Might as well take in a show at the Ryman Auditorium while I’m in Nashville at #NICAR23

Is Philadelphia a good place to live? Only a slim majority of residents think so, but two-thirds say the city is on the wrong track. In today's Inquirer, a two-page deep dive on results from a new poll; also online here: inquirer.com/news/philadelp…

Philadelphia lost over 33,000 residents in the last 2 years. Last year's population drop was the worst since the 1970s, with far more Philly residents moving out than new residents moving in. Today's story with Ximena Conde: inquirer.com/news/philadelp…

A 15-year-old boy was shot at a Philly rec center on Wednesday. He was one of at least 87 children to have been shot within 500 ft of a rec center since 2015. And now this: officials announce an initiative to provide trauma therapy at 6 centers. Abraham Gutman inquirer.com/health/youth-m…

Front page of today's The Philadelphia Inquirer features maps showing how Cherelle Parker won with strong support from the city's Black & Latino neighborhoods. Hopefully my work won't meet the fate of another of my maps from last week, which my mom used to line the bottom of a bird cage.

Does anybody have a favorite back-roads way to get from Philly to the Jersey Shore? If you were leaving Philly on Friday after work to drive to, say, Ocean City, would you take the A.C. Expressway to the Parkway, or have you found a less-congested alternative route to get there?

Do you think your secret, traffic-defying route to the Shore gets you there faster than taking the highways? Check out the results in this fun collaboration with my colleagues at the Inquirer. inquirer.com/how-to-philly/…

Miami doing well by signing aging superstars from Europe's top leagues — Messi, Busquets, and Jordi Alba. Union should have signed Roy Kent.

We got married 35 years ago today, when the Olympics were in Seoul, Ronald Reagan was president, and before people started wasting their time on the internet. Anyway, we just celebrated our anniversary with a dinner on the beach in Aruba. Wish us luck for another 35 more years.

Households in Philly's wealthiest neighborhood make $133,000 a year. That's $100k more than five other neighborhoods on the lowest end of the Philly income scale. We explain the reasons for the $100,000 income gap here. inquirer.com/news/philadelp…

Philadelphia has lost more than 50,000 residents since the pandemic. The last time the population dropped by 3% over 3 years was the 1970s. Story with Nick Vadala inquirer.com/news/philadelp…

The sudden collapse of the University of the Arts will mean job losses for staffers and uncertainty for students, but it will also put some of Center City's most recognizable buildings on the market. What happens next? inquirer.com/news/inq2/uart…

Shootings in Philadelphia, after quickly spiking to unprecedented heights after the pandemic, have just as suddenly dropped to their lowest levels in years. Graphics and analysis with Ellie Rushing Chris Palmer Dylan Purcell inquirer.com/crime/inq2/gun…

On vacation in Italy. I suppose this place will do.