PHILLY
EVENTS
Table of Contents: Philadelphia Magazine
March 2008
Features
We've endured the long, cold, gray months of winter. But spring has officially arrived. And just as the crocuses are pressing through the earth,...
From the city to the suburbs to the Shore, here’s why the Philly market is better than you’re being toldTHE STATE OF REAL ESTATE. You hear...
:
One of the Main Line’s star realtors has a bone to pick with the media In any market, people are interested in the value of their home....
Our annual report of the good, the bad and, yes, even the little bit of ugly that the real estate market brought this past year.In general, 2007 was...
:
Find out who’s not afraid to call a much-hyped downtown condo “a Frankenstein mix of historical elements”SURROUNDED BY STEEL AND...
As their wives carpool the kids to soccer, closeted suburban men troll the city’s bathhouses for anonymous gay sexZIPPERING HIS COAT, John...
:
Departments
Why do boys get to be as big as they want?My son, Jake, has finished supper. He carries his plate to the sink, gets a bowl from the cupboard, finds...
Germantown’s hip-hop and style superstar drops her fourth album, Here I Am Lest anyone suspect our favorite gritty and well-inked rapper, Eve...
:
They live in nice homes. They’re popular jocks. So why are the kids of Council Rock trying to kill themselves?THERE WERE NO Christmas lights at...
Anne Mahlu passed up a job with Comcast to follow her strange vision—help homeless men by getting them to jog.EARLY IN THE morning of June 6,...
:
Dining, Food & Wine
There are kitchens that can turn a simple onion into something transcendent with a little patienceToo often, French onion soup is dishwater-bland...
Can two Philly restaurants reinvent themselves?The history of Marigold has been one of constant evolution. Throughout the spot’s 70-plus-year...
:
Curry may have its roots in the Indian subcontinent, but it’s come to describe a wide variety of saucy dishesIndonesianFoodie-adored South...
Find out where some of the Philly Mag staff is eating this monthUgly American This cozy Front Street spot feels like a pub but eats like a bistro,...
:
Old City’s Beneluxx is about education, not appetiteIn Midtown Village, epicures sip peppery olive oils from diminutive martini glasses at...
Philadelphia meets Bombay at almost-exotic Bindi. Philadelphia loves its Italian food. We love the waiters with accents and the...
:
“Got Milk?” There’s more to milk than meets the eyeMilk, for most people, just is. The only question beyond “Got Milk?”...
Shopping & Style
If you already know and love Groom, the modern-meets-old-fashioned men’s barbershop on Walnut Street, you’ll love thisIf you already know...
Our favorite home shop, Ashton-Whyte, has moved its Wayne digs to a space across from the Bryn Mawr Film-InstituteOne of our fave home shops,...
:
Fawning and flattering sales tactics are no longer reserved for über-spenders. (Hint: Check your mailbox)K., a co-worker of mine, likes to...
Pulse
Review of Murder Melts in Your Mouth by Nancy MartinMYSTERYMurder Melts in Your MouthBy Nancy MartinNAL Obsidian; $22.95Grade: CIt’s a steamy...
Review of The 33-Year-Old Rookie by Chris CosteMEMOIRThe 33-Year-Old RookieBy Chris CosteBallantine Books; $25Grade: B+ Chris Coste became a Phillies...
:
Sam Katz finds that Free Library Foundation CEO Linda E. Johnson gives new meaning to the phrase “book-smart”Libraries tend to be rather...
Brooke dishes on celeb weddingsFresh from her Mexican honeymoon, the adorable Zoe Krasner, daughter of our own Sharon Pinkenson, must still be opening...
:
“Celebs” not re-sailing on the Love Boat are washing up in Atlantic City and being hired by club promoters.In the old days (the...
In honor of our centennial, we look back at some of the stories that shaped Philly MagLong before Brangelina was on our radar, Angelina Jolie got her...
:
Blatstein leads the makeover of Northern Liberties into an enclave of chic urbanity with an Old City cocktail scene…When Bart Blatstein...
A Main Line novelist’s feisty daughter is fighting to preserve his legacy — if she can get Paul Newman’s helpLast year marked the...
:
Rollie Massimino and his team didn’t just win in ’85… They inspired underdogs everywhere.Long before March Madness, they defined...
Other
Chill a white wine, take this dish to the porch and welcome spring. Bon appetit!The city is finally feeling like spring. Trees are starting to bud,...
Grab an after-workout bite without a bit of work at eight Philly gyms Making it to the gym after a full day of work is hard enough; cooking a healthy,...
:
Local Y's have been stepping it up — and we went inside to find the best in the Philadelphia area.If your idea of a Y is dank and dingy, poorly...
Burn up the dance floor and tons of calories at Philly's hottest class“Zumba is coming!” We’ve heard instructors declare, throwing...
:
Naysayers might think rollerblading should stay in the ‘90s, but there’s nothing uncool about a toned back and thighs Mentioning...
