Way before Fifty Shades of Grey quotes were swirling in the heads of Main Line housewives, Philly's very own erotica author, Allison Hobbs, was writing novels, many under the Zane Presents umbrella. She's been nominated for multiple erotica and African-American literary awards and her latest, Brick, is due out in July. Here, some of Hobbs's erotica novels that could leave you saying, "50 Shades of what?"
Forget Fifty Shades of Grey, “The Queen of Seduction” Is in Philly
No need to wait for E.L. James’s next novel. We’ve got your next erotica fix right here.
Living in Fairmount Has Never Been So Annoying
Between Fourth of July celebrations, the Barnes opening and Jay-Z’s Made in America festival, it might be time to get out of the neighborhood.
When I was growing up, my neighborhood hosted an excellent display of fireworks every Fourth of July. We'd trek up to the Lawncrest Rec Center's giant softball fields with our beach chairs and picnic blankets tucked under our arms, hours before twilight to secure a good spot to watch the show. And so would everyone else in Northeast Philly, approximately 80 bazillion people.
Center City’s Obstacles: A Sidewalk Guide
Charity muggers adapt! And other harrowing tales of life as a pedestrian.
Jonathan Papelbon had some kind words for Philadelphia the other day. "Philadelphia has a cool feel to it, man," the new Phillies closer told Sports Illustrated. "It makes you feel like you are in Paris. I've never been to Paris, but I've seen it in a lot of movies."
He didn't stop there! "When I walk down the street, everyone is nice," he added. "They say hi, and then they let you do your business."
Philly may be like Paris; I, too, have only seen it in movies. But I think Papelbon is missing something: Sometimes people on the street can be a little too nice. Yes, the chuggers have adapted.
Paoli’s DuckDuckGo Wants to Bring Google to Its Knees
Gabriel Weinberg’s search engine aims to change your Internet ways.
What prompted you to create a search engine like DuckDuckGo, and play David to Google’s Goliath?
I was going in a bunch of different directions that interested me, and a lot of that had to do with search technologies like crawling and databases. I was thinking that Google was too dominant and could use some competition. Then, through a conglomeration of failures and time spent thinking about it, I came up with a path I thought was interesting.
