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Table of Contents: Philadelphia Magazine
March 2011
Features
Just because you're too grown-up for beer funnels and tequila shots doesn't mean you don't have the right to a vacation escape. Here are five trendy trips to cure cabin fever.
Can you hear us now?
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You can thank US for everything you love about Philadelphia
And why it's time for boomers to step aside and let them
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How did former Eagles cheerleader Deb Brady—wife of all-powerful Bob—end up with a six-figure, taxpayer-supported job and seats on two of the city’s most powerful boards? It’s a neighborhood story, a success story, a political story and a love story all wrapped into one
After Alycia Lane, the media frenzy and the federal investigation drama, Larry Mendte shares his story.
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Departments
The Comcast SportsNet host is relentlessly positive and extra peppy. Yet somehow hard-boiled Philly sports fans just can’t get enough of him
The singer, actor and, most famously, man behind the cheesesteak just got back from launching a Bahrain outpost of Tony Luke’s (no joke). Next up: two more locations, in Afghanistan and Kuwait. Here, he opens up about his plan for world peace via Whiz, his (sort of) political aspirations, and the psychic who changed his life
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New PHS head Drew Becher says yes—and that’s just the start of his plan to de-uglify Philadelphia
Horner got a taste of fame last year on “America’s Got Talent.” So why is he still telling jokes to a roomful of South Philly stoners?
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Dining, Food & Wine
English beers make up a very small portion of the offerings at most Philly bars. But at places like Chester County’s Whip Tavern and Stephen Starr’s new pub, the Dandelion, British brews are the stars
Marty Grims lets out the leash at the Main Line’s White Dog Café
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This Queen Village restaurant isn’t quite ready for the ball
Carb-counters be damned! The humble potato is deserving of our love for being so versatile and delicious, whether fried, baked or pureed
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After 35 years, this Rittenhouse restaurant is still worth it.
Last April, this popular seafood BYOB went belly up, thanks to structural problems in the building that housed it. Owner Mike Stollenwerk promised it...
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They’ll go on and on about the history (it was Kennett Cafe from 1924 to 1986) and their claim to being the first totally green restaurant and...
The man who brought Philadelphia its hippest and coolest spots has decided to tackle the English pub, one of the least hip and cool concepts out...
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Okay, so this is a little confusing. Remember Meridith’s, the popular Berwyn BYO? Well, they now have a full bar, a revamped menu and a new...
Too much chat. Not enough chew
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Where to get tiki drinks in Philly
Shopping & Style
Look pretty in pastels.
A year ago, plastic surgery practice Physician Body Solutions in Voorhees, Center City and Bala (877-433-5476, physicianbodysolutions.com) became a...
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Advice from a local gardener.
This season, embrace bohemian rhapsody
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With headphones, speakers, an iPad and an app, you can be a DJ. This is how we (you) do it
Pulse
Can you guess which invention isn't real?
Outlook: doubtful.
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Our La Colombe, Ourselves
Twenty years ago, downtown was a desolate hellhole. Enter the Center City District—and the men who turned things around
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Hey, anybody out there want to be mayor?
Jenny DrumgooleShe tapes The People’s Court daily, loves John Rambo, has been a Wingette, and—oh, yeah — likes smearing cream cheese...
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The actor/playwright can’t quite quit you, Philadelphia.
Other
It’s time to rethink how the government spends our money.
