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Pulse: Mail Bonding

What with founding Postmaster General Ben Franklin’s 300th birthday, the issuance of a Franklin stamp, and the opening of a new mail-processing facility in South […]

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Pulse: Breaking Away

The murder rate is still shockingly high, the long-­awaited smoking ban includes gaping exemptions, and a former councilman was convicted of bribery, fraud and money […]

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Pulse: Now That Takes Balls

Occasionally these days, Daily News staffers wander past a vacant portion of the paper’s increasingly vacant newsroom and say, “You know, this would make a […]

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From the Editor: August 2006

Thirty-two years ago, this magazine, with our sister publication Boston, introduced readers to the “Best Of” format. Back then, it was called “Best (and Worst) […]

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Off the Cuff: August 2006

I must admit, I was as stunned as everyone else that New Jersey finally has a governor fighting for principle. A governor who refused to […]

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Exit Interview: Joan Jett

Exit Interview: What are your memories of Philly? Joan Jett: I don’t really have any. [laughs] I left when I was six months old, so […]

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Taste: What To Drink: Josmeyer Cask 38 2004, Alsace, France

Alsace has long been a Garden of Eden for grape growers — one of many reasons France and Germany have often fought over this picturesque […]

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Taste: Recipe: Roast Chicken with Celeriac, Rosemary and Apples

For apple-cider glaze: 2 c. apple cider 2 c. chicken stock 2 to 3 sprigs thyme ½ c. chopped onion 2 bay leaves 1 tsp. […]

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Taste: Where We’re Eating: October 2006

Daddy O From restaurateur Marty Grims (of Moshulu fame) comes the très chic and très un-Shore-like Daddy O on Long Beach Island. This very designed, […]

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Taste: Spirits: The Grape Gap

Men and women have different ways of shopping — for shoes, for cars, even for wine. For years, restaurants have concentrated on selling the big-name […]

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BOP Spotlight: Gelato

When it's strawberry-tarragon, avocado or sassafras gelato we're in the mood for, Center City's Capogiro will always be our go-to spot. But when we're craving […]

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Taste: Eat This Now: A Home-Cooked Meal

Turn to Philadelphia chef Aliza Green’s newest cookbook, Starting with Ingredients, for guidance. Green’s approach to home cooking is downright old-fashioned: These recipes don’t look […]

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11 to Watch

John Bolle : Bolle Design What he does Best known for custom wooden furniture (like the tables and “cubic library” at Buddakan), Bolle and his […]

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Tonight

It’s Center City Sips tonight. Go get some cheap drinks and apps. Then check out the new St. Stephens Green on Green Street in Fairmount. […]

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Home 411

For the Kitchen & Dining Room Blendo 1002 Pine Street; 215-351-9260 Best for Kitschy kitchenware. Old and new items mingle at this jam-packed Antiques Row […]