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Philadelphia Home: Peggy Brehman’s Renovated Newtown Square Dairy Barn
Renovation: We think it was built about 1850 as a single-story dairy barn. When we first looked at it, it had been improved into living […]
Off the Cuff: June 2013
I’m beginning to question my own sanity. It seems that whenever a major news story breaks, it immediately becomes layered with what we want to […]
Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Seasonal American Eats at Jersey’s Tavro 13
Tavro 13 is a long way from Philadelphia. You take I-95 to the Commodore Barry Bridge, follow 322 to Kings Highway, and park outside a […]
The Woman Who Exposed Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries
Mari Steed’s fingers trembled as she tapped commands on her laptop. The unprecedented apology was about to be streamed online, projected onto a big screen […]
Gossip Guy: The Life and Times of the Daily News’ Dan Gross
“My man, can we get an escort? I got VIPs,” Big Penny tells the cops in the lanenext to us on Broad Street. Seconds later, […]
Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Hit-or-Miss Charm at Goat Hollow
There are honest waiters, there are fatally honest waiters, and then there’s the guy who asked if we wanted dessert at Goat Hollow. “We have […]
Fishtown’s Favorite Shops
Kraftwork Fishtown | 541 East Girard Avenue The just-comforting-enough fare at this corner resto-bar is a prime example of how the food scene is truly […]
Philadelphia is Ori Feibush’s World, We Just Live In It
It’s 10 to six on a Saturday night, and Ori Feibush and I are stuck in traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike. “Don’t quote my […]
Happy 100th Birthday, Rittenhouse Square
There are other squares, of course, scattered about the city like so many verdant postage stamps, their benches weathered and welcoming. But there is only […]
Aren’t Kids Supposed to Be Off for the Summer?
A year ago last winter, I woke up at 3:30 in the morning for the third night in a row, in the midst of a […]
Desperately Seeking Leadership: Philadelphia’s Next Mayor
Billionaire New York mayor Michael Bloomberg is in the final year of his three-term reign in New York. Onetime White House bully Rahm Emanuel runs […]
The Myth About Wedding-Night Sex
It’s all a part of the fairy-tale wedding dream: Girl meets boy, boy proposes to girl, girl and boy get married on the perfect day, […]
PHOTOS: How to Style Your Groom For Your Nautical Summer Wedding
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How to Break Down Your Wedding Budget
We asked planner Susan Norcross of South Jersey’s Two Rings One Circus to show us how you can have a fabulous wedding on any budget. […]
Will Philadelphia’s Catholic Schools Be Resurrected?
I walk in and see Linda Walters, who is now Linda Walters McSwigan, and I recognize her instantly because even when she was a little […]