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The Checkup: This Is the Best (And Cheapest!) Day to Buy Avocados

• First, you hear there’s an avocado shortage (which is why they’re so freaking expensive), so you do everything you can to get a lot out of a little […]

Foobooz

7 Philly Craft Spirits Week Events You Need to Attend

Philly Craft Spirits Week has been running since last Thursday with events at bars all over town. But if you’ve somehow managed to miss everything […]

Business

Venture Capitalists Made Fewer Bets on Philly in 2017

If you talk to almost any entrepreneur in Philadelphia about what the region’s innovation ecosystem lacks, chances are the word “capital” will be among their […]

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City Life

ThinkFest Preview: Michael Smerconish on Our Polarized Nation

We said it best last August, when we awarded CNN host Michael Smerconish a Best of Philly award: “The ‘refreshingly independent’ (as he now puts it) political […]

Things to Do

REVIEW: In InterAct’s Broken Stones, A Political Tale Goes Down the Rabbit Hole

Sinister political thriller? Caper comedy? Morality play? Surreal fantasia? Try as I did to focus on the odd and occasionally intriguing narrative arc of Broken […]

City Life

Thinkfest Preview: Mayor Kenney and Josh Shapiro Take On Trump

It’s safe to say that Mayor Jim Kenney and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro are no fans of President Donald Trump, now 287 days into […]

Foobooz

Head to Andy’s on South Street for Free Fried Chicken

Andy’s Chicken, one of our favorite spots for Korean fried chicken, announced this summer that they’d be opening up an outpost in Graduate Hospital. And […]

Property

Live in a Park in Germantown for $500K

Some Chestnut Hill residents enjoy the privilege of visiting the Morris Arboretum for free anytime they want, thanks to deeds that include access to the […]

Property

The Ultimate Live/Work Space in Villanova for $16.9M

You know how they love to horse around on the Main Line, right? Well, there were few people horsier than Hope Montgomery Scott, daughter of […]

Be Well Philly

The Checkup: What You Need to Know About The Latest Trend in Dieting

• In the constantly growing realm of trendy diets: The Sirtfood Diet. It’s a fairly controversial low-calorie diet created by two nutrition pros out of the U.K. that promises […]

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How to Cut Back on the One Thing You’re Definitely Eating Too Much Of

Lately, nutritionists and dietitians have been telling us that we’re eating too much sugar — but what about the salty stuff? It’s not breaking news that we’re consuming too […]

Foobooz

ThinkFest Preview: The State of Culture and Cool in Philadelphia

“New York’s most vibrant neighborhood at the moment is Philadelphia.” That’s an actual line in some indie Pierce Brosnan film that came out a few […]

City Life

Jimmy Tayoun, Philly Political Legend and Ex-Con, Dies

James “Jimmy” Tayoun, a Philadelphia political legend, has died at the age of 87. Tayoun spent his life working just about every corner of the city’s political system. He […]

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Three Queens Yoga Offering Veterans Free Yoga

In 2015, President Obama pegged November as Military Family Appreciation Month. This month is also National Gratitude Month and the 11th is Veterans Day. To […]

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Marathon Training: 3 Things NOT to Do During Taper Time

Congrats! You made it to the taper, the winding-down period that typically comes three weeks out from race day. After months of hard training, odds […]