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The Good Life: Obsession: Japanese Powder Brushes

Thanksgiving may celebrate this country, but our favorite toy this month takes its inspiration from across the world: The new Kabuki Artisan Brushes from NARS […]

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The Good Life: The Mix: Q&A: Gavin McKay

Fusion’s workout plan will get you off the couch It’s cold — really cold — and you don’t need to be beach-ready for at least […]

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Travel: One-Night Stands

Upper Black Eddy 1:38 Head to the top of lovely Bridgeton House, where the Penthouse room has a lofty, romantically lit feeling, a marble bathroom, […]

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Real Estate 2005: Will The Bubble Burst?

Want the good news first? Prices still up! Rates still low! In fact, the average house-price in the Philadelphia area in 2004 increased by a […]

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Spring Travel: Warning: Kid Zone

We arrived later than we’d expected—seven-ish on Saturday evening, having spent what seemed like six days caught in a Poconos traffic jam—and so we immediately […]

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The Good Life: Health: Backs of the Future

Two years ago, a trip on the stairs left my husband with chronic, sharp pains shooting from his back down along his left leg. An […]

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Taste: What to Drink: Green Point Chardonnay 2003, Yarra 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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The Good Life: The Mix: Shopping at … : Near & Far

The perfect present for dad this year? A lacewood and beech chess box designed and made by Drexel alum Neil Curlett, whose new Indonesian furniture […]

Harry Jay Katz in Philadephia father of David Bar Katz who found Philip Seymour Hoffman Dead
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The Trouble With Harry Jay Katz

It’s a sultry summer evening, and the pulse of Philadelphia night life is flat-lining. By dusk on this Monday, most of the dwellers of America’s […]

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Rick Santorum: “I Was Basically Pro-Choice All My Life, Until I Ran for Congress”

IN THE SUMMER OF 1989, Rick Santorum and a fellow associate at the Pittsburgh law firm of Kirkpatrick and Lockhart left work to drive to […]

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“How Many Ed Rendells Are There?”

In “How Many Ed Rendells Are There?” (April 1994), Lisa DePaulo masterfully dissected the glowing national reputation of our then-mayor — and found herself splashed […]

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Snider Shrugged

“It would be so fabulous.” Ed Snider is on his invisible soapbox again, eyes apop with the potential fabulousness of his idea, hands aflutter with […]