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Table of Contents: Philadelphia Magazine
September 2005
Features
The best places and ways to pamper yourself
More than you ever wanted to know about the Philly accent, a’ight?The Best Philadelphia AccentDo You Hear What He Hears?Wooder, Wooder,...
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Three million dollars for an Oldsmobile? No wonder car collectors can’t stop talking about Penn Valley’s Alan LewenthalA$ his celebrity...
South Jersey’s most powerful political boss, Commerce Bank executive George Norcross, has a certain style: You’re either part of his...
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22 Ways to Help Your Kids Find Their Own Passionate PursuitsPricey private institutions and high-spending public schools have the impressive...
No doubt attending a great high school gives students a leg up in the college sweepstakes. But admissions officers today aren’t necessarily...
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Where can you find Haverford and Baldwin’s 2018 graduating classes? Sorting beads at Gladwyne Montessori, the Main Line feeder preschool.Back in...
16 fall weekend getaways built around cooking, architecture, art and history mean you’ll come home rested, relaxed, and slightly smarter than...
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Departments
Even before she married an Eagles quarterback (Rodney Peete), Philly-born actress Holly Robinson Peete was a fan of the team, thanks to her dad, Matt...
A local writer’s new book, If Football’s a Religion, Why Don’t We Have a Prayer?, shows that our most obsessed sports fanatics are a...
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Sometimes it takes a fool to drive the dumbness out of public lifeEinstein once said that only two things are infinite — the universe, and human...
Rick Santorum is behaving very strangely of late. He’s never been a politician afraid to speak his mind, but he seems to have gone off the deep...
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Just when my 16-year-old daughter was resigned to entering a convent, romance came calling, in the form of a highly engaging Latino boy exactly her...
Dining, Food & Wine
At the end of this month, when Joseph Poon Asian Fusion Restaurant closes its doors for good, its owner, chef and namesake won’t flee to the...
James Beard Award-winner Susanna Foo, in her second cookbook, Susanna Foo Fresh Inspiration (Houghton Mifflin Company, $35), has created what most...
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On the stage at the Academy of Music this month, the Pennsylvania Ballet tells the story of the innocent Princess Odette, the dastardly sorcerer Von...
Tequila is not just for margaritas anymore. The spirit’s unique spicy flavor lends a distinctive pizzazz to drinks; it piques the appetite,...
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“Wid all deese chains movin’ in, you god Applebee’s, you god T.G.I.Friday’s … it’s gonna push da liddle guys...
For 20 years, Previn Inc. has supplied pots, pans and knives to the likes of Thomas Keller and Mario Batali — from a Rittenhouse Square carriage...
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When Restaurant 821 opened for business across from Wilmington’s Grand Opera House six years ago, paper millionaires created by the surging...
The mussels were finished, but we were having trouble letting go. Every time our server tried to clear the table, three hands would swoop toward the...
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The Spanish word tapas is commonly translated as “small plates,” tastes of traditional Iberian flavors — serrano ham, manchego,...
Shopping & Style
» Carman’s Shoe Repair (8111 Germantown Avenue, Chestnut Hill; 215-247-7706). Carman Jr. is now running the show at this 60-year...
Step into these four new boutiques.Chéree Amour Shoes1040 North 2nd Street; 215-625-0225 Open since last December, this Northern Liberties...
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I’m planning a home renovation. What do I need to do to avoid being ripped off?1. Get multiple bids for any home project. These should be in...
Local designers were top dogs at the big event in contemporary decor.New York’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) is where...
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News from Philadelphia's style frontDesign Notebook Who: Maryellen Kane, 37, Wynnewood-based designer of the children’s clothing line Olive...
Pulse
Six supplements that can keep you healthy.Wouldn’t it be great if medical science announced a magic bullet—a pill or an herb—that...
Helium Comedy Club, a $1 million, 240-seat venue along the artsy block of Sansom between 20th and 21st, is proving a dynamic addition to Center...
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After his 4,000-plus comedy shows, Big Daddy Graham (left) might shock his fans — or make them ecstatic — with his turn this month as a...
Sure, they’re expensive. But these days, Philly status seekers can’t afford not to buy a Bentley.Why pay $150,000 for a Mercedes-Benz...
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Stephen A., King of All MediaIt ain’t easy being Stephen A. Smith. Since he was featured in these pages in December, “Screamin’...
Kenny GamblePhiladelphia International Records“Every day, maybe once a day. I don’t really worry or anything; I call at a normal rate just...
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The Rubik’s Cube is hot again, and a 17-year-old from Central Bucks West is the American record-holder.Quinn Lewis had just become the fastest...
After popping up in a book about the Clintons, Dawn Dugan gets an offer she can refuse.This summer, local media was a-twitter with the publication of...
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With Red/Blue, the Philly campaign consultant wants to create an American Idol for the 527-set.Will TV viewers take to a reality show about politics?...
The best bet in A.C. right now isn’t at the poker table.For years, the one tepid spot in the blistering Jersey Shore real estate market was...
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It isn’t a pipe dream. It’s a realistic goal that could transform the city.We know what your first reaction is going to be: Here? In...
At Action News, an anchor on the rise.Spend a few minutes talking with Tam Edwards, and the names, naturally, just start flowing. There’s a...
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Other
* What to do
Tour mansions! The grand summer homes of long-ago New York socialites are on the Newport Preservation Society’s tour that...
Drenched, tired, and in foolish shoes, I began my art-filled New York City weekend in a little coffee shop along one of those vacant stretches of...
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The largest center for contemporary art in the U.S., MASS MoCA specializes in provocative visual and performing-arts pieces—like...
* What to do
Attend dinners, culinary demonstrations, and even tours of spectacular private home kitchens during the 16th Annual Bon Appétit...
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* What to see
Between 1941 and 1966, Sarasota became a mecca for modern architecture, and the resulting body of work was dubbed the Sarasota School....
* What to do and where to stay
Take in one of the legendary Greenbrier resort’s culinary classes—this month from the 11th through 14th,...
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We are touring the grand Governor’s Palace in Colonial Williamsburg, a recreated 18th-century structure once inhabited by Thomas Jefferson, when...
It started out as a weekend of heirloom beet salads and ended up, as usual, with burgers. Our trip to a country hotel in the Berkshires was supposed...
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* What to do
From the Paul Revere House to the Nichols House Museum to the Old North Church, the city bursts with Colonial history and architecture....
* What to do
Tour the James A. Michener Art Museum (above), with its collection of Pennsylvania Impressionist works, many of them given by...
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The rain started to fall not long after we arrived in downtown Charleston. We’re talking biblical-grade rain: fat and window-rattling, rain that...
* What to do
Thomas Jefferson’s neoclassical home, Monticello, is as historically fascinating as it is architecturally significant: Its dome and...
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* What to see
Up in Last of the Mohicans country, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (above) waxes both poetic and playful on our...
* What To do
The Storm King Art Center is a 500-acre outdoor sculpture garden 60 miles north of New York City with a permanent collection of...
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* What to do
Elevate your culinary skills at the White Barn Inn’s cooking class getaway from November 4th through 6th. Chef Jonathan Cartwright...
It's the moment every writer dreads: Your own words come back to haunt you.
As he was putting together our package on "The Condo Revolution"...
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