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Table of Contents: Philadelphia Magazine
November 2006
Features
After four decades in public life, Arlen Specter is still as brash, complicated and unpredictable as ever. Here, an oral history of the career of one of the country's most famous (and infamous) senators
With the city’s most recent crop of celebrated chefs — Jose Garces, Daniel Stern — testing their luck as restaurateurs, a new generation of tastemakers is emerging in our restaurant kitchens. We surveyed area foodies — chefs, local
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Enough with that stupid Rocky statue — hipsters are giving the city a whole new vibe, led by Joey Sweeney and his snarky Philebrity blog. Just...
On House of Blues getting $1 million to open a location in Philadelphia, headlined: "House of Blues Hammer Suckles Rendell’s Hairy Bitch...
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In their never-ending search for fulfillment, formerly freewheeling yuppies are now embracing ultra-strict Orthodox Judaism. For their neighbors in...
Departments
Our parenting columnist looks at holidays past and wonders: What happens when you really can’t go home again?Marcy is moving out. I've seen...
It looked like a clear career move when Penn hoops coach Fran Dunphy left the Ivy League for Temple. But the change really had to do with wins and...
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Exit Interview: Where did you grow up? Adrian Pasdar: 39th and Powelton. All my friends were black. I didn’t know I wasn’t black until we...
Dining, Food & Wine
Fans of cool-climate wines, take note: Victoria's Yarra Valley is to South Australia what Oregon's Willamette Valley is to California. This...
The views at the Water Works Restaurant are so fabulous, it’s tough for the kitchen to compete What are you looking at? Probably not much, if...
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This hot chocolate isn't Swiss Miss, or even high-end Schokinag. Served in a delicate demitasse cup and made with three different types of the dark...
Can Stephen Starr set the cocktail standard in the new A.C.? Though post-Prohibition Atlantic City was a hot spot of cocktail culture through to the...
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Why go to the supermarket when it will come to you? Acmemarkets.com How to: Register free at Acmemarkets.com, choose an available two-hour window for...
It's Phoenixville. At least, the guys from Iron Hill hope it is Last month, entrepreneurs Kevin Finn, Kevin Davies and Mark Edelson opened the doors...
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Grandmother’s house may not be the best-tasting place for a Thanksgiving celebration this year
Along with thousands of calories and the...
Restaurant M sparkles in a traditional setting near Jewelers' Row Most evenings, a black ironwork gate stands open in a welcoming gesture on 8th...
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1 large orange 1 12-ounce bag fresh cranberries, washed and drained ¼ c. honey ½ c. granulated sugar 1 hot pepper,...
Shopping & Style
The perfect present for dad this year? A lacewood and beech chess box designed and made by Drexel alum Neil Curlett, whose new Indonesian furniture...
Thanksgiving may celebrate this country, but our favorite toy this month takes its inspiration from across the world: The new Kabuki Artisan Brushes...
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Straight-up skullcaps are so two minutes ago (wink). This fall, have fun withStraight-up skullcaps are so two minutes ago (wink). This fall, have fun...
The Liparazzi will be your favorite new accessory
The only time having friends who are waaaaaay cooler than I am doesn't make me feel totally...
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We're going to Kimberly Boutique this Friday and Saturday from 11 to 5 to getWe're going to Kimberly Boutique this Friday and Saturday from...
The perfect present for dad this year? A lacewood and beech chess boxThe perfect present for dad this year? A lacewood and beech chess box designed...
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I joke sometimes that I wish I could get a set of Velcro or magnets andI joke sometimes that I wish I could get a set of Velcro or magnets and use...
Kiehl’s throws dogs a bone with its new canine grooming line
My family jokes that, as the baby of the family, I'm secretly jealous of my...
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This winter, I'm all over the Gap's ubiquitous "Red" campaign. Buy one of their shirts emblazonedThis winter, I'm all over the...
The 20 artists who make up the art collective Art in the Age of Mechanical Production pool their creativeThe 20 artists who make up the art collective...
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When the Center City hotel standbys fill up, these B&Bs are perfect for holiday guests Hamanassett Bed & Breakfast Innkeeper Ashley Mon has...
Clinique always takes us back to our first "real" lipstick, the one we shelled out our hard-earned babysitting money forClinique always takes us back...
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No one likes the way they look in thongs. But when we have to squeeze ourselves into last year's skirts right after turkeyNo one likes the way...
Brooks Brothers gives the ladies some love
Let's face it: Ever since, well, puberty, it's been nearly impossible to find the perfect...
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Get baby-soft skin all over with a new at-home facial
You know how gratifying it feels when you painstakingly follow a recipe — step by step...
Got a bun in the oven — or just a baby-gift to get for someone else? Then hop on over to Art StarGot a bun in the oven — or just a...
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I love a man in uniform. I also love a guy in a great pair of cufflinks, like these coin ones from GaryI love a man in uniform. I also love a guy in a...
