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City Life

Philly Lawyers Prepping Massive Lawsuit Against City Over Tear Gas and Other Incidents

A roundup of Philly news. This post may be updated at any time as new information becomes available. Philly Lawyers Prepping Massive Lawsuit Against City […]

NextHealth PHL

NextUp: The Local Company Unlocking the Mysteries of Brain Disease

“NextUp” is a weekly NextHealth PHL feature that highlights the local leaders, organizations and research shaping the Greater Philadelphia region’s life sciences ecosystem. Email qmuse@phillymag.com […]

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City Life

How the Coronavirus Shutdown Rekindled Our Appreciation of Friendship

I was five years old when I met my first best friend. It was summertime, and both of our families had just moved to town. […]

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City Life

Six Ways to Be a Good Friend for Life

For nearly two decades, Mary Beth McNeish Fedirko has been nurturing budding friendships as a preschool teacher at the Philadelphia School. Here, she shares universal […]

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City Life

Six Ways to Make New Friends in Philly in 2020

Even in the best of times, Philly can be a hard place to break into. Philly in 2020? Forget about it. But there are still […]

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Life & Style

What 14 Creative Philadelphians Wore During Quarantine

How does Philly’s creative class hole up? With swagger, obviously. We asked artists, restaurant owners, stylists and more to document their quarantine style through self-portraits. […]

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City Life

The Best Thing That Happened This Week: The Zoo Goes Greener

Happy National Pollinator Week! Pollination is how you and I and everything we eat got here, more or less, so it’s definitely worth celebrating. And […]

Restaurants

This Middle Child and Villa Di Roma Collaboration Is Giving Me Much-Needed Pre-COVID Vibes

On the list of things I miss most from B.C. (before coronavirus), the seemingly random, collaboration-driven pop-ups from Philly’s millennial chefs ranks pretty high, which […]

City Life

As Philly Coronavirus Cases Decrease, a Related Danger Emerges: Heat Exposure

When the COVID-19 pandemic began, there was an initial line of thinking that the virus would be the great equalizer: Anyone could get sick, rich […]

Restaurants

Bok Bar Will Look a Little Different This Year

Bok Bar, the roof deck atop the Bok Building in South Philly, is reopening for summer 2020 with a focus on being more than “just […]

City Life

Meet the 2.5 Percent: Philly’s Black Business Owners in Food Service

“Meet the 2.5 Percent” is a bi-weekly series that features stories from entrepreneurs and business owners working to recover from COVID-19, as well as damage […]

Restaurants

Royal Café Brings Neapolitan Pizza to Narberth

Royal Café, the new venture from three hospitality veterans, opens today in Narberth at 724 Montgomery Avenue. Restaurateur Jason Gordon, hospitality consultant Michael Greene and […]

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Restaurants

Goodbye, Mama’s Vegetarian

Normally, I’d go to Mama’s alone. It’s a small space, and when it was open, it was very, very busy, so going alone meant you […]

Restaurants

In Memoriam: All the Philly Restaurants That Closed During the Coronavirus Crisis So Far

COVID-19 has presented unprecedented challenges to Philadelphia’s restaurants, causing many restaurateurs to doubt their ability to reopen. For some, this has been a time to […]

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Philadelphia Wedding

This Couple Held a Drive-In Wedding at The SunnyBrook Ballroom

Out-of-the-box thinking has helped many Philly-area couples still get married amid the pandemic. Such is the case with this couple, who got hitched on June […]