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Top Chef All-Stars Recap: Ding Dong, Two Witches are Dead

Fidel Gastro entertains us with another recap of Top Chef All-Stars.

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Le Pain Quotidien Opening Maybe Monday, Maybe Some Other Day Next Week

Swanky bakery chain Le Pain Quotidien, which from this moment on shall be referred to on Foobooz as LPQ since spelling it out is driving […]

City Life

Why Settling Sucks

Dear Monica, I have been in a significant relationship for a few years and have not taken the plunge into marriage. I am not sure […]

City Life

National Museum of American Jewish History

It is impossible to miss the gleaming glass monolith now overlooking Independence Mall. A monstrously modern building that, during construction, seemed out of place in […]

Be Well Philly

It’s January So My Gym’s Filled With Clueless People

This time of year, my gym is packed to maximum capacity, thanks to all the resolution-makers and runners forced indoors by the cold. You’d never […]

City Life

Tats for Tots

The way Baltimore mom Michele Welsh tells it, she and her husband took their three kids to an amusement park over Labor Day weekend but […]

City Life

Our Federal Government Is Pimping Out Doctors

Medicare now has a regulation that will pay an incentive fee to primary care physicians who voluntarily undertake a discussion of end-of-life care issues with […]

City Life

Equality Pennsylvania Gets Two Grants

Equality Pennsylvania, an organization based in Philadelphia that’s working toward equal rights for LGBT people throughout the Commonwealth, was awarded two grants this year. Worth […]

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Quick Bites

Fond has rolled out their winter menu, we’d pick out a highlight but it all sounds good. [Meal Ticket] Rick’s Steaks which has left the […]

City Life

The Status Quo Prevails

By way of introduction, I’m still relatively new to this area and its customs, having only moved up here in September 2009. I say that […]

City Life

Philadelphia’s Weather Forecasters: Who Gets It Right?

John Bolaris almost made me wreck my car. I was listening to Howard Eskin on WIP. Like more and more people in Philadelphia, I only […]

City Life

Obama Honors Gay Man Who Aided Wounded Congresswoman

“We are grateful for Daniel Hernandez, a volunteer in Gabby’s office …you ran through the chaos to minister to your boss, and tended to her […]

City Life

The Age of Snark and Nastiness

“In Christina we see all of our children. So curious, so trusting, so energetic and full of magic.” — President Obama, speaking of Christina-Taylor Green, […]

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News for People Like Bad News

It’s been a bad January for points south. Simon Pearce on the Brandywine near West Chester has closed after 10 years. [The Insider] Pace One […]

City Life

The Gayest Cities in America?

You have to wonder about a list of the 15 gayest cities in America that doesn’t include New York – the home of Stonewall, The […]