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Kobe Gets His Gym

Lower Merion High School Dedicated Its Gymnasium to Kobe Bryant. The Lakers star gave the school $411,000. Also of note: Kobe wears his Aces shorts […]

City Life

Pulse: Pursuits: Local Pew Fellowship Winners

Meet the most promising Philadelphia artists of 2011 — at least according to the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, which just awarded $60,000 fellowships […]

Restaurants

What to Eat This Weekend: Banana Desserts

Blended in pudding, partnered with chocolate or sitting under scoops of ice cream, bananas make almost every dessert better. Find the potassium powerhouses sliced, mashed, […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Upcoming Designer Trunk Shows

Priscilla of Boston, Ardmore December 17: Sample Sale On Friday, December 17th, you’ll find all the sample gowns — both bridal and bridesmaid — of […]

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Seven Options for Seven Fishes

The Feast of the Seven Fishes isn’t only celebrated in South Philly anymore, we’re seeing the traditional Christmas Eve dinner showing up at more and […]

City Life

Best and Worst Gay Films of 2010

The best/worst films of the year? That’s always such a subjective question. How about the best bodies of work? Best Queer Film: I am still […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Bride-to-be Blogger Jennifer: Flower Arrangements, Take Two

I mentioned in an earlier blog post that I had found choosing the flowers to be the hardest part so far in our long list […]

Be Well Philly

Justin Bieber-Proof Your Baby

No pregnant woman wants to draw more attention to her belly, but I’d make an exception with the Nuvo Ritmo Advanced Sound System. The device […]

City Life

Department: Craig Drake and All That Glittered

Before all of the unpleasantness, before the lawsuits and the gossip, before it all went so wrong, so quickly, there were the parties. Craig Drake […]

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Tonight

Have you had a Flying Fish Exit 13 Chocolate Stout yet? We’ve only heard great things and it’s on tap now at the P.O.P.E. And […]

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Say Cheese

Fresh Mozzarella at Garces Trading Co. | Midtown Lunch We’re big fans of cheese over here at Foobooz and we’ve noticed an uptick in cheese […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Diary of a Marriage: Fighting Dirty

I’ve never been a good fighter. I don’t stick to the point, I shout unfit-for-print words, I yell and I pout and I slam the […]

City Life

A Poorer, Better-Educated City?

Cliffmas, Day Two. Cliff Lee was in town last night, eating a ribeye at Barclay Prime in Rittenhouse Square and telling NBC 10 that he […]

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Tonight

James has a wonderful fire place and tonight and every Tuesday from 8 to 10pm draft beer is half-off and there are specials on house- […]

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2010’s Dessert of the Year On the Go

We’ve been compiling the results of our 2010 – The Menu submissions and have been blown away by how many of you picked the salted […]