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Today’s younger Philly couples are not only waiting longer to say "I do"; they’re dealing with a whole different set of issues than their parents—from Facebook-stalking to who gets to pick the love seat. Can marriage survive it? An intimate look at an institution in flux
Picture a man and a woman. Let’s call them Michael and Jennifer. Michael is 30 and has a college degree; he’s worked hard to get […]
They’ve won exactly one NFL championship since 1950. They charge a small ransom for tickets. The quarterback is always hurt, the receiving corps is suspect, and our T.O. hangover lingers. We’ve endured Richie Kotite. Yet we still live and die by our Birds
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Paul Campise is 76 years old, a retired court reporter who lives on Main Street in Moorestown, with a summer place on Long Beach Island. […]
Five new eateries in four years and he’s being featured on the Food Network. Meet our next Stephen Starr.
There’s a bright white tent outside the entrance to the Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, site of the James Beard Awards. Inside, cameras flash as […]
Some call themselves golf clubs, some cricket clubs, some racket or yacht or tennis clubs. But whatever their physical facilities, all are first and foremost social clubs, litmus tests of class acceptance, gathering grounds for like-minded souls, sanctuaries for “people like us” to take refuge from the Big Bad Other. Wherever you might be seated at the Palm, however many square feet your McMansion has, membership in Philadelphia’s clubs remains the ultimate golden ticket. Herewith, a guide to the ones that matter.*
The Racquet Club215 South 16th Street; 215-735-1525 The Racquet Club has always been a younger, swaggering sibling among the city’s clubs. Life here is centered […]
In 1957, a young boy was discovered dead in the woods in Fox Chase, his head poking from a cardboard box. It would become Philly’s most famous and baffling unsolved murder. Forty-six years later, long-retired investigator Bill Kelly is still on a que
An old man sits on an aqua couch in a pink room. Soon he will visit a little boy’s grave. But first he leafs through […]
The crusty Junior League of Philadelphia is out to win new converts to its traditions of service and cut-rate designer duds.
Back in 1996, a young woman named Tracie Jerd moved to Mount Laurel, New Jersey, with her husband and landed a job as a project […]
Meet the Fitness Coach Who Also Runs a Healthy Food Blog
Taylor Wenner coaches super early classes at F45 and makes a bunch of healthy food.
Adam Grant Is (Not) Superman
He’s got best-selling books, famous friends and millions of devotees. So why is the Wharton prof still searching for answers?
When the Taliban Takes the Girl Next Door
In 2012, York County’s Caitlan Coleman and her husband were kidnapped by terrorists. They’ve been held in captivity ever since.
Garrett Getlin Snider Is Not Your Average Teenager
How Ed Snider’s grandson became the It Boy of Philly philanthropy.
The Cult of Lithe Method: Going Beyond the Exercise Mat With Lauren Boggi
My t-shirt is soaked like a dishrag; my foam rubber mat resembles a Jackson Pollock canvas. It’s lunchtime, and I should be eating a sandwich […]
They don’t have jobs. They’re dropping out of college. They play video games all day and watch porn all night. Even their sperm counts are low. Why won’t guys grow up?
THE WOMEN ARE IRATE. The women are talking about men, young men, the men they’d like to date and marry, and are they ever […]
Millions of dollars in ads have made him the man to beat in the mayor’s race. Unfortunately, the crusading outsider Tom Knox plays on TV bears little resemblance to the connected insider he is in real life
He’s the man to beat in the mayor’s race. Unfortunately, the crusading outsider Tom Knox plays on TV bears little resemblance to the connected insider […]
How the federal government and a Malvern lawyer are rewriting the rules on campus hookups—and tagging young men as dangerous predators
Jack and Diane are at a party at their college. It’s September of their freshman year. They’re still excited about being away from home, on […]