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Web Original: Colorful Import

Australian makeup artist Napoleon Perdis has gained quite a following since debuting in 1995. He gussies up the ladies in Australia’s Next Top Model (yes, […]

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Real Weddings: Erin & Scott Ellis

Erin & Scott EllisFebruary 9, 2008Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue “As soon as he walked into the room, I knew I wanted to marry […]

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Real Weddings: Jennifer & Ryan Gibbs

Jennifer & Ryan GibbsSeptember 29, 2007Waynesborough Country Club, Paoli It all started in the place where only the rarest of lifelong romances begin — in […]

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Performance Review: King Crimson Dethroned at the Keswick

Robert Fripp! Adrian Belew! Tony Levin! Oh my! On Monday and Tuesday night, legendary prog-rock outfit King Crimson — in a two-drummer quintet format — […]

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Web Original: Critic’s Notebook: Inexpensive Taste

As a teenager, I obsessed over those magazine spreads that compared luxury cosmetics to their drug store counterparts. I loved the idea that a cheap […]

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Web Original: Shore Bets

When I think of the shore points south of Ocean City, I mainly think of Sea Isle and rowdy bars. It never crossed my mind […]

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Home: A Boy’s Life: Room With a Dude

I SAW MY future, and it scared me. A flash-forward in the movie of my life actually happened at the movies, during a screening of […]

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Home: My New Best Friend: Smarty Pants

I’M A LITTLE ashamed to admit it, but I’ve always had a thing against decorators. Maybe because I always thought I could be one. But […]

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Covet: Forest Green

THE LATEST OBJECT of our autumnal affection? This cork mosaic sideboard from eco-modern furniture maker Michael Iannone. The cabinet’s facade depicts a pale, abstract patch […]

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Home: Domain: Kitchen Mission: Pasta Pronto

WHEN I WAS IN CULINARY SCHOOL, my roommate gave me an authentic, hand-cranking pasta machine. The gift was inspired by my love for my Italian […]

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Home: Domain: Projects: Dresser Up

GOOD FURNITURE STANDS STURDILY, offering form and function until we relegate the tired and timeworn to the attic. Dusting off and sprucing up a forgotten […]

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Home: Domain: Gardening: Gardens Up

WHO NEEDS FAMOUS French botanist Patrick Blanc and his hubbub-causing, internationally chic vertical gardens? Not us. Not anymore. As of this year, we have our […]

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Home: Domain: Shopping: Grand Openings

Bahdeebahdu Vaunted aesthetes Warren Muller, creator of coveted light sculptures, and RJ Thornburg, crafter of fabulous interiors, stepped their avant-garde right on up to South Kensington, […]

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Home: Domain: Hire Her: Eileen Tognini

EILEEN TOGNINI LEADS clients on thorough, easygoing searches for the right artwork. Tognini, who studied fine art and marketing, favors contemporary works by local sculptors, […]

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Events At Terrain

Perhaps you’ve heard of Terrain At Styers, the garden store from Urban Outfitters in Glenn Mills. In addition to the “inspiring containers,” “artisinal vessels” and […]