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The Good Life: An Apple A Day

The new iPhone is one delicious Apple worth biting into If only Apple could run Philly, just think what a better place it would be: […]

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The Good Life: Obsession: Juicy Apples

If only Apple could run Philly, just think what a better place it would be: more chic and efficient and always at least five years […]

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Shop Talk: 30 Dirty Little (Shopping!) Secrets

IT CAN BE hard to ignore that Impulse Buying Gene, if you’ve got it: When we want something, we want it now, without the hassle […]

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Natural-ly Adorable

Sure, this onesie from Ali's Wagon is adorable. But it doesn't just look good — it makes moms, and babes, feel good, too: It's made […]

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Legends: The Original Desperate Housewife

THINGS HAVE GOTTEN BITCHY among the denizens of the fictional Main Line town of Llanview, the setting of One Life to Live, but then again, […]

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Sweet Suits

I've had it with counting points! I'm over rice cakes! And I simply will not give up my Rita's mint chip cream ice gelatos! I've […]

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Power: King David

IT’S VALENTINE’S DAY AFTERNOON, but there’s not much love to go around here in the soul-sucking, drab meeting room where the Zoning Board of Adjustments […]

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The Good Life: YourHealth.com

What do you suppose are the four most popular categories of Internet traffic? You probably got the obvious ones — news, shopping and porn. But […]

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The Good Life: Q&A Sean McKinney

How’d you get into sports apparel? When I graduated from St. Joe’s in 1997, I knew I had no chance of becoming a pro athlete. […]

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Friendship: The Promise

HALF A DOZEN YEARS AGO, two 12-year-old boys met on a basketball court in South Philly. They were playing summer league in a magical summer, […]

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The Good Life: Receipt: High-School High

Forget about the balloon-filled gym, dyed satin shoes and virginity clichés that defined your high-school prom. As prom season kicks off around Philly, local graduating […]

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Pulse: 60-Second Critic May 2007

MEMOIR Pouring Six Beers at a Time and Other Stories from a Lifetime in Baseball By Bill Giles with Doug Myers (Triumph; $24.95) By Greg […]

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The Good Life: Trendspotting: Robo-retail

These days, it’s rare for newfangled retail gimmicks to stand out. But like Daryl Hannah’s mermaid character in Splash’s electronics-store scene, I found myself transfixed […]

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Pulse: Kumar Goes to Penn

He may have gotten famous as a stoner in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, but actor Kal Penn — most recently critically lauded […]

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Pulse: Dialing for Dollars

Like a lot of high-powered Philadelphia law firms, Wolf Block is no stranger to the intersection of law and high-stakes political fundraising. But this year […]