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Now It Can Be Told: Karen Hepp Opens Up About Her Battle With Facebook
As best as Karen Hepp can remember, Steve Keeley was the first to see it. You know Steve Keeley: He’s the perpetually tanned, square-jawed Fox […]
Welcome to the Zoom Age of Personal Beauty
On a Tuesday morning in late fall, I found myself on the floor of my bedroom, kneading the hard part of my knuckles into the […]
How a Sugary Pandemic Project Turned Jethro Heiko Into Philly’s Maple Syrup Evangelist
A few years ago, Jethro Heiko’s relationship with maple syrup was pretty much the same as yours and mine. For me, that means there’s a […]
The Complicated Mystery That Is Danielle Outlaw
It’s a balmy fall afternoon in the middle of evening rush hour at Broad and Olney — one of the city’s busiest transit hubs — and I’m waiting for […]
I Cut Down My Meat Consumption Without Sacrificing Flavor or Satisfaction. Here’s How.
My fundamental belief about vegetarians (and vegans) is this: They are all better than me, and I will never become one. I love bacon and […]
Yowie’s Shannon Maldonado Is About to Make South Street Hip Again
Shannon Maldonado waves at the minimalist dark green cart in the corner of Yowie, the buzzy 250-square-foot shop and design studio she runs on 4th […]
Peek Inside Philadelphia’s Psychedelics Revolution
Like most working parents, Marissa has a lot to juggle — kids, her job as a nutritionist, her home outside of Philadelphia. And then there […]
What the Hell Is Bitcoin? A Useful Explainer for Beginners
In last month’s issue of Philly Mag, my good friend and colleague, Christy Lejeune, wrote about how the pandemic is the perfect opportunity to embrace […]
What If You Could Just Take a Year Off?
Nothing draws attention to the passage of time like doing the same thing every year, and nothing marks disruption like not being able to do […]
After Two Years of Pandemic Living, We All Really Need Hobbies
It was one of those cloudless, golden September days, and my husband and I decided to take our son and daughter to Valley Forge National […]
The Body Part You’re Probably (But Definitely Shouldn’t Be) Overlooking
When local pelvic-floor yoga therapist Debbie Brownstein first became aware of her own pelvic floor, she was 30 years old. One year after having her […]
Inside the Ridiculously Vicious and Increasingly Nasty Local Elections in Bucks County
“I realize what I’m doing is very unorthodox,” said Shannon Harris as she stood at the podium holding a ream of handwritten notes, her voice […]
I Tell People I’m From Philly, But I Live in South Jersey. That Counts, Right?
I am an imposter. I have lied, frequently and with forethought, to people online and in person, in the United States and outside of it. […]
Inside Jim Kenney’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year
“There is a finite period of time for each of us to make a positive impact on our city as elected officials,” Mayor Jim Kenney […]
How the Pandemic Brought Campbell’s Soup Back From the Brink
Campbell’s Soup was in hot water. The venerable company, born just across the river from Philadelphia in the city of Camden, was due to celebrate […]