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Philadelphia’s Next Great Era Begins Now

Why this chapter of our city’s story might be our best since, well, 1776


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Philly’s Driverless Future Is Here, Whether We’re Ready or Not

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She Transformed Bok Into a Creative Force. Now Lindsey Scannapieco Is Taking on Broad Street

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Pat Croce: Doing Chemo on Everest

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This season’s softest, warmest, most cuddle-worthy blankets

FROM TOP: Monte Carlo cashmere striped throw in coral by Rani Arabella, $498, Bruges Home, 323A Race Street, 215-922-6041, brugeshome.com; large Verona merino wool bed […]

An author’s chic trove of exotic treasure

After traveling around Asia, Elizabeth Gilbert and her husband, Jose Nunes — known as “Felipe” to readers in Liz’s bestselling book, Eat, Pray, Love — […]

A globe-trotting collector and her architect make a Bryn Mawr house a place for art-full living

”I had been living in a house that was black and white,” says Dr. Vanaja Ragavan. “I decided that when I moved into this one, […]

Butler County, PA

Butler County, PA Yes, there’s a framed photograph of Paris — not the celebutante, but Jan and Don Phillips’s first cria (that’s a baby alpaca) […]

Good Life: Expansions: Black Is Back

Winter parties have a tendency to bring out the I-have-nothing-to-wear blues in everyone; good thing Christa’s launched a so-in-line-with-how-you-shop in-store “LBD (Little Black Dress) Boutique” […]

Good Life: Fitness: Beyond Spandex

Our blood pressure just got a little lower thanks to the mix of soothingly stylish and flattering yoga-inspired athletic apparel at the new Lululemon ­Athletica […]


Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Our world-champion Eagles, a messy traffic stop, an unexpected councilperson, and the Delco pope

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

This city has had a love affair with the pitchers, running backs, goalies, and point guards who have called it home. Here, we present our definitive ranking. Let the debates begin.


Good Life: Spas: Grape Escapes

Just in time for fall harvest, Body Restoration spa owner Cara Solomon has uncorked a new “vinotherapy” program she developed with Chaddsford Winery co-owner Lee […]

Good Life: Menswear: For the Boys

After all our bitching about the relative lack of men’s shopping in Center City, it seems people are finally listening: This fall has seen the […]

The world’s easiest — and prettiest — DIY frame job

The idea: Let a colorfully patterned wallpaper serve as the mat for black-and-white photos floating in clear glass frames. We asked Wyndmoor interior designer Rebecca […]

A Havertown modern gets an architectural upgrade

A Havertown modern gets an architectural upgrade Painter Elizabeth Wilson grew up in Havertown, near a neighborhood that she remembers as a kind of architectural […]

Ardmore’s favorite lush swills her way through the latest season of The Office

Booze has long been a friend to Kate Flannery — from her family’s bar, T.A. Flannery’s, in Center City, to those make-ends-meet bartending jobs in […]

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How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

Fifty years after founding their legendary Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, with friends and collaborators from Thom Bell to John Oates to Patti LaBelle, look back on the musical partnership that came to define the city.


Great comfort food is easier to eat than it is to make, and this classic Latin sandwich is no exception: The four-hour-plus roasting is the key to the melting, juicy pork. But you can cheat by using already roasted pork—or stopping by Alma de Cuba and sampling the original on the new lunch menu

¼ c. tamarind paste2 tsp. crushed red chili flakes¼ c. honey2 tsp. black pepper2 tsp. achiote paste¼ c. extra virgin olive oil¼ c. kosher salt1 […]

In honor of Thanksgiving, one of the few holidays we can all agree on, three versions of the turkey sandwich, all fit for gobbling

So Special: Main Line Jewish-deli stalwart Hymie’s offers the belly-busting Schlemiel, piled high with thickly sliced roast turkey breast, mounds of slaw, and a generous […]

Taste: Where We’re Eating November 2007

Blue Pear Bistro The words “Dilworthtown Inn” are often intoned with all the solemnity the West Chester restaurant’s $71 chateaubriand demands. The same won’t be […]

Taste: Eat This Now: Pie in the Sky

This Thanksgiving, local food-aid organization MANNA will Strike It Rich. That’s the name of this decadent pie, its tender crust filled with cheesecake and topped […]

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