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Emily Goulet

Barette Widell house
Life & Style

Look Inside the Wild and Wonderful Home of Interior Designer Barette Widell

Included: a “ladies’ lounge” highlighted by a pink neon sign and a powder room designed to feel like a jewel box.

mom bathing suit
Life & Style

In Defense of the Ugly But Glorious Mom Swimsuit

You say bathing tunic, I say super-practical, totally functional do-anything-you-want-in-it pool attire.

jill biden
City Life

Jill Biden Is Exactly What Washington, D.C., Needs: A Philly Girl

The First Lady’s no-nonsense, relatable strength — born in New Jersey and forged in Willow Grove — is key to who she is and why she endures.

living with parents
City Life

I Never Thought I’d Move Back in With My Parents. But Here We Are

Coming home was supposed to be a short-term thing, but 2020 had other plans.

living near grandparents
City Life

My 96-Year-Old Grandfather Moved to Town a Few Years Ago, and Nothing’s Been the Same Since

After decades in which I knew him from afar, my grandfather now lives 10 minutes away. I wasn’t used to having him around, and now he’s everywhere.

City Life

Rachel Levine Is Saving Pennsylvania — and Becoming an Accidental Icon in the Process

Public health officials are having a moment, and Pennsylvania’s own has offered a steady, composed, data-driven approach in a time when others have peddled panic and false hope.

working from home with spouse
City Life

Now That We Work From Home, My Husband and I Have Front-Row Seats to Each Other’s Professional Lives

And it’s weird.

elderly married couple
City Life

An Update on the Elderly Married Couple Featured in Our April Issue

And how to cheer up other couples like them.

open marriage
City Life

Love, Money, Sex, Cheating: The Real Stories of 10 Philly Marriages

An unfiltered, unvarnished look at what “till death do us part” means now.

spouse with ms
City Life

My Husband Was Diagnosed With MS a Year Into Our Marriage

“I remember Peter called me from a conference and said, ‘Something’s wrong with my leg. It feels numb.’ ”

long-distance marriage
City Life

My Husband Lives 3,000 Miles Away

“We try to see each other at least once every three months. I think it almost allows us to live really great lives, because we have to be present.”

how often married couples have sex
City Life

Here’s How Often Married People in Philly Have Sex

And other stats from our Philadelphia marriage survey.

die from alzheimer's
City Life

I’m Watching My Wife of 71 Years Die From Alzheimer’s

“I know there’s no relief for Norma. I just pray that she dies a happy death.”

open marriage
City Life

We’ve Been Married 10 Months, and We Haven’t Stopped Seeing Other People

“We have a very active Google calendar. And we are good at finding moments to hook up with people that don’t take time from the other.”

marriage survived affair
City Life

He Had a Two-Year Affair With Someone Who Knows Me

“I was mad at his family, because his family has a lot of adultery in it, so I was like, Oh, thanks a lot for giving me this dude.