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Owls and Wildcats Prep for Third Mayor’s Cup

Labor Day is still a full workday and a two-hour drive to the beach away, but fall kicks off tonight with the start of the […]

City Life

PECO Fixes Everybody’s Power

Hurricane Irene swept through Philly last weekend leaving 500,000 PECO customers without power. As of last night, PECO had restored power to nearly all 500,000 […]

Be Well Philly

First-Time Finisher: Knowing When to Take a Day Off

“Someone where in the world, someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will beat you.” For a while in college, […]

City Life

Poll Shows Half of Pennsylvanians Support Gay Marriage

A Franklin & Marshall College Poll shows that half of Pennsylvanians strongly or somewhat supports a constitutional amendment allowing gay marriage. In 2009, only 42 […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Bride-to-be Blogger Kathleen: Planning Our Dance Party … I Mean, Wedding

I’m one of those people who just aren’t really good at … well, things. I’ve tried baking, sewing, painting and gardening, all of which have […]

City Life

American Philosophical Society Builds a Greenhouse

A grant from the Heritage Philadelphia Program has allowed the American Philosophical Society to fund a series of greenhouse projects. The greenhouse uses new technologies […]

City Life

Cliff Lee’s Awesome Season

Clifton Phifer Lee is having a good season. How good? Good enough to have his name tossed around with the game’s greatest pitchers like Bob […]

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A Labor Day Picnic, Courtesy of Garces Trading Company

Let’s face it. Labor Day weekend is kind of lame. Sure, you get Monday off and you get to act like you’re not a slave […]

City Life

FDA Finds Problems at Consolidated Red Cross Centers

The American Red Cross set up new blood centers in Philadelphia in a consolidation effort that was wrapped up a year and a half ago. […]

Be Well Philly

Philadelphia Sports Clubs Free for Hurricane Victims Through September 15

Town Sports International, which runs Philadelphia Sports Clubs, is opening the doors of all its clubs from DC to Boston to those impacted by Hurricane […]

Be Well Philly

How I Make My Morning Coffee

Ok, I think we’ve been getting to know each other long enough for me to let you in on a little secret: My morning coffee […]

City Life

South Philly Mom Murders Daughter, Son

A South Philly Mom Murdered Her Two Children. A 12-year-old girl and an eight-year-old boy are dead after their mother allegedly stabbed them with kitchen […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Diary of a Marriage: My Two Husbands

I make it a rule to never host any type of get-together on Friday nights. It’s partly because I’m usually too spent after a long […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Priscilla of Boston To Close

Well, brides, if you’re anything like me, your jaw is about to drop, and you are about to, after a lengthy pause, shout something along […]

Restaurants

Tonight: Last Night of Sips

It’s the last night of Center City Sips for the year. Go out and make it a good one. Chops will be hosting the last […]