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Pulse Style: Ragas Report: Shop Talk: Conception

When Michele Malin Seidman was pregnant with her son, Jared, she was constantly fielding questions: “What are you having?” “When are you due?” This sparked […]

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Pulse: The Arts: One Step at a Time

“Five … six … seven … eight … ” As Matt Neenan counts off, a young, lithe ballet dancer lunges perilously close to the edge […]

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Pulse: Quick Takes

T.O.’s Next Act Will the locker-room dalliance with Nicolette Sheridan be remembered as the start of a great dramatic career for Terrell Owens? Owens will […]

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Pulse: Society: Really Desperate Housewives

“If you’re prepared to pay for an apartment on the Main Line, and they’re used to a fabulous cottage on an estate in the Hamptons, […]

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Pulse: Power: The Parking Crusade

The Philadelphia Parking Authority has made a lot of dumb moves over the years, but one of the worst was a while back when it […]

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Pulse: Power: News Blues

Four years ago this month, the buzz in TV newsrooms was how NBC 10 had edged Action News in the 11 o’clock ratings — an […]

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Taste: Recipe: Grace’s Blackened Green Beans

Yes, Grace Tavern on Grays Ferry (owned by James Fernandes and Monk’s Cafe owners Fergus Carey and Tom Peters) has Monk’s famous double-fried french fries […]

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Taste: Got Cereal?

Cereal comes out of the kitchen cabinets at Cereality (3631 Walnut Street; 215-222-1162), a 1,500-square-foot homage to the best of the sugar-coated breakfast staple. The […]

Restaurants

Free Ice Cream Today

The 30th annual Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day is today. Over one million free cones are given away. So head to one of the […]

Restaurants

Soft-Shell Crabs Spotted

As we are wont to do we checked out Matyson’s tasting menu this week and in their menu named “Spring is Here!” we were thrilled […]

City Life

Taste: Dish

Capogiro, the two-year-old artisanal gelateria, is expanding beyond lime-cilantro and apple-mascarpone. You’ll find savory renditions of its Venetian-style gelato at Sole Food (wasabi-­flavored, alongside an […]

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Taste: Chinatown Revolution

For years, Vietnam Restaurant ably filled its role as one half of an 11th Street turf war with neighboring Vietnam Palace, a sort of Pat’s-vs.-Geno’s […]

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Taste: Eat This Now: Community Fruit Squares

Having mastered the art of chocolatiering, producing some of this country’s most luxuriant ganaches, John and Kira Doyle of Northeast Philly’s Jubilee Chocolates continue to […]

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Medicine: Dr. Hustle

On the face of it, nothing appeared to be unusual: two men going for a Sunday-morning walk, deep in conversation. Every Sunday, they’d meet up […]

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Ticket: Must-See: A Sondheim Jewel

Theater fans get worked up over almost any new production of a Stephen Sondheim musical. But when it’s one as underexposed as Anyone Can Whistle, […]