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Give That Wedding-Day Bling Some Competition With Bridal Nail Art from Philadelphia’s Rescue Spa

When certain trends reach a certain level of pervasiveness in fashion and beauty, they tend to leak over into the bridal sphere—and that’s exactly what’s […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Ask the Expert: How Can I Keep My Mother-in-Law From Trying to Control My Wedding Photographer?

Q: My mother-in-law tends to be a bit controlling, and I’m concerned that on our wedding day, she’s going to be pulling our photographer all […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Ask the Expert: How Should We Let Our Guests Know We Don’t Want Our Wedding Pictures Posted on Social Media?

Question: My fiance and I prefer that our guests not post pictures on social media during our wedding, but we aren’t sure of the best […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Sneak Peek: Philadelphia Wedding’s Spring/Summer 2014 Issue!

Guess what, everyone? Today is t-minus one week until the spring/summer 2014 issue of Philadelphia Wedding can be in your hot little hands! It’s coming […]

Philadelphia Wedding

PHOTOS: Gorgeous Wedding Cakes Inspired by Your Favorite Bridal Accessory

COMPLEMENTARY CAKES: Whether it’s the dream shoes you just had to have or the family heirloom you’ll wear down the aisle, give a nod to […]

Shoppist

Philly’s 5 Hottest Import Shops

Morihata Center City | 428 North 13th Street The first thing you see in this high-design Japanese import store is a grand wall of unbelievably […]

City Life

Just Who Is Maria Papadakis?

I’m roaming around a giant warehouse by the Delaware River, looking for Maria Papadakis. Maria isn’t hard to spot when she’s onstage with a mic in her […]

City Life

Meet the Philly Start-Ups Leading the Entrepreneurship Era

Something big is happening. It’s not obvious, and it’s nothing tactile—but it’s most definitely a shift in the way we normally do things around here. […]

Herbert and Catherine Shaible, members of the First Century Gospel Church, watched their two sons die because they refused to let them see a doctor.
City Life

Why Did the Schaibles Let Their Children Die?

On the night of April 18th, Detective Brian Peters of the Philadelphia homicide unit saw something strange—something he’d never witnessed before—when he interviewed Herbert Schaible. […]

City Life

ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio Was a Nobody in High School

My name is … Salvatore Anthony Nicholas Paolantonio. “Sal Pal” for short. I was named after … my mother’s oldest brother, Salvatore Giardina, who served […]

City Life

Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Xi’an Sizzling Woks

It’s not every day that you come across a condiment that makes you do a double take. Heck, it’s not every year. But think about […]

City Life

The New Philadelphia Nightlife

River Boat Tours Misc. Nocturnal Frivolity | Docks at Rittenhouse and Penn’s Landing Whether you prefer your cruise of the Schuylkill or Delaware to be narrated […]

City Life

The 10 Most Philly Coaches Ever

This is a strange moment in Philadelphia sports. For the first time, all four of our major teams are led by rookie managers or coaches—the […]

City Life

West Philly’s Quest for the Automotive X Prize

The bell rang at 3 p.m. Kids burst from their second-floor classrooms at the West Philadelphia High School Academy for Automotive and Mechanical Engineering and […]

Shrimp and crawfish etouffee at Carmine's Creole Cafe Act II
Restaurants

Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Carmine’s Creole Cafe, Act II

With scaled-down ambitions and pumped up flavors, John Mims comes back to Narberth. But is this homecoming what he really wants? The best place to […]