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One of the Main Line’s star realtors has a bone to pick with the media

One of the Main Line’s star realtors has a bone to pick with the media   In any market, people are interested in the value […]

Expanded Real Estate Price List: How’s Your Neighborhood Doing?

Our annual report of the good, the bad and, yes, even the little bit of ugly that the real estate market brought this past year. […]

Lose that post-pregnancy belly without losing your mind

Lose that post-pregnancy belly without losing your mind Sleep, sanity and a slim figure — three things every new mom seems to have lost by […]

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Thing of Beauty (Part 2)

How Gia Carangi carried the seeds of her own destruction.

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Thing of Beauty

Gia Carangi left a Philadelphia hoagie shop to become one of New York’s top models. She was gorgeous, she was successful, she was rich. And within her, she carried the seeds of her own destruction

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So, we’re having the kind of housing swoon we haven’t seen in decades? Uh, not exactly. From the city to the suburbs to the Shore, here’s why the Philly market is better than you’re being told — and what it means for you

From the city to the suburbs to the Shore, here’s why the Philly market is better than you’re being told THE STATE OF REAL ESTATE. […]

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Our world-champion Eagles, a messy traffic stop, an unexpected councilperson, and the Delco pope

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

This city has had a love affair with the pitchers, running backs, goalies, and point guards who have called it home. Here, we present our definitive ranking. Let the debates begin.

Fawning and flattering sales tactics are no longer reserved for über-spenders. (Hint: Check your mailbox)

K., a co-worker of mine, likes to occasionally splurge on the finer things in life when her publishing-biz salary allows. For a recent birthday, her […]

Good Life: The 411: Shelter: Bryn More

One of our fave home shops, Ashton-Whyte, has picked up and moved its Wayne digs to a space right across from the Bryn Mawr Film […]

Good Life: The 411: Primp: Close Shave

If you already know and love Groom, the modern-meets-old-fashioned men’s barbershop on Walnut Street, you’ll heart that owner Joe McMenamin recently relocated to iconic 1950s […]

More Places to Get Your Peace

More Places to Get Your Peace HOTEL HERSHEY: Call ahead to set up private guided meditations at the grand 1930s hotel’s Chocolate Spa, where you […]

Fawning and flattering sales tactics are no longer reserved for über-spenders. (Hint: Check your mailbox)

Fawning and flattering sales tactics are no longer reserved for über-spenders. (Hint: Check your mailbox) K., a co-worker of mine, likes to occasionally splurge on […]

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How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

Fifty years after founding their legendary Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, with friends and collaborators from Thom Bell to John Oates to Patti LaBelle, look back on the musical partnership that came to define the city.

(And Drop a Pound of Two In The Process)

(And Drop a Pound of Two In The Process) GOLDEN DOOR: A 377-acre fitness resort tucked away in lush Escondido, California, Golden Door is known […]

Good Life: the 411: Jewelry: Medi-Cool

Conshohocken-based Hope Paige Designs started making pretty-in-pink breast cancer awareness jewelry in 2003 and soon realized it could put its style sense to work saving […]

Good Life: The 411: Fitness: Sweating in Style

You won’t find spandex-clad musclemen pumping iron at Level 1 Fitness. Trainer Frank Calandrino recently opened the Old City exercise club as an upscale alternative […]

Why do boys get to be as big as they want?

Why do boys get to be as big as they want? My son, Jake, has finished supper. He carries his plate to the sink, gets […]

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