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Web Original: Health: Summer Health Alert

Aside from my daily online duties, I work at the boathouse in Tyler State Park on weekends, renting canoes, sitting in the sun — and […]

Restaurants

Belgian Beer Dinner At Valanni

Valanni is hosting a Belgian Family Brewers Beer Dinner on Tuesday, August 19th. There will be five courses and five beers for $55. Valanni is […]

City Life

The Easy, Breezy, Laid-Back, Super-Relaxed, We-Love-Summer Guide to Outdoor Dining

On the BalconyNineteenPark Hyatt at the Bellevue, 200 South Broad Street, 19th floor, 215-893-1234, parkphiladelphia.hyatt.com There’s a Spider-Man feel to sitting on the narrow balconies […]

City Life

Treatment Guide: Hip Replacement

Forty years ago, hip joint replacement surgery was a radical new procedure. Today some 300,000 hips are replaced annually. New techniques, technologies and materials mean […]

City Life

Web Original: Botanical Portraits

The fall issue of Philadelphia Home will be hitting newsstands soon, and one of its running themes is buying fine art for your walls. (Sure […]

City Life

Taste: Annotated Recipe: Peach-Campari Jam

Canning is the new knitting, a back-to-basics, just-like-Grandma pursuit for the city’s foodies. With Little Isobel, her line of artisanal jellies and jams, Philly’s Janina […]

Restaurants

Tomatoes

Photo by CarlaMia We here at Foobooz headquarters are very finicky about our tomatoes. We try not to be but about 11 months out of […]

City Life

Web Original: 60-Second Critic: “Murder-Oke And Other Spooky Cape May Tales”

Murder-Oke And Other Spooky Cape May TalesBy Terry O’BrienExit Zero Publishing, $12.95 Shoobies, take note: Even cheery beach towns may have their dark corners. In […]

City Life

Web Original: Critic’s Notebook: Veggie Makeover

Cauliflower has long been considered kind of an ugly duckling of the vegetable world. Mishandled, it can take on an unpleasant cooked-cabbage smell and mushy […]

City Life

Web Original: Critic’s Notebook: Second Bite: Zahav

Last month, I was wowed by the Modern Israeli fare at Society Hill’s Zahav. And on a recent revisit (yes, I already made my way […]

City Life

Web Original: Shopping Report: August 2008

Apparently, it’s been a busy summer for local (female) entrepreneurs that’ve been opening up a ton of new boutiques. Here, a glimpse. Old City has […]

Restaurants

Upping Edible Ante At SPTR

In Elisa Ludwig’s last review as a City Paper restaurant critic she visits the South Philadelphia Taproom where she finds a food menu that’s trying […]

City Life

Web Original: Ticket Alert: Wainwright, Manchester and Escovedo

New shows on sale at World Cafe Live … Expect the where-has-she-been? Melissa Manchester (yes, angry commenters, Ido actually know where she’s been, but I […]

City Life

Web Original: Shelter Shop Closing Sale

In the "sorry to see them go, but don’t mind if I help myself to the closing sale" discount category: Old City’s ever-sweet Chaise + […]

City Life

Web Original: Critic’s Notebook: Good (Veggie) Burger

I’m on the hunt for the best veggie burger. While I’m sure it’s harder to make a decent veggie burger than any other meat-centered patty, […]