In thinking about power in Philadelphia, we came up with a simple definition: In this city, power is marked by the ability to get things […]

Back when she was Pam Seigle from Pittsburgh dating Ken Ferber from Philadelphia, books, not pelts, were her thing. But there were signs, even then, […]

Philadelphia has long been called a city of neighborhoods, so when Stephen Starr decided to dub his new lounge at 18th and Chestnut streets the […]

The Inn at Lambertville Station accomplished the damn near impossible: It kept my husband happy while I shopped in the antiques and home stores on […]

Sometime this summer, if the jittery rumormongering in the city’s legal-­political establishment is to believed, the Palm will shut down temporarily, for renovations. Although the […]

Has the bubble burst? A new report written by Kevin Gillen, a Wharton researcher who studies the Philadelphia real estate market, says Center City house […]

Guarino vs. the Weather Weenies The criticism for FOX 29 meteorologist Rob Guarino rains down like cats and dogs on ­­wright-weather.com, a website for the […]

The Scoop: One realtor calls it “Lower Italian Market”; another, “Bella Vista South.” A third presents it as “Center City South” to the New York […]

Back in the day, when we went to college, you were lucky to have two electrical outlets per dorm room, not to mention a good […]

As we were putting together this issue, I broke bread with three people who — I realize now — all had a hand in the […]

If we have learned anything over the past 40 years of trying to improve the lives of the underclass, it is that coddling hasn’t worked. […]

Trent Hendricks should not be a fromager. He’s never been on French soil, he’s a staunch Republican, and he’s never had any culinary training. But […]

Will Republican Senator Rick Santorum head the Democrats’ Most Wanted List in 2006? The first evidence that his defeat will be a national priority is […]

A lot of people dislike Dr. Jan Leestma, mostly because of who pays his bills. You may have seen him testifying on behalf of Scott […]

In November, with strippers in tow, Howard Stern stood on the streets of Manhattan and handed out the $150 Sirius satellite radios you’ll soon need […]