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Pulse: How We Spend: Receipt: Ron Jaworski

DAY ONECoffee: Starbucks, Marlton Circle $2.50Lunch: Running Deer Golf Club, Elmer $9.25Diamond necklace for daughter’s birthday: Safian & Rudolph Jewelers, Center City $567 DAY TWOCoffee: […]

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Pulse: How We Spend: Trends: Getting The Spins

Hip-hop legends Jazzy Jeff and ?uestlove still frequent Armand’s Records on Chestnut Street, despite the fact that a handful of turntables, behind the cash-for-gold section, […]

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Perelmans At War

IN 1989, RUTH Perelman had an idea. When you’re the matriarch of one of the most prominent and wealthy families in Philadelphia, when your penthouse […]

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Spring Travel 2010: Movie-Inspired Trips From Philadelphia: A Hop Across The Pond: London

If you’ve seen Notting Hill — the Hugh Grant/Julia Roberts rom-com that won a handful of British film honors a decade ago — you likely […]

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Spring Travel 2010: Movie-Inspired Trips From Philadelphia: A Natural Escape: Bedford

The 1992 film directed by Robert Redford gave Brad Pitt his first big lead and won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. And no wonder, […]

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Spring Travel 2010: Movie-Inspired Trips From Philadelphia: A Smart Holiday: Boston

At its heart, Good Will Hunting, the 1997 film that propelled Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to stardom, is a love triangle. Will, played by […]

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Spring Travel 2010: Movie-Inspired Trips From Philadelphia: A Southern Sojourn: Nashville

The music starts the moment you arrive in Nashville, right at the airport food court, when a woman in a petticoat mounts a small stage […]

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Spring Travel 2010: Movie-Inspired Trips From Philadelphia: A Tropical Adventure: Virgin Gorda

Is trading the deadline-driven workweek for the leisurely pace of  “island time” really a good idea these days? Um, does a pirate have a hollow […]

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Spring Travel 2010: Movie-Inspired Trips From Philadelphia: A Dazzling Diversion: New York City

Hush now, you jaded East Coasters, you sighing, you cavalier, you big-city cynics, and remember that magic New York, with all its shimmer and swing. […]

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Spring Travel 2010: Movie-Inspired Trips From Philadelphia: A Wildlife Trek: Botswana

Beyond the never-ending sky, beyond the landscape of tall grass, baobab trees and wild sage, beyond the sighting of a loping giraffe or a darting […]

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Real Estate 2010: The Biggest Losers

LOCATION                                                DECREASE1. Devon (Chester Co.)            […]

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Real Estate 2010: The Most Exclusive City Neighborhoods

1.  19102 (Broad to 16th, Pine to Callowhill)       $554,8802.  19103 (Rittenhouse)                                      $385,0003.  19118 (Chestnut Hill)                   […]

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Real Estate 2010: The Biggest Gainers

LOCATION                                           INCREASE 1. Center City 19102 (Philadelphia)        57.4%2. Springfield Twp. (Burlington Co.)       27.5%3. MarlBoro Twp. (Montgomery Co.)       26.2%4. Chadds Ford […]

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Taste: Dining Out: Where We’re Eating: Avenida

AvenidaMount Airy Husbandandwife chefs Edgar and Kim Alvarez have turned the historic Cresheim Cottage into a modern, friendly LatinAmerican eatery. It’s the kind of place […]

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Real Estate 2010: The Most Expensive Towns and Neighborhoods

THE TOP 101. Newlin Twp. (Chester Co.)                $855,0002. Haverford (Delaware Co.)               $770,0003. Villanova (Montgomery Co.)            $750,0004. Gladwyne […]