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ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio Was a Nobody in High School

My name is … Salvatore Anthony Nicholas Paolantonio. “Sal Pal” for short. I was named after … my mother’s oldest brother, Salvatore Giardina, who served […]

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Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Xi’an Sizzling Woks

It’s not every day that you come across a condiment that makes you do a double take. Heck, it’s not every year. But think about […]

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The New Philadelphia Nightlife

River Boat Tours Misc. Nocturnal Frivolity | Docks at Rittenhouse and Penn’s Landing Whether you prefer your cruise of the Schuylkill or Delaware to be narrated […]

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The 10 Most Philly Coaches Ever

This is a strange moment in Philadelphia sports. For the first time, all four of our major teams are led by rookie managers or coaches—the […]

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West Philly’s Quest for the Automotive X Prize

The bell rang at 3 p.m. Kids burst from their second-floor classrooms at the West Philadelphia High School Academy for Automotive and Mechanical Engineering and […]

Shrimp and crawfish etouffee at Carmine's Creole Cafe Act II
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Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Carmine’s Creole Cafe, Act II

With scaled-down ambitions and pumped up flavors, John Mims comes back to Narberth. But is this homecoming what he really wants? The best place to […]

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Sarah & Faiz at the Horticulture Center at Fairmount Park

We were flipping through some past weddings that took place at the Horticulture Center and stumbled upon this one from a past fall issue. One […]

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Off the Cuff: October 2013

Next year is the 100th anniversary of the First World War, and we are beginning to see new Woodrow Wilson biographies and other books about […]

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Lynne Abraham Has the Constitution of an Ox

My name is … Lynne—that’s L-Y-N-N-E—Abraham. Almost everybody forgets to put the “e” on there. When people referred to me as the “Deadliest D.A.” … […]

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Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Carmine’s Creole Café Act II Turns It Up to 11

There are many food menus at Carmine’s Creole Café Act II, and none of them list the most important thing John Mims cooks there. This […]

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Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Creative, Simple Bistro Fare at Pennsylvania 6

In a city thoroughly accustomed to restaurant turnover, it takes a lot for a renovation to stir up nostalgia. Even the final dismantling of Le […]

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Hot Springs: An Elegant Fall Weekend Escape to Virginia

How to get to Hot Springs: You can drive to Hot Springs in six and a half hours. Alternatively, fly (90 minutes) to Roanoke–the resort […]

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Kathleen Kane’s Gay Marriage Mutiny

At the bottom of a steep block on the west side of Scranton, next to a clapboard home with peeling white paint, there’s a pizza […]

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Can USA250 Make Philly the Star of America’s 250th Birthday?

I was 13 years old in 1976—not exactly a budding patriot, but a good enough student of American history by that point to understand that […]

Jeffrey Rotwitt at Sun Center
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Can a Philly Movie Studio Really Compete with Hollywood?

He never admitted to anyone that it was a crazy idea, even though at first glance it was obviously crazy. He did keep a self-deprecating […]