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Cupcakes, Frosted with Rage

Much like cheesesteakery, the cupcake business is more fraught with more drama than it really has any right to be. Aren’t sweets supposed to make […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Bride-to-be Blogger Leslie: The First Dance

One hurdle that Charles and I have been facing together lately has been picking out the song for our first dance as husband and wife. […]

City Life

Revival of The Philadelphia Story With Jon Hamm?

Mad Men star Jon Hamm recently did a staged reading of The Philadelphia Story in L.A. Could this mean a Broadway revival of the play […]

City Life

It’s Official: Hope Moffett Will Be Fired

It’s a banner day for Philadelphia’s educational system. After spending days in “teacher jail,” Audenreid High School’s Hope Moffett, a lauded teacher in our struggling […]

Be Well Philly

Ask Dr. Monti: Can Melatonin Help You Sleep?

Question: Can melatonin supplements really help me fall asleep at night? Answer: Our bodies produce melatonin naturally in the pineal gland, a pea-sized structure embedded […]

City Life

Bevilacqua Being Investigated in Pittsburgh

Budget Cuts. Governor Corbett will unveil his budget tomorrow. Billions of dollars in cuts are expected. To make sure PA residents were adequately terrified, budget […]

City Life

BusinessWeek Ranks Wharton #4 on Best B-Schools List

Notre Dame, Virginia and Emory nabbed the one, two and three spots on Bloomberg Businessweek’s chart. However, graduates from the top three can’t touch the […]

City Life

So, John Street Is Out After All

HUD Takes Over PHA. The PHA board unanimously ratified a one-year agreement to enable the feds to take over the Housing Authority in the wake […]

City Life

Charlie Sheen Calls Wired 96.5

How Meta. Yesterday, Wired 96.5 commissioned an airplane to fly over Charlie Sheen’s house. Attached to the plane was a banner that read, “Philly’s Wired […]

Be Well Philly

Is Eating Organic That Important?

I was prepping for an interview this morning about the benefits of eating raw foods, and I stumbled upon this video by Kevin Gianni, a […]

City Life

Gay Weekend Roundup

Friday, March 4 Kirsten Hess says goodbye to Sisters. Stop by during happy hour (5 p.m.) to bid the longtime bartender farewell as she embarks […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Bride-to-be Blogger Jennifer: Taking Time to Say Thanks

I feel like each of these blogs starts much the same, but with 38 days left until the Big Day, it’s really hard not to […]

City Life

Wish You Were Queer

Dear Chase, The signs are there, you know. And we’re not talking about all of that hocus-pocus that old mule Charlie sends out from the […]

City Life

On Our Gaydar: New Hope

New Hope feels delightfully small-town. Gays, straights and bikers live in harmony. Every bartender doubles as a therapist. A T-shirt shop owned by lesbians hands […]

City Life

On Our Gaydar: Mt. Airy

Gay couples with kids – they’re pretty much the norm in the sweet, safe, northwest hamlet of Mount Airy. “People tell us we’re a ‘non-traditional family,’” […]