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Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Culinary Fumbles at Red Owl Tavern
“No matter where you go, there you are.” A review typically requires more than one sentence, but when it comes to describing most hotel restaurants, […]
Philadelphia’s Best Community Gardens and Arboretums
Chanticleer Wayne | 786 Church Road The garden path may only be a mile long, but it’s a looping tour around the world. The Teacup […]
A History of Political Correctness: 20 Years After Penn’s “Water Buffalo” Incident
On a winter’s night 20 years ago, a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania who was working on an English paper heard a ruckus outside […]
Philadelphia Home: Elizabeth Nettles’ Chic Graduate Hospital Digs
My style: I like eclectic, bold, whimsical interiors—vintage mixed with ethnic and a little bit of glam. DIY drapery: They’re $20 canvas curtains from IKEA. […]
Jen Childs Is Afraid of Failure
My name is … Jen Childs. On my dad’s side of the family I go way back to the Mayflower, I think, and Childs is […]
Off the Cuff: May 2013
Is there no outrage? Is there no shame? Recently, the Wall Street Journal noted how some of New York’s top high schools accept students based […]
Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Phoning It In at Sophia’s
In a city where some people track the comings and goings of chefs as obsessively as others do center fielders, nothing stirs more hope than […]
Jesus. What If Howard Eskin Was Your Dad?
This is your typical father-and-son tale. That may not sound like a convincing way to begin a story, but when the father is Howard Eskin—Fox […]
Philly’s Hottest Neighborhoods 2013: How’s Your Neighborhood Doing?
Methodology To identify the region’s hottest neighborhoods and towns, we began with year-end real estate price and transaction data for approximately 400 MLS areas and […]
The Hottest Suburban Philadelphia Neighborhoods
East Greenwich A place for Philadelphia expats in search of great schools and wide-open spaces. Median home price: $248,000 Decrease in average days on market […]
How We Determined the Hottest Philadelphia Neighborhoods
To identify the region’s hottest neighborhoods and towns, we began with year-end real estate price and transaction data for approximately 400 MLS areas and specific […]
Philly’s Favorite Local Spas
Deme Center City | 2200 Arch Street, Suite 102 Ladies-who-lunch believe that tasteful cosmetic injections, surgery and dentistry are essential—and the snootiest Manhattanites often sneak […]
Real Estate 2013: The Hottest Philadelphia Neighborhoods
We probably don’t have to tell you how much real estate in this city—the ’burbs, too, for that matter—has changed over the past few years. […]
Off the Cuff: April 2013
I’ve been working in this business since Harry Truman was president; just in case anybody needs a history refresher, he left office 60 years ago. […]