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Southern Spring Travel: Nashville
I’d been in Nashville for all of 15 seconds when I heard it: the familiar pluck of acoustic guitar strings accompanying a man’s voice, crooning […]
Southern Spring Travel: New Orleans
On Friday afternoon, I rode in from the airport with the slowest cabdriver in the entire city of New Orleans. He was an old-timer, with […]
Southern Spring Travel: Charleston
It hit me, as I strolled through Charleston’s gas-lit and cobblestoned French Quarter, that everything I loved about this unapologetically historic city was something I […]
Southern Spring Travel: Savannah
There weren’t many other visitors meandering through Savannah’s downtown cemetery as I tentatively began to wind my way along the tombstones. The city has a […]
35 Years Inside the Philly Mob With George Anastasia
Frankie the Fixer is trying to have it both ways. Which probably comes as no surprise to the people of south philadelphia who used to deal […]
Brooke Dillon’s Haute Washington Square Living Room
History: “The building is from 1892 and has a lot of original details. The bones of this place are great.” Inspiration: “I love the Ritz […]
Philadelphia’s Best Local Designer Jewelry Stores
Craiger Drake Designs Rittenhouse | 1701 Walnut Street, fifth floor Forget snooty shops meant to intimidate—the new showroom of prolific gem whisperer Craiger Drake feels […]
Is This Nuts? More Couples Living Together After Divorce
“They split up.” “They split up?” My friend and I were sitting side by side on folding canvas chairs, both wrapped in fleece, both clutching […]
Off the Cuff: February 2013
Recently I saw the movie Lincoln, and when I left the theater, I felt highly energized but deeply depressed. Let’s start with the good news: […]
When Did Our Lives on Social Media Become More Time-Consuming Than Our Social Lives?
Do you know the most embarrassing possession of yours that someone will find if you die? I do. It’s a folder on my computer that […]
Is St. Joe’s Prep Still a Power Factory?
John J. Dougherty looks ready to fight. His mouth is set in a grim line, his hard eyes are wide open, and his eyebrows are […]
Jeremy Nowak’s Vision for a New Philadelphia
The lobby of the William Penn Foundation, on the 11th floor of a skyscraper two blocks north of Market Street, is a quiet place. It […]
Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Brooklyn BBQ at Fette Sau
Stephen Starr is an ideas man. Thing is, sometimes they’re other people’s ideas. That’s been the rap on Philly’s foremost restaurateur for longer than is […]
Philadelphia Restaurant Review: American Eats at The Mildred
It may not generally be wise to judge a restaurant by its logo, but it works for the Mildred. There it hangs, above the quiet […]
Mark Segal Really Liked Frank Rizzo
My name is … Mark Segal. I am a … publisher, activist, developer, community organizer, and I think I have a […]