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This Pizza Prodigy Has Pie in the Sky Dreams for Ocean City

It was January at its dreariest, and Mike Fitzick, the 2004 college dropout and Mack & Manco delivery boy who would eventually become the Shore’s […]

Restaurants

Sweet Freedom: An Ode to the Margate Dairy Bar

I never learned to drive. Some combination of my anxiety and my overprotective mother made it feel like something that just wasn’t for me. That’s […]

Restaurants

The 2024 Guide to Dining Down the Shore

Whether it’s a soft-serve cone, a plate of lobster gnocchi, or any of the million bites in between, we can all agree: Everything tastes better […]

Restaurants

30 Essential Eats Down the Shore

For those of us who make an annual pilgrimage down the Shore, the first hot day of summer triggers a Pavlovian response: We salivate for […]

City Life

Horseshoe Crabs Are About to Have an Orgy on Delaware Bay Beaches. Here’s Why — and What’s Threatening It

When the tide comes under May’s full moon, an extraordinary, almost magical event occurs on Delaware Bay beaches: Like an invasion of small prehistoric tanks, […]

Be Well Philly

Why Seeing a Doctor Takes So Long — and How to Get Health Care When You Need It

If Philly is one of the greatest medical cities in America, why does it take so long to get a doctor’s appointment here — and […]

Be Well Philly

How to Get a Doctor’s Appointment Sooner

It’s easy to feel helpless when you need to see a doctor but can’t get in for weeks or months (or longer!). But there are […]

Be Well Philly

Where to Get Medical Care in Philly Besides the Doctor’s Office

Can’t wait for the next opening in your doc’s schedule? Don’t have a primary-care doctor? (Eighteen percent of us don’t, according to a 2018 city […]

Property

The Ultimate Guide to Eco-Friendly Home Renovations in Philly

When AnneMarie Horowitz and her family of four moved into their twin townhome in Mount Airy in August 2022, they knew it needed work. Built […]

Be Well Philly

Why Is It So Hard to Get a Doctor’s Appointment in Philadelphia?

I’m sitting in an armchair in a brightly lit room, my hands gripping my knees, head bowed as if I’m deep in prayer, when I […]