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City Life

John McNesby’s Massive Influence on Philadelphia Policing

The meeting hall was packed when John McNesby took the podium that day in August 2017. McNesby, the president of Philadelphia’s police union, read from […]

Francis Malofiy
City Life

People Laughed When This Philly Lawyer Sued Led Zeppelin. Nobody’s Laughing Now.

The fact that Philadelphia barrister Francis Alexander Malofiy, Esquire, is suing Led Zeppelin over the authorship of “Stairway to Heaven” is, by any objective measure, […]

teenage anxiety
City Life

Teenagers Are More Stressed Than Ever. Who’s to Blame?

One morning last fall, I was sitting at Green Engine Coffee in Haverford when I felt my phone buzz in my pocket. One buzz at […]

danuta mieloch rescue spa
City Life

How Rescue Spa’s Danuta Mieloch Became the Queen of Skincare

It’s a Tuesday morning, and I’m walking out of the best bathroom in the city — a bathroom where the air smells faintly of sandalwood […]

City Life

Asa Khalif Is Running for Philadelphia City Council. Is City Council Ready for Him?

One November morning a little over a year ago, Asa Khalif and Ikey Raw paid a visit to the Philadelphia office of Josh Shapiro, the […]

baby boomers smoke marijuana
City Life

Pot Is Super Popular Among My Fellow Boomers. So Why Can’t I Get on Board?

I’ve been doing the cha-cha with a novel I’m working on where the age-55-and-over main characters regularly smoke marijuana to get high. Really high. So […]

philadelphia fashion
Life & Style

11 Stylish Philadelphians Who Are Stepping Up the City’s Fashion Reputation

As Philly changes, so does the way we dress. Meet 11 members of our thriving creative class who are reshaping Philadelphia fashion and its rep. […]

trump immigration policies
City Life

The Immigrant on My Couch

It’s 6 a.m. in Fairmount, and my fiancé, Anush, and I are tiptoeing around our living room, getting ready for a run before work. We […]

digital footprint
City Life

A Philadelphia Legend on Life Without a Computer, Email, or Facebook

No Computer? No email? That’s no problem for Philly legend Henri David, who says you really need to get off the grid. Philadelphia magazine: Have […]

City Life

It’s Time to Call Bullshit on Innovation

What he remembers most, he says, is the afterglow. Last winter, Drexel professor Brent Luvaas introduced a new course at the university called “Digital Detox.” […]