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Homefront: No Buoys Allowed
Forget lighthouse-shaped soap dispensers and other beach kitsch. Adding seaside flair to your home can be easy with the right accent pieces—just take a look […]
Homefront: Shopping Ambler
When the renovated Ambler Theatre reopened in 2003, it brought a flood of new shops and restaurants to Butler Avenue and Main Street. These days, […]
Bridal Bouquet: Operation Buff Bride
Your wedding is approaching and you want to look your best, not just to make your pictures look pretty, but also to feel good about […]
Chatter: Dirty Secrets
Download the city's Office of Food Protection report. If you run a dirty restaurant in Raleigh, North Carolina, everyone knows it: A prominent notice is […]
The Snapshot: Boat People
Who: Saint Joseph’s University men’s heavyweight varsity eight crew squad. Where: The Schuylkill River. When: 6:31 a.m. Why: On May 12th and 13th, the St. […]
Nightmare on Greenleaf Circle
The first sign of life at 30 Greenleaf Circle came early, on that particular day last summer, when a man stepped out the front door […]
Media: Radio Heads
Preston Elliot is very concerned about his dominatrix. She's scheduled to arrive within the hour, along with a slave affectionately dubbed Carpet Boy. Preston wants […]
From the Editor May 2006
Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson has to go. Now. The TV was on for background noise while I was reviewing a draft of this issue’s cover […]
Contrarian: silent_treatment.gov
Like most members of the MySpace.com generation, Joshua B. Plotkin thinks that anything worth telling is worth telling online. Plotkin is a 30-year-old assistant professor […]
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Testing Shopping Noteworthys
The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested. Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply […]
A.C. Now: Dining
We’ve tackled serious steakhouses, explored tucked-away noodle bars, waited in lines at down-home joints, and sunk into booths at posh casino eateries. We’ve tackled serious […]
A.C. Now: Main Tease
There’s nothing quite like eating raw fish while looking out to the ostensible source of aforementioned seafood. Souzai Sushi & Sake just opened as a […]
The Philly School
For 10 years, Randall Sellers, a 37-year-old, soft-spoken Tyler School of Art graduate with an ironic sense of humor, held down the sorts of jobs […]
Ralph J. Roberts: My Philadelphia Story
I have about 92 bow ties. Maybe 10 years ago, somebody gave me one. It looked kind of interesting, so I got another one. So […]