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Brides: Please Watch This Video Before Buying Your Wedding Dress Online

I heard this segment start yesterday morning on Good Morning America as I was brushing my teeth, and when I heard the first interviewed bride […]

Restaurants

Art, Architecture, Food Trucks And Beer Coming To The Oval

Saint-Gobain, a Parisian building materials company, will be traveling the globe this summer to commemorate their 350th anniversary with an installation exhibition (like you do). Philadelphia, the […]

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Dock Street Is Playing Non-Stop Wu Tang While It Ages a Beer

Vince Desrosiers is creating a beer that can bring da ruckus. Desrosiers, the head brewer at Dock Street in West Philadelphia, is currently aging his […]

City

John Bolaris Will Buy You A Beer Down the Shore This Summer

We here at Philadelphia magazine are always interested in the trappings of John Bolaris, the Weather Savior. Whether he’s offering a weather concierge service, feuding […]

Citified

Insider: Black Pols Will “Rue the Day” They Backed Kenney

(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from a Citified insider. McCalla is a policy consultant who has provided pro bono advice to mayoral candidate Anthony H. […]

Property

Headlines: Philly Among the Top 10 Most Job-Accessible Cities By Walking

Did you walk to work today? If you live in Philadelphia proper and answered “no,” all we can say is buddy, you best start taking […]

City Life

Temple Physics Chair Charged With Passing Tech to China

Xiaoxing Xi, the physics department chair at Temple University, has been charged by federal prosecutors with passing semiconductor technology back to his native China. The […]

City Life

PHOTO: Philadelphia Newspaper Strike a Real Possibility

See updates below with PMN’s memorandum to journalists, and the guild’s commentary on that memo. [Original] We’re still waiting to hear back on the progress […]

Philadelphia Wedding

10 Simple Ways To Cut Wedding Costs & Stay Within Your Budget

Now that the average wedding comes with a $31,213 price tag, it’s not uncommon for couples to seek out ways to make their Big Day more affordable. […]

City Life

Here Are Maps of All of SEPTA’s Proposed Route Changes

Spring is here, which means it’s time for SEPTA’s annual planning ritual. The Annual Service Plan is where SEPTA lays out the route changes it […]

Citified

Exactly How Wasteful Was the Tony Williams Campaign?

The only metric that really matters in an election is the vote count. But it’s interesting to look at which candidates got the most value […]

Restaurants

Cheu Noodle Bar Rolls Out A New Menu Style (Plus New Bowls)

As if the ever-changing menu and new happy hour program at Bing Bing Dim Sum weren’t keeping them busy enough, partners Ben Puchowitz and Shawn […]

Restaurants

Shake Shack Rings In The Summer With Corn Dogs

Can’t make it to the beach but still want a taste of the boardwalk? Shake Shack has the answer. Hint: it’s golden, covered in corn batter, […]

City

“Suspicious” Man Taking Photos Near Bus Stops Was Property Inspector

Earlier this week, the Newtown Township Police Department in Bucks County issued a suspicious person warning. “Early this morning Newtown Township Police received two reports […]

Property

Head Scratcher Rankings: Forget Beverly Hills, Narberth Is the Place to Live

Ahhh, Narberth, we often find ourselves longing to bask in your wonderland of sunshine, streets lined with palm trees, (good) Eddie Murphy cop movies and Hillbillies shows, […]