When I was nursing my second child, I decided to leave her at home and take a one-day trip to Baltimore for a large conference. There was no way I was lugging around a massive electronic pumping system, so I carried along a largely ineffective hand pump and occasionally tried to seek shelter in the
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Around 20 years ago, I was in San Francisco, attending a music conference as a publisher of magazines for independent record stores. The music industry was awash in money, and Warner Bros. was famous for throwing the most decadent parties. This particular year, they had rented the entire island of Alcatraz, the infamous prison, and
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A little over an hour ago, we received this alarming email from the folks at Stoneleigh Garden. Grid readers will recognize Stoneleigh from a story published in the current issue announcing its opening to the public this Saturday. Now, before it's even opened, it is under a serious threat. Below is a letter written by Stoneleigh's
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At the region’s newest public garden, you won’t see ruler-straight rows of color-coordinated petunias, or trees pruned into perfect proportions, or hedges of boxwood trimmed high and tight. At Stoneleigh, native plants get preference, and trees have spent the past century growing wild, unshaped by orchard saws and pruning shears. That’s just what the former owners,
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In 2013, while visiting Iceland, I fell in love with nature. I’m a visual artist and, at the time, I had begun to feel that the direction of my work was calling out for change. I needed to focus my attention on my studio work, so I applied for visual art residencies in the US
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Brian Powell likes to say electric bicycles just sort of happened to him.“I was at the beach. I was riding [my bicycle] from Cape May to Ocean City, I was out on a Saturday and it was beautiful,” the Chestnut Hill resident says. “And I was humping along and some big old guy came flying
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The importance of buildings in the battle against climate change cannot be underestimated. Buildings account for nearly 40 percent of CO2 emissions in the US., and are the primary driver of climate change in our region.As Philadelphia continues to aim for leading edge sustainability in building and infrastructure, 500 sustainability experts from across the country
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Job interviews are tough, and that’s under the best of circumstances. If you don’t have experience interviewing, the proper clothing or knowledge of where to start looking for a job, it’s even harder. That’s where Career Wardrobe comes in. Career Wardrobe is an local nonprofit in that aids participants with professional clothing, skill development and
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While neither Rachel nor Adam originally hails from the Philadelphia area, they found their home, their careers, and each other here in the City of Brotherly Love. Their connection to the city led them to create the ultimate “Philly block party wedding”—literally making use of their own city street.
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Lucy and Andrew had been following the renovations of the Bok building, a historic vocational school restored into a creative space for small businesses with a rooftop bar and event space. They were thrilled to be one of the first weddings on the South Philly rooftop terrace with 360-degree views of the city.
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