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Alicia Vitarelli Talks Fan Obsessions, Scuba Dresses, and Her Reluctant Main Line Move
Alicia Vitarelli may be a New York native, but after 15 years in the city she now calls home, she has fully embraced Philly — […]
“I Hope Your Team Sucks and Loses”: Inside the Head of John Kruk
Last April, while broadcasting a Phillies game in San Diego, John Kruk noticed he had a window. The seventh inning had just started. The Phillies […]
Talking TV and Philly With Long Bright River Actor John Doman
When you binge the new Kensington-set Peacock series Long Bright River, which debuts on March 13th, you’ll see a familiar face in every episode: the […]
Dan Rhoton’s Big, Audacious Plan to End Poverty
A dozen years ago, Dan Rhoton was walking down a street in North Philly when he heard someone calling: “Mr. Rhoton! Mr. Rhoton!” He turned […]
The Battle Over Philly’s Clean Hydrogen Revolution
Before we meet up, Chris DiGiulio warns me there’s a chance we’ll get hassled by security. She’s bringing a camera — which she says can […]
CBS News Correspondent Robert Costa Talks “Zen Trump” and the Eagles
Bucks County native Robert Costa started out covering the Eagles for his high school television station and editing a school newspaper. He later rose through […]
Why Investing in “We” Over “Me” Could Heal America
I am not at all inclined to spend money freely or easily, a trait I trace directly to my father. On Saturdays when I was […]
Pennsylvania Deserves a National Park
Last May, I found myself sweaty and sticky in a hot Southern swamp, questioning my choices. Four years had gone by since my wife and […]
From Puebla to Philadelphia: Dionicio Jiménez’s Long Journey to Success
James Beard-nominated chef Dionicio Jiménez grew up in a small town in Mexico and came to Philadelphia in 1998, finding a job in Marc Vetri’s […]
50 Years of Best of Philly: A Boozy Timeline of Philly’s Cocktail Scene
In the late ’90s, in honor of the 25th anniversary of Best of Philly, we held a contest, one grounded in, it seems, Big Apple […]