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Wedding planner Gina Sole has the sneaky secret for keeping everyone happy.

Question: I have quite a few out-of-town guests coming in for my wedding, but I’d really like the rehearsal dinner to be just our immediate […]

Sorry, you don’t have a year. But we do have 5 smart tips for the making the job more manageable.

To most newlywed couples, thank-you notes only spell torture. The prospect of addressing, composing, and sending hundreds (or is it billions?) of hand-written, personalized letters […]

Our second annual ranking of the best restaurants in the region

THE 2009 PHILLY MAG 50 Dining out is a big deal. And in this town, restaurants are as obsessed-over as our sports teams. Which is […]

Need some help with your window boxes or container garden? Check out our home editor’s can’t-miss picks for where to go. More…

Hi there. My name is Lauren, and I’m the home and design editor at Philadelphia magazine. Happy spring! Every few weeks I’ll be bringing you […]

We go browsing…so you don’t have to! This week: what’s up at one of Center City’s coolest boutiques

This week, we’re debuting our so-fun little newsletter item called Snapshot. We’ll pop into a store, case the joint, and give you just the basics—and […]

Philadelphia’s 15 Top Day Camps for Healthy Kids; Article

FOR THE NEXT …Chase Utley BOOK: Phillies Baseball Academy Summer Camp. Kids get an official Phillies Baseball Academy uniform, an insider tour of Citizens Bank […]

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.

The Central High grad and silent half of Penn & Teller comes to Atlantic City

The Central High grad and silent half of Penn & Teller comes to Atlantic City

For a guy who’s made a living of the silent treatment, Teller has plenty to say when he’s not performing with his partner, Penn Gillette. […]

A woman looking to buy erotic pleasure found Brian, who will come to your home to deliver a certain sort of massage

Betty [Client names and identifying characteristics have been changed.] lit all the candles because the electricity had gone out due to a thunderstorm raging through […]

Year One of the Michael Nutter administration was a work in progress, with the reformer we elected battling a politician we didn’t recognize. Which Mike will win out?

ON THE 346TH day of his administration, in the second minute of his appearance at the Kingsessing Recreation Center, Mayor Michael Nutter was heckled. And […]

Human health care may be a train wreck, but pet health care is booming. How a Philly couple cashes in on America’s dog-and-cat craziness.

Visiting Chris and Natasha Ashton’s office feels a bit like stepping into a time capsule. Outside, the stock market may be tanking and the unemployment […]

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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.

Kids. I can’t wait until they’re out on their own. I want them never to leave

‘‘I’m not doing any interviews,” my high-school-junior son Jake announces, out of the blue, months before we’ve even gotten to that point in the college […]

Veteran reporter Carol Saline on Theatre Exile’s show

When the fiercely intense and obscenity-ridden American Buffalo exploded onto the theatrical landscape in 1975, it immediately established the young playwright David Mamet as a […]

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Sam Katz gets down and nerdy with Wharton grad and Philly fiscal guru Ed DeSev

Thirty-five years ago, I interviewed Ed DeSeve about the city’s fiscal crisis, and was — I’ll admit — dazzled by his intellect and analytics. Soon […]

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