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SPRINGTIME IN THE CITY: New York City

There are better-named neighborhoods in New York City —  ones whose monikers aren’t evocative of animal slaughter —  and yet no ’hood is trendier right […]

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A SKI SOJOURN: Lake Placid, NY

There’s something so pure, so untouched, so dreamy —  so utterly un-Philly —  about the Adirondacks that it’s easy to feel like you’ve wandered into […]

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Pulse: At Your Service: Spring-Clean Your Life

SEE THE TOP 6 WAYS TO SPRING-CLEAN YOUR LIFE HERE  Ahhh, spring: the perfect time to get everything in your world back on track. Start […]

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Real Estate 2009: Dispatches From the Field

Plymouth Meeting/Lafayette HillDebra and Brian Snyder, family of four The niche: The New Main Line. Home: New construction in 2001, upscale development, 5,000 square feet […]

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Pulse: Retail Report: Movin’ On Up

Matthew Izzo, the furniture/apparel store, has moved to Old City with a two-floor spot on the stylish 3rd Street corridor. Along with Izzo’s original art […]

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Affordable Short Trips From Philadelphia

A SKI SOJOURN: Lake Placid, NY SPRINGTIME IN THE CITY: New York City THE GOURMET GETAWAY: Greenwich, CT THE MOUNTAIN TREK: Stowe, VT THE (NON-JERSEY) […]

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The 2009 Real Estate Survival Guide

The 2009 Real Estate Survival Guide Dispatches From the Field THE NUMBERS: Philadelphia Neighborhoods THE NUMBERS: Main Line and Select Zip Codes THE NUMBERS: Bucks […]

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Pulse: Retail Report: Now Open: Pretty Note-Worthy

Self-proclaimed “paper junkie” Cecilia Torres and her husband Nestor have turned their passion for pretty paper into a wonderfully vivid brick-and-mortar shop. At Casa Papel, […]

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Pulse: Retail Report: March Sales

Earnest Sewn (pictured), Sass & Bide and Hudson are just a few of the status jean lines that Third Street Habit is selling for an […]

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Pulse: Pursuits: 3 Questions For… Jane Pepper

Is there a clandestine arm of the PHS that deals in not-so-legal flora? Maybe they help you with your pre-show jitters? Ha! You know, there […]

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Mémé Review: Something Personal

Sitting in Mémé’s sunflower-yellow dining room, beside a table of strangers who are too close not to talk to, you feel like you’re having dinner […]

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Ticket Giveaway: Maceo Parker at the TLA

If you’ve never seen James Brown’s sax player live on stage, you are truly missing out. The 66-year-old Maceo Parker delivers one of the most […]

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Pulse: Fashion: Spring Eternal

SEE SPRING’S 7 TOP TRENDS HERE We know what you’re thinking. We’re not buying a whole new spring wardrobe, either. Instead, we’ve taken seven of […]

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Taste: Eat This Now: Sid’s Shrimp

Chances are you’ve never been to the corner of Broad and Belfield in North Philadelphia, and that, my friend, is your loss. Because should you […]

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Loco Parentis: Spy Mom

IT’S LATE AT night. Everyone else in the house is asleep. I’m alone in my office, sitting at my computer, doing something secret and shameful, […]