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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 […]
Tuesday Morning Makeover
“ALL RIGHT EVERYONE, LET’S REFOCUS,” says Mary Anne Whalen, clapping her hands together, her voice cutting over the din in a house that’s rarely this […]
Pulse: Chatter: Five Questions for Janice Woodcock
Janice Woodcock, newly appointed executive director of Philadelphia’s City Planning Commission, who will try to follow in the footsteps of William Penn and Ed Bacon […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]