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Baffled by the Apple Store

“Most printers are junk,” the upbeat and unflinching saleswoman at the brilliantly lit and shiny Apple Store on Walnut Street says when I ask about […]

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Good Dog Turns 49

The Good Dog turns 49 in dog years this Sunday and of course they’re throwing themselves a party. The fun starts at 4pm and will […]

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Dan Savage Tackles Gay Bullying

Did you miss gay columnist Dan Savage on The Colbert Report? He talks sex, suicide and his “It Gets Better” project. Check it out here: […]

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Is Giving Gift Cards Bad Manners?

“I never, ever give gift cards because they’re so impersonal,” says my friend K. in Bryn Mawr. “You can buy them in the grocery store […]

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This Just In: Old City gets a Jonathan Adler Store

To say that I have a harmless crush on Jonathan Adler, design god, potter extraordinaire all-around marvelous (and handsome!) man whose company makes needlepoint pillows […]

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Obama on World AIDS Day

We’ve come a long way, but we still have plenty of work to do to fight HIV and AIDS in Philadelphia and around the world. […]

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Bobby Flay Goes Against Paesano’s

Paesano Sandwich – Photo by Chris Gabello Michael Klein reports that Bobby Flay went agains Paesano’s Peter McAndrews in a beef brisket sandwich Throwdown. Could […]

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Quick Bites

At long last, Agiato has opened in Manayunk. Chef Joe Scarpone who owned Sovalo in Northern Liberties is at the helm. [The Insider] Longtime Rouge […]

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How Many Bells for Barbuzzo

Barbuzzo has shown itself to be a critics’ darling and this weekend it will be Craig LaBan’s chance to weigh in on the Mediterranean bar […]

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The Homogenized Main Line Teenager

I was sitting at a red light close to a Main Line high school that was letting out for the day recently, and I had […]

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Trey Popp the Latest to Dote on Barbuzzo

Photo by Jason Varney | Fussing with Forks From the Magazine: Barbuzzo Reviewed Marcie Turney and Valerie Safran’s conquest of 13th Street is complete. 3 […]

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Pat-Down Protests? Scanner Showdowns?

“What do you and a catfish have in common? You’re both scum-sucking bottom-feeders.” And that was the nicest, most printable comment Freindly Fire received after […]

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“Chinese-izing American Food”

Sam Jacobson (Sycamore) and David Ansill (Ladder 15) are joining up with Han Chiang at Old City’s Han Dynasty for a special collaboration dinner on […]

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It’s Beginning To Sound Too Much Like Christmas

Is it me, or have the Philly radio stations been playing Christmas music since Labor Day? Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy Christmas as much […]

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What I Don’t Want for Christmas

’Tis the season to be jolly, and that means for the next several weeks whatever television I manage to watch will be regularly interrupted by […]