Emily Goulet

Life & Style

Freedom Apothecary’s Bonkosi Horn Shares Her Favorite Things

Co-founder of the chic NoLibs boutique on cafes, music and red lipstick, and being a connector.

Life & Style

The Philly Places and Things Reap Wellness Founder Adjua Fisher Can’t Live Without

From the dining experience she calls “heaven on earth” to the boutique she loves for buying gifts.

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Life & Style

How Designer Brittany Hakimfar Turned This New-Build Townhouse Into a Sophisticated, Lived-in Sanctuary

Far Studio transformed a NoLibs townhouse into a calm, cool, collected retreat.

michelle gage's house
Life & Style

How Interior Designer Michelle Gage Totally Remade Her 1927 Villanova Home

The quirky stone colonial is a study in patterns and playful exuberance.

smokeless fire pit
Life & Style

This Lancaster-Made Smokeless Firepit Will Heat Up Your Crisp Fall Nights

Big enough to gather friends around, small enough to fit on your patio.

Barette Widell house
Life & Style

Look Inside the Wild and Wonderful Home of Interior Designer Barette Widell

Included: a “ladies’ lounge” highlighted by a pink neon sign and a powder room designed to feel like a jewel box.

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Life & Style

In Defense of the Ugly But Glorious Mom Swimsuit

You say bathing tunic, I say super-practical, totally functional do-anything-you-want-in-it pool attire.

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City Life

Jill Biden Is Exactly What Washington, D.C., Needs: A Philly Girl

The First Lady’s no-nonsense, relatable strength — born in New Jersey and forged in Willow Grove — is key to who she is and why she endures.

living with parents
City Life

I Never Thought I’d Move Back in With My Parents. But Here We Are

Coming home was supposed to be a short-term thing, but 2020 had other plans.

living near grandparents
City Life

My 96-Year-Old Grandfather Moved to Town a Few Years Ago, and Nothing’s Been the Same Since

After decades in which I knew him from afar, my grandfather now lives 10 minutes away. I wasn’t used to having him around, and now he’s everywhere.

City Life

Rachel Levine Is Saving Pennsylvania — and Becoming an Accidental Icon in the Process

Public health officials are having a moment, and Pennsylvania’s own has offered a steady, composed, data-driven approach in a time when others have peddled panic and false hope.

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City Life

Now That We Work From Home, My Husband and I Have Front-Row Seats to Each Other’s Professional Lives

And it’s weird.

elderly married couple
City Life

An Update on the Elderly Married Couple Featured in Our April Issue

And how to cheer up other couples like them.

open marriage
City Life

Love, Money, Sex, Cheating: The Real Stories of 10 Philly Marriages

An unfiltered, unvarnished look at what “till death do us part” means now.

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City Life

My Husband Was Diagnosed With MS a Year Into Our Marriage

“I remember Peter called me from a conference and said, ‘Something’s wrong with my leg. It feels numb.’ ”