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Tonight Celebrate Bastille Day

Fairmount celebrates Bastille Day tonight with its French Fling Bar Crawl featuring Kronenbourg 1664.

Philadelphia Wedding

Diary of a Marriage: Does This Make Me Look Fat?

Back when J. was my fiancé, I asked him to be my personal trainer. He was a former college athlete; he had the skills to […]

Restaurants

Yards Brews a Lager

Yards Brewing which has made its mark by brewing up ales is throwing everyone a curve ball by producing a special lager for Philadelphia Folk […]

Restaurants

Le Bec-Fin Stiffs Employees (At Least For Now)

Imagine your boss tells you to take a couple of weeks off, paid. You do, of course. Maybe you hit the beach. Maybe you head […]

Restaurants

Neil Stein Returning to the Restaurant Business

[Photo: Trevor Dixon] Once one of Philadelphia’s most talked about restaurateurs, Neil Stein has spent his time rather quietly since his January 2007 release from […]

City Life

Feds Announce Criminal Charges in the Duck Boat Crash

Yes, we’re still talking about the terrible duck boat tragedy of 2010 that killed two and sent dozens of others into the Delaware River. The […]

City Life

Villanova Comes to the Navy Yard

Beginning in August, Villanova graduate students will be able to use a technology park in Philadelphia’s Navy Yard while pursuing their degrees. A small classroom […]

City Life

Atlantic City Still Part of America’s Boardwalk Empire

Atlantic City was recently honored by National Geographic as it was named to the list of America’s top ten boardwalks. Other regional destinations that made […]

Restaurants

Quick Bites: Shuffling Ownership, Cocktails and More

Steve Cook and Michael Solomonov are selling Xochitl. Friends Peter Leontaras and Demetri Pappas are buying the Mexican bar. This isn’t the first time the […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Bride-to-be Blogger Alyse: Asking My Bridesmaids

One of the items on my wedding-to-do list that I wanted to complete right away was to ask my bridesmaids to be in the wedding. Of […]

Restaurants

A.Kitchen Now Open for Breakfast

Rittenhouse Square’s a.kitchen began breakfast service today. It will be served weekdays from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m and as brunch on weekends till 3 […]

City Life

Honeymoon: Bermuda

The balmy winds and pink-sand beaches of Bermuda feel millions of miles from Philadelphia (which is exactly how you want your honeymoon to feel, right?), […]

City Life

Arlene Ackerman Contract Amendments Released

Arlene Ackerman Contract Add-ons Revealed. Hundreds of pages of Philadelphia School District documents were turned over to City Hall as part of the “education accountability […]

City Life

Honeymoon: Mexico

Put aside those memories of raucous spring breaks spent south of the border: Mexico is perfect for a grown-up, post-nuptial trip. Cancún, one of the […]

City Life

Honeymoon: Curacao

Will and Kate may have made Seychelles famous after their 10-day honeymoon there, but the Caribbean island of Curaçao has been hosting royalty for years. […]