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Philly’s Favorite Cher Impersonator
Even out of drag, Steven Andrade bears a striking resemblance to Cher. Is it the cheekbones? Maybe it’s the jaw. Whatever the magic, it’s created […]
G Philly Brunch Guide
Tumescent rods of celery rise out of highball glasses. Half the entrées come under lofty poufs of whipped cream. It’s barely 11 a.m., but every […]
Why More Same-Sex Parents Are Raising Their Kids in the Suburbs
When Steve Sokoll read the letter from the Lower Merion School District, he was furious. He and his partner, dentist Ira Sheres, had relocated from […]
Upside the Head
Corey Calicat-Wayans looks like he was born to cause concussions. A noseguard at the Haverford School, he’s a six-two, 330-pound freshman, with room to grow. […]
The Gayest Feud Ever: Mark Segal vs. Malcolm Lazin
Malcolm Lazin hadn’t planned on running for City Council. But when local Republican committee people asked him to consider it, they didn’t have to ask […]
Real Estate Prices
The Priciest Towns Where the big bucks are The Biggest Gainers Where prices are on the rise The Biggest Losers 5 towns looking for the […]
Best Places to Raise Kids: The 15 Most Family-Friendly Philly Suburbs
Narberth Population: 4,282 School district: Lower Merion Average SAT scores: 574 math / 589 reading / 576 writing Crime rate: 1.49 violent crimes per 1,000; […]
The Revisit: Cuba Libre
A few things have happened in Cuba over the past 10 years. Russia’s last military base on the island closed. The country won “Axis of […]
When Andy Reid Met Charlie Manuel : A Q&A With the Head Coaches of the Eagles and the Phillies
“C’mon in, Coach,” Andy Reid says brightly, wearing a pair of tan cargo shorts and flip-flops and standing dead square in the middle of his […]
Best Places to Raise Kids: Raising Kids in the City
I remember the first time it truly hit me that my daughter’s urban childhood was so not my suburban one. Addie was 11 years old […]
The New Who’s Who of Philly’s Gay Community
THE BEAUTY QUEENS KEVIN GATTO and MATTHEW IZZO Kevin Gatto comes from a long line of beautiful people, starting with his mother, a model, […]
Lou’s Turns 70
Regional sandwich history is a murky, oft-contentious business, filled with pompous posturing and rampant revisionism. Inquire about the origins of the beef on weck at […]
Five Reasons Why Your Favorite Restaurant Is Doomed
We all know (or think we know) the statistics: 90 percent of restaurants—nine out of every 10 new openings—fail in their first year. Despite the […]
Restaurant Review: The Farmers’ Cabinet
Pounding out stride intervals on a refurbished player piano, singing into a Western Electric broadcast microphone from the Coolidge era, and surrounded by revelers drinking […]
Restaurant Review: A.Kitchen
It’s the season of plenty. The pulse of the city runs up 18th Street from Rittenhouse Square. Half a block from the chessboard sharps, Bryan […]