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Is Bigger Really Better?
It’s the heated white onyx tiles that really get me. I’m only halfway through a February afternoon tour of 530 Fishers Road in Bryn Mawr, […]
How to Live Small
When Michael Green and Pete Palac were looking for an architect to renovate their 80-year-old brick bungalow in Frenchtown, just north of Lambertville, they had […]
Size matters: How to Live Large
When you walk into Georgeann and Roger Ballou’s vast circa-1810 Society Hill townhouse — some 7,500 square feet, with ceilings scaled for Shaquille O’Neal, and […]
Lord of the Barflies
On “Episode 17: Altercations” of The Real World: Philadelphia, cast member Melanie makes a plea to the Real Worlders that will resonate with any human […]
Power: The Importance of Being Ernie
Ernie Preate isn’t what he used to be. Old Ernie was a hardboiled pol. All about ambition. All about Ernie. All about his campaign du […]
My Philadelphia Story: Captain Noah
We love IHOP. Are you familiar with IHOP? We did 260 shows a year, and for a time we had a 57 percent market share […]
The Unknown Critic
Three days before Christmas, Craig LaBan called Dominique and Sabine Filoni and informed them that he would be reviewing Bianca, their new restaurant on the […]
Real Estate 2005: How to Sell Now
An odd thing happened when Joanne Davidow of Prudential Fox & Roach got the listing for a house on the beautiful, European-looking little block called […]
Real Estate 2005: The 10 Habits of Highly Ineffective Homebuyers
The 10 Habits of Highly Ineffective Homebuyers 1. Jump in, with no real plan, but with a lease that’s set to expire. We’d thought about […]
Crime: To Catch a Thief
Don’t shoot!” Robert Wittman drops to the floor of a Madrid hotel room, yelling for his life while a gang of machine-gun-toting Spaniards storms in. […]
Society: Another Scandal in Gladwyne
Phones started jingling early in Gladwyne on December 28th, the Tuesday after Christmas: “Did you hear what happened at the pharmacy?” asked Maurice Tannenbaum at […]
The Good Life: Should This Man Be Smiling?
Are you happy, Marty? The Marty in question is Martin E.P. Seligman, who, in this winter week in question, might just be the best-known psychologist […]
Contrarian: The Thin Booze Line
It’s a kind of philosophical riddle, like the one about the tree that falls in the forest with no one around to hear it. Is […]
Exit Interview: Jonathan Estrin
“Hollywood” and “Drexel University dean” make as much sense together as “classy” and “Delaware Avenue,” but when the school’s Media Arts and Design chief, Jonathan […]
In the Name of the Son
Last June 5th, Michael Berg was asked by an international anti-war organization to make a speech in Lafayette Park, across from the White House. It […]