People, Places, News & Views
People, Places, News & Views
On the 50th anniversary of Rocky, the never-before-told story of the crazed, chaotic, and clandestine filming of the city’s most famous movie.
With its snow-packed cobblestones and ivy-wrapped everything, Cambridge might just be the ideal place in which to embrace the winter season: Just pack your peacoat […]
In an era when chefs face off on television to see who can make a meal featuring string cheese, jicama and gingersnaps in each of […]
It may take 20 minutes or 20 seconds. It may come out as a gasp of excitement or a groan of discontent. But eventually, every […]
Travel + Leisure has released a list of the country’s most “sports-crazed” cities and Philly tops the list. Now if the Eagles can get above […]
A Bucks County mom—who got her 15 minutes of fame via a stint on Wife Swap a few years back—recently crashed Regis Philbin’s retirement party. […]
Brainiac scientists. The city’s most fanatical fans. A Mister Softee aficionado who stole our hearts — and more of our favorite neighbors this year
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.
A few weeks back, as we sat anticipating all the holiday cookies coming down the lane this season, an idea hit us: What […]
The recent Fumo affair reminds me of one of those old black-and-white movies that show the scene of the peasant mob coming for the duke’s […]
Sure, Philly gave America democracy. But, from bubble gum to the world’s first computer to life-saving medical breakthroughs, Philadelphia’s greatest export is actually our influence.
We launched a petition to urge the Mayor and City Council to make May 21st a day to honor the brave former slave who escaped from George Washington — because no one tells Philadelphia to keep the truth to ourselves.
