THE INDIANS THOUGHT of it first. They settled along the river because the river served a purpose. It was a good place to fish and […]

The Broadway version of Spamalot won three Tonys. But can the touring edition win over our critic? Spamalot by Eric Idle, from the screenplay for […]

Mentally complicated musical genius (aren’t they all?) Brian Wilson — the brains behind the Beach Boys when they mattered — comes to Glenside’s Keswick Theatre […]

Mexico really gets beverages. It’s got margaritas, Coke made with real sugar, those addictive bottles of Jarritos, and, my favorite, horchata. Made from grains (like […]

Yikes. People are starting to think about fall. It’s not just JCPenney’s back-to-school commercial that’s a mini-remake of The Breakfast Club. Eagles games are on […]

I was excited to hear that Raju Bhattarai, a former executive chef at Tiffin, was opening his own restaurant, Ekta. I drove off to Fishtown […]

IT WAS MARCH 2003, and Vince Fumo should have been happy. He was Vince Fumo, after all, and his life had been an epic, unlikely […]

Few food fans were more bummed than me when local hero Adam Gertler didn’t take the prize during the season finale of The Next Food […]

Glen Mills got a new shoe store last week called Vivi G. Shoes. It’s got some tried-and-true brands, Marc Jacobs, Betsey Johnson, Rafe and Emilio […]

EARLY FALL AFTERNOONS seem custom-made for outdoor entertaining. Warm days inspire the kids to go swimming and eat homemade ice-cream sandwiches. Evenings are just cool […]

The heart has four valves — gate-like leaflets of tissue that open and close with each heart beat. Their job is to prevent blood from […]

When deterioration of the knee joint gets so bad that you have bone rubbing on bone, and medication, physical therapy or steroid injections no longer […]

Every three minutes somewhere in the United States a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, and every year 40,000 will die from the disease. Thanks […]

Obesity used to be dismissed as a lack of self-control. It’s now seen as a life-threatening disease with links to diabetes, high blood pressure, high […]

Being fair-skinned, I always knew I had to be extra careful about how much time I spent in the sun. But it wasn’t until recently […]