images of myself, I’ve found that it gives others room to focus on my ideas and voice. When I do share an image, it feels intentional—something that contributes to the story I want to tell rather than defining it. Sharing less allows me to express who I am beyond appearance. For women, especially, sharing less can be a radical act in a world where the default is to objectify ourselves. It resists the pressure to center appearance, focusing instead on what truly matters: our thoughts, voices, and authenticity. I’ve posted a handful of pictures of myself in 2,500 posts because I care more about showing who I am than how I look. In trying to be seen, are we making it harder for others to truly know us? It’s a question worth considering.

@taterhole

Dec 27, 2024

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