The past few years, the sleek and slim of L.A. and New York (e.g., Kelly Ripa) have been flocking to barre classes, for fast-acting, ballet-derived […]

Splits59 Bailey Capri TightsForm-fitting and flattering, these tights were made for barre work. Around $50 at Pure Barre, 1701 Walnut Street, 267-234-7825 Ribbon HeadbandsColorful yet […]

You: Go to The Nutcracker each year. Try: Absolute Beginner at Symmetry Dance Wellness — a no-leotard-required class offering basic vocab and technique. 1923 Chestnut […]

Eat Cheap, But Well: Restaurant Deals for Any Budget A Sandwich Spectacular: 18 of Our Favorite Meals Between Sliced Bread The Truck Stops Here: Our […]

A cup of joe isn’t just a caffeine fix anymore — Philly is awash in direct-trade, artisan-roasted, small-batch beans. The trendy labels translate to seriously […]

When Brian Tierney arrived as publisher (and lead investor) four years ago at 400 North Broad Street, home of the Inquirer and Daily News, the […]

You may know Michael Untermeyer as the 59-year-old lawyer who ran for Philly’s district attorney seat — and lost — in 2009. But soon, you […]

Doers of glamorous jobs always seem to protest their career’s fun factors. (See: “Modeling is hard work.”) Not Keith Johnson. At 54, the blue-eyed, Rittenhouse […]

Though the mayoral primaries are seven months away, there’s been a lot of chatter lately as to who might have what it takes to unseat […]

City Council squashed Mayor Nutter’s soda tax in May, but there could be some fizz in the idea yet: Rumor has it the Mayor’s vowed […]

Fifteen of our favorite meals between sliced bread.

“How will you feel with both kids gone?” people keep asking me. For most of the summer, I find the prospect utterly depressing. What will […]

Of the 130-plus events in this month’s 11-day DesignPhiladelphia festival, we are quite thrilled about breaking glass in the monster light-up Glassphemy installation, walking among […]

On another night, as I puzzled over a tasteless, fridge-bitten tomato on the way to a dry pork chop dressed with underwhelming pickled ramps, when […]

This month, Harry Connick Jr. comes to town to showcase the 10th anniversary of Breastcancer.org at an Academy of Music fund-raiser. The website now has […]