The Red Roadster
Thinking about the week's driving, I envisioned an open highway and a bright red BMW Z4 convertible. Well, one out of two isn't bad. I got the car. The Z4 is a...
Getting their frills
As Rachel Garber walks down Passyunk Avenue, she looks as if she stepped out of a Victorian villa of the late 1880s. Walking briskly, she's dressed in a flowing floral dress and matching...
Cool treat
I have never been an appliance junkie. Although I own a Cuisinart, waffle iron, four-slice toaster, an electric teakettle and electric hand mixer, I never purchased a juicer or ice-cream maker. For years...
Funny Business
It's not difficult to trace the humor roots of David Brenner and Dom Irrera. Both veteran standup comics are Philly-flavored. Each spins yarns in a very familiar manner. Brenner and Irrera drop names, use...
Keeping the faith
Standing before a small but anxious crowd of Holy Spirit parishioners at the start of Sunday's 11 a.m. Mass, visiting vicar Monsignor James T. McDonough wasted no time in delivering his message. ...
Sunshine Supercar
Sometimes a car just fits, like a well-worn baseball glove, a pair of great running shoes or a faithful dog. Sometimes a car can be everything you want it to be, and it's...
Sharp focus
A combination of institutions and artists is posthumously honoring one of the country's leading advocates of fine art photography. The effort culminates in the Philadelphia Museum of Art's "Glorious Harvest: Photography from...
The shoe fits
A Cinderella Story boasts the kind of pop-music-enhanced quick edits that seem required in anything aimed at teenagers these days. But embedded somewhere amid the cacophony is a fairly nice story, loosely inspired...
