Kathy Matheson is a reporter, editor and videographer for The Associated Press in Philadelphia. She covers education, religion, spot news and everything in between.
She has a passion for all things Philly except cheesesteaks and overblown stories about Eagles fans throwing snowballs at Santa.
Occasionally she takes photos and blogs them here and on Instagram (katmath13).
On Sundays, she blogs The New York Times crossword here and at www.crosswordkathy.net.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Philadelphia marks nation's birthday with cake, dissent
The cradle of liberty celebrated the nation’s 236th birthday on Wednesday with thousands of cupcakes, an old-fashioned parade and some modern-day political dissent.
