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Can Wild Boar Save the Suburban Mall?

THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT—THIS IS MARC VETRI’S OSTERIA. It’s 8 p.m. on a Saturday night, with a 45-minute wait and good-looking people standing three-deep […]

Atlantic City New Jersey's Gay Republican Mayor Colin Lenton
City Life

Atlantic City’s New Don

Long after most of the other dignitaries—particularly the white ones—have quietly exited, Mayor Don Guardian remains in a front pew at St. James African Methodist […]

Birds 24/7

Wake-Up Call: Symbolism In the Peters Signing

Part of it is just that Jason Peters is a freak. He’s 32, yes, and he is not too far removed from a double Achilles […]

Be Well Philly

The Checkup: The Inner Thigh Workout You Can Do in Bed

• I don’t buy into that whole thigh-gap obsession thing, but that’s not to say we shouldn’t target our inner thighs every now and again […]

Birds 24/7

Cooper Reportedly Agrees To Terms; Maclin In Works

The Eagles are finishing the month with a bang. After inking left tackle Jason Peters to a four-year extension Wednesday, the attention now turns to […]

Shoppist

Store Opening Awesomeness: Saint Laurent Opened in King of Prussia

In fashion news that will make you squeal with glee: Saint Laurent (yep, still looks sorta naked without the ‘Yves’) has opened a new store! […]

Philadelphia Wedding

10 Things to Remember for Your Outdoor Summer Wedding

Remember all of the things we talked about in our piece on backup plans for extreme weather on your wedding day? How, if the mercury […]

Eagles WR Riley Cooper scores touchdown against Chargers
Birds 24/7

Report: Eagles, Cooper Close To Deal

The Eagles and wide receiver Riley Cooper are reportedly closing in on a new deal. According to Jeff McLane, talks have heated up between the […]

Philly Men Wearing Makeup is on the Rise
Shoppist

POLL: Dudes in Philly Wear Makeup Now. Would You?

Facial hair isn’t the only thing that have Philly men turning to the cosmetics aisle. There’s a new school of image-conscious guys out there who go […]

Be Well Philly

Whole Foods Has a Deal on Groupon Right Now

Not sure if any of you saw this, but I got some weird invite-only email from Groupon yesterday saying they were running some secret deal […]

Things to Do

Wilmington’s Aubrey Plaza Shows Some Skin on Cover of Latina Magazine

Wilmington, Del., Parks and Recreation star Aubrey Plaza snagged the cover on this month’s edition of Latina magazine. She’s there to promote her new movie, […]

LeSean McCoy running Jason Peters run block against Chargers
Birds 24/7

Notes On the Peters Signing

Asked how much he dealt with Chip Kelly during the Jason Peters contract negotiations, agent Vincent Taylor responded, “Man, not at all.” Kelly told reporters at the beginning of the […]

City Life

Cory Wade Hindorff Weighs in on
Top Model Casting Alleged Homophobe
Adam Smith

The cast for Cycle 21 of America’s Next Top Model was recently announced, and to some gay advocates’ surprise it included Adam Smith, a 26-year-old […]

Restaurants

Band of Brewers Is Set for Sunday, March 2nd

Last year Philly Beer Scene hosted Band of Brewers with six local breweries putting together bands to rock World Cafe Live in a battle-of-the-bands type of event. […]

Be Well Philly

What in the World Is Turmeric, Anyway?

Have you noticed? All of a sudden, turmeric is everywhere: being sold in a cold-pressed juice-like concoction at my yoga studio, sitting in the vitamin […]