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What Pope Francis Will Bring to Philadelphia
I REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE I WAS STANDING: facing the Art Museum, just to the left of the big fountain at Logan Square, over which had […]
11 Easy Family Trips From Philadelphia
So much of parenthood is about negotiation, and some things — like where you’re going to spend your precious free weekends — are worth standing […]
The Gospel According to Gabe Infante
It’s an annual event called the Last Supper, and the disciples are sitting in a lazy arc at the front of the St. Joe’s Prep […]
The Tale of Audrey Claire Taichman
THE THING ABOUT trying to tell an Audrey Taichman story is that it’s very hard to know where to start. Or, more precisely, which Audrey […]
Ask Liz: How Do I Get My Own Rouge and Parc Harems?
Photograph by Claudia Gavin Why do women at the restaurants on 18th Street tolerate the amorous affections of men twice their age, and how do […]
Archbishop Charles Chaput: The Hardliner
All Pat Smiley wants is a chance to meet with him, to make her case, to be heard — that’s all any of them want, […]
Caitlyn Jenner, Rachel Levine, and the “Joys” of Womanhood
“It’s called a ‘lob,’” my daughter Marcy says a little shyly, turning to model 360 degrees of her new haircut. “For ‘long bob,’ you know?” […]
One of Us: Bart Blatstein, Developer
My name is … Bart Blatstein. But that’s not my legal name. Bart is short for Barton, but I haven’t used Barton since first grade, […]
The Curious Case of Nicky Isen
The stakes are so high, everyone wears funeral smiles — gray grins, barely there before they’re gone. The courtroom falls silent when Nathan Isen walks […]
Ask Liz: Who’s Allowed to Park in the Middle of Broad Street?
Who’s allowed to park in the middle of Broad Street and why? — Metered Out
Would You Wait Eight Years to Join the Lombard Swim Club?
“Just act like you belong and we’ll be fine.” I’m trying to remember the last time I did something like this. I think it was […]
Best of Philly 2015
Our annual Best of Philly issue may come out in August, but every Philadelphia magazine editor and writer knows that researching this massive compendium of […]
How Switching to Two Wheels Helped Me See Philly With New Eyes
Before you get the wrong idea, this is not a love story. There have been plenty of those penned about the joys and merits of […]
The Strings of My Heart
I was 12 years old when my big sister and my mom came to blows over Joni Mitchell. We were watching one of Mitchell’s first […]
The Tragic Last Days of The Voice’s Anthony Riley
Anthony Riley had been off the map for weeks when, by some random act of providence, I bumped into him outside a greasy-slice pizza joint […]