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Suburbanista: Food Fight in the Wegmans Parking Lot
At 3 p.m, on Saturday, the day before Winter Storm Titan was due to bury the entire Delaware Valley in a foot of snow, my […]
Why Is Everyone in Philadelphia So Stressed?
I have a knot. It lives between my shoulder blades, a little to the right of center. I feel it when I sit at my […]
Rape Happens Here: Sexual Assault Crisis at Swarthmore
Simon van Zuylen-Wood has a deep-dive feature in May’s Philadelphia magazine on a crisis at Swarthmore College: 91 reports of sexual misconduct in one year.
Rape Happens Here
In the early 1980s, staff members in one of Swarthmore’s libraries began hanging reams of white computer paper in the bathroom stalls, which students would […]
Swarthmore College Title IX Complaint and Official Response
There are 11 additional student testimonials contained in the Title IX complaint filed against Swarthmore College in 2013 — which Philadelphia magazine obtained earlier this […]
The Most Powerful Man in Philadelphia
The last time we ranked the most powerful people in Philadelphia, in November 2009, Brian Roberts came in at a solid but not spectacular number […]
My Crowdsourced Life
It was, you have to admit, a pretty smart publicity grab. Back in January, Mark Zuckerberg snapped a picture, posted it online, and posed a […]
Without a Trace
To most anyone watching, they were just another couple, out on a Saturday night at Abilene’s on South Street, drinking a few beers and watching […]
The Last Days of Bill Conlin
A year and a half ago, I flew down to Largo, Florida, and knocked on Bill Conlin’s door. It was early evening, and I couldn’t […]
Steel Magnolia
John Callahan, a 44-year-old natural salesman turned preternatural politician, looks down at the small plate of tuna crudo on the table. Fork poised, he considers […]
One of Us: Burger Guru Tommy Up
My name is … Tommy Up. My real last name is Updegrove, but it’s really difficult for people to spell for some reason. So to […]
How to Find the Perfect House in Philadelphia
First appeared in the March, 2014 issue of Philadelphia magazine. CENTER-HALL COLONIAL THE LURE: “The colonials are simply indigenous to our area, and it’s the […]
Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Le Chéri
YOU HAVE TO FIGURE that any ingredient is fair game in a menu section labeled “Bizarre.” But Pierre Calmels sure pulled a fast one on […]
Philadelphia Restaurant Review: High Street On Market
IT’S SELDOM A GOOD IDEA to boil down a restaurant recommendation to a tweet-size paragraph, but for prospective visitors to High Street on Market, a […]
Where to Travel Spring 2014:
Waterfront Getaways in the U.S.A.
In search of… Southern Charm? Sea Island, GA A quiet island along our Southeastern coast is an under-the-radar retreat. Vibe: How Southerners do the shore—beaching […]