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Pulse: Books: What’s Your Beach Book?

Secrets to Happiness Sarah DunnDunn — a Penn alum — manages to be both sharp and amusing in her story of a recently divorced struggling […]

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Pulse: Retail Report: Now Open: Sustaining Style

Philly environmentalist Tony Fisher celebrated Earth Day this past April by opening a second outpost of his popular Old City shelter shop, the Big Green […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Reason to go green #4,824: Free Parking

Sure, we all want to reduce our carbon footprint, stop buying oil from America’s enemies, and preserve the planet for future generations. But here’s an […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Ad City

The book Murder at the Mikvah has been on so many Philly billboards  lately — hovering over Interstate 95, Admiral Wilson Boulevard, the Schuylkill — […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Media: Moving On Up

When employees of Philadelphia Media Holdings (Inquirer, Daily News, Philly.com) dream about a world where media companies grow, their thoughts often wander several blocks southwest, […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Brooke De la Villanova: High Society

Say what you want about the French — they know how to throw a party. The Art After Dark soiree at the Perelman Building was […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Positively Philly

This month, Philadelphia, the natural nesting ground of the boo-bird, is poised to become the most positive place on earth The mood elevation starts with […]

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Comebacks: Dead Man Talking

One very strong rule dictated what I, the reporter, would cover with all my heart during 14 years reporting for newspapers down the Shore and […]

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Pulse: Character: Billy Paul

Age: 73. Why you know his name: Grammy-winning singer of the 1972 Gamble-and-Huff-produced ode to infidelity “Me and Mrs. Jones.” How he’s enjoying his retirement […]

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Girasole Review: Restaurant Revival

Philadelphia’s Avenue of the Arts is studded with lackluster restaurants geared toward hungry ­theatergoers. They’re a captive audience, a steady stream of dollars that depends […]

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Arthur Kade Profile

On March 3, 2009, Arthur Kadyshes quit his job as a financial adviser at an American Express franchise in Conshohocken, changed his name to Arthur […]

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Exit Interview: Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck’s yapper has carried him a long way since 2002, when he moved to Philadelphia and brought his rantfest to “The Big Talker 1210 […]

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Alphabet Soup Review: A Tale of Two Restaurants

It’s dinnertime in South Jersey, and a pair of 40-somethings split a bottle of chardonnay as their well-behaved nine-year-old sips a glass of milk. Bites […]

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Pulse: Seasonal Style: Fit To Be Tied

1. Party Hopper Spy Zone Exchange jersey dress, $178, dangly earrings, $45, gold bangle, $45, and skinny bangles, $4 each, all at Leehe Fai, 133 […]

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Shore 2009: Breakfast and Brunch

At teeny-tiny Ready’s on 8th Street in Ocean City, folks wait in line to sit at a counter with their eggs and home fries, served […]