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Birds 24/7

Three Questions: Eagles Playoff Scenarios

Earlier this week, we sorted through some potential Eagles playoff scenarios, but there have still been questions about what’s possible and what’s not in the […]

City Life

ACLU and Freedom to Marry Launch “Why Marriage Matters” Campaign

In May Franklin and Marshall released poll results saying that 53 percent of Pennsylvanians support the right of same-sex couples to get married, but you’d […]

Be Well Philly

Crystal Ball: What Will Be the Hottest Health and Fitness Trends of 2014?

You might remember that a few months ago the American College of Sports Medicine reported their annual prediction of fitness trends for the upcoming year, […]

City Life

More Than 700 Same-Sex Couples Have Married in New Jersey Since October

Marriage equality has only been legal in New Jersey since Oct. 21, but by Dec. 6,  the State Department of Health reports, 709 same-sex couples […]

Be Well Philly

Make: 200-Calorie Grilled Chicken and Grapefruit Salad

Confession: There is a homemade cherry pie in my fridge that I’ve been systematically devouring over the past few days, bit by scrumptious bit. This, […]

Restaurants

The History of McGlinchey’s

Hidden City Philadelphia tells the history of McGlinchey’s. Did you know the duck mural is actually an old billboard for an ARCO gas station? It’s […]

Shoppist

Market Report: Man Fed Up With Girlfriend’s Shopping Jumps To His Death At Mall

A man who’d been on a five-hour shopping trip with his girlfriend reportedly became so annoyed when she asked to go to one more store […]

Birds 24/7

Chip: No Concern About Letdown

The Eagles are coming off an emotional, memorable win over the playoff-hopeful Lions. They have won five straight and, after a Dallas loss to Chicago […]

City Life

George Clooney Addresses Gay Rumors

In the January 2014 issue of Esquire U.K., 52-year-old Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney addresses accusations that he’s a closeted homosexual. It all started, he told […]

Property

The Winter of Paul Levy’s Discontent

If you complain about Center City trash now, then you probably didn’t live here 25 years ago, when, as Patrick Kerkstra evocatively writes, “Center City […]

Be Well Philly

BeWOW: The Ultimate 50-Rep Fitness Challenge

This week, you’re going to be digging deep: no phoning it in, no wasted time—just a straight-forward, heart-pounding workout. Here’s how it’s going to work: […]

Shoppist

Here’s Where To Score Free Gift-Wrapping In Philly

Though gift-wrapping has its joys (i.e. discovering you’ve perfectly measured out that square of wrapping paper), it’s not without its own distinct set of annoyances, […]

Property

Upper Dublin Mansion With Cigar Room, Phone Booth and 19th-Century Pool Table

There is so much going on in his house, it is mind-boggling. Or, better said, eye-boggling. The house’s featured amenities — not all of which […]

City Life

Hear Madonna’s Daughter Lourdes Sing in a High School Production of “Grease”

Looks like we may have a new Material Girl on our hands. The web is abuzz with news that Madonna’s daughter, 17-year-old Lourdes Leon, is […]

Zach Conrad
City Life

Zach Conrad: The Right Place. The Right Time.

Sometimes the balance between life and death hangs on being in the right place at the right time.  Zach Conrad learned that firsthand on June […]