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A designer pair

There is very little, if anything, about Bennett and Judie Weinstock that is less than fabulous. The Penn sweethearts, 
married 46 years, have two accomplished […]

Answer from Philip Gehrman, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania

“Some researchers believe that the decrease in daylight hours over the winter months triggers a hibernation of sorts. Many people feel sluggish, have a desire […]

How the Temple “T” became a fashion statement

Two years ago, current Temple senior Greg Gant decided to blend his school spirit with a little street ’tude in a homemade t-shirt sporting the […]

We show BeWellPhilly’s Facebook fans how to reach their 2011 fitness goals

“Finish my first full marathon!” — Christine M.See running pro Phil Clark, owner of Northern Liberties’ Training Station, who considers fitness level, race experience and […]

The Ed of an era

Ed, when you took over here — in ’92 — the idea of Philadelphia had completely derailed. The city was dirty and violent and pretty […]

The man behind the pub-quiz biz ‘fesses up

In honor of National Trivia Day on January 4th — what? You didn’t know that? — we query Pat Hines, who launched Philly’s thriving pub-quiz […]

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.

Get luxury pampering in the sun

Anguilla, a slender sliver of an island in the British West Indies, smells so good you want to bottle the air — it’s jasmine mixed […]

Visit the next hot island (before everyone else)

Curaçao claimed independence from Holland last fall, and if the island follows typical Caribbean development trends, commercialism and U.S. tourism (Americans currently comprise just 13 […]

Take a European holiday at the beach

This well-developed, cosmopolitan island, with its two national faces — the French northern half of St. Martin and the Dutch southern part dubbed St. Maarten […]

Once maligned, pit bulls and pit mixes — a.k.a.  pitties — are the dogs du jour. Here’s how to adopt yours — and keep him healthy, happy and hip

Spend a short time in a tree-lined Philly neighborhood, and you’ll likely cross paths with a hipster-chic 20- or 30-something walking a 
pittie. Pit bulls […]

Well, technically, he is — and has been for more than 50 years now. 
But his legacy lives on in a tiny South Philly museum, thanks to a handful of devoted 
fans still searching for the next great singing sensation

“MARIO WOULD HAVE BEEN 89 THIS YEAR,” says Jeanette Frese, the treasurer and volunteer tour guide at the Mario Lanza Institute and Museum, on a […]

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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.

Drunk. Pill popper. Wife beater. Doomsday prognosticator … It’s amazing the things people will say about him.

DARREN DAULTON HAS A TOOTHACHE. Not just a dull annoying toothache. A four-alarm somebody-hand-me-a-gun dental calamity. “Didn’t sleep last night, nothing,” he says when he […]

Or, why black folks don’t like Michael Nutter

ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, at the end of a week when John Street told anyone who would listen that Michael Nutter was an Oreo, the Mayor […]

With his NBA career over, his marriage in trouble, and rumors swirling about  drinking and money problems, the greatest Sixer of his era finds himself playing minor-league basketball in Turkey and spending his nights at a T.G.I. Friday’s in Istanbul. Isn’t it, weirdly, exactly how we always thought it would end for Allen Iverson?

Dispatch from a T.G.I. Friday’s in Istanbul

Is Arlene Ackerman race-baiting?

I’VE BEEN CONCERNED lately about just how far American students have fallen behind the rest of the world in academic achievement. But there’s a companion […]

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