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Life & Style

6 New Bookstores to Check Out Around Philly

A theory: Amazon didn’t pick Philly because our independent bookstore scene intimidated the hell out of them. Here are six (newish) shops worth scouting. Uncle […]

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City Life

Temple Professor and Cultural Lightning Rod Marc Lamont Hill on Being a Dissenting Voice

The Rundown Age: 40 CV, abridged: Professor, Temple’s Klein College of Media and Communication; author, four books, including New York Times best-selling Nobody; columnist, Daily […]

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Be Well Philly

See Photos From Our Weekend Pop-Up at Title Boxing Club

Yes, weekends are for catching up with friends and family, doing laundry, meal prepping — but they’re also for getting a serious sweat on. That’s […]

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Philadelphia Wedding

Real Talk: I’m Getting the Wedding of My Dreams By Going Super-Small

Welcome to Real Talk Week at Philadelphia Wedding, where the pros behind the city’s most stylish weddings dish on how they handled getting hitched themselves. […]

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Property

On the Market: Turn-of-the-Century Manor in Elkins Park

We’ve seen plenty of elegant English Tudor Revival mansions dating to the dawn of the 20th century in our search for outstanding houses to feature […]

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Be Well Philly

Barre Classes and Fancy Skincare Treatments Get This Fashion Consultant Through the Week

Welcome to Sweat Diaries, Be Well Philly’s look at the time, energy, and money people invest in pursuit of a healthy lifestyle in Philly. For each Sweat Diary, […]

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City Life

This Main Line High School Student Just Won $175k for His HIV Research

If your kids sit around all the time playing Fortnite or watching TV, you might want to introduce them to Samuel Weissman. The 17-year-old Harriton […]

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Be Well Philly

Philly’s New Athleisure Brand Includes These Awesome Eagles Leggings

We’re going to venture a guess here: For every pair of workout leggings you can’t stop wearing, you probably own at least three more that […]

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Restaurants

This Philly Hard Seltzer Company Wants to Change the Way You Drink

We all know that Philly is a beer town. Our state’s gallons of beer consumed per capita each year is second-highest in the nation at 12.9 […]

Business

Wharton Reclaims Status as Country’s No. 1 Business School

U.S. News and World Report just released its 2020 rankings of the country’s best business schools, and for the first time ever, UPenn’s Wharton School […]

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Property

Just Listed: Wesley Emmons’s 19th-Century Gem in Rittenhouse

Talk about “burying the lede”! (“Lede” is how editors often spell “lead” so that the start of a news story isn’t confused for some heavy […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Real Talk: I’m a Wedding Photographer. Here’s Why I Did My Own Wedding Portraits a Day Early.

Welcome to Real Talk Week at Philadelphia Wedding, where the pros behind the city’s most stylish weddings dish on how they handled getting hitched themselves. Up […]

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Be Well Philly

11 Trader Joe’s Gems You Can Buy Right From Amazon

This post has been updated. You know those times when you really don’t want to schlep to Trader Joe’s, but you’re dying for avocado sprinkled with the […]

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Property

On the Market: Historic Riverview Farm Estate in Swarthmore

Louis Cole Emmons must have loved entertaining on a grand scale. If he didn’t, why would he have had Carroll Thayer build this magnificent Colonial […]

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Business

Comedian Chip Chantry on Bob Saget, South Philly and Hecklers

Best of Philly-winning Philly comedian Chip Chantry has a brand new comedy album out. (Yes, people are still releasing comedy albums, apparently, and you can […]