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In a season full of ups and downs, first-year head coach Rick Tocchet and an unexpected core of rising stars has given the city’s most devoted fan base — and Bryce Harper — hope.

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$50 designer jeans and 1/2 off fall merchandise!

Earnest Sewn (pictured), Sass & Bide and Hudson are just a few of the status jean lines that Third Street Habit is selling for an […]

In honor of the 180th year of the Flower Show, we checked in with its most famous non-floral staple

Is there a clandestine arm of the PHS that deals in not-so-legal flora? Maybe they help you with your pre-show jitters? Ha! You know, there […]

David Katz (finally) puts his stamp on the Philadelphia restaurant scene

Sitting in Mémé’s sunflower-yellow dining room, beside a table of strangers who are too close not to talk to, you feel like you’re having dinner […]

Your chance to win tickets to an upcoming event

If you’ve never seen James Brown’s sax player live on stage, you are truly missing out. The 66-year-old Maceo Parker delivers one of the most […]

How to reinvent your closet and make everything old feel new again

SEE SPRING’S 7 TOP TRENDS HERE We know what you’re thinking. We’re not buying a whole new spring wardrobe, either. Instead, we’ve taken seven of […]

This North Philly hole-in-the-wall  shrimp spot will have you rethink that trip to Chickie’s & Pete’s

Chances are you’ve never been to the corner of Broad and Belfield in North Philadelphia, and that, my friend, is your loss. Because should you […]

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.

You think you can hide from me out there in cyberspace, kids? I may be technologically inept, but I’m driven

IT’S LATE AT night. Everyone else in the house is asleep. I’m alone in my office, sitting at my computer, doing something secret and shameful, […]

Amid the ballyhoo over Pennsylvania’s foray into gaming there’s another issue that’s been mostly overlooked:

Boy, do we suck as neighbors. For almost two centuries, “America’s Playground” has really functioned as Philly’s Playground: Walt Whitman made the journey some 130 […]

Try this au natural take on beer

At Local 44, a new bar in West Philly, owner Brendan Hartranft is serving beer the way the English do: au naturel. In the U.S., […]

If we could put Penn in a bottle …

VIEW THE SLIDESHOW  Masik Collegiate Fragrances, in Harrisburg, recently announced a new Penn State cologne based on “school colors, campus flowers and trees,” and similar […]

In a town as old-school as ours, why is it so hard to get this classic drink right?

I knew there was a problem when I ordered a gin martini at a certain suburban steakhouse and the waiter brought an overfilled glass of […]

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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.

How does someone so busy — three-time-Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, actress, poet, lingerie designer — stay centered?

“My personal life is a mess,” Scott says, and while it’s true — she’s been abroad for months, her grandma (“My sweetheart”) is sick, friends […]

Of Capogiro Gelato, with a new shop at Penn and a forthcoming production center in East Falls

Family meal: Our three kids love [Japanese favorite] Tampopo. That’s what they think of as fast food. Pizza: Osteria. Jeff Michaud makes pasta for my […]

On and off the court, no Philly athlete has ever had a bigger presence than Sir Charles.

ONE DAY LAST fall, Charles Barkley had someone he wanted me to meet. We settled in for lunch at one of his favorite local restaurants, […]

Because in Philly, there are no good breakups

A text-messaged breakup! A keyed car! Trash-talking! Such sordid details aren’t the shrapnel from a romance shot to hell, but rather the accusations bandied about […]

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