Weekend initiativeOpinionWhere to eat at the Jersey Shore this year, from LBI to MargateAll the restaurants our restaurant critic Craig LaBan recommends on the Jersey Shore this year, from sub shops to upscale cocktails. Craig LaBan | Columnist On July 4, 1776, a world-changing Declaration rings out from PhiladelphiaMike Newall Saluting the signers for the SemiquincentennialTom Gralish Citywide Quest: Where were these July Fourth-themed photos taken?Jasen Lo The best things we ate this weekEmily Bloch, Kiki Aranita, Margaret Eby, and Michael Klein AdvertisementBoston picked a fight, and Philly kept the party going | Weekly Report CardBoston learned not to challenge Philadelphia's history, extreme heat threatened the holiday, and taxpayers are footing a much bigger bill for this year's July Fourth concert.Sam Ruland Is it rude to turn down a Fourth of July barbecue because it's 1,000 degrees?"My knee-jerk response: Say no, and don’t feel guilty."Rosa Cartagena and Mike Newall How to have a Perfect Philly Day, according to historian, author, and educator Michelle Craig McDonaldMcDonald, author of book on coffee's role in the Revolution, said her perfect day includes lots of coffee and cooking, a great Philly workout, and reading crime novels in Rittenhouse Square.Mike Newall A summer weekend in Bethlehem | Field TripExplore Bethlehem beyond the holidays with a summer getaway featuring Hotel Bethlehem, Bolete, the UNESCO Moravian settlement, river adventures and classic ice cream.Adam Erace He cut his rent by $2,000 a month. Then he bought a $165,000 house in Southwest Philly. | How I Bought This HouseDylan Foglesong left a $2,600-a-month Manayunk apartment for a room in a house with friends. Within months, he had saved enough to buy his own place.Abigail Covington See it, hear it, feel it: All the Philly art we loved this weekBe it a mural, art by Philadelphia artists, a play, or the new Low Cut Connie album; all our picks this week honor history and dissent, right in time for July 4Elizabeth Wellington, Rosa Cartagena, Dan DeLuca, and Morgan Ritter In the weeks before independence, the man from Monticello drafts a declarationDispatches from 1776, Part II: What would it feel like to walk the streets of the city 250 years ago?Mike Newall George Washington on a laptopScene Through the Lens with photographer Tom Gralish.Tom Gralish The Paris of America, a Phanatic apartment, and Nic Cage | Weekly Report CardPhiladelphia proves once again that no city blends history and absurdity quite like this one, with Revolutionary War reenactments, French praise, mascot lodging, and a Nicolas Cage bar crawl.Sam Ruland Do we kick a neighbor out of our HOA group chat?"You don’t have to curse her out, just a gentle nudge..."Kiki Aranita The best things we ate this weekWe munched on a vegan po' boy in Old City, fried silverfish that reminded us of French fries in Little Saigon, and Argentinian empanadas in West Philly.Michael Klein, Kiki Aranita, and Beatrice Forman Citywide Quest: Where were these splash-themed photos taken?Summer is here! There’s no better way to cool off than at Philly’s public pools and splash parks. We’ll show you a photo of one, and you drop a pin where you think it was taken. Good luck!Jasen Lo Waterfalls, wineries, and Ithaca: A Finger Lakes weekend getaway | Field TripHike to waterfalls, sip Finger Lakes wines, paddle Cayuga Lake, and explore Ithaca's food scene on this summer road trip to upstate New York.Adam Erace His dream Shore house popped up on his phone over lunch at a Wildwood tavern | How I Bought This HouseHe grew up down the Shore and wanted a place with old-school charm. Amy S. Rosenberg OpinionFor this summer’s biggest Jersey Shore restaurant openings, head to the mainlandPart one of Craig LaBan's Jersey Shore restaurant review series roams from Somers Point's mega-sized newcomers to a comfort food funhouse in the Pines and the vibrant Mexican flavors of Pleasantville.Craig LaBan | Columnist See more storiesAdvertisement
OpinionWhere to eat at the Jersey Shore this year, from LBI to MargateAll the restaurants our restaurant critic Craig LaBan recommends on the Jersey Shore this year, from sub shops to upscale cocktails. Craig LaBan | Columnist
OpinionWhere to eat at the Jersey Shore this year, from LBI to MargateAll the restaurants our restaurant critic Craig LaBan recommends on the Jersey Shore this year, from sub shops to upscale cocktails. Craig LaBan | Columnist
Boston picked a fight, and Philly kept the party going | Weekly Report CardBoston learned not to challenge Philadelphia's history, extreme heat threatened the holiday, and taxpayers are footing a much bigger bill for this year's July Fourth concert.Sam Ruland
Boston picked a fight, and Philly kept the party going | Weekly Report CardBoston learned not to challenge Philadelphia's history, extreme heat threatened the holiday, and taxpayers are footing a much bigger bill for this year's July Fourth concert.Sam Ruland
Is it rude to turn down a Fourth of July barbecue because it's 1,000 degrees?"My knee-jerk response: Say no, and don’t feel guilty."Rosa Cartagena and Mike Newall
Is it rude to turn down a Fourth of July barbecue because it's 1,000 degrees?"My knee-jerk response: Say no, and don’t feel guilty."Rosa Cartagena and Mike Newall
How to have a Perfect Philly Day, according to historian, author, and educator Michelle Craig McDonaldMcDonald, author of book on coffee's role in the Revolution, said her perfect day includes lots of coffee and cooking, a great Philly workout, and reading crime novels in Rittenhouse Square.Mike Newall
