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Here’s how to make sure your trustiest companion loves him as much as you do …

Before the puppy love between you and your fiancé began, you had a different significant other — one you still depend on for long walks […]

The Wedding Shoppe’s Pattie Lamantia knows how to get you a couture gown on the fly.

Question: Our dream venue has an open date about 18 months from now — or two months from now. We’d really like to take the […]

Got a designer in mind for your dream wedding dress? Check out our list of area trunk shows to see if your favorite is coming to town …

The Wedding Shoppe, Wayne December 9-12: Designer Accessory Event This event includes special deals on shoes, tiaras, headpieces, clutches, and more: You’ll receive 8 percent […]

Travel editor Christy Speer finds great holiday getaway deals in Chicago, San Francisco and Bucks County.

There may be no place like home for the holidays, but the roster of hotels and resorts offering sweet holiday deals sure does give the […]

Managing your money with Bernard Hopkins.

Most Philadelphians know Bernard Hopkins—who boxes at the Liacouras Center on December 2nd—as the 10-year world middleweight champ who creamed guys like Oscar De La […]

Philly’s most sought-after theatrical sound designer.

Age: 41Known best as: Regular Pig Iron actor, Barrymore Award winner, and recent recipient of New York’s coveted off-Broadway award, the Obie. Also, Philly’s most […]

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.

Pie for dinner and dessert.

 Pie for dinner and dessert? Sounds good to us. Particularly when the slices come from the oven of baker Stephanie Thaw, at her six-week-old retro […]

Hotel Palomar’s presents a hip new drinking spot.

What:The new Hotel Palomar’s bar, lounge and restaurant. Date opened: October 14th. The mood:Sleek and swanky. Beers: 16 by the bottle. Wines: 85 bottles; 15 […]

Like reliable friends, trusted importers can help you navigate the confusing sea of foreign wine.

Selecting a foreign bottle of wine is always intimidating. Only the most savvy connoisseurs know how the juice from the French vineyards of Gevrey-Chambertin differs […]

Three good ones for the reader on your shopping list.

Boardwalk Empireby NJ judge Nelson JohnsonWhat’s inside: The gangsters, gamblers and crooked pols who built A.C. Soon to be an HBO series from Scorsese. Everything […]

Brooke’s latest gossip.

Aloha, dumplings! Edgar and I are just back from the Maui wedding of Phillies teddy bear Shane Victorino, at which 500 of his and fetching […]

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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.

Mayor Michael Nutter’s big screen cameo.

Mayor Nutter’s cameo in the recent Jamie Foxx Philly-based action flick Law Abiding Citizen may have been small (five seconds), but it generated big reactions […]

You thought that guy looked familiar.

Pervez Musharraf, the 66-year-old retired general and former president of Pakistan who was pressured to resign in 2008, likes the ambience of the Water Works […]

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Lolita: New Location & Sale This fashionable Delaware boutique has moved and will be opening up this weekend in it’s brand new location in the […]

The best new restaurant you can’t get into.

It was quite a blow to Philly’s upper crust when, in 2003, the Platinum Club of America ranked the country’s best private clubs, and the […]

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