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Good Work If You Can Get It

This Doesn’t Have an Appearance of Impropriety At All. State Senate President Pro Tem Joe Scarnati, who opposes imposing a severance tax on gas drilling […]

Restaurants

Kandy Kake Sliders: The Second Horseman of the Apocalypse Arrives at Adsum

Back in December, Adsum chef-owner Matt Levin cooked up a Four Loko dinner that shook up the blogosphere. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, he’s […]

City Life

What We Love: Zane Booker

Smoke, Lilies and Jade Arts Initiative (SLJ) – along with Philadelphia Black Pride – have joined forces for a special Valentine’s Day party tonight at […]

Philadelphia Wedding

This Week’s Real Wedding

This week, we bring you the beautiful wedding of Kristyn and Jared King at The Hotel Du Pont in Wilmington … Enjoy!

Restaurants

Free Krispy Kreme for Valentine’s Day

If you stop in to the Krispy Kreme in Fox Chase today you will receive a free original glazed doughnut for Valentine’s Day. As for […]

Be Well Philly

The Top Seven Bed Bug Mistakes

What’s the first thing people do when they think they have bed bugs? They panic. A natural reaction, considering they’ve been the nighttime dish on […]

Restaurants

Hit-or-Miss at White Dog in Wayne

Even in the best of dishes Craig LaBan finds misses at White Dog Cafe Wayne. An absolutely superb 13-ounce slice of NY strip from Painted […]

Be Well Philly

BWP Giveaway: Win a SpinGym!

You may have heard of the SpinGym a few years ago, when its creator, actress-turned-exercise-maven Forbes Riley, launched the arm-shaping, yo-yo-esque device on the Discovery […]

City Life

Gays Behaving Badly – on Film

Just because it’s Valentine’s Day, that doesn’t mean you have to watch a mushy love story. Queer lovers behaving badly can be very sexy. Here […]

City Life

Video: Cardinal Rigali’s Message to Catholics

Catholic Condemnation. Monica Yant Kinney wrote a powerful piece for yesterday’s Inquirer about the latest charges of priestly pedophilia. Check it. [Inquirer] Meanwhile, the Archdiocese […]

Be Well Philly

Weight Watchers Success Stories

I feel as though I’m constantly being bombarded with commercials of Jennifer Hudson professing her love for the Weight Watchers program and, seeing that she’s […]

City Life

Rigali Announces Changes After Church Sex Abuse Charges

Among the new positions intended to help sort everything out after the release yesterday of a grand jury report detailing sexual abuse in the Archdiocese […]

Be Well Philly

Do Vibrating Platforms Really Work?

According to the New York Times, vibrating platforms are becoming more common in gyms, despite the fact that their claims of increased performance are based […]

Restaurants

Cheapskating With Victor: Barclay Prime-Quality Steaks at a Jewish Deli?

We’re introducing a new column to Foobooz: Cheapskating with Victor. You might know Victor Fiorillo from his spirited writing in the magazine, his encyclopedic Weekender […]

City Life

Hall (But Not Oates) Coming to TV

Snaps for locally loved musician Daryl Hall, who got some good news today: Web series “Live from Daryl’s House” is coming to syndication, with Tribune […]