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The Best B&B Getaways: Bykenhulle House

160 miles from Philadelphia (3 hours by car) Nestled on a quiet residential street in the Hudson Valley, Bill and Florence Beausoleil’s sprawling white manse […]

The Best B&B Getaways: King’s Cottage

65 miles from Philadelphia (1 hour and 30 minutes by car) The writers of the tourist tome 1,000 Places to See in the USA and […]

The Best B&B Getaways: Haddonfield Inn

10 miles from Philadelphia (20 minutes by car) You’d never know it in the midst of Center City, but 10 or so miles southeast of […]

Led by Episcopal Academy, Philly’s elite private schools are in the midst of a billion-dollar building binge

I have seen the future of education, and it seems to have a lot in common with a Phillies luxury suite. [sidebar]Okay, I’m exaggerating, but […]

The Best B&B Getaway: The Woolverton Inn

It’s not just the understated English decorative touches that so enhance the experience here, or the owners’ English springer, Tom, who romps around the property, […]

The Best B&B Getaways: The Inn at Irving Place

As the brownstone’s imposing door, marked only with an equally imposing door knocker, swings open, you’ll be sure you’ve accidentally stumbled into a high-society soiree. […]

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

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

A six-figure budget. Hundreds of helpers. Giant art installations. A tentacled kraken. This prom is like no other.

From advanced science and technology to international exchange, here’s an honor roll of schools that excel in eight major areas

Science & Technology [sidebar]The Agnes Irwin SchoolGirls-only day, K-12; tuition $25,200.* Ithan Avenue and Conestoga Road, Rosemont, 610-525-8400, agnesirwin.org The mix of intensive classes and […]

The Best B&B Getaways: Fairthorne Bed & Breakfast

Our suite at Fairthorne Cottage: Two cushy rooms that include a flat-screen TV and a couch that encourages a long-overdue ­catnap, and open windows with […]

Five days, seven homicides, a bear attack, one sassy transsexual, and the Dalai Lama—just another week for our new commissioner

THE POLICE COMMISSIONER REMOVES his glasses, wipes his forehead with a napkin, then grinds his right thumb and forefinger into his temples. He’s sitting shotgun […]

To avoid scalpers and Craigslist scams, consult this handy guide to the shows soon to go on sale…

To avoid scalpers and Craigslist scams, consult this handy guide to the shows soon to go on sale… This Saturday at 10 a.m., the Borgata […]

Center City just got another reliable spot for threading

Center City just got another reliable spot for threading: Anju Threads, which is on 10th between Spruce and Locust. By our count, it’s only the […]

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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.

As if risotto wasn’t rich and delicious enough, some crafty Sicilian had to go and invent the arancini, a fried ball of the creamy Italian rice.

As if risotto wasn’t rich and delicious enough, some crafty Sicilian had to go and invent the arancini, a fried ball of the creamy Italian […]

If you head to any of the area’s weekly farmers’ markets, you’ve probably spied my current obsession: sun gold tomatoes.

If you head to any of the area’s weekly farmers’ markets — I spied some at Headhouse Farmers’ Market last week — you’ve probably spied […]

The Best B&B Getaways: Brampton Inn

If you, reader, are like us, and the majority of the parenting population of Pennsylvania, you have reached the days when a kid-free dinner at […]

The Best B&B Getaways: Inn at 202 Dover

Word is that Easton is the ideal historic village. That it’s home to a beloved art museum, quiet streets and friendly bartenders. That its quirky […]

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