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Be Well Philly

Philly Vegan Restaurant Week Is Expanding in 2019

For a city that loves its questionable meat covered with gooey cheese, Philly is having a serious vegan moment. HipCityVeg is one of the city’s […]

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City Life

Where Do All of Those CBS Sunday Morning Suns Come From?

I finally have the answer to one of life’s burning questions. Each week, as I watch CBS Sunday Morning, I wonder where on earth they come […]

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City Life

Youse Guys, James McAvoy’s Philly Accent Isn’t Half Bad

Philadelphia featured prominently in last weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live: Meek Mill performed! James McAvoy, star of M. Night Shyamalan’s box-office-topping Glass hosted! And […]

City Life

Movita Johnson-Harrell Might Become the First Muslim Woman Elected to Pa. House

On Sunday night, Movita Johnson-Harrell, former interim supervisor of Victim Services in Philly’s District Attorney’s Office, surprised many when she became the new Democratic nominee […]

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City Life

Church of Scientology Says It’s Building a Huge House of Worship in Center City

Thanks to actress Leah Remini’s explosive A&E documentary series on the Church of Scientology, the ridiculously controversial (read: allegations of kidnapping, financial coercion, and physical […]

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City Life

How Rescue Spa’s Danuta Mieloch Became the Queen of Skincare

It’s a Tuesday morning, and I’m walking out of the best bathroom in the city — a bathroom where the air smells faintly of sandalwood […]

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Be Well Philly

10 Reasons You’ll Love Shopping at the New Giant Heirloom Market

This post has been updated. Typically, Giant grocery stores are…fine. If you’re familiar with the mega-chain, you understand it as being like every other standard […]

City Life

Asa Khalif Is Running for Philadelphia City Council. Is City Council Ready for Him?

One November morning a little over a year ago, Asa Khalif and Ikey Raw paid a visit to the Philadelphia office of Josh Shapiro, the […]

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City Life

Pot Is Super Popular Among My Fellow Boomers. So Why Can’t I Get on Board?

I’ve been doing the cha-cha with a novel I’m working on where the age-55-and-over main characters regularly smoke marijuana to get high. Really high. So […]

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Restaurants

Pierogi Hoagies, $2 Martinis, and Other Great Things to Eat and Drink in Philly Right Now

1. $2 Martini at Royal Boucherie Drinks you can buy for $2 in 2019: an off-brand bottle of “spring” water, an okay cup of coffee, […]

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City Life

23 Questions With Amber Hikes, Director of Philly’s Office of LGBT Affairs

My full name is … Amber Jelena Hikes. It’s pronounced “Yelena,” and the only reason there’s a J is that my father’s name is Jeffrey […]

City Life

Kendall Jenner Keeps Popping Up in Philly, and We Should Embrace It

By the time you read this, Bendall — the mercurial pairing of precocious Sixers point forward Ben Simmons and Kardashian-clan sensation Kendall Jenner — may […]

Restaurants

Marigold Kitchen to Close Its Doors for Good in West Philly

Marigold Kitchen, one of the city’s most ambitious modern restaurants, will close for good, according to Andrew Kochan, who co-owns the restaurant with Tim Lanza. Kochan […]

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Be Well Philly

The Workout Victoria’s Secret Angels Swear By Is Coming to Philly for One Day

This post has been updated. Our good ol’ founding father, Benjamin Franklin, allegedly said that famous thing about death and taxes being the only certain […]

City Life

Sheriff Jewell Williams Locks in Crucial “Camel Prom Mom” Endorsement

Reelection campaign efforts on behalf of controversial Philadelphia sheriff Jewell Williams have faced a few early bumps — but can a viral Instagram endorsement help him […]