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Trips That Will Change Your Life: Paradise Found

More Places to Get Your Peace HOTEL HERSHEY: Call ahead to set up private guided meditations at the grand 1930s hotel’s Chocolate Spa, where you […]

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Trend: A Million Thanks

Fawning and flattering sales tactics are no longer reserved for über-spenders. (Hint: Check your mailbox) K., a co-worker of mine, likes to occasionally splurge on […]

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Trips That Will Change Your Life: Other Spots In Which You Can Find Yourself

(And Drop a Pound of Two In The Process) GOLDEN DOOR: A 377-acre fitness resort tucked away in lush Escondido, California, Golden Door is known […]

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Good Life: the 411: Jewelry: Medi-Cool

Conshohocken-based Hope Paige Designs started making pretty-in-pink breast cancer awareness jewelry in 2003 and soon realized it could put its style sense to work saving […]

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Good Life: The 411: Fitness: Sweating in Style

You won’t find spandex-clad musclemen pumping iron at Level 1 Fitness. Trainer Frank Calandrino recently opened the Old City exercise club as an upscale alternative […]

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Loco Parentis: Living Large

Why do boys get to be as big as they want? My son, Jake, has finished supper. He carries his plate to the sink, gets […]

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Trips That Will Change Your Life: Still Hungry?

Here, Some More Food-Focused Spots to Check Out THE GREENBRIER: The historic Dorothy Draper-designed resort hosts a few cooking weekends every year that feature famous […]

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Trips That Will Change Your Life: Same Idea, Fresh Twists

Other Places to Get Your Yoga Fix KRIPALU CENTER: Nestled in the Berkshires, this former Jesuit seminary (with roots in Philadelphia) offers a year-round menu […]

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Exit Interview: Eve

Germantown’s hip-hop and style superstar drops her fourth album, Here I Am Lest anyone suspect our favorite gritty and well-inked rapper, Eve Jeffers, is caught […]

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Bridal Challenge

How far will our bride-to-be go for lip color that lasts? As predictable as the seasons changing, every spring you can expect a major markdown, […]

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Fall Travel Guide: Custom Weekends: Dig Out the Bermudas and Croquet Mallets

A spa, a shooting club, and three fabulous golf courses. Must we go on? As we exited the highway, we figured it could only be […]

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Primp: Close Shave

If you already know and love Groom, the modern-meets-old-fashioned men’s barbershop on Walnut Street, you’ll love this If you already know and love Groom, the […]

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Shelter: Bryn More

Our favorite home shop, Ashton-Whyte, has moved its Wayne digs to a space across from the Bryn Mawr Film-­Institute One of our fave home shops, […]

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Countdown to Philly Beer Week: Day 13-10

The clock is ticking and we’re getting thirstier and thirstier in anticipation of Philly Beer Week, the event that shall not be gently–oh so gently!–criticized. […]

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Taste: Annotated Recipe: French Onion Soup

There are kitchens that can turn a simple onion into something transcendent with a little patience Too often, French onion soup is dishwater-bland covered by […]