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It was a strange-but-true love story — a mildly retarded Korean-American girl from Lancaster County marrying a quiet Egyptian visitor. Then came 9/11, and our government wouldn't let him live here. Why?

You could say Demy and Christi were an odd couple. Most people did. They made a striking pair: Christi, a petite Korean-­American with beautiful waist-length […]

You love your mom. You want to love his mom. Here's how to still feel that way when the wedding's over.

When Momzilla Attacks

From Barbecue to a beachfront banquet, when you're planning your wedding meal outdoors, the sky's the limit

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Ask the Experts: Who Gets Host Props?

Who Gets Host Props?

Two self-taught jewelry mavens can make your wedding-day look

Fit for a Princess

If the racks at the area's bridal salons don't hold the dress of your dreams, these shops can whip it up for you

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Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Our world-champion Eagles, a messy traffic stop, an unexpected councilperson, and the Delco pope

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

A six-figure budget. Hundreds of helpers. Giant art installations. A tentacled kraken. This prom is like no other.

How to spend your precious weekend in our very own Vegas-by-the-Sea

Two weeks ahead of time Leave a dinner reservation request on the answering machine at Café 2825 (609-344-6913). Hope that your reservation is made, because […]

We combed the sand from LBI to Cape May to find the most fabulous spots to sun, play, eat, drink, swim, surf, and be as lazy and hazy as you're supposed to be down the Shore.

LBI Surfing Holyoke Avenue and the beach, Holgate. Don’t come to Holyoke Avenue if you’re a kook who’s still perfecting his pop-up. This stretch of […]

How two wisecracking, cheesesteak-loving Philly lawyers proved there isn't much intelligence in intelligent design

IF HISTORIANS ARE WONDERING, it’s safe to say that the trial of Tammy Kitzmiller et al. v Dover Area School District et al. — the […]

More than a million people live in Philly. Why does it sometimes seem like you've dated all of them?

PEOPLE OFTEN SAY THAT PHILADELPHIA IS SMALL. This isn’t really true, because we’re a city of 135 square miles and around 1.5 million people. That’s […]

Can two regular guys in Glenside change the pharmacy industry just by doing good?

There’s a CVS drugstore four minutes from Anita Morena’s apartment in Clementon, New Jersey. She used to fill her prescriptions there. But on a Tuesday […]

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How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.

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 much do Wing Bowl competitors love eating? As an excerpt from a new book shows, maybe more than they should

ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 10, 2004, an electrician named Fino Cachola was at a grocery store in Bala Cynwyd. Fino, a.k.a. “Chili Dawg,” age […]

For the sake of scruffy Philly men (and the women who love them … clean-shaven), we tested five electric shavers to find the best

Wahl 4000 $60 at area Sears stores Wahl has been providing barbers with professional clippers since 1919, so we hoped for great results from its […]

Creative Buzz: June 2006

New York Times best-seller William Lashner is a local lad, and his new thriller, Marked Man, has shady Philly attorney Victor Carl chasing exotic dancers […]

60-Second Critic June 2006

Film Loverboy ThinkFilm “I was like the great jewelers of the Byzantine, sorting through full stacks of stones,” says Emily, played by Kyra Sedgwick, of […]

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