Mayorally screwed?
One of the most unusual inaugural ceremonies in city history resulted in South Philadelphia losing some of its political clout in the city. At the first official City Council session of...
Resolve to dine as a family
Happy New Year! The good news is the Mummers are back on Broad Street where they belong. The irksome news is we will be bombarded with TV ads for weight-loss centers, gyms and health...
We love to watch them strut
After four years of frustration with the Center City parade route, it's back to Broad Street tomorrow -- assuming there's no sudden hailstorm, of course. The Mummers -- well, at least the Comics, Fancies...
Scannicchio’s
Scannicchio's
Broad and Porter streets
215-468-3900
Credit cards accepted
One step up into the restaurant
BYOB
My husband Edward and I belong to Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel. Although the synagogue is located just steps...
Talent laid bare
By all standards, Andrew Wyeth, over the course of decades, has produced an outstandingly consistent body of work whose nature cannot be denied. As much as modernist critics find him stuck in a "realist"...
Head over Honda
Like many other Americans, I generally consider automobiles made by Japanese carmakers like Honda or Toyota to be better made than their U.S. equivalents. I know I'm sending our domestic industry crashing down in...
Stepping on toes?
The teachers at the Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School got the equivalent of a lump of coal in their stockings for the recent holidays. The school's instructors voted in favor of unionizing on...
Going for an eighth term
State Sen. Vince Fumo ended seconds of mild speculation last week and announced he would seek reelection in the First District. The announcement came last Tuesday as Fumo took the stage before a...
Love story leaves us cold
Cold Mountain
R
Playing at area theaters
Two-and-a-half reels out of four
Sitting through Cold Mountain is akin to driving a Rolls Royce with a Chevy engine. Or watching a classic rock...
Big film, many hooks
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If Big Fish is notable for one thing, it's probably as Tim Burton's first grownup movie. Despite the director's usual quirky flourishes (giants, Siamese twins, a werewolf), the film features a genuine maturity not...
