David Arrell, the owner of the new Good Karma Café in Center City, has a philosophy.
“Coffee shops are like bars,” he said. “We go on different days for different reasons.”
Unlike a bar, however, this coffee shop has an attitude that’s all about great food, friendly people and, well, good karma.
Located in Fitler Square, the Good […]

Since its birth in 2002, the Tribeca Film Festival has been the place for brash independent films to be exposed to the public.

“Sheer striped scarf woven with some Lurex for a bit of sparkle. Finished with tonal fringe. Exclusive to Urban Outfitters. Imported. Dry clean.”
This description, found on the Urban Outfitters Web site, paints a picture of a $20 scarf – known as a keffiyeh – that is offensive to some Israeli and anti-war advocates. In Philly, […]

Sarah Jessica Parker can’t take her eyes away from the view. Central Park, in all of its green, springtime glory, looks like a mere patch of grass from the 36th floor of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, where journalists from around the country have gathered in large, high-ceilinged rooms to talk sex with the women who […]

Most people can’t become engaged in a work of art unless it speaks to them. It must be at least relatable, even if not completely realistic. Human nature renders most people emotionally distanced from things that do not reveal a part of themselves.
May’s First Friday exhibitions are all about human connection.
This month’s artists, shown at […]

A restaurant doesn’t need rarities or refinements in order to be successful. Ms. Tootsie’s Soul Food Café may not wow you with foreign ingredients or the artistry of its presentation, but it has a knack for comfort – soothing the soul with its southern fare and balmy ambiance.
Owner Keven Parker’s first entrepreneurial endeavor was […]

Summer is almost here, and I couldn’t be more excited.
Despite how fun the warmer months are in Philadelphia, I’ll be headed out West on a cross-country bike ride from Bar Harbor, Maine, to Anacordas, Wash. (about 50 miles from Seattle) come mid-June. More than 4,500 miles in the saddle, baby.
For anyone staying in Philly this […]

First things first: yes, the Market-Frankford Line does go past Second Street. It stops at Spring Garden and Girard.

Just more than one year ago, America lost one of its finest writers – one of the world’s finest writers – of the 20th century.
Kurt Vonnegut’s death on April 11, 2007 did not exactly come as a shock – he was, after all, 84 years old. For many of Vonnegut’s readers, however, facing a world […]

One of the worst things to see at the theater is a movie with an identity crisis. There are just enough high points to keep it from being terrible, and just enough low points to keep you from praising it.
Run Fat Boy Run is two things: the new Simon Pegg movie and the new Michael […]