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To Do This Weekend: YogaRocksLive at the Blockley

Okay, so track with me on this one. Tomorrow night Allie Conover and Nicole Cucinotta are hosting a yoga class/rock concert as part of YogaRocksLive, their […]

City Life

10 Totally Handsome Men Born as Women [NSFW]

A must-see list of successful, super-studly (and oh-so-hairy!) trans men has been making the rounds around the Web this week, and it’s beyond enthralling. Not […]

Restaurants

¡Juice! Opens in Graduate Hospital

¡Juice! opened last weekend in Graduate Hospital. The juice shop replaces Betty’s Speakeasy at at 2241 Grays Ferry Avenue and offers a menu of juices and […]

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City Life

Nate Allen Prefers Tackling Pigs to Humans

Nate Allen may be the single most maligned player on the Philadelphia Eagles. Here are some recent message board comments about the tackling-averse safety. Nate […]

Property

Ritz-Carlton Condo Has Perfect Views of City’s Architectural Contrasts

This $1.2 million two-bedroom unit at the Residences at the Ritz-Carlton — the high-rise adjacent to the hotel — has everything one would expect from […]

Birds 24/7

Three-And-Out: Predictions For the Stretch Run

Welcome to a special bye-week edition of Three-And-Out. Tim and Sheil make their predictions for the final five games. Key player Offense McManus: LeSean McCoy […]

Birds 24/7

Podcast: Birds 24/7 Radio, Week 12

We gauge where things stand with Nick Foles and Chip Kelly going into the bye. Plus, what changes does this team need to make going […]

City Life

How Paul Levy Created Center City

The smell. what could he do about the smell? It was 1989, and Ron Rubin, the developer and quintessential Philadelphia power player, was lobbying Tiffany […]

Be Well Philly

14 Meat-Free Recipes for a Yummy Vegetarian Thanksgiving Dinner

Okay, okay, it’s not always easy to be a vegetarian at Thanksgiving. But just because you’ve gone meatless doesn’t mean you have to subsist on […]

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City Life

A New Life for the Old Boyd Theatre

It hosted the likes of Grace Kelly, Mario Lanza and Charlton Heston. But I’m guessing that no premiere at the Boyd Theatre—built in 1928 and […]

City Life

The Death of the Funeral Business

Over the summer, my 98-year-old Aunt Elizabeth passed away, after a long, full life. In the wake (heh) of her memorial service, I got a […]

City Life

PLAYDAR: Recalling a Better (Less Robotic) Britney

I have a confession to make: There’s never been a time — through all the K-Fed drama and shaved-head breakdowns — where I’ve not been […]

City Life

Heidi Hamels Is More Than Just Mrs. Cole Hamels

Heidi Hamels will hate the way this story begins. But this is where her story must begin, because without it, the farm girl never becomes […]

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City Life

Philadelphia’s Millennial Revolution

That’s right, revolution. More than four out of 10 residents in Greater Center City are between the ages of 18 and 34—and they’re only growing […]

Property

Church of the Assumption Gets a Demolition Reprieve — But Should It?

Not long ago I got a chance to walk around the embattled Church of the Assumption, the historic Spring Garden church that’s been the subject […]