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Eat This Now: Birra’s Shrimp

I went to Passyunk Avenue’s new Birra this weekend with the intention of trying the pizza. I did try the pizza. And it was very […]

The Scene

HughE Dillon One-Shot: Jon and Julie Dorenbos and Friends

Last night, a whole lot of people crossed the bridge to help me support the Gilda’s Club of South Jersey at Fleming’s Steakhouse in Marlton. […]

City Life

Travel: Philly to Cambridge

With its snow-packed cobblestones and ivy-wrapped everything, Cambridge might just be the ideal place in which to embrace the winter season: Just pack your peacoat […]

City Life

Restaurant Review: Zeppoli

In an era when chefs face off on television to see who can make a meal featuring string cheese, jicama and gingersnaps in each of […]

City Life

Restaurant Review: Tashan

It may take 20 minutes or 20 seconds. It may come out as a gasp of excitement or a groan of discontent. But eventually, every […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Twilight Lovers: Buy Bella’s Wedding Dress!

Hey, Twilight-loving brides: Here it is! (Larger shots below.) Obviously, there was much fuss about Bella Swan’s wedding dress before The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – […]

City Life

Holiday Cookie Recipes From 10 Arts, Le Bec-Fin, Parc and More

    A few weeks back, as we sat anticipating all the holiday cookies coming down the lane this season, an idea hit us: What […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Bride-to-be Blogger Kathleen: Black Friday Wedding Deals

Dear Black Friday: You may be gaining another crazed shopper this season. Normally, I wouldn’t dare touch shopping on Black Friday with a forty-foot pole. […]

City Life

Off the Cuff: December 2011

The recent Fumo affair reminds me of one of those old black-and-white movies that show the scene of the peasant mob coming for the duke’s […]

Be Well Philly

How to Survive Cold Weather Running

Winter doesn’t officially begin for a few weeks, but daily low temperatures are already sinking into the forties and thirties. Fearing the biting wind chills, […]

Be Well Philly

To Do: Gleekercise with Philly Dance Fitness

Don’t pretend your inner Gleek isn’t dying to do this. Join Philly Dance Fitness for two Gleekercise sessions in mid-December, learning “follow the leader” and […]

City Life

How To: Throw the Ultimate Holiday Party

The holidays offer the perfect excuse to throw a fete anytime. Feel like drinking champagne and eating canapés on a Tuesday? Tell friends it’s a […]

City Life

12 Restaurant Trends That Need to Die

There are restaurant trends that become staples, and then there are those that should never have become trends in the first place. Our nominees for […]

City Life

In the Future, We Will All Live in Plastic Houses Put Together in Six Weeks

  "The toughest place to get work is in your hometown,” says Stephen Kieran, who has worked around the country and around the world, designing […]

City Life

A Month at the Melrose Diner

  "I CAN SPIN ANYTHING.” I like him immediately, a waiter who keeps whizzing by, his serving tray spinning on a finger. Nick looks like […]