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DJ Carl Michaels Presents: 10 Tracks for Weird Winter Moods

Every month, Gayborhood DJ Carl Michaels puts together a mix especially for G Philly. Winter has me in a strange mood, so I have been […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Wedding Planner Carolyn Verdi’s New South Philly Boutique’s Got You Covered From the Gown to the Invitations

There are certainly one-stop shops that cover things like, say, your wedding-day ensemble, hitting on the gown, shoes, clutch, jewelry, and headpiece all under one […]

Be Well Philly

VIDEO: If All These Things Happened in One Run, You Would Quit Running

Thanks, Buzzfeed, for this reminder of all the annoying things that can happen during a run. I’ve suffered my fair share of many of these. […]

Property

Adventures in Home Buying: The Poetry Edition

We had seen three houses that left us cold on a marathon Sunday in January. We had also seen one that we loved and another that […]

How to Pronounce Designer Names
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How to Pronounce Designer Names (and the Ones We Hate Saying the Most)

Quick: How do you pronounce Proenza Schouler? (That last name sounds like ‘schooler.’) Dries Van Noten? (It’s actually ‘drees.‘) And Rodarte? (That would be ‘row-dar-tay.’) […]

Things to Do

One-Off Movie Screenings in Philly This Week: They Die by Dawn, Blue Is the Warmest Color, Chinatown and More

Every week we round up the one-off film screenings playing in Philadelphia. Click film names for trailer when available.  AMBLER THEATER Oscar Nominated Live Action […]

Be Well Philly

Urban Outfitters to Launch New Outdoors/Fitness Brand Next Month

Philly-based Urban Outfitters is launching a new outdoors and fitness brand called Without Walls on March 1st. While the products aren’t available yet, the brand […]

City Life

UPenn On New List of 25 Best Colleges and Universities for LGBT Students

Once again, the University of Pennsylvania has been named one of the nation’s best universities for LGBT students. The accolade comes from Campus Pride, an […]

City Life

Here’s Gov. Corbett’s First Campaign Video

Here is Gov. Corbett’s first campaign video. How do you make the case for re-election when you’re job approval rating is practically non-existent? If this […]

Be Well Philly

Brent Celek Loves Pure Barre and Yoga. Surprised?

You’ve seen him dominate on the field, sure, but here’s one place you probably wouldn’t expect to find Philadelphia Eagles tight end Brent Celek: at […]

Things to Do

PHOTO: West Philly’s Questlove and Will Smith Backstage at The Tonight Show

Questlove just Instagrammed this great shot of him and fellow West Philly native Will Smith backstage this week during the debut of The Tonight Show […]

City Life

Comcast Today: About Those Netflix Problems…

So all those stories lately about how Comcast might be throttling Netfix service? Turns out the real story is probably a bit more complicated than […]

City Life

Support for Gay Marriage On the Rise in Pennsylvania

Despite yesterday’s bummer (albeit expected) news that a South Philly gay couple was denied a marriage license at City Hall, there’s still reason to be […]

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Property

Dispatch: Most Rendell-ian Moments From Ed Bacon Awards

Last night former Philadelphia Mayor, Pennsylvania Governor, Democratic Party Chair and current Eagles color commentator Ed Rendell received the Edmund N. Bacon Prize, which “is […]

City Life

Hotel Palomar Goes Vegas for ActionAIDS Charity

Attention high rollers: Forget Atlantic City or Las Vegas. For one night only, ActionAIDS, Pennsylvania’s largest AIDS service organization, is transforming Philadelphia’s Hotel Palomar into a […]