This week’s #FriFotos theme is doors, so we naturally went straight to our cache of Philadelphia pictures. As befits such a historic city, many of the doors in Philadelphia have an old-fashioned feel that’s accented with gorgeous flowers in the spring and summer.  

This week’s Photo Friday (#FriFotos) theme is FESTIVALS.  Chris and I used to live only a half block from the Italian Market in Philadelphia.  Each year on the second weekend of May, we always looked forward to the Italian Market Festival, where the 6+  blocks of the market would be shut off from...

Happy 4th! In honor of Independence Day, we’re putting up some of our favorite photos of Philadelphia, America’s first capital. Philadelphia Freedom, indeed. (Heading to Philly? Need a guidebook? Download our Philadelphia Essential Guide for iPhone & iPad instead!)              

“I’m as free as a bird now…and this bird, she will not change.” Yep, I’m quoting Freebird. Or Free-biiiird!, which is probably how we all say it aloud in our minds. I’ve been playing that song in my head like bad air guitar ever since last week, when I received word...

Just in case you’re getting some new electronic gear for the holidays – My Philadelphia  iPhone app is now available on the iPad! The updated version includes a full section dedicated to Philly sports, because we all know how manic the City of Brotherly Love gets about its teams.You’ll...

Generally, I’ve moved the past the point in my life where I enjoy dive bars. Most are too smoky, for one thing, and I’d much rather have  a nice glass of wine in a comfortable chair than feel a sticky floor underneath my feet.But every city has a few dive bars that are so iconic that...

I do love myself some spa treatments. My idea of a good life includes regular massages, along with mani-pedis, facials and a perfect haircut. Photo from Flickr Creative Commons, BenJam: flickr.com/iambenjam But my wallet can’t handle the high prices that most day spas charge (plus it’s...

Ok, so Philly doesn’t have the Tidal Basin or the Jefferson Memorial. But the City of Brotherly Love does have some cherry blossoms of their own. Here are a few shots of the flowers blooming throughout the city.

One of the best bar trends in recent years is the return of the speakeasy: quasi-underground establishments that are just hard enough to find to make it feel like you’ve earned that expensive cocktail. One of my going out regrets in Alexandria is that my husband and I never got dressed up enough...

First impressions count. And few American cities have as grand an entrance for visitors than Philadelphia’s main rail terminal, 30th Street Station.