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Remember When College Was Fun?
Cami Potter first spotted a professional party pooper in September. She’d just finished another excruciatingly long week at the University of Pennsylvania. The 21-year-old senior, […]
Jordan Hicks: A Man Of His People
YOU TAKE THE three-minute walk from the painted red “W” on the field to the locker rooms, then a four-minute walk to the parking lot. […]
Who Am I to Decide How Long My Ninetysomething Mother Lives?
Sitting in my car one night a few months ago as I waited for a to-go dinner to be cooked at McMenamin’s in Mount Airy, […]
The Badass Days of Boring Bob Casey
In July of 2016, just as the Democratic National Convention was about to kick off in Philadelphia, a breakfast was held for the Pennsylvania delegates […]
The Ghost of Broad Street
The Big B was at least five stories high, ruby by day, aglow at night, so you could see it from miles away, bright and […]
The Judge Makers
ONE DAY IN early March 2007, at the Keystone Building in Harrisburg, there was a lottery drawing. Not for cash, but to decide who would […]
La Dolce (& Gabbana) Vita
Linda Chodorow is frowning at an $880 Yves St. Laurent camel-and-red silk top, which in size 38 is not sitting exactly the way it should […]
Who is Jose Garces? And Why Are You So Crazy About His Restaurants?
There’s a bright white tent outside the entrance to the Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, site of the James Beard Awards. Inside, cameras flash as […]
Miss Popularity
IT’S THREE O’CLOCK Sunday afternoon, and Jennifer Weiner, clad in a bathing suit with the straps down — way down — is sunk into an […]
35 Concerts You Can’t Miss This Fall in Philly
The papal madness with all its barricades, Port A Potties and security pat-downs is behind us now, so let’s plan some fall fun. We’ve put […]
Han’s Dynasty
In any serious food city in America, there exists a cadre of chefs and restaurateurs who are the Big Dogs. The guys (because, yeah, it’s […]
Just Who Is Maria Papadakis?
I’m roaming around a giant warehouse by the Delaware River, looking for Maria Papadakis. Maria isn’t hard to spot when she’s onstage with a mic in her […]
How Rescue Spa’s Danuta Mieloch Became the Queen of Skincare
It’s a Tuesday morning, and I’m walking out of the best bathroom in the city — a bathroom where the air smells faintly of sandalwood […]
For Years, People Said There Were No Lenape Left in Pennsylvania. This Group Begs to Differ.
It’s a muggy mid-September Sunday, and kayakers and vacationing families are taking in the calm waters of Mauch Chunk Lake, a small reservoir in the […]
Sing, Bake, Slay, Repeat: How Patti LaBelle Conquered the World. Again.
There aren’t many people at Capital Grille — three, maybe four tables’ worth — but it’s enough to make an entrance. As the maître d’ […]