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Here’s What Was Accomplished at Penn’s Pennovation Center This Year
It’s been a little more than a year since the University of Pennsylvania opened up the Pennovation Center, a 58,000 square-foot innovation hub on its […]
Graduate Hospital Has a Huge New CrossFit Gym — With a Boutique Yoga Studio Attached
Are there two workouts less alike than CrossFit and yoga? One is high intensity — we picture muscled people flipping giant tires. The other is […]
A Brand-New Beauty in Bella Vista for $370K
What a difference a year makes! This 1920s trinity on a pedestrian-only block of South Darien Street in Bella Vista last changed hands in May […]
I Lost 50 Pounds by Eating More Fat and Trading Alcohol for LaCroix
Changing your body takes hard work, persistence, and dedication. Here’s one Philadelphian’s transformation story. Want to share yours? Email me at ccunningham@phillymag.com. Who: Mark Kennedy-McClellan, 30, graduate […]
Eat This Now: He Fen Noodles at Danlu
If I’m being honest, I wasn’t expecting a lot from Danlu. There was just something about it — the location, the space, the time it’d […]
Cycling Advocates Plan Another Human Bike Lane to Protest Latest Crash
Following the second serious crash involving a truck and a cyclist in Center City in less than a month, protesters have planned another human bike […]
A Tudor Gem in Wynnewood for $425K
We didn’t have to look too hard to find our featured Main Line home this week. The moment we started our search and specified what we […]
This Cult-Favorite Almond Milk Brand Just Cut a TON of Sugar From Its Recipes
When we tried Origin Almond’s vegan almond milk back in 2016, it pretty quickly got our two-thumbs-up of approval. For one thing, it’s lacking in […]
Why a Philly Whistle-Blower Is Launching a Journalism Start-Up
Even by the biblical standards of come-to-Jesus moments, the day Wendell Potter got woke was nothing short of miraculous, in the old-school, divine-intervention meaning of […]
Fashion and Motherhood: Do Clothes Make the Mom?
It’s a sunny day in late fall, and I’m in my closet, grasping for something to wear. Any minute now, my neighbor Jane will be […]
DNYED: The Vanity License Plates PennDOT Rejected
Over at PennDOT HQ in Harrisburg, it’s somebody’s job to sift through the thousands of vanity license plate applications the agency receives annually to see […]
Is AKA University City the Future of Philly Hotels?
In October, the finishing touches were put in place on Level 28, a “lifestyle club” for those staying at AKA University City in the FMC […]
Connoisseur: Mark Kuhn’s Favorite Things
The CEO of Oat Foundry — the local artsy engineering agency that builds Honeygrow’s split flap signs and sconces for Stephen Starr’s Le Coucou — […]
The Best Thing This Week: Stormy Made a Break For It
Man, what a week, huh? Carson Wentz’s knee. The Mystery of Markelle’s Shoulder. The Republican tax plan. The FCC’s war on net neutrality. The Media Men’s Libido […]
Creative Gift Ideas for Creative Kids
Is it just me or are all of the store ads filled with a bunch of junk that’s just going to rot your kid’s brain? […]