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The Checkup: How to Choose the Best Wine for Your Waistline

• If you, like Olivia Pope, love a good glass of wine after work but don’t want to overdo it in the calorie department, this […]

Birds 24/7

NFC East Roundup: The Hogs Are Back

Let’s take a spin around the NFC East to see what’s going on with the rest of the division:

City Life

A Visit to Trump Country

When I knock on Ginny Edwards’s door at 4 p.m., on the road where I grew up, she’s still in her pajamas. She’s wearing a […]

City Life

Wigs on Fire: What the Founders Would Have Thought of the 2016 Election

Since the beginning of the republic, Philadelphia has been America’s preeminent convening space for constitutional debate — the city to which all conversations about liberty […]

City Life

Is Lenny Dykstra’s Post-Prison Comeback Already Over?

Lenny Dykstra was in Germany — a “fucking cool” place if he’d ever seen one — when he spotted a woman walking a German Shepherd and […]

Things to Do

THEATER REVIEW: In I Am Not My Motherland, Past and Present Tell Different Stories

We’re often told that nothing is black and white.  But Masha Tsimring’s scenery for I Am Not My Motherland is!  It’s also intriguing, spare, and […]

Birds 24/7

Weekend Reading: Mathews Gets Praise

Here’s this weekend’s roundup of the national stories about the Eagles:

City Life

LGBTQ&A: Louie A. Ortiz-Fonseca

Louie A. Ortiz-Fonseca is an afro-Latinx activist and creator of The Gran Varones storytelling project. We got to chat with him about founding the project, […]

SEPTA Interim Weekday Schedule
City Life

SEPTA Adds 10 More Cars to Roster, Reshuffles Service Starting Monday

SEPTA announced this afternoon (July 15th) that it has secured 10 more rail cars from Maryland, and as a result, the interim weekday schedule in […]

Business

Are You More Innovative Than a Middle Schooler?

On Friday, 26 ambitious young ladies ages 11 to 13 from various Philadelphia middle schools presented app ideas to a panel of mock investors at […]

Restaurants

DNC Late Bar Hours Application Is Now Live

The link for bars, restaurants, hotels and caterers to apply to serve alcohol beyond 2 a.m. during the Democratic National Convention is now live. The application […]

Business

Can Philly Become a Hub of the “Impact Economy”?

Benjamin Franklin Technology Partners and the Economy League announced yesterday the launch of ImpactPHL, a new initiative designed to bring socially conscious investors and startups together. […]

Restaurants

Speakeasy Style Bar Opens in Doylestown

Out in Bucks County, just above the Doylestown Brewing Co. (52 East State Street, Doylestown), a speakeasy has been operating almost unnoticed for almost a month. […]

Be Well Philly

The BeWOW Breakdown: Doing 1 Minute of Push-Ups Is Harder Than You Think

This Week’s Workout: The 1-Minute Challenge The Breakdown Total time commitment: 30-35 minutes Difficulty (out of five): 4 Soreness Factor: We took it easy and avoided being […]

Birds 24/7

Carson Wentz’s Path To Success

The Eagles have not had a successful franchise quarterback since they drafted Donovan McNabb back in 1999. Since the team traded McNabb to Washington in the 2010 […]