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5 Out-of-the-Box Ways to Celebrate Your Wedding Shower

You’ve likely been to a number of wedding showers for friends and family members, and they often have a few key elements. You open gifts, […]

Life & Style

Rittenhouse’s All-Day Cafe Enswell Is an Art Deco Design Dream

It’s nearly impossible not to look up when you step inside Enswell, Rittenhouse’s swanky new day cafe and cocktail lounge at the Touraine. Lance Saunders, […]

Be Well Philly

Family Estrangement: How to Navigate Toxic Relationships Around the Holidays

In 1938, Harvard researchers embarked on the world’s longest scientific study, focusing on what makes people happy. It concluded with the following realization: The happiest […]

Life & Style

Winterize Your Look With Help From These Philly Retailers

Whether you prefer an après-ski experience or some time on the slopes, you’ll want to look and feel your best when winter arrives next month. […]

Restaurants

10 Philly Wine Bars We’re Crushing on Right Now

Wine bars in Philadelphia have never been better than they are right now. Whether it’s because of the challenges or despite them, purveyors in Philly […]

Property

Living in New Hope: A Neighborhood Guide

Hope springs eternal Originally a ferry landing on the road from Philly to New York, New Hope got its name from the gristmill Benjamin Parry […]

Restaurants

Where to Buy Local Spirits Without Setting Foot in a State Store

If you’ve ever been to a BYOB restaurant or tried to buy liquor in Philadelphia, you know the liquor laws in our state are a […]

Be Well Philly

Embrace the Chill in These Philly-Area Cold Plunges

Around here, running into freezing cold water during the middle of winter has been a thing for years. (Hello, polar plunge in Wildwood!) Some — […]

Things to Do

Tinseltown’s Holiday Lights Are Taking Over FDR Park. Here’s What to Expect

The first holiday season of the pandemic was dark. No family gatherings, no sitting on Santa’s lap (maybe that one wasn’t so bad), no traditional […]

Things to Do

Philadelphia Zoo’s LumiNature Returns to Light Up the Holidays

The zoo’s holiday lights are back for the season. More than a million lights, to be more precise, turn the Philadelphia Zoo into LumiNature when […]

Be Well Philly

Here’s Where You Can Take a Drop-in Dance Class in and Around Philly

If you’ve ever taken a dance class, you know that it keeps your body and mind challenged, disciplined, focused, and energized. No matter if you’re […]

Be Well Philly

7 Cabins Near Philadelphia That You Can Book for Your Next Hiking Getaway

If you’re ready and eager to spend a weekend (or midweek!) hitting the trails, these cabin rentals — all around a two-hour drive from Philly […]

Life & Style

The Ultimate Guide to Stress-Free Holiday Entertaining

Hosting your friends and family at home this season? It’s a hefty task — one that could make even an expert party-thrower fret — but […]

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Property

Living in Doylestown: A Neighborhood Guide

Doyle’s town Doylestown Borough and Doylestown Township get their names from William Doyle, an Irish immigrant who built a tavern in 1745 where the road […]

Restaurants

The Clover Club, a Classic Cocktail Born in Philly, Is Having a Moment. Here’s Where to Drink It

Drinking in Philadelphia has come a long way from throwing back Citywides. While it seems craft beer tastes are in limbo, spirits are in ascendance […]