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Main Line Health Opens Doctor’s Office with Night, Weekend Hours

I’ve often wondered why my vet keeps more convenient hours than my doctor. If my dog’s sick, I can get an appoint at 7 p.m. […]

City Life

How To … Make A Classic Martini at Home

Gather Your Tools Gin, vermouth (sweet or dry or both), a large glass, a small glass, ice, a spoon and an olive. Pour Like a […]

City Life

How To … Cure a Hangover

1) Two aspirin before …Not acetaminophen; aspirin. Wash ’em down with that last shot if you have to.2) … And two  aspirin afterSame the next […]

Restaurants

Foobooz Nation: Dinner for Two at La Buca

It’s Tuesday and that means another deal for the Foobooz Nation. Enjoy an Italian feast at Ristorante La Buca: $60 buys a four-course dinner special […]

City Life

How To … Fake Your Way Through a Wine Tasting

Only Losers Spit Spitting out wine is gross, no matter how nice the bucket. It’s also a waste of good alcohol. If you have some […]

Be Well Philly

Make: Roasted Turkey Breast with Grilled Apples

Our Office Challenge contestants are in for a real treat this week. Their mission? To make a recipe for roasted turkey breast with grilled apples. […]

City Life

The Indy Hall Experiment

The tattoo on Alex Hillman’s right forearm reads “JFDI,” in letters two inches high. The letters are his bare skin, reversed out of a black […]

The Scene

HughE Dillon One-Shot: Jonathan Demme

Starting a few months after Hurricane Katrina, director Jonathan Demme traveled to New Orleans and began filming a strong matriarch from the Lower Ninth Ward […]

City Life

Philadelphia’s Best Bars

For us here at Philly Mag, writing about drinking is a little bit like writing about art: We might not know precisely what art is, […]

City Life

Restaurant Review: Soup Kitchen

It’s hard to beat getting engaged to an heir to the British throne, but Kate Middleton may not have been 2010’s luckiest fiancée. Ben Bigler’s […]

City Life

Off the Cuff: November 2011

I’ve been trying to come to grips with my anger and frustration with what’s happening in America, without much success. The crisis we’re now facing […]

City Life

Restaurant Review: The Twisted Tail

A nice dinner and a movie is a surefire combo, if you can manage it. Dinner and a play is even better. But if you […]

City Life

Desperate Housewives: The Reinvention of the Main Line Mom

Michele Seidman didn’t know what to do with herself. In a few months, her only son, Jared, would be starting first grade at Gladwyne Elementary […]

Restaurants

Tonight: All You Can Eat Small Plates

Every Monday Cub Libre offers all-you-can-eat Piqueos (small plates) for just $29. 27 plates to choose one. Only available in the dining room and everyone […]

Be Well Philly

Office Challenge: Weight-Loss Apps that Work

It didn’t take long for our smartphone-owning Office Challenge contestants to find apps and websites to help them lose weight. Such programs can use useful […]