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Table of Contents: Philadelphia Magazine
February 2006
Features
EMPTY NESTERS Big house. Kids finally out of it. Prices still high. Is it time to cash in — even if we’re not really ready for...
Pulse
Long before Grover Norquist and Karl Rove became GOP superstars, they were trained in the political arts by Morton Blackwell, who now heads the...
Back in December, Paul Vallas was proud to announce that Philadelphia test scores were up for the fourth consecutive year, a gold star on his record...
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Since the death of beloved society stalwart Robert Montgomery Scott last October, Ardrossan watchers wonder: What will happen to his Villanova estate,...
Long before Grover Norquist and Karl Rove became GOP superstars, they were trained in the political arts by Morton Blackwell, who now heads the...
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When Amanda Bennett came to the Inquirer in 2003, reporters were excited by their new editor’s résumé: a career at the Wall Street...
Not long ago, John and I were invited over for dinner by two well-connected Gladwyne tastemakers. It was a Thursday night, so it wouldn’t be too...
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It was clear to Linda Goss, long before Mayor Wilson Goode declared her the official storyteller of the City of Philadelphia, that telling stories was...
AD CAMPAIGNS
Comcastic!
By Maureen Tkacik
Once in a great while there comes an ad campaign I’ll wait through hours of mindless television in...
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Other
Why: Barely a two-hour flight, and you’re walking on petal-pink sand beaches or taking in the other manicured charms of this upscale but...
Why: It’s the Caribbean island everyone-you-know hasn’t been to—yet. The largest of the Netherlands Antilles, Curaçao has...
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Why: Just over a year old, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is already
making South Florida feel like Vegas, boasting the state’s...
The photo on page 87 that opens "Price Anxiety," this year's real estate package, is very telling indeed. It's of a guy, supine on a...
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PHILADELPHIA
1: Winter Body Renewal at Adolf Biecker Spa & Salon
This full-body exfoliation includes a mini-facial and Vichy shower, too. The...
Last year, when Senator Rick Santorum published his anti-liberal, anti-feminist, anti-gay manifesto It Takes a Family, a lot of political pundits were...
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“I’M ONLY TELLING YOU this because you are a horrible person and you’ll understand,” said my friend Rose. She had just...
IN A PEACH WRAP TOP, khakis and espadrilles, her dark hair pulled cleanly back, a pager at her waist, 32-year-old Tara Derby-Perrin doesn’t look...
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IT’S HARD TO KNOW which Jimmy Binns story to start with, because Jimmy Binns is nothing if not a cultivator of vivid stories. Some rise or fall...
WHO’S THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME?
You know how it goes. You’re at Dirty Frank’s, minding your own business, when some moron starts...
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Though often thought of as a cool, relaxing summer food, oysters store up sugars in the frigid winter waters and are actually sweeter, plumper and...
We have placed our orders at Amada, after lengthy debate about the more than 60 tapas possibilities, and are ready to explore the artistry of chef...
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Estia quite literally puts fish on a pedestal. The cavernous Greek restaurant, which faces the Academy of Music from Locust Street, packs its finny...
The shelves of the small shop on Rittenhouse Square are dotted with neat, informative signs organizing the merchandise by variety and geography....
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Like all fine wine grapes, zinfandel has European origins; its roots were traced recently to southern Italy’s primitivo variety, which...
Spring rolls were once the sole domain of Asian restaurants, with fillings limited to julienned carrots, cabbage and wood ear fungi, interlaced with...
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When David Ansill got his first cooking job at Queen Village’s Judy’s, serving up plateloads of meatloaf and apple pie, he never thought...
