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City Life

Can USA250 Make Philly the Star of America’s 250th Birthday?

I was 13 years old in 1976—not exactly a budding patriot, but a good enough student of American history by that point to understand that […]

Jeffrey Rotwitt at Sun Center
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Can a Philly Movie Studio Really Compete with Hollywood?

He never admitted to anyone that it was a crazy idea, even though at first glance it was obviously crazy. He did keep a self-deprecating […]

City Life

Philadelphia Home: A Mid-Century Modern with a View in Lower Merion

Head to The Main Line, home to the estate that inspired The Philadelphia Story, and houses like this one are hard to come by. In […]

City Life

The Food Lover’s Guide to Philly

Philadelphia is just not like other cities. In its neighborhoods, in its politics, in its characters, in its food, this town has never been an […]

City Life

Kermit Gosnell’s Babies

Part I: The Monster Smiles The phone rang near 8:30 one night, and an automated message played: “You have a call from a federal inmate,” […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Gbenga & Marisa at Cairnwood

Because we still love this one as much as the first time we saw it, this week, we bring you the beautiful wedding of Marisa […]

City Life

The Controversial David Magerman

Jennifer Love Hewitt is standing in a coffee shop on 43rd and Baltimore, deep in conversation with a plus-sized gentleman. “You know what would be […]

Philadelphia Wedding

PHOTOS: Gorgeous Non-Floral Centerpieces for Your Wedding

BEYOND THE BLOOM: Who ever said your centerpieces have to be made of flowers? We love the sometimes rustic, sometimes elegant, always creative ways florists […]

Philadelphia Wedding

58 Photos That’ll Make You Want to Use Mint As Your Wedding Color

We have been into mint for quite some time now, as evidenced by the full page we dedicated to the lovely, soothing, pretty-on-everyone and for-everything […]

City Life

The New Family Vacation

Booking five hotel rooms and making sure everyone knows what time to meet at the breakfast buffet—these are the things that suck the fun out […]

City Life

Grad School Ruined My Daughter

People say college is the new high school, and as far as I can tell, it’s true. My kids’ friends who’ve gone off to college […]

City Life

Off the Cuff: September 2013

“What a strange time it is to be alive in America.” September always makes me think about renewal, a new beginning. That’s a feeling that […]

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Nick Stuccio Is Deathly Afraid of Tsunamis

My name is … Nick Stuccio. Well, my real name is Dominick Stuccio, but that’s also my dad’s name, and someone thought it would be […]

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Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Choose Your Own Adventure at Serpico

You make your way to Peter Serpico’s new home on South Street, among the head shops and tattoo parlors and neon entreaties for the purchase […]

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The Philadelphia Magazine Fashion Project

Welcome to the first-ever Philadelphia Magazine Fashion Project, our search for the best and brightest local design ta­lent. We combed through countless portfolios and résumés […]