Did you always know you’d go into the family business? Actually, I never wanted to be in it. But when I graduated from Drexel, I realized I...
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Balenciaga Motorcycle Bags for $2,000 and Fendi Spy Bags for $1,800 may be all the rage in L.A. and NYC, but around here, $1 Whole Foods totes...
TO REVIVE FRIED HAIR The expert: Nelson Chan is the Beverly Hills stylist behind the locks of Sarah Michelle Gellar and Heather Graham; last month, he...
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FOR THE MUSIC-LOVER-ABOUT-TOWN Ultrasone iCans Price: $129 at Sam Ash, 2100 Route 38, Cherry Hill, 856-667-6696; samash.com Why they’re...
We now have, oh, 27 distance-crushes on instrument-toting Curtis Institute students, those wunderkinds who’ve scored free rides to what many...
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Pulse
Another woman steps forward with allegations against Bill Cosby
“I like to have a martini, two at the very most. After three I’m under the table, after four I’m under my host,” wrote...
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Where girls get rhythm
Chris Bowers, 32, West Philly resident and force behind the liberal blog MyDD.com. An early supporter of Howard Dean who was elected to the Democratic State Committee last May, Bowers is one of a growing number of progressive reformers interested in changing Philly politics
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Has the Inky developed a sense of humor?
Stingy local corporations stiffing the arts
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WEBSITEThe Next Mayorthenextmayor.comThe Next Mayor website is proof that dinosaur media outlets, given a little leadership and resources, don’t...
Johnny Brenda’s 1201 Frankford Avenue; 215-739-9684 After a year’s combat with the Zoning Board and a cranky old neighbor who happens to...
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Last Team Standing By Matthew Algeo (Da Capo Press; $26) In 1943, the National Football League faced a serious problem: Most of its best players had...
Penn political science prof Ian S. Lustick questions White House policies in Trapped in the War on Terror (Penn Press; $24.95). ... South Jersey's...
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In late September, after almost a decade of running South Street’s Spaceboy Music — and just months after moving it to a new location...
A few years ago, photographer Sarah Stolfa was stumped. Between her job at McGlinchey’s Bar & Grill and her classes at Drexel, she was too...
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NONFICTION Outside the Box By Lynn Sherr (Rodale; $25.95) Who knew? Lynn Sherr is a homegirl, though she went away to college (Wellesley) and never...
Penn political science prof Ian S. Lustick questions White House policies in Trapped in the War on Terror (Penn Press; $24.95). … South...
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Other
A couple of weeks ago, I ripped up our planned November cover story in an attempt to jar all of us awake. There is a school of thought in the magazine...
With Ed Rendell’s imminent reelection as governor, I keep fantasizing about what he could now say to John Street. Rendell will be free to speak...
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Larry Platt interviews former Temple Law School dean and “reformed pay-to-player” Carl Singley, the man who should be mayor.In a review of...
If liberals and conservatives both think eminent domain isn’t the way to save New Jersey’s poorest city, you know it’s the right...
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Amy Gutmann is making news with her bold plan to link the Penn campus with Center City. But will she stick around long enough to see any of it...
My father met Frank Rizzo a handful of times, at crowded cocktail parties or Bookbinder’s or Phillies games. Each time, the same dynamic took...
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From squats to exfoliation, here’s how to get dress-ready for your big day
As a bride-to-be, you have a to-do list a mile long. But while...
What happens on the streets of North Philly shows precisely why the murder frenzy rages on — snuffing out lives, terrorizing neighborhoods,...
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The Walnut continues its 198th season with an all-new production of the Broadway classic 42nd Street
Loosely based on the 1933 musical film 42nd...
Pop-funk pioneers Cheap Trick and net-driven phenoms OK Go share the stage at TLA
The best way to market your band is to choreograph a three-minute...
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Bob Dylan and the Raconteurs roll in to the Wachovia Spectrum this weekend
The man who fueled the protests of the 1960s (and the “jester”...
SNL alum Kevin Brennan lightens up Turkey Eve at Helium Comedy Club
Like many big comedians of the past 30 years, the wildly inventive Kevin Brennan...
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The game is sold out, but you can still share in the rivalrous fun at Penn's Landing
Tickets to the 107th Army/Navy game — the 80th to be...
It's time to impress the in-laws and out-of-town guests, and IKEA will help you prove that you, too, can host a fabulous holiday dinner. "Setting...
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LIKE MOST BUSY DOCTORS, Center City internist Matthew Frankel makes a valiant effort to keep up with the latest pharmaceuticals. But with medications...
We confess: We totally play those free-with-purchase Urban Outfitters CDs at parties and pass them off as our own mixes. But lately, it’s not...
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Aqua
With neighbors like Jones and Morimoto, one would think one-word-named Aqua is for trendsetting Saturday nights. But this new Malaysian/Thai...
Fans of cool-climate wines, take note: Victoria’s Yarra Valley is to South Australia what Oregon’s Willamette Valley is to California....
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