The rumors had been swirling around Philadelphia since I moved here in 2003. Fashionistas whispered into one another’s diamond-studded ears that a friend of a […]

Gay. Queer. What is the right word these days?  It depends on the age group. I mean, some still use “homophile”! “Queer” for many people […]

It’s been a strange road to stardom for Adam Gertler, the 31-year-old actor/cook who, in just four years, went from executive chef of the Smoked […]

MAGGIE WASSERMAN (née Stein) isn’t worried. She sips a cup of sweet-potato soup inside Rouge, the restaurant that was once her father’s darling and is […]

Are Advanta chief and major Temple donor Dennis Alter and his lovely Austrian wife Gisela splitting? That’s the talk on the Main Line social circuit. […]

Indeed, Bruce Schimmel, the founder of the City Paper, wrote of how disheartened he was to attend a pro-Israel rally in Love Park last January […]

It doesn’t sound good for Old Original Bookbinders. The restaurant’s voicemail states it is closed due to “mechanical emergencies” and Dan Gross is reporting that […]

Maybe “I Choose Hell Productions” isn’t the most wholesome name for an indie movie-making business. But it’s the one local filmmaker and former Banyan employee […]

Budget cuts burned down Regina Anderson’s house in Frankford. That’s what the firefighters union has been saying, loudly, in rallies with signs like “Burn, Nutter, […]

In light of the harrowing bird-induced water-landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson in January, the nearly 30 million travelers who pass through […]

Half Latino, half Jewish, the new Phillies GM is only 44 but has already beaten the baseball odds twice. “My father advised me to be […]

 SEE OUR 8 PICKS HERE Forget tag, hours of TV and pee-filled pools — we rounded up eight local day camps that will fuel your […]

Your vegetarian classification: I’m not vegan. I’m an ovo-lacto vegetarian, so I eat milk and egg products. These days, “vegetarian” can mean almost anything. Last […]

James Beard finalist Michael Solomonov is at Foster’s tonight for a “Culinary Tour of Israel” and surprisingly tickets remain.  Culinary Tour of Israel [Fosters] via MenuPages […]

Here’s the latest on the highly anticipated Brauhaus Schmitz, the German bar and restaurant that is looking to open this Spring on South Street.  Looks like […]