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Yes, Philadelphia Is Safer Than They Say on TV

The city has made the national news far too often recently for incidents involving crime and public safety. A new administration has big plans to change — and correct — the narrative.


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No one is expressing the right emotions about my engagement

No one is expressing the right emotions about my engagement. THE TROUBLE STARTED almost immediately after we got engaged. I’ll spare you the details of […]

For the past decade, Croydon’s Diana Trolli has played Mrs. C. each holiday season alongside her husband, Nicholas (duh!), who just happens to be president of the Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas. (Yes, they really do exist.) We wanted to find out what it’s like to play second chair to the world’s most beloved fat man.

What exactly does Mrs. Claus do? I make sure the kids’ hands are clean so they don’t get the suit dirty, keep them calm and […]

Pulse: Chatter: No Reservations

The new hotel that’s following on the heels of the W and coming to Philly. As if we needed further proof that the SSE (Stephen […]

In an effort to answer the Dems’ fund-raising tsunami this election cycle, a feisty conservative group is tapping some local heavyweights for cash.

In an effort to answer the Dems’ fund-raising  tsunami this election cycle, a feisty conservative group is  tapping some local heavyweights for cash. Edwin Starr […]

Pulse: Philadelphicon: The Light Show

A city’s tradition that endures after 50 years. It was as much about the journey as it was the show: dressing up, the train ride […]

Eat your favorite holiday treats without having to unbutton those pants

Eat your favorite holiday treats without having to unbutton those pants Look, it’s the holidays. Nobody in their right mind should be dieting right now. […]


Best of Philly 2023: City Life

Best of Philly 2023: City Life

An irresistible gossipmonger, numerous near-champions, and a roadway rebuild for the ages

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Back in the day, Philly, like a lot of cities, banked on a revival of its downtown to spark new life. The plan worked fine — for Center City. But now that the pandemic has emptied offices, boomer residents are aging, and millennials are opting for the ’burbs, where do we go from here?


Chesapeake Bay, MD

I did feel a slight pang of guilt as the freshening wind shot my sail-kayak through the marina’s mouth and past my paddle-bound wife and […]

Craving pasta but avoiding starches? Try this squash instead

Cool, fall weather brings with it one of my favorite foods: spaghetti squash. When baked and scraped from its shell, the flesh of this yellow […]

How to Be a Better Philadelphian: Save the Earth

Help save the Earth and get paid for recycling. What could be better? Plant SomethingSince 1974, Philadelphia Green, a program of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, […]

A few easy ways you can improve the lives of the elderly in Philadelphia.

Donate Your LeftoversReally! Aid For Friends provides needy, isolated shut-ins with free daily home-cooked meals. When you join as a cook, you’ll be given aluminum […]

At 34, an Abington reformer is Harrisburg’s fastest-rising young star. But is there a place for Jimmy Stewart in Pennsylvania’s smoke-filled back rooms?

At 34, an Abington reformer is Harrisburg’s fastest-rising young star. But is there a place for Jimmy Stewart in Pennsylvania’s smoke-filled back rooms? LAST DECEMBER […]

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How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

The former municipal golf course at FDR Park became an indispensable natural refuge for many locked-down South Philadelphians over the past year.

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.


How to Be a Better Philadelphian: Rescue an Animal

Save Whiskers, Adopt a pet, or donate to PAWS Philadelphia. Take Your Pet to Visit SomeonePals for Life’s pet visitation program brings unconditional love, warm […]

Okay, he was highly criticized as mayor, but these days Wilson Goode is highly praised as a minister and moral exemplar. Here’s his guidance on some classic (but questionable) Philly behaviors

Here’s Wilson Goode’s guidance on some classic (but questionable) Philly behaviors. Hey Mr. Mayor: My grandmother, a lifelong Democrat, passed away 14 years ago, and […]

Two Philadelphians have written a new guide intended to empower our daughters. But with Hillary running for president, are pressed flowers and cootie catchers what girls really need?

MY HUSBAND DOUG and I were watching the marching band perform at our son’s high-school football game when I noticed something. There on the field […]

Hall of Fame Flyers goalie Bernie Parent has endured a career-ending injury, alcoholism, divorce, and the death of his star pupil. So why is he so happy?

After everything he’s been through, why is Bernie Parent so happy? It’s a miserable day at the Schooner Island Marina, just over the bridge in […]

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