In August, the New York Times ran a story on the front page of the Sunday Styles section about how cool Philadelphia is. Headlined “The […]

During Congressman Chaka Fattah’s year-long public dalliance with a mayoral candidacy, political insiders have mused about where his wife, NBC 10 anchor Renee Chenault-Fattah, fits […]

Last month, Hugh Long, ­Wachovia Bank’s Pennsylvania and Delaware CEO, agreed to help lead the campaign to bring the Olympics here in 2016. He’ll head […]

It wasn’t easy to woo Ros Remer away from teaching early American history at Moravian College, but Ben Franklin has always been a charmer. And […]

New BYOB: Marigold KitchenPhilly is America’s BYOB capital, and no newcomer is better than this one in West Philly’s Spruce Hill. Chef-owner Steven Cook cooks […]

Call this Lipson’s Lament. Glued to my TV, obsessed with the coverage of Katrina … it feels like we’re going to hell in a handbasket, […]

I can sense an unspoken question among my staff, most of them far younger than I am: Does Lipson get it? Or am I so […]

Try and make yourself useful, will you? No, this is not a message from your boss, your spouse or your mother. This was the charge […]

For the past six years, Collingswood mayor Jim Maley has believed that restaurants, not residents, are the key to reinvigorating his New Jersey home. “We […]

Banh mi are little more than French-influenced Vietnamese hoagies: Vietnamese barbecued pork or other cold cuts are layered on a crusty baguette with homemade mayonnaise, […]

The bottle looks a little like an old glass Coca-Cola model, the price is similar to soda, and it’s got bubbles. But Steaz, an organic […]

If, when sitting down to a $100 Kobe cheesesteak at Barclay Prime, or a $41 Kobe burger at Atlantic City’s Old Homestead, you think you’re […]

Manayunk has been without a Thai restaurant since the elegant BYOB Grasshopper quietly closed its doors in the summer of ’04. Now, Chabaa Thai Bistro, […]

Villa di Roma 936 South 9th Street; 215-592-1295$7/quartA deep red, thick sauce speckled with lots of oregano, basil and garlic flecks, this restaurant’s marinara elicited […]

THE LIVING ROOM  This grand space had a very specific inspiration: the red sash lilting through the Frank Howell painting, a favorite of its Lehigh […]