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Home: Garden: Solid Ground

A Bucks County couple built their garden paradise on the most unlikely foundation When Sue and Mike Wert bought their Bucks County home in 1996, […]

Restaurants

You’ve Come A Long Way Baby

Chick’s Cafe & Wine Bar shows just how far Philadelphia dining and this Bella Vista bar have come over recent decades. Jim Piano’s kitchen emphasizes […]

Restaurants

Quick Bites

The Illadelph has a first look and name for The Georges Perrier, Chris Scarduzio restaurant set for the Comcast Center. The name is Table 31, […]

Restaurants

Profiling Mark Bee & Silk City

A.D. Amorosi profiles Mark Bee and his latest endeavor, Silk City. But Bee has turned Silk into a slick sensation that, when it’s dark, glows […]

City Life

A&E: You Gotta Have Art

The Manayunk Arts Festival returns to our favorite Northwest Philly hot spot Get your fill of the arts by joining 275 local and national artists […]

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Pulse: Creative Buzz August 2006

Penn writing prof Lorene Cary (Black Ice; The Price of a Child) has written her first young adult book, Free!, a collection of nonfiction stories […]

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Home: The Fine Print: Battle of the Grills

The symbol of summer cuisine and purveyor of flamed-to- perfection meat The symbol of summer cuisine and purveyor of flamed-to-perfection meat now has a few […]

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Best of Philly: Food & Drink 2006

Restaurant trend Small plates Tapas, meze, dim sum, “bites” … call it what you will. We call small plates the biggest trend in Philadelphia dining, […]

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Coupling: Shore to Score

“Shotttts!” A post-collegiate guy with a red baby face and beefy arms busting out of a Polo shirt orders a round for his friends and […]

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Pulse: 60-Second Critic August 2006

Television The 10! Show NBC 10, 10 a.m. weekdays I’d like to start a collection for the hundreds of thousands of area residents without cable. […]

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Pulse: Local Talent: Lidia Kaminska

When we heard there was a hot Polish accordionist living in South Philadelphia, we immediately went to check out her show, expecting to hear a […]

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Pulse: Dish Network

Not long ago, I was having lunch at the Palm with two girlfriends when half of a well-known Rittenhouse Square couple stopped by the table. […]

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Pulse: The Appreciation

There’s a good reason to note this month’s release of Invincible, about former Eagle Vince Papale, and it has nothing to do with our love […]

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Pulse: Down-Loathed

That Geoffrey Beauchamp is hated should come as no surprise. He’s a lawyer. But Beauchamp commands an especially reviled place in the hearts of many […]

City Life

Pulse: Raj Against The Machine

Ask Apprentice addicts how they remember Raj Bhakta, the bow-tied flirt from the show’s second season, and you’ll get something like “goofy, but smart,” or […]