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Bop Spotlight: Tomato Pie

This is the real deal: spongy dough topped with tomato sauce and a few sprinkles of parmesan cheese. Whatever you do, don't heat it up. […]

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BOP Spotlight: Glass Shower Door and Mirror Installer

This family biz has no Gordons, only Bermans. (Gordon is the name of the previous owners.) Dad Howard handles sales and on-site measuring, and mom […]

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AC Now: All Day I Dream About Shoes

We’ll forgive Adidas for hiring Dale Earnhardt Jr. as the brand’s new spokesperson… as long as the sporting goods giant continues to make seriously old-school […]

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Home: Custom Comfort

A Montgomery County developer's home is one part contemporary cool, one part minimalist chic — and anything but cookie-cutter WHEN YOU DEVELOP PROPERTIES FOR A […]

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Quick Bites

Marcie Turney and Valerie Safran of 13th Street fame plan to add to their portfolio of Open House, Grocery and Lolita. This time with an […]

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Creative Cocktails With The PLCB

Creative Cocktails is a series of free tastings at Pennsylvania Wine & Spirits stores. Attendees receive free samples and complementary hors d’oeuvres as well as […]

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Cheap Dates: Baltimore Ave

Our favorite happy couple, Mark and Audrey head to West Philadelphia’s Baltimore Avenue for a truly cool cheap date. The pair get iced coffee at […]

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Food, Beer, History At Headhouse Square

The 3rd Annual Good Food, Good Beer and the Rest Is History event is taking place on Saturday July, 21st under the Headhouse Square shambles […]

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Has Philly’s Restaurant Scene Topped Out?

This was a question posed to Craig LaBan in his recent online chat. With the recent closings of highly regarded restaurants like, Astral Plane, M […]

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Buy Fresh Buy Local Week Kicks Off At Yards

This Sunday Buy Fresh Buy Local week starts with their 5th annual Buy Fresh Buy Local Week Kick-Off Event at Yards Brewing Company. The event […]

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Fresh Local

Next week is Buy Fresh Buy Local Week in Philadelphia. There are over a dozen events during the week celebrating our bounty of locally-grown food. […]

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What’s Opening IV

It’s day four of our photo essay on restaurants that are opening soon. Today we take a look at some spots in West Philly and […]

City Life

Elegant Wedding: Real Weddings: Barbara & Avery

Barbara Ovrutsky and Avery Menke knew immediately they’d get married in their native Philadelphia area, even though jobs had taken them elsewhere in the time […]

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Elegant Wedding: Say Cheese

Before a grand, formal affair at Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue in Center City, soon-to-be newlyweds Laura Rifkin and Randy Rongione headed to a […]

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Tonight

The women’s beer club, In Pursuit of Ale meets tonight at the Aspen in Fairmount. The Aspen has a new menu that we’ve heard good […]