If You Think Pizza Is Edible Art, Then You Will Love Brian Dwyer

Pizza Brain, the world’s first pizza museum, opens in Philadelphia soon.

He’s drinking cucumber lemonade. He looks a bit like Michael Rappaport, red hair and all, but with Eraserhead’s hairstyle. He wears rather tight jean shorts and a black tank top. Heavily freckled. Tall. About six-foot-three. He is Brian Dwyer, the 27-year-old part-owner of and spokesman for the world’s first ever Pizza Museum, called Pizza Brain (Brain being Brian's nickname when he used to work at Trader Joe's).

The Day Scoop Jardine Stood Me Up at the City Line Hilton

I would not be defeated by the Sixer hopeful’s no-show.

JGT: Weston, where are you from? Weston: Jamaica. JGT: When did you move to Philadelphia? Weston: 2004. Before that, I was in Boston for four years. JGT: Do you miss Jamaica? Weston: Sometimes when it's cold. The Hilton on City Line Avenue is nice, but the flower picture in the first floor hallway next to the Renaissance Room is terribly askew. Such are the things you notice when you have been waiting for someone for 45 minutes in a hotel lobby. Though I was by that point convinced that there had been some sort of miscommunication, I didn't leave. Just in case Scoop Jardine came walking through the doors, as I had been told he would do at 3 p.m., I continued looking at the paintings in the City Line Hilton hallways.

The Cheapskate’s Guide to Philly in the Summer

You don’t need a Shore house to have a good time.

It all started in the summer of 1793, when the city came down with yellow fever and all of the rich folks got the hell out of dodge and went to the beach. Here we are, 230 years later, and not much has changed, other than the fact that yellow fever has been replaced by stray bullets and that rich people have been joined by meatheads. So everyone's headed to the Jersey Shore for the summer, and there you are, like Charlie in Scent of a Woman, watching them go somewhere fun over break while you have to house-sit some drunk blind guy. Philadelphia is your drunk blind guy, and you're none too pleased about this assignment. But remember: There are few people more interesting than drunk blind guys. Time to get your "I may not have money but I've got moxie" game face on. Here, some kickass summer activities you can enjoy despite the fact that you can't afford beachfront at Avalon and aren't really a Baird man.

Philly’s Very Own One-Hit Wonders

The musical underdogs that made it big, once.

The Silhouettes: "Get a Job" In 1957, a doo-wop group in Philadelphia called the Silhouettes recorded a song called "Get a Job" at the Robinson Recording Studios in Philadelphia. Like "Ice Ice Baby" many years later, "Get a Job" was actually a B-side that DJs preferred to the single. The song caught fire on local radio, and the group eventually performed the song on American Bandstand (which, at the time, was recorded in Philly). The song was soon a national sensation, selling more than three million copies and shooting to the #1 spot on the Billboard pop chart. Sadly, like many performers of that era, the Silhouettes were completely taken advantage of by the record companies, and they made almost nothing off of the song. Finally, after years of fighting in court, in 1987, songwriter and group member Rick Lewis won his case, and received some of the money he deserved from writing one of the most memorable hits of the doo-wop era. (You can read more about the Silhouettes here.)

Whiskey Cures Asthmatic Canaries. Handstands Save Choking Men

Flea market find yields helpful advice, recipes from 1890s Philadelphia.

I went to a flea market on Sunday, and picked up some almanacs created by the old Philadelphia Record newspaper in the 1880s and '90s. Needless to say, these things are chock-full of excellent advice that can still be used today. Let’s look at some of the handy tips found in these books. (All quotes are absolutely word for word from the book, no matter how crazy it sounds.) Let’s say that your child has developed an earache, and you are preparing to pour some milk down the child’s ear. Not so fast!

Care of Child’s Ears. Never put milk, fat or any oily substances into the ear for relief of pain, for they soon become rancid.

Too late. I already put lard in my child’s ear and now a bug has flown into it and gotten stuck. What to do now?

Is It Ever OK to Cheer When an Athlete Is Injured?

Also, rules for when you can and can’t boo Jimmy Rollins.

A lot of ethically questionable things going on in the Philly sports world lately, from Philly fans cheering when Joakim Noah got hurt to, uh, Philly fans cheering when Jayson Werth got hurt, so it's a great time to check the mail bag. And by "mail bag," I mean "questions I've written to myself and will attach fake names to." I've brought along a special guest to help me answer the questions: Jason Weitzel, who runs the excellent Philles blog, Beerleaguer. Let's get to our first question. JaMarcus from Jenkintown asks: "Is there a code of conduct that sports fans should follow when watching a live event, and have people's morals gotten worse at sporting events in the past couple of decades?"

Music Videos Tour Philly’s Famous Sites

A history/rap lesson.

Many local rappers have lately been paying homage to the city's iconic locales. Here are a few of my favorites. ARTIST: Reef the Lost Cauze SONG: "Philly Cousins" VENUES: Broad Street Line, FDR Park We start with my favorite rapper in Philadelphia, Reef the Lost Cauze. Charisma, talent, intelligence, sense of humor, this guy has got it all except a large ego. Super nice dude. If you want to feel good about supporting a local artist, then by all means, follow Reef.

5 Plans That Could’ve Changed Philly Forever

But never happened.

One thing that's fun about history is that there is an alternate history that invisibly runs alongside of it, the history of things that never were. Today we look at plans that were on the table that would have changed the future of Philadelphia forever, some for the better and some for the worse. 1. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1986, Philly was one of the six finalists for the HOF. Mayor Wilson Goode and other city bigwigs wined and dined the HOF Committee. A crowd of hundreds rallied at City Hall. As for sites? According to a 1986...

Phillies Trivia: Which Players Might Have Been Football Stars?

Impress your friends with random team facts.

A few weeks ago, in "10 Phillies Facts Every Real Fan Should Know," I reached back to the past, as far back as 1883 (for best nickname in team history: Bob “Death to Flying Things” Ferguson). This week, I've got some interesting things you might not know about this year's team. 1. Shane Victorino was a track star in high school. He once ran the 100-meter dash in 10.5 seconds and the 200 meters in 21.3 seconds, and won state gold medals in the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 400 meters his senior year.