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Off the Cuff: August 2013

It’s a midsummer treat that I’ve taken part in from time to time over the years: listing my own choices for Best of Philly, which […]

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Philadelphia Home: Eileen Tognini’s Historic Schuylkill County Hideaway

Historic house: It’s around 200 years old. It still has the original outhouse that was used as the primary bathroom up until about 20 years […]

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Dick Morris In Exile

Dick Morris punched his ticket for Philadelphia in the week leading up to the presidential election. Most pundits expected a close finish. A good number […]

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Has Carl June Found a Key to Fighting Cancer?

What’s your full name? Where are you? What month is it? What day of the week is it? Walter Keller tried to speak, but no […]

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Best of Philly 2013

For 40 years now, we’ve been eating, drinking, primping, polling, shopping and schlepping our way across Philadelphia and her ’burbs to bring you the best […]

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Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Unorthodox Indian Food at Indeblue

At Indeblue, where you can dip pulled-pork samosas in blue-cheese sauce and mop up apple/goat cheese chutney with bacon-wrapped bison kabobs, one of the thornier […]

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The New Rules for Love, Sex and Marriage

There was no way around it—this totally crossed the line: A drunk, married dad-of-two was spied canoodling with a random woman in the middle of […]

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Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Finer Summer Picnic Fare at Morgan’s Pier

It’s awkward to start a restaurant review with a coroner’s report, especially about a place that’s still thronged with customers. But sometimes autopsy is the […]

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The Best Shopping Down the Jersey Shore

Again … On Asbury Ocean City | 921 Asbury Avenue Even with its splashy mosaic exterior, this remains one of Asbury Avenue’s best-kept secrets. The […]

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Georges Perrier Once Spent $6,000 on a Single Meal

My name is … Georges Perrier. My last name is very common in France. I live in … a two-bedroom apartment at 23rd and Walnut. […]

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Best of Philly 2013: Picks For Brides

Well, since we’ve now spent two weeks yapping about the 40 events and promotions going on for Philly mag‘s 40th year of Best of Philly, […]

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Donovan McNabb Looks Back

“When I got drafted, I was a block over,” a wistful Donovan McNabb says from a conference room at the Marriott Marquis overlooking Times Square. […]

Philadelphia Wedding

ASK THE EXPERT: Who Pays for the Honeymoon?

Q: My fiancé and I assumed we’d be paying for the honeymoon ourselves, but people have mentioned that the groom’s parents traditionally pay for it. […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Get Wedding-Ready Abs With These 3 Exercises and 3 Foods

Fact: Good posture comes from your core. Horsham Athletic Club‘s Jewel Kessler offers three abs-shredding moves for posture-perfect pics on your wedding day and beyond […]

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The Online Gardener

Come summer, when suburbanites start eyeing each others’ expansive green lawns, homeowners from Society Hill to Rittenhouse Square get down to grandstanding the best way […]