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The Good Life: Travel: The In-Laws Are Coming!

When the Center City hotel standbys fill up, these B&Bs are perfect for holiday guests Hamanassett Bed & Breakfast Innkeeper Ashley Mon has spent the […]

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Taste: Raise a Glass to the Newest Restaurant Row

It’s Phoenixville. At least, the guys from Iron Hill hope it is Last month, entrepreneurs Kevin Finn, Kevin Davies and Mark Edelson opened the doors […]

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Pulse: 60-Second Critic: Creative Buzz November 2006

Penn political science prof Ian S. Lustick questions White House policies in Trapped in the War on Terror (Penn Press; $24.95). … South Jersey’s Christian […]

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Wisdom: Tuesdays With Frannie

It looked like a clear career move when Penn hoops coach Fran Dunphy left the Ivy League for Temple. But the change really had to […]

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Oy Vey, There Goes the Neighborhood

In their never-ending search for fulfillment, formerly freewheeling yuppies are now embracing ultra-strict Orthodox Judaism. For their neighbors in Bala Cynwyd and Lower Merion, it’s […]

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Taste: A Nouveau Season

Roll out the barrel — well, the bottle — for the first sips of this year’s Beaujolais nouveau Originally intended as a celebratory toast to […]

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Loco Parentis: Much Ado About Turkey

Our parenting columnist looks at holidays past and wonders: What happens when you really can’t go home again? Marcy is moving out. I’ve seen this […]

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Taste: E-Groceries

Why go to the supermarket when it will come to you? Acmemarkets.com How to: Register free at Acmemarkets.com, choose an available two-hour window for delivery […]

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Taste: Spirits: Looking for the Next Buzz Aldrin

Can Stephen Starr set the cocktail standard in the new A.C.? Though post-Prohibition Atlantic City was a hot spot of cocktail culture through to the […]

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Pulse: 60-Second Critic: Nonfiction: Last Team Standing

Last Team Standing By Matthew Algeo (Da Capo Press; $26) In 1943, the National Football League faced a serious problem: Most of its best players […]

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Eat This Now: Drinking Chocolate

This hot chocolate isn’t Swiss Miss, or even high-end Schokinag. Served in a delicate demitasse cup and made with three different types of the dark […]

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Taste: Reviews: Water Works-in-Progress

The views at the Water Works Restaurant are so fabulous, it’s tough for the kitchen to compete What are you looking at? Probably not much, […]

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Philadelphia, Meet Your Future: Philebrity.com’s Greatest Hits

On House of Blues getting $1 million to open a location in Philadelphia, headlined: "House of Blues Hammer Suckles Rendell’s Hairy Bitch Tit For $1 […]

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Pulse: 60-Second Critic: Venues: Johnny Brenda’s

Johnny Brenda’s 1201 Frankford Avenue; 215-739-9684 After a year’s combat with the Zoning Board and a cranky old neighbor who happens to be a state […]

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The Good Life: The Mix: Look We Love: Hats

Straight-up skullcaps are so two minutes ago (wink). This fall, have fun with Straight-up skullcaps are so two minutes ago (wink). This fall, have fun […]