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Philadelphia Pop-Ups Are Why We Can’t Keep Nice Things
If any one thing cinched Spruce Street Harbor Park as the summer’s best pop-up, it was probably the hammocks — dozens of them scattered in […]
Killer Wasps
When antiques store owner Kristin Clark stumbles upon Barclay Shields, Bryn Mawr’s newest real estate developer, lying unconscious beneath the hydrangea bushes lining the driveway […]
The Fall of the Main Line Drug Ring
On the afternoon of April 21st, 18-year-old Timothy Brooks arrived at a courthouse in Ardmore, a mile east of his alma mater, the Haverford School. […]
What Does My Kid’s Apartment Say About Me?
I’m standing in an aisle at HomeGoods, holding a spoon rest. It’s a pretty thing, bright orange, shaped like a sunflower, and it only costs […]
The Top Ten Philly Sports Announcers of All Time
The voices carried me home. Dating back to high school, on most weekends in the summer I’d drive to the Jersey Shore and relax with […]
One of Us: Cecily Tynan
My name is … Cecily Tynan. I had a Great-Uncle Cecil in England, and they just added the “y.” My parents actually thought they invented […]
Growing Up in Philadelphia: The Lost City
Eddie Gindi seems genuinely excited as he stands at the dais in the Union League. The executive vice president and co-owner of Century 21 department […]
Best of Philly 2014
Yes, folks, here we are, back at it again. Who has the crispiest fried chicken? What’s the best bar for day-drinking? Where can you go […]
The Best Food and Drink at the Jersey Shore for 2014
Cape May It’s not actually a law, but it seems no one gets out of Cape May without first visiting the Mad Batter. Located in […]
Maps for Our Summer Drives
Touring the Brandywine Rambling Around Central Bucks Trekking to Amish Country Back-Roading to the Shore Drifting Up River Road
One of Us: Patti LaBelle
My name is … Patti LaBelle. I was born Patricia Louise Holte. Patti LaBelle came from Harold B. Robinson, a car dealer in Philadelphia, who […]
Philly Fighting Words: Why Everything You Think Is Great Actually Sucks
There are some truths that Philadelphians hold to be self-evident: Wawa is awesome. Our cabs are crap. Water ice is the sweet summer nectar of […]
Who Is Nick Foles?
Within the physical layout of Westlake High School is a space referred to as the Commons, with an insignia of a W in the middle […]
Jersey Shore Haters Unite!
Two weeks before we left, I started to get so excited that I staged our supplies on the front porch. They fit into one pile: […]
Michael Nutter’s Incorruptible Administration
This is the Golden Age of ethics for the City of Philadelphia. But I’ll grant that it might not seem that way. Philadelphia’s Traffic Court […]