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Council Passes Redistricting Plan

In an effort to redraw district lines in the city—and ensure that they receive their regularly scheduled paychecks—City Council has passed a redistricting plan by […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Bride-to-be Blogger Carolyn: Photography First

I’ve already mentioned that I viewed (stalked) lot of photographer’s blogs while comprising a list of potential vendors for the wedding. I may have done […]

Be Well Philly

First-Time Finisher: Group Runs Are for Angry Birds

For eight years during high school and college, I ran on a team. Year after year, season after season, I laced up with pods of […]

City Life

Philly’s Favorite Cher Impersonator

Even out of drag, Steven Andrade bears a striking resemblance to Cher. Is it the cheekbones? Maybe it’s the jaw. Whatever the magic, it’s created […]

City Life

G Philly Brunch Guide

Tumescent rods of celery rise out of highball glasses. Half the entrées come under lofty poufs of whipped cream. It’s barely 11 a.m., but every […]

City Life

Why More Same-Sex Parents Are Raising Their Kids in the Suburbs

When Steve Sokoll read the letter from the Lower Merion School District, he was furious. He and his partner, dentist Ira Sheres, had relocated from […]

City Life

100 People in Center City Protest the Execution of Troy Davis

100 People in Center City Protest Troy Davis’s Execution. Last night, after a final effort to obtain a stay of execution was denied, Troy Davis […]

City Life

Upside the Head

Corey Calicat-Wayans looks like he was born to cause concussions. A noseguard at the Haverford School, he’s a six-two, 330-pound freshman, with room to grow. […]

City Life

The Gayest Feud Ever: Mark Segal vs. Malcolm Lazin

Malcolm Lazin hadn’t planned on running for City Council. But when local Republican committee people asked him to consider it, they didn’t have to ask […]

City Life

Real Estate Prices

The Priciest Towns Where the big bucks are The Biggest Gainers Where prices are on the rise The Biggest Losers 5 towns looking for the […]

City Life

Best Places to Raise Kids: The 15 Most Family-Friendly Philly Suburbs

Narberth Population: 4,282 School district: Lower Merion Average SAT scores: 574 math / 589 reading / 576 writing Crime rate: 1.49 violent crimes per 1,000; […]

City Life

The Revisit: Cuba Libre

A few things have happened in Cuba over the past 10 years. Russia’s last military base on the island closed. The country won “Axis of […]

City Life

When Andy Reid Met Charlie Manuel : A Q&A With the Head Coaches of the Eagles and the Phillies

“C’mon in, Coach,” Andy Reid says brightly, wearing a pair of tan cargo shorts and flip-flops and standing dead square in the middle of his […]

Philadelphia Wedding

This Week’s Real Wedding

This week, we bring you the beautiful wedding of Kendall and Derek Dietterich at Lilliput Farm in Montgomery County … Enjoy!

City Life

NAACP To Take On Lower Merion Police Department

The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission has received a formal complaint from the officer Kerry Godbold—who is backed on the issue by Jerome Mondesire and the […]