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Table of Contents: Philadelphia Magazine
February 2008
Features
Our first-ever ranking of the region’s top restaurantsThe process: We included only food-focused restaurants with table service, taking into...
The chaotic beauty of Tristan Egolf’s prose was nothing compared to the unrest in his headHE IS A man in the wrong place at the wrong time, a...
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Can a reform-minded mayor and a feisty City Council save us from economic hostage by trade unions?FRANK KEEL RECENTLY placed an enormous hand on a...
The inside story of a meltdownEVEN AFTER THE bikini photos, CBS 3 still thought it could save her.Alycia Lane arrived at World Cafe Live on November...
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Departments
As a boy, I was scared by both my deep, hidden desire to be a girl and the spooky Main Line mansion I grew up in. Thirty years and a sex-change operation later, I came back — only to discover I’m still being haunted
Media’s most emotional handyman stars on Extreme Makeover: Home EditionLike the heart-wrenching reality TV show that’s made Paul DiMeo...
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How a dusty table from Gladwyne became the toast of the New York auction world...ON A WEDNESDAY in early October last year, the most exceptional piece...
Can Anne Dicker replace scandal-haunted Senator Vince Fumo?ANNE DICKER ATTENDED a “house party” a friend in Old City had agreed to throw...
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Ex-Sixers coach Larry Brown is back in town with something new: a life outside of basketballLARRY BROWN IS hard to find on City Line, amid the typical...
Shopping & Style
Roses, chocolates, champagne — stores are filled with signs that you should buy your sweetie something special for the 14thRoses, chocolates,...
Main line pillow designer Lori Shinal's products available at Barneys New YorkIf a cushion can be as impeccably chic, as subtly rich, as wholly...
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Soak up the sun in this Brit-controlled set of 40 quiet islands in the West Indies Even after it became a hot spot with the jet-setting crowd,...
Elle Belle by Diane Beloff opens up in RittenhouseThose of you who rely on Haverford’s Diane Beloff for your most fashionable finds, rejoice:...
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It’s hard to imagine a nail studio that’s cozier — or more elegant — than Wayne’s Polished Spa & BoutiqueIt’s...
South Jersey beauty empire Rizzieri opens in MarltonSouth Jersey beauty empire Rizzieri is at it again. It’s jumped into a recently vacated...
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A workout that includes a remedy for post-session aches? You betcha, says oh-so-thoughtful Lithe Method. A workout that includes a remedy for...
Kim and Woodwardnew are creative directors of the t-shirt line, Art in the Age of Mechanical ReproductionWho: Chi is a clothing designer...
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Pulse
With style and wit, Philly Mag’s Vicki Glembocki tackles the challenges, disappointments and adjustments of modern motherhoodMonths after giving...
Our über-right-wing ex-U.S. senator’s new Inquirer column is meant to throw conservatives some raw meat in their morning paperOur...
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Review of Taking the Hill: From Philly to Baghdad to the United States Congress by Patrick J. MurphyPat Murphy’s story would seem pretty...
A perfect, cozy three-night read for a chilly winter weekendDevotees will laud the return of Mary DiNunzio, Scottoline’s lovable Catholic...
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The city’s boutique hotel just launched its new $2,000-per-night (and up) Presidential Suite penthouse. How does it measure up?The city’s...
Mark Marek, owner of new 17th Street bar G, is taking the concept of VIP up a notchTime was, you knew you were among the city’s social elite if...
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This May, the NCAA is getting tougher on college athletic programs whose students don’t make the grade academicallyArea athletic directors will...
Brooke gives her thoughts on romance and the Museum of Art’s gala, to be held in the Great Stair Hall Hello meine Liebchen! Valentine’s is...
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Collingswood was the new darling of downtown revival. Until ...It wasn’t so long ago (last year) that media outlets (including, well, us) were...
In honor of our centennial, we look back at some of the stories that shaped Philly MagOne of the defining stories of the magazine’s fearless,...
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"Wild Thing" Mitch Williams pitches a perfect salsaAlmost 15 years after he blew the World Series, ex-Phillies...
Between January and October of 1997, a cat-footed burglar scaled the trellises and drainpipes of some tony Main Line homes to plunder their safes and...
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Find out who's making the rolls that make Philly’s sandwiches world-famousYou don’t have to live in Philly to know Amoroso’s: You...
Other
Cauliflower has long been considered kind of an ugly duckling of the vegetable world. Mishandled, it can take on an unpleasant cooked-cabbage smell...
Lose that post-pregnancy belly without losing your mindSleep, sanity and a slim figure — three things every new mom seems to have lost by the...
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Russian athletes and Hollywood A-listers swear by these unusual — and gut-busting — free weightsIt’s only five minutes in and I can...
Forget the bars and hit the mat 'til midnightThis Friday, while everyone else is either at home on the couch or tossing back yet another drink...
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Try this yoga pose before heading out with your honey on V-day Saturday morning I was sweating it out with a class at Power Yoga Works in...
Still got to pay for the gym? Here's what to do before signing on the dotted lineSo, this morning at the gym, I heard one of the regular coffee-club...
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Breaking up with a gym can be harder than saying goodbye to a boy. Here's what to do...Quitting the gym before your contract’s up is a long,...
