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Pulse: Snapshot: Cocoa Buffs

Where: John & Kira’s gourmet artisan chocolates in Feltonville. What: Some of the 4,000 pounds of chocolates being prepared for Valentine’s Day. “Our products are […]

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Coming Soon To A Neighborhood Near You

INSIDE THE ROCKET Cat Cafe, Holly Sue Allen, the sinewy counter girl, is deftly whipping up lattes and flavored teas for a quixotic assortment of […]

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Travel: The Babymoon

An escape to a luxe Lehigh Valley inn proves irresistibly relaxing for about-to-be parents We tried to leave. Really we did. We’d made dinner reservations, […]

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Wedding Fashion: Tresses for Success

Finding the perfect hairstyle for your wedding takes the right stylist and When it comes to their wedding-day look, too many brides-to-be are thinking Cinderella […]

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Wedding Details: Get the Party Started

Kick off the wedding festivities with an engagement party The average length of an engagement is fourteen months — but you don’t have to wait […]

Restaurants

In Rhythm With James

PhilaFoodie adds to praise heaped upon James, the upscale new-American restaurant at 8th and Christian. If there’s anything about James that could strike a challenging […]

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Wedding Details: Pint-Size Problems

Having kids at your wedding means planning ahead — for anything. You're about to exchange the handwritten vows you've labored over for months with your […]

Restaurants

Tre Scalini

Craig LaBan visits the new Tre Scalini at 1915 E Passyunk Avenue. and finds the popular homespun flavors of the original of migrated well and […]

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Trendy Getaways: Going Mobile

THIRTY-TWO FEET long. Eight and a half feet wide. Twelve and a half feet high. One queen-size bed and a fold-out couch. Standup shower. Galley […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Turf Wars: There Goes the Gayborhood

This spring, James McManaman, co-owner of the Absolute Abstract gallery on South 13th Street, proudly announced that more than 60 merchants from the 15-square-block area […]

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From the Editor: February 2007

“YOU KNOW WHAT THIS TOWN NEEDS?” the voice on the other end of the telephone line asked. “It needs people who don’t take themselves so […]

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Off the Cuff: February 2007

Philadelphia is a city with a black mayor, in which young black men are being murdered at an unconscionable rate. Apparently, John Street is incapable […]

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Loco Parentis: The New College Try

MY DAUGHTER MARCY’S EYES ARE FIXATED ON ME, all her senses attuned to the slightest nuance of emotion. I keep my face carefully composed as […]

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Contrarian: Reigning Cats and Dogs

I LIKE MY CAT, AND WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING. I provide her with food and handle the living arrangements, and she occasionally brings in mice […]

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The Good Life: Health: Think Yourself Thin

Anybody who has tried Atkins, South Beach, Weight Watchers, et al., knows the curse of dieting is watching the scale inch back up when you […]