Then, he says, the next generation of young immigrants can find liberty — real liberty —in Philadelphia.  

You might think Lauren Weisberger, one of the undisputed queens of chick lit, would be a grade-A snob, considering her success: Prada, her first novel, […]

I was shy growing up, and I’m still that shy person. My daily companion is an ever-present angst. I hear, “Oh, you should be so […]

So he did anything he could think of to avoid coming home to their Fishtown rowhouse. For the most part, his life was exactly how […]

THE MEANING OF ED • Bob Brady: There’s nothing more he can possibly do in politics. He’s not running for public office — he told […]

At Sophy Curson, the Rittenhouse Square boutique completing its 80th year next month, you must ask for things.Starting at the front door, where you ring […]

This is a chair. Its name is “Pumpkin,” and it is famous. French furnishing designer Pierre Paulin created the first -Pumpkin chairs in 1971 for […]

Let me be clear. There is nothing wrong with flip-flops. Classic rubber sandals — I’d call them thongs, but you’d laugh — are summertime staples. […]

Wills, the newest member of the illustrious team at Gladwyne salon OMG, spent the past six years managing Neiman Marcus’s Yves Saint Laurent cosmetics counter, […]

Hope It Was Worth ItThat $70 Million PaintingAfter all that fuss, you can finally see Thomas Eakins’s freshly restored Gross Clinic for yourself at its […]

Sixty-five-year-old Congressman Bob Brady — competing with other House Dems to see who can build the largest following on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube — is […]

You win one Pulitzer, and suddenly everybody wants a piece of you — especially when you’re part of a duo of investigative reporters (and suburban […]

January 1978Becomes district attorney of Philadelphia.January 1986“I believe, prior to my coming in, the [D.A.’s] office had established a reputation that the fate of cases […]

“The greatest amount of UV damage to the eye happens in the first 18 years of life, so it’s even more vital for children to […]

Voorhees’s Versa Fit Studio is famous for its fat-burning, skin-smoothing “Vacu Fit” ellipticals and treadmills. It also offers Pilates, spinning, tae kwon do, zumba and […]