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Most of the year, there was Regular Dad. Regular Dad was kind of like Don Draper (minus the three-martini lunches and workday naps). He was […]
You brace yourself for a phone call; you don’t brace yourself for an email. But one day last year, this message from my father, with […]
One summer night a long time ago, when I was 11, my father drove me down into Philly to see a baseball game. Dad had […]
Benny Martinez is sitting in a dimly lit booth, giving me some serious side-eye. This is the first time we’ve met. He doesn’t trust me. […]
A memory: my junior year at Penn. I go home for Christmas. I bring the first story I wrote for the professor who, upon reading […]
Jesse Rendell, 36, attorney, on Ed Rendell, former governor: “Growing up, I would watch my father stop and listen to everyone. Homeless people, important people, […]
My name is … Nellie Fitzpatrick, but my legal name is Helen Lamphier Fitzpatrick. Helen was my great-grandmother, and Lamphier was my other great-grandmother’s maiden […]
In the last hours she spent with her mother, Anne Bryan offered a sunny proposal: “Let’s go for a bike ride.” Nancy Winkler hesitated. It […]
Rocky’s iconic ascent up the Art Museum steps would look far different now than it did back in 1979. For starters, he’d have to bob […]
When Philly bested New York City as the site for next month’s DNC, we noticed the New York Times slinging a few jealous barbs our […]
I lean back in the salon chair, making small talk with Jacques as he squishes shampoo through my hair. We’ve ticked through most of the […]
The Center City District now counts 412 outdoor dining cafes in just Philadelphia’s downtown area. Many a sidewalk has been turned over to eating al […]