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Media: Food Fight: A Look at Philly Food Bloggers

It’s a Wednesday night in mid-July, and though the air is as moist and thick as vichyssoise, the help is scrambling to set out tables […]

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Exit Interview: Dick Wolf

When NBC announced that Law & Order would end its epic 20-year run last season, series creator and superproducer Dick Wolf was not a happy […]

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Restaurant Review: West Side Gravy

In Collingswood, where drivers brake at crosswalks and a quarter still buys an hour at some parking meters, meatloaf is back. So is Salisbury steak, […]

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Off the Cuff: September 2010

I believe things have been going terribly wrong in this country, and we all feel it. Everywhere I go, there is an undercurrent of frustration […]

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Travel: Nine Easy Weekend Getaways

Scenes from a PA farm. Our photo editor Zoey Sless-Kitain headed to Bedford County for a farm-stay getaway. For more information on this trip — […]

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Will the Real Joe Banner Please Stand Up?

Joe Banner is deep into talking about what it’s like, to run a pro football team in Philadelphia, when there’s a knock on his office […]

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Pulse: Chatter: The Company Giving Local Panhandlers a Run for Our Money

“I used to cross the street if I saw someone shady,” says lady-about-town and outgoing Friends of Rittenhouse Square president Wendy Rosen. “Now I cross […]

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The Good Life: Fall Fashion Preview 2010

There is very good news. You won’t look back on any purchase you make during this coming season and mutter to yourself, “What was I […]

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Pulse: Pursuits: Hot Tickets: September 2010

MORE FUNBlondesSome new ones: hip-shaking pop princess Shakira (Taj, 9/18) and Madonna-esque glamour queen Lady Gaga (Wachovia, 9/14-15). And some old ones: 54-year-old British bad […]

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Philly’s Hot ‘Hoods

Old City is just one Philly neighborhood to have worn the uneasy crown of New Best Place to Live. Here, a brief, unofficial history of […]

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The Good Life: Wellness: This Year’s Running Gear

Forerunner 110 by GarminA super-addictive way to track training, this no-frills, GPS-enabled sports watch tells location, distance and speed—-simply. $200 to $250 at City Sports, […]

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The Good Life: Wellness: In the Race

1. Score the right sneaks“The only gear you really need is one good pair of running shoes,” says Tony Van Dyke, president of Bryn Mawr […]

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What The Hell Happened To Old City?

Meet the face of new Old City: Jamie, a 26-year-old Italian princess from Bucks County. Five-foot-three, in four-inch booties. Clingy turquoise minidress, cinched with a […]

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Dining Out: What We’re Eating: Carluccio’s

Perfect pillows of gnocchi doused with equally good braised short ribs, roasted dried mozzarella topped with ample amounts of table-shaved black truffle, and creamy seafood-spiked […]

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Dining Out: Where We’re Eating: The Silverspoon

It’s a family affair at this Main Line BYOB — Mom and Pop Silverberg run the front of the house, while son Ron is in […]