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Ballet-Inspired Wedding Gowns

With structured bodices, sparkly, feathery embellishments, and layer upon layer of tulle, bridal designers have taken a cue from this season’s ballet-inspired fashions and created […]

Restaurants

What to Watch for at the New Xochitl

Last week we told you that Steve Cook and Michael Solomonov had sold Xochitl to a couple of friends, Peter Leontaras and Demetri Pappas. The […]

City Life

City Official Fired for Accepting Gifts

Division of Technology Official Fired for Accepting Gifts. Joseph James Sr.—the deputy chief information officer for communication and operations in the city’s Division of Technology—got […]

City Life

Hello Home: Small Shop, Big Style

This Pine Street darling is stocked with an amazingly curated selection of homewares, from over-the-top mod, to all-out glam, to restrained and classic, to so-fun […]

City Life

Pennsylvania Has Second Most Polluted Air

The NRDC and Physicians for Social Responsibility used data from the Environmental Protection Agency to compile a list of the states with the highest levels […]

City Life

Philly is America’s Fifth Most-Walkable City

Walk Score—a website dedicated to promoting walkable cities—has published its annual ranking of the most walkable cities and neighborhoods in the country. Philly came in […]

City Life

Philly’s Prison Population Drops

Philadelphia’s prison population dropped 11 percent from 2009 to 2010. The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Philadelphia Research Initiative released a report detailing the decline and attributed […]

City Life

D.C. Bar Runs Special Mocking Jayson Werth

Places like Seattle and Pittsburgh—where mathematical elimination from playoff contention is often closer to the All-Star break than October—tend to have bars running this type […]

City Life

South Philly Bar & Grill on List of Top 10 Sports Bars in America

Resignation Media’s flagship site—theChive.com—has ranked the 25 best sports bars in America—and South Philly Bar & Grill came in at number eight. The Mean Fiddler […]

City Life

Quepasa Corp. Buys myYearbook.com

A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? $100 million. And that’s exactly how much New Hope’s myYearbook.com is getting for becoming part of […]

City Life

Yards Brewing Company Goes Green

Yards Brewing Company has grown significantly since they began making craft beer back in the mid ’90s. The new digs they got on North Delaware […]

City Life

Late Spark Lifts Phillies Over Cubs

Martinez and Utley Lift Phils With Late-Inning Heroics. The Phils couldn’t get to Cubs starter Matt Garza through the first seven innings last night. But, […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Bride-to-be Blogger Kathleen: Choosing Our Venue

Ok, so yay, we’re engaged! Now what? Well, if you’re like anything us, the majority of the wedding will be coming out of your own […]

Restaurants

Tonight: Return Your Pint Glass

Since we’ve had a whole day of being honest, why not keep it going through the night. Return a stolen pint glass to the Khyber […]

Restaurants

L’Oca Owner Arrested, Restaurant Closed

If you’re as much a fan of the gnochetti at Fairmount BYO L’Oca as I am, take note that you may never again have a […]