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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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An author’s chic trove of exotic treasure

After traveling around Asia, Elizabeth Gilbert and her husband, Jose Nunes — known as “Felipe” to readers in Liz’s bestselling book, Eat, Pray, Love — […]

A globe-trotting collector and her architect make a Bryn Mawr house a place for art-full living

”I had been living in a house that was black and white,” says Dr. Vanaja Ragavan. “I decided that when I moved into this one, […]

Butler County, PA

Butler County, PA Yes, there’s a framed photograph of Paris — not the celebutante, but Jan and Don Phillips’s first cria (that’s a baby alpaca) […]

Good Life: Expansions: Black Is Back

Winter parties have a tendency to bring out the I-have-nothing-to-wear blues in everyone; good thing Christa’s launched a so-in-line-with-how-you-shop in-store “LBD (Little Black Dress) Boutique” […]

Good Life: Fitness: Beyond Spandex

Our blood pressure just got a little lower thanks to the mix of soothingly stylish and flattering yoga-inspired athletic apparel at the new Lululemon ­Athletica […]

Good Life: Spas: Grape Escapes

Just in time for fall harvest, Body Restoration spa owner Cara Solomon has uncorked a new “vinotherapy” program she developed with Chaddsford Winery co-owner Lee […]


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?


Good Life: Menswear: For the Boys

After all our bitching about the relative lack of men’s shopping in Center City, it seems people are finally listening: This fall has seen the […]

The world’s easiest — and prettiest — DIY frame job

The idea: Let a colorfully patterned wallpaper serve as the mat for black-and-white photos floating in clear glass frames. We asked Wyndmoor interior designer Rebecca […]

A Havertown modern gets an architectural upgrade

A Havertown modern gets an architectural upgrade Painter Elizabeth Wilson grew up in Havertown, near a neighborhood that she remembers as a kind of architectural […]

Ardmore’s favorite lush swills her way through the latest season of The Office

Booze has long been a friend to Kate Flannery — from her family’s bar, T.A. Flannery’s, in Center City, to those make-ends-meet bartending jobs in […]

Great comfort food is easier to eat than it is to make, and this classic Latin sandwich is no exception: The four-hour-plus roasting is the key to the melting, juicy pork. But you can cheat by using already roasted pork—or stopping by Alma de Cuba and sampling the original on the new lunch menu

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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.


In honor of Thanksgiving, one of the few holidays we can all agree on, three versions of the turkey sandwich, all fit for gobbling

So Special: Main Line Jewish-deli stalwart Hymie’s offers the belly-busting Schlemiel, piled high with thickly sliced roast turkey breast, mounds of slaw, and a generous […]

Taste: Where We’re Eating November 2007

Blue Pear Bistro The words “Dilworthtown Inn” are often intoned with all the solemnity the West Chester restaurant’s $71 chateaubriand demands. The same won’t be […]

Taste: Eat This Now: Pie in the Sky

This Thanksgiving, local food-aid organization MANNA will Strike It Rich. That’s the name of this decadent pie, its tender crust filled with cheesecake and topped […]

Pulse: Rip-Off of the Month

Buying tickets to this month’s Police concert at the Wachovia Center? For many shows at the Wachovia, ComcastTix is now the official source for tix, […]

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