Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Learn About Craft Beer Online

Appreciate craft beer? If you have a passion for quality beers that extends beyond the cases sold in your local grocery store, these websites boast quite a bit of great information:

Beer Advocate
The team behind Beer Advocate aims to educate beer drinkers about better beer options and to support the smaller, higher-quality companies in the beer industry. Beer Advocate features discussions about beer types, new releases, and the best beers visitors have ever had, as well as a database of the team’s favorite brands.

Craft Beer
The Craft Beer website is devoted to the best American beers, and it features different styles and breweries from all across the country. Features like the Beer 101 Course and the Beer Glossary teach beginning beer drinkers the basics of what makes craft beer special, and the site’s recipe guide offers unique ways to cook and bake with high-quality beers. Craft Beer also spotlights local breweries in every state to help you experience craft beer firsthand near The Arch.

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Boyds: Unparalleled Quality in Apparel and Service

This posh Center City mini department store offers designer fashions for men and women with top-notch service. Women’s shoes and handbags are on the first floor; men’s shoes are on the mezzanine; men’s clothing including suits, dress shirts, ties, coats, sportswear, and formalwear are on the second floor; women’s clothing is on the third floor; and men’s big and tall clothing are on the fourth floor.

Boyds has a staff of on-site European tailors who can customize the fit of anything found in the store, from denim to designer suits and dresses.  Valet parking is available, as well as interpreters who speak Russian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Chinese and Korean.

Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays; 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays; and 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Boyds
1818 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 564-9000
http://boydsphila.com
http://www.yelp.com/biz/boyds-philadelphia-philadelphia

Toss Chopped Peppers, Potatoes, Zucchini, Red Onion and Sausage

Ingredients:

– Wimmer's natural casing Polish sausage, sliced
– Yukon potatoes, sliced 
– zucchini, sliced 
– red pepper, sliced
– red onion, sliced
– salt and pepper, to taste

All you do…

1. Place sliced Polish sausage, potatoes, zucchini, red pepper and red onion in aluminum foil. Season with salt and pepper to taste and seal shut.
2. Cook on the oven shelf of a grill at medium-high temperature for about 30 minutes. Or bake in a 400-degree oven for about 20 minutes

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The Dandelion: Rule Britannia

The Dandelion features an innovative take on traditional British cuisine. Stop in at lunchtime to fuel up on Winter Root Vegetable Soup with buttermilk croutons, Crisp Baby Gem Caesar Salad with parmesan dressing, Grilled Paillard of Chicken Salad with crispy lettuce & chopped vegetables or a House Blend Aged Beef Burger with Vermont sharp cheddar. If you stop by for dinner, you might want to start with an appetizer like Welsh Rarebit on buttermilk toast, Confit Duck Rillettes with pickles & apple, or the British Cheese Board with savory biscuits & quince paste. Move on to a sumptuous entrée like Scottish Salmon with sage brown butter, Rabbit Pie with oyster mushrooms, cipollini onions & smoked bacon, or Braised Celery Gratin with parmesan béchamel, royal oyster mushrooms, & pickled walnuts. Open Tuesday through Sunday.

The Dandelion
124 S 18th St
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 558-2500
http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-dandelion-philadelphia

Plays and Players: Historic Philadephia Theater Company

Want to see where Kevin Bacon got his start? Head to Plays and Players, Philadelphia’s oldest theatre company. Once a private club for drama aficionados, it’s morphed over the last hundred or so years into an important part of Philadelphia’s vibrant theater arts community and is dedicated to supporting established and emerging local playwrights and actors. Previous productions in their two intimate theatres include Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, Lost in Yonkers, Zombie! the Musical and Carousel. Currently on the playlist are Pardon My Invasion, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, and Travesties. Check out the Plays and Players website for a calendar of productions and ticket info. 

1714 Delancey Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 735-0630
 

Find Unique Pieces for Your Closet at These Fashion Websites

Online shopping is a much more convenient alternative to trekking to the mall, and it often allows shoppers to find special savings and more unique items than you would in stores. If you’re looking for some great new clothing and accessories for the upcoming season, check out these fashion-forward websites.

ModCloth
ModCloth is a vintage and vintage-inspired women’s clothing retailer that specializes in A-line dresses, retro shoes, and quirky accessories. The site carries brands like B.B. Dakota, Jeffrey Campbell, and Tracy Reese, and it also offers unique deals for referring friends and contests to win ModCloth items and gift cards.

Etsy
An online haven for handmade and vintage items, Etsy has become one of the most popular destinations for online shopping. This innovative site allows users to open their own Etsy “store” and fill it with handcrafted jewelry, unique housewares, and vintage clothing, and it then connects shoppers to these stores for a truly one-of-a-kind shopping experience.

Keep
A members-only site full of tastemakers and expert shoppers, Keep compiles the very best items from unique and independent shops all around the Internet. With the goal of providing shoppers with clothing, handbags and beauty products that no one else has, Keep is constantly changing and evolving to fit the latest trends.

Vedge: One of Philadelphia’s Best Vegetarian Restaurants

If you think vegetarian food is bland and tasteless, you’re about to change your mind. Philadelphia’s Vedge is widely considered to be one of the best meat-free restaurants in the United States. Chefs Richard Landau and Kate Jacoby have both been involved in the vegetarian movement since the 1990s. Vedge, which opened in 2011 in the historic Tiger Building, takes inspiration from a swath of global cuisines and combines it with fresh, seasonal ingredients from the verdant farmlands of the Northeast. The results are tasty, inspiring, and even healthy. Landau’s philosophy has always been to make vegetarian dishes work for a carnivore’s palate, and some of the standouts at Vedge include the grilled gochujang tofu with smoked miso dashi and edamame puree, as well as the popular “Dirt List,” today’s market vegetables prepared in a way that brings out their awesome essential flavors. Vegetarian or carnivore, you should try Vedge!

Vedge
1221 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 320-7500
http://www.yelp.com/biz/vedge-philadelphia

Get fit!

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Regular physical activity is one of the most important things you can do for your health. It can help:

  • Control your weight
  • Reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease
  • Reduce your risk for type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome
  • Reduce your risk of some cancers
  • Strengthen your bones and muscles
  • Improve your mental health and mood
  • Improve your ability to do daily activities and prevent falls, if you’re an older adult
  • Increase your chances of living longer

With all those benefits, why not get moving? All it takes to get started is to put on some sneaks and visit our fitness center that’s conveniently located right here.

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