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Pulse: Seasonal Style: Green Pieces

Mayor Nutter may have promised that we’ll be America’s greenest city by 2015 — but our fashion scene is leading the way. You don’t have […]

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Pulse: At Your Service: Poodle Pride

1. Keep ’em coddled (and close)Ease travel stress by dropping off your pup at Family Pet Resort’s brand-new, minutes-from-the-airport location. For $34 and up per […]

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Endless Summer Fun: Eat Out

Center City ParcYes, the baguettes and onion soup are justly praised, but it’s the open-air approach to dining at Parc that makes this Rittenhouse Square […]

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Pulse: How We Spend: Trends: House Party

While retail sales may be as slouchy as this year’s harem pants, home shopping parties are hopping. Bad news for Jones Apparel. Good news for […]

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Endless Summer Fun: With the Kids

Set fireworks Hey, kids, let’s put on a show! Celebration Fireworks Inc. will arrange a computerized Fourth of July display that will have all your […]

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Pulse: Retail Report: July Sales

Though it happens only once a year, Lisa M. Reisman’s annual sale does run throughout July. Prices are reduced by up to 35 percent on […]

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Pulse: Retail Report: Take Note: Groovy Galleria

In May, Bart Blatstein unveiled his Piazza at Schmidts in Northern Liberties, an ambitious space with an Italianate courtyard, an outdoor movie screen, and tons […]

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The Full Spectrum

The last time I spoke with Ed Snider in person was the spring of 2009. After some begging on my part, he agreed to meet […]

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Pulse: Retail Report: Buy Local: Shirt Tales

Philly attorney Craig Arthur von Schroeder, 31, was sick of seeing sloppy young professionals, so he designed a shirt with a stiff collar and a […]

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Endless Summer Fun: Drink For Free

Free Wine Brandywine Valley Wine TrailEight wineries along the Route 1 ­corridor  —  among them Chaddsford, Stargazers, Penns Woods, and brand-new Black Walnut  —  have […]

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Pulse: Retail Report: Now Open: Casual Is King

Denim, neatly stacked on the denim bar, is the hallmark of Madewell, the new-to-our-region store that opened in the Plaza at KOP last month. This […]

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What’s What With … Boyz II Men

More than 20 years after the CAPA grads harmonized their way onto MTV, three of the original members of Boyz II Men are still doing […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Legends: Saving Grace

Ocean City raised a collective eyebrow this spring when a sign from a Pleasantville construction firm arose outside 2536 Wesley Avenue. Was the teardown epidemic […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Brooke De la Villanova: High Society

It’s a lighter shade of pale at Rouge, munchkins, as longtime hostess Reenie McDonnell is out the door in an apparent kerfuffle with owners Rob […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Politics: Them’s Fighting Words

Mayor Michael Nutter may not have found his stride at City Hall yet, but he has found his archrival: Whether the topic is property taxes, […]