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Taste: Where We’re Eating July

PALACE AT THE BEN A stark contrast to the run-down West Philly Indian spots and no-frills Tiffin on Girard Avenue, Palace at the Ben, near […]

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Ask the Experts: Gay Maid of Honor

Q: My college roommate and dearest friend is going to be my maid of honor. She’s in a committed gay relationship. How can I shield […]

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Good Life: Model Citizen: Julian Toussaint

Julian Toussaint, 29 Who A St. Lucia native and the new masseur at Gladwyne’s OMG Salon. (And, we predict, the future star of every Main […]

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Pulse: 60-Second Critic: July 2007

NONFICTION Flow: The Life and Times of Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River By Beth Kephart (Temple University Press; $23) By Sandy Hingston How you feel about Flow […]

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From the Editor: Design of the Times

Next year, this magazine, the oldest city magazine in the nation, will celebrate its 100th birthday. When you’ve been around as long as we have, […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Buttering Nutter Up

It didn’t take long for the Michael Nutter suitors to come calling. Before a May campaign swing through town, Barack Obama — who’d backed Chaka […]

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Pulse: John’s Water Ice

On the face of it, the name seems redundant: Isn’t “water” another form of “ice”? Not when you put the words together. This is no […]

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Off the Cuff: July 2007

Finally, the attempt of Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell to hold up the Barnes Foundation’s move to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway is behind us, so I’m beginning […]

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The Good Life: The 411, July 2007

BEAUTY: Soap Sessions If you fancy yourself très Martha, sign up for one of Duross & Langel’s monthly weekend workshops. The two-hour sessions will teach […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Grave Digs

“It was,” says one person in attendance, “the first-ever eulogy as attack ad.” The setting: the recent funeral of legendary Philly attorney Alan Davis. The […]

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Exit Interview: Andrea Kremer

Like light beer, foam fingers, and cries of “If you paid as much attention to me as you do that damn game, our marriage wouldn’t […]

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Exit Interview: Adrian Pasdar

Exit Interview: Where did you grow up? Adrian Pasdar: 39th and Powelton. All my friends were black. I didn’t know I wasn’t black until we […]

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What to Drink: Green Point Chardonnay 2003, Tarra Valley, Australia

Fans of cool-climate wines, take note: Victoria’s Yarra Valley is to South Australia what Oregon’s Willamette Valley is to California. This up-and-coming cool-growing region specializes […]

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Taste: Annotated Recipe: Cranberry-Ginger Relish

1 large orange 1 12-ounce bag fresh cranberries, washed and drained ¼ c. honey ½ c. granulated sugar 1 hot pepper, minced 1 Tbsp. ginger […]

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The Good Life: Tan Lines, Be Gone!

Jessica Blatt replies: I can tell you this, Kim: The best place not to go right after your spray tan is to your office. After […]