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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.

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From Fairmount to the Today Show: The Journey of Sheinelle Jones

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Our by-the-season guide to a year’s worth of city, beach and country escapes that are a quick drive (or even quicker flight) from Philadelphia

Scenes from a PA farm. Our photo editor Zoey Sless-Kitain headed to Bedford County for a farm-stay getaway. For more information on this trip — […]

When he first came to town to run the Eagles, Joe Banner was known as a smart guy and a generous, sensitive soul. Then Eagles Nation got ahold of him — and made him the most hated man in Philadelphia

Joe Banner is deep into talking about what it’s like, to run a pro football team in Philadelphia, when there’s a knock on his office […]

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“I used to cross the street if I saw someone shady,” says lady-about-town and outgoing Friends of Rittenhouse Square president Wendy Rosen. “Now I cross […]

This season, classic styles are cool.

There is very good news. You won’t look back on any purchase you make during this coming season and mutter to yourself, “What was I […]

Stuff you can’t miss this month.

MORE FUNBlondesSome new ones: hip-shaking pop princess Shakira (Taj, 9/18) and Madonna-esque glamour queen Lady Gaga (Wachovia, 9/14-15). And some old ones: 54-year-old British bad […]

A primer on local gentrification

Old City is just one Philly neighborhood to have worn the uneasy crown of New Best Place to Live. Here, a brief, unofficial history of […]

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.

Fall is Philly’s peak 5K season. Here’s a cheat sheet for running (and loving!) your first

Forerunner 110 by GarminA super-addictive way to track training, this no-frills, GPS-enabled sports watch tells location, distance and speed—-simply. $200 to $250 at City Sports, […]

Fall is Philly’s peak 5K season. Here’s a cheat sheet for running (and loving!) your first

1. Score the right sneaks“The only gear you really need is one good pair of running shoes,” says Tony Van Dyke, president of Bryn Mawr […]

Just a decade ago, it was   the city’s rising, glamorous neighborhood, a maze of cobblestone streets, galleries, boutiques and lounges. Now, weekend after weekend, it’s a whole different story

Meet the face of new Old City: Jamie, a 26-year-old Italian princess from Bucks County. Five-foot-three, in four-inch booties. Clingy turquoise minidress, cinched with a […]

This Bella Vista BYO serve up tasty, but pricey, eats.

Perfect pillows of gnocchi doused with equally good braised short ribs, roasted dried mozzarella topped with ample amounts of table-shaved black truffle, and creamy seafood-spiked […]

Contemporary American cuisine is on the menu at this Wayne BYOB.

It’s a family affair at this Main Line BYOB — Mom and Pop Silverberg run the front of the house, while son Ron is in […]

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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.

This Headhouse Square cantina gets a new chef and a new look.

After the February departure of chef Dionicio Jimenez, owners Steve Cook and Michael Solomonov didn’t just hire a new chef (Lucio Palazzo); they overhauled the […]

The most over-covered beat in Philly isn’t crime, politics or even sports: It’s restaurants, where  bloggers now jostle to snag the latest “scoops” about everything from menus to matchboxes. But what, exactly, are we being fed?

It’s a Wednesday night in mid-July, and though the air is as moist and thick as vichyssoise, the help is scrambling to set out tables […]

Dmitri’s third location — in NoLibs — is good for the neighborhood.

If there’s an Old Faithful of Philly dining, it’s Dmitri’s, whose original Queen Village storefront is still turning-and-burning tables after 20 years in business — […]

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Out to the Ballgame — Installment V

Wednesday, August 26, 2010, 10:00 AM I’m posting this entry a little late due to our being on the move so much. We learned some […]

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