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Behind the counter, a cook chops bell peppers, his knife banging loudly on the countertop. He grabs a bowl of beaten eggs and empties it onto the stove and goes back to cutting veggies.
September 21, 2006 at 12:00 am

Dean* did the frat house thing all night with his entire hall, squeezing in between sweaty freshmen in order to get a precious red Solo cup filled with Natty Lite.
September 14, 2006 at 12:00 am

"May Allah, the almighty, bless all of us here and in the Hereafter." Not many Penn Ph.D. students praise Allah in the acknowledgements of their dissertation.
April 20, 2006 at 12:00 am

Today, all that remains is an empty lot. The buildings on both sides are abandoned. Their windows are boarded up, except for the top two, which reveal white paint peeling from the ceiling.
April 13, 2006 at 12:00 am

From around the corner, I hear two men talking. I decide that I've been at the store long enough to be bold.
April 6, 2006 at 12:00 am

Best Drink Specials The Blarney Stone 3929 Sansom St. (215) 222-5340 Honestly was there ever any question here?
March 30, 2006 at 12:00 am

During the week, he's a middle- aged social worker with a masters degree from Rutgers University-Camden who offers his support to troubled folks.
March 23, 2006 at 12:00 am

College alumni Marc Platt, class of '79, and David Stone, '88, once numbered among the ghostly figures wandering out of Annenberg at 12 a.m.
March 16, 2006 at 12:00 am

Friday morning, Steven Cook answers six calls for reservations in a span of 15 minutes. He politely turns some callers away--those naively hoping to get squeezed in for Saturday night, or for Valentines Day, still two weeks away. Others are in the know. They've heard the raves deeming Marigold Kitchen, tucked away in a residential neighborhood of West Philadelphia, the city's best new BYOB. They know about the 3-bell rating from feared Philadelphia Inquirer critic Craig LaBan; they've even seen accolades in Gourmet and Food and Wine magazines, bibles worshipped by foodies across the country.
February 23, 2006 at 12:00 am

Two years ago, when Amy Gutmann was announced as the new Penn President, Street had some unsavory words for J-Ro's successor -- including an acronym starting with an "M" and ending with an "I.L.F." After Street's "overenthusiastic" welcome, the President secluded herself in the West Wing of Eisenlohr (her Walnut abode), shriveling at the prospect of meeting, face-to-face, with Street. Two years later, armed with a flexible elephant metaphor (see next page), "her eminence" has forgiven Street's past transgressions and has finally put all of her cards on the table.
February 16, 2006 at 12:00 am

In 1950, a team of archeologists from the University of Pennsylvania Museum embarked on an expedition to Gordion in the ancient kingdom of Phyrgia in central Turkey. Seven years later, they discovered the tomb of the mythical hero King Midas, known for his golden touch, or what recent redating of the tomb points to as the body of Midas' father or grandfather.
February 9, 2006 at 12:00 am

The sports complex at Pattison, the last stop going south on the Orange line, is a sort of municipal preserve, its chief resources being the worn pavement and concrete that make up its wonderland of sports shrines and parking lots.
February 2, 2006 at 12:00 am

"When customers come, I know what they want," Bauong Bui says, sticking her head out of the cart to look down an empty 38th Street.
January 26, 2006 at 12:00 am

It's Tuesday night at Smokey Joe's, and 53-year-old Kenn Kweder is ready to rock. "Hey, you motherfuckers!" he shouts to a mass of Penn students.
January 19, 2006 at 12:00 am

On a typical Friday night in the Nocturnal Animals' clubhouse, there is money in the air, and there is communism.
December 8, 2005 at 12:00 am

On a sleepy Saturday afternoon, something is in the air at the Divine Tracy. The hotel's staff is buzzing with excitement, everyone standing in twos and threes in the dimly lit lobby.
December 1, 2005 at 12:00 am

It's their first show as an ensemble, and Elio Villafranca's Latin Superstars are playing Chris' Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia.
November 17, 2005 at 12:00 am

"Third Monday" is just like any other club, really. "Every time we come here, there's weird shit on Don's table," Francis Menotti jokes.
November 10, 2005 at 12:00 am

On a rainy morning in late October, an unassuming man walks around Penn's campus marveling at how much it has changed.
November 3, 2005 at 12:00 am

As a work-study student in the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Wharton senior Greg Bryda had never given ghosts much thought before the time of his first "encounter." One day in November, 2004, Greg was given high-security access to the subbasement, where the museum's unused artifacts are kept.
October 27, 2005 at 12:00 am