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One Reason I Hope We Never Stop Wearing Masks
Last year, I opened an email from someone I had met in person exactly once. She was responding to a work-related inquiry I’d sent. “I […]
Need a Mood Boost? Look Inside This Vibrant and Cheery Chestnut Hill Home
Designer Michelle Gage’s client — a writer, wife, and mother of two — knew what she liked: saturated colors, art and brass. She incorporated many […]
25 Unexpected Gifts to Buy in Philadelphia This Year
Like the rest of 2020, the holidays might look a little different this year — and that’s even more reason to make every gift count. […]
The Enduring Appeal of Uggs
Crocs, mom jeans, windbreakers, sandals with socks: If you keep up with trends, you know it’s cool to be uncool these days. I’ve long held […]
Meet the Siblings Behind Lobo Mau, the Philly Apparel Line Mixing High Comfort and Bold Fashion
Nicole and Jordan Haddad — sibling owners of local apparel line Lobo Mau — chat sustainability, growth, and running a store during a pandemic. How […]
6 Philadelphians on the Virtual Tools They’re Using to Stay Centered and Healthy in 2020
Six fit Philadelphians share the virtual tools they’re using to stay centered and healthy during the pandemic. Valerie Gay Deputy director of audience engagement and […]
Why You Should Make a Weekend Getaway of Connecticut’s Gold Coast
The Stepford Wives and Billions painted Connecticut’s Gold Coast as a sort of hedge-fund paradise, a place of insulated affluence, blue-blood suburbia and sailboats. Combine […]
The Design Inspiration Behind a Revived 107-Year-Old Hotel Restaurant
When Lance Saunders — the design director for Rittenhouse’s Stokes Architecture & Design — was hired to remake the 107-year-old Hotel Du Pont restaurant into […]
This Mid-Century Modern Custom-Built House Is the Perfect Lakefront Getaway
This project — a from-the-ground-up house completed in 2019 — was in the works for more than a year before designer Nicole S. O’Dwyer was […]
Frances Hoover of Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse on All Her Favorite Philly Places and Things
Frances Hoover — now executive director of Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse — has worked for corporations and schools and is as much an artist […]
5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Sporadic Mid-Pandemic Salon Visits
Philly’s top stylists are working double-time to help you manage your pandemic hair. Here, five ways to make the most of those sporadic salon visits. […]
We’ve Entered a Historic Seller’s Market. Now Agents Just Need Houses to Sell.
Every spring, the real estate industry gears up for its biggest season of the year. But when Governor Wolf ordered a shutdown in March, all […]
I Never Knew How Much I’d Miss Shopping in Person
The small front hall of my Queen Village home has morphed into a full-on packing, shipping and receiving facility. (Jeff Bezos would be impressed.) On […]
Instead of Moving, This Family Turned Their Chestnut Hill House into a Stylish Dream Home
The story of this 2019 Chestnut Hill reno is sort of like an episode of HGTV’s Love It or List It. This was the owners’ […]
Sabbatical Beauty’s Adeline Koh on How She Develops Her Powerhouse Skin-Care Products
Ingredient obsessive Adeline Koh — founder of Sabbatical Beauty — on the powerhouse potions she mixes in her Bok Building studio What I make: Asian-inspired […]