Calder Gardens will open on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway Sunday, September 21, 2025.
Photo by Benjamin R on Unsplash.
On the Lighter Side
Linvilla Orchards in Media made a 2025 list of the best apple orchards on the East Coast. If you want to avoid the crowds, other orchards in the area are open for visits.
Thursday, 9/18, is National Cheeseburger Day. Here are some of the restaurants serving Philadelphia’s best burgers.
Two Philadelphia favorites—Ralph’s Italian and The Victor Café–made the list of the best century-old restaurants in the U.S.
Another Philadelphia restaurant and its’ chef are piling up accolades. James Beard winner Phila Lorn made Food and Wine’s 2025 list of Best New Chefs. Lorn’s restaurant, Mawn, also made the New York Times list of Best Restaurants, along with Meetinghouse. Bon Appetit chose Provenance in Head House Square as one of its’ 20 Best New Restaurants for 2025.
Deals Come Apart in Many Ways
Sometimes it takes awhile to determine whether a merger was the best idea for a business. Recently, Dr. Pepper announced it is buying Peet’s Coffee. After this transaction, the company plans to split into cold and hot drink sellers, unwinding a 2018 merger with Keurig. In another deal-making redo, Kraft Heinz is splitting up ten years after their merger. Sometimes a deal comes apart at the last minute. This is the case with the planned sale of SPIN magazine, after the funds to close the deal were never wired.
If you are considering splitting up your company or you need assistance in an acquisition, Asterion can help.
FYI
Get your brackets ready. This year, the 10th anniversary of Fat Bear Week runs from September 23-30, 2025. The junior competition begins September 18.
Trends We’re Watching
Following the example of their competitors, Lowe’s is buying Foundation Building Materials in a bid to move further into the professional builders’ market.
What’s Puzzling Us
Should Philadelphia be flattered? Tourists in Sweden have been eating “Philadelphia cheesesteaks” made from reindeer and moose meat and Tyson has introduced chicken nuggets shaped like the Eagles’ logo.
What Doesn’t Surprise Us At All
Waymo’s robotaxis are parking in front of the homes of past customers between rides.
Giant Joro spiders have been spotted in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park.
Thread Recommendations
A learning lab supported by the Tiger Woods Foundation was dedicated last week as the first phase of the renovations at Cobbs Creek Golf Course. The entire project is expected to be completed by 2027.
Scientists have concluded that there are four species of giraffes, rather than just one.
A Maya Forest Preserve has been created with cooperation among Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize.
A gallery of winning photos from the 2025 Capture the Dark contest has been released.
A trove of animal bones in England suggests Bronze Age meat feasts were frequent.
Watch List
The sci-fi classic The Outer Limits premiered on this day in 1963.
Audio Files
Today would have been the 100th birthday of renowned blues artist BB King. There are plenty of places to celebrate along the Blues Trails that runs from Jackson, Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee.
Everything old is new again. Cassette tapes are returning to popularity. Can the mixtape be far behind?
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