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Brokeback Marriage

AS SHE HEADED east on the Schuylkill, Dana* couldn’t stop her hands from shaking on the wheel. I can’t afford a setback, she thought. Every […]

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Damon Feldman Profile: King of the D-List

DAMON FELDMAN’S DESTINY was written in the August 15, 1983, issue of Sports Illustrated. He read it when he was 13 years old. He flipped […]

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Taste: Dining Out: Dinner With: Marty Grims

Number of restaurants you own: Once I open the Wayne White Dog and Timber in Abington, 10. How your cooking skills compare to your entrepreneurial […]

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Taste: Dining Out: Where We’re Eating: European Republic

Homemade soups like sweet potato/ginger and wraps filled with falafel and tahini make European Republic feel more Beirut than Berlin. But with fries this good, […]

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

The big, curvaceous bar at this new downtown Ambler restaurant makes for a perfect casual date night: Catch the game, share a gourmet pizza (think […]

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

The restaurants that put Dan Stern on our culinary map – Gayle and Rae – may now be closed, but this new pub in West […]

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Taste: Dining Out: Where We’re Eating: Koo Zee Doo

This new BYOB from David Gilberg and Carla Goncalves — the husband-wife/chef-pastry chef duo who won raves while cooking at the Ugly American — focuses […]

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Philadelphia Magazine Holiday Gift Guide 2009

We know that finding the perfect gift is often more about finding the perfect store. Once you zone in on that magical She’ll-love-anything-from-here place, the […]

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HOLIDAY HELP: Healthy Holiday Gift Guide

The good-for-you goodies health and fitness editor Jenna Bergen wants this year. Add ’em to your own list or use ’em to take the guesswork […]

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Joe Sestak Profile: Run, Joe, Run

So here’s Joe Sestak, age 57, running his skinny butt off — I mean sprinting, literally booking it down the Ben Franklin Parkway, me and […]

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Philadelphia Traditions: Yo, I’m From Philly!

Tina Fey: The Upper Darby Years By Don Steinberg When she was little, Tina Fey wanted to be a Phillies ball girl. Her father, Don, […]

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BREASTS, BEWARE: What the Mammogram Mayhem Means to You

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s new mammogram guidelines oppose routine screenings for women ages 40 to 49 — the very same group that the […]

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AT THE MOVIES: The Man Behind the Apocalypse

When director John Hillcoat needed someone to create vast post-apocalyptic landscapes for his new Viggo Mortensen-led epic The Road, he sought out Mark Forker, who […]

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SLIDESHOW: Scenes from the 2009 Philadelphia Marathon

Let’s put it this way: Nobody said it was going to be pretty. Running 26 miles rarely is, and a week after the Philadelphia Marathon […]

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Bernie Madoff Scandal: Uncle Sham

IN APRIL 2009, after he and his mother lost a lifetime of savings to Bernie Madoff, Michael DeVita began calling the White House regularly. One […]