How to have a Perfect Philly Day, according to historian, author, and educator Michelle Craig McDonaldMcDonald, author of book on coffee's role in the Revolution, said her perfect day includes lots of coffee and cooking, a great Philly workout, and reading crime novels in Rittenhouse Square.Mike Newall
A summer weekend in Bethlehem | Field TripExplore Bethlehem beyond the holidays with a summer getaway featuring Hotel Bethlehem, Bolete, the UNESCO Moravian settlement, river adventures and classic ice cream.Adam Erace
A summer weekend in Bethlehem | Field TripExplore Bethlehem beyond the holidays with a summer getaway featuring Hotel Bethlehem, Bolete, the UNESCO Moravian settlement, river adventures and classic ice cream.Adam Erace
He cut his rent by $2,000 a month. Then he bought a $165,000 house in Southwest Philly. | How I Bought This HouseDylan Foglesong left a $2,600-a-month Manayunk apartment for a room in a house with friends. Within months, he had saved enough to buy his own place.Abigail Covington
He cut his rent by $2,000 a month. Then he bought a $165,000 house in Southwest Philly. | How I Bought This HouseDylan Foglesong left a $2,600-a-month Manayunk apartment for a room in a house with friends. Within months, he had saved enough to buy his own place.Abigail Covington
See it, hear it, feel it: All the Philly art we loved this weekBe it a mural, art by Philadelphia artists, a play, or the new Low Cut Connie album; all our picks this week honor history and dissent, right in time for July 4Elizabeth Wellington, Rosa Cartagena, Dan DeLuca, and Morgan Ritter
See it, hear it, feel it: All the Philly art we loved this weekBe it a mural, art by Philadelphia artists, a play, or the new Low Cut Connie album; all our picks this week honor history and dissent, right in time for July 4Elizabeth Wellington, Rosa Cartagena, Dan DeLuca, and Morgan Ritter
In the weeks before independence, the man from Monticello drafts a declarationDispatches from 1776, Part II: What would it feel like to walk the streets of the city 250 years ago?Mike Newall
In the weeks before independence, the man from Monticello drafts a declarationDispatches from 1776, Part II: What would it feel like to walk the streets of the city 250 years ago?Mike Newall
The Paris of America, a Phanatic apartment, and Nic Cage | Weekly Report CardPhiladelphia proves once again that no city blends history and absurdity quite like this one, with Revolutionary War reenactments, French praise, mascot lodging, and a Nicolas Cage bar crawl.Sam Ruland
The Paris of America, a Phanatic apartment, and Nic Cage | Weekly Report CardPhiladelphia proves once again that no city blends history and absurdity quite like this one, with Revolutionary War reenactments, French praise, mascot lodging, and a Nicolas Cage bar crawl.Sam Ruland
Do we kick a neighbor out of our HOA group chat?"You don’t have to curse her out, just a gentle nudge..."Kiki Aranita
Do we kick a neighbor out of our HOA group chat?"You don’t have to curse her out, just a gentle nudge..."Kiki Aranita
The best things we ate this weekWe munched on a vegan po' boy in Old City, fried silverfish that reminded us of French fries in Little Saigon, and Argentinian empanadas in West Philly.Michael Klein, Kiki Aranita, and Beatrice Forman
The best things we ate this weekWe munched on a vegan po' boy in Old City, fried silverfish that reminded us of French fries in Little Saigon, and Argentinian empanadas in West Philly.Michael Klein, Kiki Aranita, and Beatrice Forman
Citywide Quest: Where were these splash-themed photos taken?Summer is here! There’s no better way to cool off than at Philly’s public pools and splash parks. We’ll show you a photo of one, and you drop a pin where you think it was taken. Good luck!Jasen Lo
Citywide Quest: Where were these splash-themed photos taken?Summer is here! There’s no better way to cool off than at Philly’s public pools and splash parks. We’ll show you a photo of one, and you drop a pin where you think it was taken. Good luck!Jasen Lo
Waterfalls, wineries, and Ithaca: A Finger Lakes weekend getaway | Field TripHike to waterfalls, sip Finger Lakes wines, paddle Cayuga Lake, and explore Ithaca's food scene on this summer road trip to upstate New York.Adam Erace
Waterfalls, wineries, and Ithaca: A Finger Lakes weekend getaway | Field TripHike to waterfalls, sip Finger Lakes wines, paddle Cayuga Lake, and explore Ithaca's food scene on this summer road trip to upstate New York.Adam Erace
His dream Shore house popped up on his phone over lunch at a Wildwood tavern | How I Bought This HouseHe grew up down the Shore and wanted a place with old-school charm. Amy S. Rosenberg
His dream Shore house popped up on his phone over lunch at a Wildwood tavern | How I Bought This HouseHe grew up down the Shore and wanted a place with old-school charm. Amy S. Rosenberg
OpinionFor this summer’s biggest Jersey Shore restaurant openings, head to the mainlandPart one of Craig LaBan's Jersey Shore restaurant review series roams from Somers Point's mega-sized newcomers to a comfort food funhouse in the Pines and the vibrant Mexican flavors of Pleasantville.Craig LaBan | Columnist
OpinionFor this summer’s biggest Jersey Shore restaurant openings, head to the mainlandPart one of Craig LaBan's Jersey Shore restaurant review series roams from Somers Point's mega-sized newcomers to a comfort food funhouse in the Pines and the vibrant Mexican flavors of Pleasantville.Craig LaBan | Columnist