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Outpouring of Support for Arlene Ackerman

Ackerman Praised. At yesterday’s School Reform Commission meeting, dozens of elected officials, community activists, retired school personnel lauded the controversial school superintendent for “tearing down […]

City Life

How To: Manage Your Bridesmaids

“They really were a huge part of what made the wedding so much fun,” says South Jersey bride Rachel Martz of her bridesmaids. And they […]

City Life

Honeymoon: Switzerland

There is an effortless efficiency about Switzerland. From the moment you step off the plane in Zürich, you are witness to a culture that thrives […]

Restaurants

Tonight

Tonight is Varga Bar’s Calendar Release Party. Meet the calendar girls, eat complimentary bites and anticipate which one hour will be the open bar. Varga […]

Restaurants

Celebrity Rolls at Zama

Rittenhouse Square’s Zama has partnered up with several celebrities to create sushi rolls. A part of the proceeds for each roll goes to the Variety […]

City Life

Gay-Friendly Holiday Gift Ideas

It’s that wonderful time of year to give something special to the ones you love. On these cold winter days – yes, it finally feels […]

City Life

Philly-Based Xipwire Helps WikiLeaks

Philly-Based Xipwire Takes Donations for WikiLeaks. When MasterCard and Visa refused to process donations to WikiLeaks, Xipwire — which provides a pay-by-mobile-phone service we recently […]

Restaurants

Drink Your Way Through Wednesday

I have been saying this for two years and I’m going to keep saying it: if someone doesn’t open a tiki bar here soon (I […]

City Life

Trends: Summer Loving

Photography by Ryan Lavine. Styling by Mariellenn Melker.

Philadelphia Wedding

Bride-to-be Blogger Jennifer: Four Months To Go and the Anxiety Swells

Anthony and I are just entering four-months-to-go territory. It’s so cliché, but I cannot believe how quickly time has passed. Soon, the calendars will flip […]

Restaurants

RC Contest: Vote Now for Name-the-Restaurant Finalists!

We’re on to stage two of the Name Philly’s Newest Indian Restaurant contest. A quick recap: Munish Narula, of the Tiffin empire, asked the Restaurant […]

Philadelphia Wedding

This Week’s Real Wedding

This week, we bring you the beautiful wedding of Liza and Thomas Lamare at the Currents Ballroom in Camden’s Adventure Aquarium … Enjoy!

City Life

Perelman Vs. Perelman

Family Feud. Raymond Perelman contends that his son Jeffrey deliberately ignored an oral agreement to put a large sum of money in a trust for […]

City Life

Honeymoon: France

“Paris is always a good idea.” So said a starry-eyed Audrey Hepburn in 1954’s romantic drama, Sabrina. Truer words were never uttered. Along the tree-lined […]

Restaurants

Tonight

Pub & Kitchen is partnering with Amis for Marc Vetri’s now famous monthly industry night. We were able to sample the aging Manhattans last week and they […]