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Jess Minot: Genetic Heart Disease. Survivor. Fighter.

Just this one time, Jess Minot didn’t want to follow in her mother’s footsteps. But when she turned 18, she was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy, […]

Birds 24/7

Offseason Outlook: Defensive Line

This week, we’ll continue to offer offseason outlooks for the Eagles, position-by-position. Each day, we’ll answer a pressing question and rank the position on the […]

BOP Voting
Shoppist

Best Of Philly: Vote For Your Favorite Boutique And You Could Win Tickets To Our Best Of Philly Bash!

What you may not realize when you pick up our Best Of Philly issue each August: Months and months of research goes into our picks. […]

Property

Realtors Behaving Badly: Sex and Social Media Edition

Robert Lindsay and Jeannemarie Phelan, you may remember, were hired by the Weiner family to sell their home. But for some reason, the house just […]

Be Well Philly

BeWOW: The 500-Rep Fitness Challenge

Warning: You’re going to feel pretty darn awesome after completing this workout. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself casually mentioning to every single one […]

Things to Do

Philly Author Beth Kephart Releases New Memoir

Beth Kephart, the Devon-based author of A Slant of Sun and Small Damages, is back with a new memoir, Nest. Flight. Sky.: On love and […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Now You Can Get Even More Adorable Wedding Stationery at Old City’s Scarlett Alley

When The Papery moved away from their spot on North 3rd Street, they left the Old City neighborhood with a major need for stationary. So […]

City Life

Boyfriend of First Out College Football Player Tells His Team He’s Gay, Too

Hot couple alert: Outsports reports that Chandler Whitney, the boyfriend of Conner Martens, the first out college football player, has also come out of the […]

City Life

SEPTA Is Having Another Rough Day

Uh-oh: SEPTA isn’t always easy on snow days. So it is today. As of this writing, all of the city’s bus routes are operating—but with delays […]

Property

For Sale: Rittenhouse’s Infamous Thaw House at 17th and Spruce

Walk by today and you’ll find a law firm at 1710 Spruce Street. A touch ironic, given one of its former residents was Harry K. […]

Be Well Philly

Pediatrician: “We Don’t Accept Patients Whose Parents Won’t Vaccinate Them”

There’s an interesting read over on the Daily Beast right now that’s (not surprisingly) making a lot of waves among parents. It’s a rant-y piece […]

Shoppist

Market Report: 7 Ways To Wear Red And Pink Without Looking Like A Bad Hallmark Card

Happy Monday, Shoppists! Now that we accurately predicted the winner of the Super Bowl, it’s time to move on to the next big February event: […]

Things to Do

The Bruno Mars Halftime Performance Won the Super Bowl

Sunday night’s game in North Jersey was one of the worst Super Bowls ever, so let’s not even bother talking about that. There were some […]

Restaurants

Another Snowstorm, Here’s What’s #OpenInPHL

The snow can look beautiful but we’re sure most of you are getting tired of all this white stuff. It might even drive one to […]

City Life

LGBT Black History Month Spotlight:
7 Questions With Activist SharRon Cooks

In partnership with Philadelphia Black Gay Pride, every day throughout the month of February we will spotlight one of the most important black movers and shakers in […]