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The Getaway: A Great Deal in Vermont

Hi, all! Christy Speer here, one of Philly Mag’s travel editors. I’ll be popping in now and then to share with you all the best […]

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Street Style: Old City

Happy Friday! So remember in our first issue of The Goods when we showed you what lots of Old City boutique owners and their staffs […]

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Ask a Top Doctor: How Can I Stop My Migraines?

Question: I’ve suffered from crippling migraine headaches since college, and they’re getting worse in middle age. I have tried every prescription drug under the sun, […]

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LAST MINUTE (AND YES, SURE-FIRE) MOTHER’S DAY GIFTS

You don’t have a gift yet, do you? Not surprising … I’ve always found Mother’s Day (and Father’s Day, for that matter) to be among […]

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Mother’s Day Alert: Mann Center Concerts

If you still haven’t figured out what to get mom for Mother’s Day — which, in case you’ve totally spaced, is this Sunday — we […]

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Frugal Culture: Something Intangible

Tickets for the Arden’s latest production Something Intangible — a world premiere from local playwright Bruce Graham about two brothers in 1940s Hollywood that can’t […]

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STREET STYLE: Old City

Happy Friday! So remember in our first issue of The Goods when we showed you what lots of Old City boutique owners and their staffs […]

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Pulse: At Your Service: Beachy Keen

Hair CarePrep your locks for months of fun in the sun (and the chlorine) with AMS Salon & Lounge’s $25 Biomin-Oil Treatment. It deep-conditions locks, […]

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Pulse: Retail Report: Happening: Fair With Flare

Now in its sixth year, Art Star Craft Bazaar is a budding-designer event that has grown into a can’t-miss shopping stop for design mavens. On […]

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Pulse: Retail Report: Local Spotlight: Minor Mane

Center City mom Tami Dimmerman had an aha moment after a fruitless search for a product that could tame her baby’s hair but was gentle […]

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Pulse: Retail Report: Now Open: Jean Queen

Area mini-chain Smith Bros. may have shuttered its stores, but it isn’t gone for good: It simply merged with growing franchise National Jean Company, which […]

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Pulse: Pursuits: 60-Second Critic: Bike Pottstown

While Philly studies the practicality of bike sharing, Pottstown is doing it. Stop into Tri-County Bicycles, hand over your ID, and tool away on a […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Romances: Mystery Date

It’s so not easy playing princess to the Prince of South Philly these days: Whatever fun there was in being photographed arm-in-arm with Vince Fumo, […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Brooke De la Villanova: High Society

Just back from the high-glam nuptials of Casey Glass, great-granddaughter of the founder of Boyds, and dashing Lyle Slivka at Palm Beach’s stately Mar-a-Lago, which […]

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Pulse: Pursuits: Q&A: David Brenner

You haven’t toured since 2001. Why now? It’s my 40th anniversary in the business, but also, I wanted to get people laughing during this recession/depression. […]