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Going Geek: The Scenesters

Independents Hall Mike Worth Philadelphia has a video-game industry? Yeah, a bit of one, especially now that Worth, 36, has helped organize and promote it […]

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Going Geek: The Start-Ups

MyYearBook Begun by siblings Catherine and Dave Cook in 2005, when they were 15 and 16 (they’re now 20 and 21), the New Hope company […]

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Taste: Dining Out: Dinner With … Bobby Flay

Amount of red meat you consume annually: Well, I eat red meat twice a week. At least. Maybe 400 pounds. How you manage to look […]

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Garces Trading Company Review: Trading Spaces

Of all of Philadelphia’s multi-concept restaurateurs, Jose Garces might be the most original. Whether at Spanish-inspired Amada, Basque-inflected Tinto or boozy burger joint Village Whiskey, […]

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Off the Cuff: May 2010

None of us should have been surprised by the so-called “flash mob" attacks in Philadelphia recently. We all tend to have short memories, but this […]

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THE SALE REPORT: Awesome Shopping Events in Old City and HaddonfieldÂ’s First Friday Deals

Bus Stop Boutique + Sugarcube Tonight, fab Queen Village shoe salon Bus Stop comes to Old City’s Sugarcube for a sale/rare opportunity to pair shoes […]

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The Founding Fathers of Philly Beer

THE ORGANIZERS The Book & The Cook, an annual culinary festival for chefs and authors that was the high point of our restaurant scene for […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Theater: Dominic and Me

Hollywood was still buzzing the day after the Academy Awards. Entering a small theater on Santa Monica Boulevard, I half expected to step over a […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Brooke De La Villanova

The Main Line is chanting, dumplings, and for once, it’s not about Lower Merion schools. Yogi-to-the-Stars Erica Taxin-Bleznak, co-owner of shouty-titled JAI! Yoga, is co–sponsoring […]

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Pulse: Pursuits: Character: Liz Spikol Is Out There

If you’ve read the Philadelphia Weekly over the past decade, you’ve probably seen the award-winning column “The Trouble With Spikol,” in which the 41-year-old Philly […]

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Pulse: The Brief: The Dad Vail Regatta

Close call!  The iconic collegiate regatta — a Schuylkill staple since 1953 — almost charted a new course this year. Amid rising costs, Dad Vail […]

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Pulse: How We Spend: Receipt: Peter Madden

DAY ONE Coffee (with tip): La Colombe, Center City $3 Lunch: Di Bruno Bros., C.C. $8.99 DAY TWO Coffee (with tip): La Colombe, C.C. $2 […]

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Pulse: Pursuits: 60-Second Critic: Broad Street Bullies

HBO’s new documentary about the Philadelphia Flyers of the ’70s plays as a love story — a toothless, bloody love story, between a gang of […]

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Pulse: How We Spend: Return of the Return

There are the lists we all love to be on: the Social Register, Academy Ball, Lilly pre-warehouse sale, executive committee for Bradley Cooper’s family reunions. […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Theater: Dominic and Me

Hollywood was still buzzing the day after the Academy Awards. Entering a small theater on Santa Monica Boulevard, I half expected to step over a […]