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How Five Days in Philly Changed Movie History Forever

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.

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Mac Mart Wasn’t Even Supposed to Be Open During the Philly Boycott Ride. Here’s Why It Was

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Taste: Dining Out: Where We’re Eating: Cooperage

Cooperage Washington SquareEven with some early kinks in the kitchen, this coolly designed (don’t miss the pull-chain johns) “wine and whiskey” spot in the Curtis […]

Taste: Dining Out: Dinner With … Stephen Starr

Usual breakfast: Granola and bananas. How you take your coffee: One Equal and skim milk. Number of times per week you eat in your restaurants: […]

Taste: Spirits: Vermouth Truth

Vermouth has had a tough ride. The sweet version of the beverage was born in 18th-century Italy, when some bright bulb took cheap, nasty-tasting wine […]

Cocktail-Cart comeback

Hear the words “bar cart,” and the first thing that comes to mind may be a creaky booze jalopy rattling up an airplane aisle. But […]

Heavyweight 610 WIP and upstart 97.5 The Fanatic are waging a furious battle for the city’s obsessed sports-radio listeners, but the real action is going on off the air. Here, the behind-the-scenes story of how Angelo threatened to walk, what staffers honestly think about Eskin, and, for the first time, what really happened the day Mikey Miss took a swing at his producer

MIKE MISSANELLI had no idea The Punch would change the face of Philadelphia radio forever. It was St. Paddy’s Day 2006, and it was a […]

Pulse: Chatter: Just Dont Call Him Two-Faced

Even if you don’t know John Saler — Stradley Ronon lobbyist, political insider, onetime film producer — chances are you know his face. Especially if […]

Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Brainiac scientists. The city’s most fanatical fans. A Mister Softee aficionado who stole our hearts — and more of our favorite neighbors this year

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.

Pulse: Chatter: Big Mother Is Watching

In this age of hyper-vigilant helicoptering, summer overnight camps are stepping up efforts to convince parents it’s okay to let Junior out of their sight. […]

Pulse: Chatter: Media: Ad, Ad, Ad, Ad, Ad, World

It was, by many accounts, the tipping point in the heated Democratic primary race for a Senate seat: After Joe Sestak’s camp ran a TV […]

Contrary to popular opinion, Snooki did not bring back the poof, that retro, pumped-up hill of a hairstyle that’s everywhere right now. No, for that we can thank Brookhaven native Suzanne Martinelli, whose company, Bombshell Beauty, released the “Pouf” back in 2005 — pre-Mad Men bouffants, pre-Jersey Shore and, yes, pre-Bumpit. Martinelli, 46, worked in marketing — not hairstyling — when she dreamed up the combs attached to “enhancers” about the size of a spool of thread, covered in fibers colored to match your curls. Hair’s teased up; the Pouf is affixed beneath; and voilà! Big hair — and big business.

Bombshell’s Poufs and Sure Grip Velcro rollers sell in CVS, Walgreens and Ulta under the Sassoon label, and stylist Jessica Steele, Martinelli’s business cohort, uses them on that high-hair queen, Sarah Palin. So did it hurt when Snooki got credit for the uprising? “We just cringed,” Martinelli says. “That’s not what we are! But she’s got better PR."

Pulse: Chatter: Safe House Beautiful

As long as the world keeps ending, business will be good for George Welhaf Jr. His company, Green Eye Technology in Feasterville, sells high-end underground […]

Local commuters weigh in on Philly’s new pedicabs.

Just as the city unveiled its first-ever licensed bicycle-propelled cabs — a.k.a. “pedicabs” — the website CabCorner, already established in NYC, San Francisco and Tokyo, […]

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76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

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.

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

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.

Mother of two, author of one

The three things you need to know about Beth Dunn: 1. She’s from the Main Line. 2. She and her family now live year-round at […]

The Good Life: The Getaway: Cape May Beach Shack

Remember when Cape May was just a cloudy-day destination, the sort of place where grandmotherly types sipped tea on doily-strewn Victorian porches, and binoculared birders […]

And in Chestnut Hill. And Blue Bell. And many more of Philadelphia’s most buttoned-down places. How a generation of otherwise straitlaced moms and dads are rediscovering their inner stoners … and making pot legit

Ah, the bliss of suburban Philadelphia in summer. [sidebar]On a recent balmy, breezy Wednesday night, Amanda*, a pretty, youthful-looking mom in her early 40s who […]

Five Reasons To Be Careful About Cannabis

Pot may not seem as bad for you as booze and cigarettes, but it isn’t risk-free. And while smoking every other weekend might be a […]

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