January 2023 Issue
Featured
What It’s Like to Send Your Kid to Main Line Etiquette Class
Or, why I subjected my nine-year-old to lessons on napkin folding, handshakes and proper fork usage.
7 Room-Refresh Ideas to Steal for Your Own Home
Philly-area designers provide inspiration for your own renovation dreams.
New Superintendent Tony Watlington Is Here to Transform Philly Schools
His goal is downright audacious: to transform the city’s beleaguered school district into the fastest-improving urban district in the country.
Metropolis
Why I Left My City Life to Try Remote Work in the Pennsylvania Wilds
I tried a three-week program aimed at exposing city workers to rural life.
The Philly Food Scientists Who Can Make a Potato Chip Taste Like a Cheesesteak
So you’d like a long-hots-and-sharp-provolone chip? Meet the flavorists who make those dreams come true.
Q&A: Merrill Reese Picks the Best Eagles Ever and Talks Our Super Bowl Chances
He’s been the voice on the radio for Eagles games for more than 45 years.
Scout
Here’s Where to Shop Right Now on the Main Line
With a lineup of new boutiques plus a skin-care studio, the ’burbs have never looked better.
Apartments You Can Trust From Brands You (Will) Know
With apartment chains, developers are standardizing identities and designs, so tenants know what they’re going to get before moving in.
Bardot Bridal Hair’s Alexandra Archibald on Her Vintage-Chic World
The Manayunk stylist landed cameos on And Just Like That and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Inside the Stylish New Quoin Hotel in Wilmington
With the new destination, the folks behind Fishtown’s Wm. Mulherin’s Sons are enhancing Wilmington’s “it” factor.
Navigator
7 Hands-On Hobbies to Pick Up Right Now
From embroidery and glassblowing to archery and pottery, these handicrafts — taught by Philly’s finest — are sure to keep you busy.
Q&A: Sue Serio Talks Blown Forecasts, Snow-Day Prospects, and Delco Dining
The Fox 29 meteorologist just celebrated 25 years at the station.