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Can Wild Boar Save the Suburban Mall?

THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT—THIS IS MARC VETRI’S OSTERIA. It’s 8 p.m. on a Saturday night, with a 45-minute wait and good-looking people standing three-deep […]

Atlantic City New Jersey's Gay Republican Mayor Colin Lenton
City Life

Atlantic City’s New Don

Long after most of the other dignitaries—particularly the white ones—have quietly exited, Mayor Don Guardian remains in a front pew at St. James African Methodist […]

Friday Night Lights Author Buzz Bissinger
City Life

Buzz Bissinger Is Trying to Chill Out

My name is … Buzz Bissinger. I was born Harry Gerard Bissinger III. “Buzz” was a nickname given to me at birth by my mother. […]

Rocky The Musical On Broadway
City Life

Yo Broadway! It’s Rocky the Musical

Andy Karl knows what you’re thinking. He had the same reservations before agreeing to play Rocky Balboa. How do you turn that film—“Yo Adrian!” and […]

Book clubs and making friends in the suburbs
City Life

Making Friends in the Suburbs

A year or so after my husband and I moved from 13th and Pine to the quaint South Jersey hamlet where we planned to start […]

Coffee in Philadelphia
City Life

No Ordinary Joe: The Best Coffee in Philadelphia

Rival Bros. Coffee Roasters West Philly / Rittenhouse • “People are slowing down and enjoying coffee culture more than ever,” says Jonathan Adams of the […]

City Life

The Rookie: Michael Carter-Williams

My knuckles are white as I grip the steering wheel, trying in vain to keep up with Michael Carter-Williams, who’s burning serious rubber up ahead. […]

City Life

The Fight for the Future of Philadelphia’s Newspapers

The meeting is lore, now: a story about a table for two that likely caused all South Jersey to wobble, ever so slightly, on its […]

Grilled maitake Nick Elmi's Laurel Restuarant
City Life

Restaurant Review: Nicholas Elmi’s Laurel

Twelve years is a long sentence for someone who hasn’t committed a crime, even if you get to serve it in some swanky cells. Ask […]

City Life

The Pillsbury Bake-Off:
Ladies (and One Male Flight Attendant)… Start Your Ovens

KRISTEN ABBOTT IS KEEPING HER EYE ON THE PRIZE— in her case, a plastic cafeteria tray laden with Boston Cream French Toast, a table d’hôte […]