Joseph N DiStefano
phillyjoed.bsky.social
Joseph N DiStefano
@phillyjoed.bsky.social
JoeD@Inquirer.com
I write about money and people
mostly for the Philadelphia Inquirer
https://www.inquirer.com/author/distefano_joseph_n/
+OFS
Son 5 was at his South Philly polling place early.
November 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Yeah so my breakfast fell outta the trees in the yard
October 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Chestnut time
September 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Pawpaw time
September 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
September 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Pear time
September 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
If you were all like me
the economy would crash
Or power would be cheaper
at least
August 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
With SEPTA planning to kill its most popular suburban Philly trains, Delaware is asking riders if they’d take a bus from its new Claymont station straight to 30th St, same price. I wouldn’t miss stopping at all those rundown Delco platforms.
July 31, 2025 at 10:32 AM
On the train
I receive the dress code
for my niece’s pending wedding
In her native Oaxaca

I tell my sons,
You go represent the family
this time
July 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Report from San Francisco
July 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Garlic time
June 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Homegrown
June 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
On a Tesla truck outside the JPM tech center, Wilmington, DE
June 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
June 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Our chestnut tree is blooming and it smells like springtime itself
June 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
They want us to turn in our neighbors? That’s called no pretty name
June 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Two moons, Christina River footbridge, Delaware
June 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
About 100 this morning at ILG Wilmington DE airport protesting Avelo’s ICE charter deportation flights
May 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Greetings from lower, slower Delaware
May 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Protein!
May 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Rockport, Mass.
May 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Legacy of a former boss of American Wayer Works, the former-profit utility chain now based in Camden, NJ
May 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
May 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Better photo
May 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Tenebrae
April 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM