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John Roberts: The Tree

Every year, we find ourselves watching and re-watching John Robert’s hilarious spoof of a New York mom and her complex relationship with the family Christmas […]

City Life

Robert Drake Does Christmas

For the 18th year in a row, DJ Robert Drake of WXPN is hosting The Night Before, a 24-hour holiday music marathon. “Almost two decades […]

City Life

Kissing DADT Away

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” really is a thing of the past. And the proof is in a same-sex kiss shared by two female Naval officers […]

Be Well Philly

Losing It: Why’s It Gotta Be White Food?

Until my kids each turned one year old, they ate just about anything I offered them. Fruits, veggies, sauces, game meats. (I kid. Jews don’t […]

City Life

Best Fishtown Restaurants

    Fishtown is fun. It’s drinking-a-local-beer-while-watching­-a-local-band fun. It’s ping-pong-in-a-beer-garden fun. It’s 25-cent-video-games fun. So it makes perfect sense that Barcade would open in the […]

Be Well Philly

Relax: Yoga, Cupcakes and Wine

In January, Dragonfly Yoga Studio is teaming up with event planners at Rolling Barrel to bring you the ultimate triumvirate of relaxation: an hour of […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Diary of a Marriage: 2011 Marriage Resolutions, Revisited

So I’m sitting on the couch next to J., faced with the resolutions I wrote almost exactly one year ago for this blog. There are […]

City Life

Best Collingswood Restaurants

  Calling an area “quaint” should be an automatic­ kiss of death on any neighborhood Hot List (see: New Hope). As with strippers and cars, […]

The Scene

HughE Dillon: Sixers Help Toys for Tots

The Philadelphia 76ers team welcomed home Iraq war veterans and collected toys for Toys for Tots at their “Home for the Holidays” event yesterday in […]

The Scene

HughE Dillon One-Shot: Sheryl Lee Ralph

Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes and wife Sheryl Lee Ralph had their “Holiday Affair With a Flair” party to Benefit SHARE Food Program of PA […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Bride-to-be Blogger Kathleen: Should We Take a School Bus To Our Wedding?

Sigh. Why are school bus rentals so expensive? I mean, I remember riding those things for free back in the day. The bus always showed […]

Restaurants

Dark Night at Devil’s Den

It’s the longest and darkest day of the year so Devil’s Den is celebrating with a roster of dark beers from Bell’s Brewery.

Be Well Philly

Q: Why Do I Have Body Hair?

Making an appointment now for a full body waxing to get you ready for your annual winter vacay in St. Barths? You might want to […]

Be Well Philly

Make: Chipotle Butternut Squash Soup

Remember way back in November when Be Well Philly wrapped up the Office Challenge, and announced that West Chester contenders Advanced Audio Visual Sales would […]

Be Well Philly

Dance: A Red Hot Christmas Morning

Here’s a new Christmas-morning tradition to pencil into your plans: a class at Red Hot Dance Fitness. In between your pancake breakfast and gift opening, […]