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The Last Mouthpiece

YOUR EYE LEAPS to it the instant you enter the room. You’re tempted to blink hard, just to be sure it’s really there. But it […]

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Arrivederci, South Philly

THERE IS NOTHING about Route 42 South, a nondescript stretch of freeway connecting the Walt Whitman Bridge to South Jersey, that says Rota. The same […]

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Web Original: Style Report: Two New Home Stores and a NYT Mention

Roche Bobois is a Paris-based home store that’s got a great collection of furniture that ranges from super-slick to more transitional to wildly colored statement […]

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Ticket Giveaway: David Sedaris at the Academy!!!

Though there have been some rumblings of late that NPR contributor and bestselling author David Sedaris might have a problematic relationship with the truth, I’m […]

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Movers and Shapers

A Who’s Who of DesignPhiladelphia DesignPhiladelphia began in 2005 with a single goal: to create an exhibition to show off the work of students from […]

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Web Original: Critic’s Notebook: New, Not Improved

Minar Palace, originally slated to debut in its new Walnut Street location months ago, is now finally open for business. But, a lot has changed […]

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Web Original: Center City Slim Down: Five Guys

You might start off your day with the best intentions, but fast-forward four hours, and that willpower has faded under the weight of never-ending conference […]

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Street Style, Week 4: September 26, 2008

Read the last Street Style here

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Web Original: Top 5 Fall-Themed Spa Treatments

Cold weather means dry, splotchy skin and unmaintained pedicures. (We get your logic — why keep tootsies in sandal-ready shape when they’re just going to […]

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Ticket Alert: Tina, the Pumpkins and Yes (Sort of)

The well-gammed Tina Turner comes to the Spectrum on Saturday, November 29th — a show strangely sponsored by Amway. Tickets actually went on sale a […]

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The Reporter

EDITOR’S NOTE: During the preparation of this article, suit was filed in Common Pleas Court by reporter Harry Karafin against the publisher of Philadelphia Magazine […]

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Taste: Dinner With…: Chef Alison Barshak

First dish I learned to cook: With supervision, pancakes.   My drink:Silver El Tesoro margarita: up, no salt, made with lime juice squeezed to order. […]

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Taste: Where We’re Eating: October 2008

NORTHBROOK MARKETPLACE Five nights a week at Northbrook MarketPlace, a pair of well-credentialed chefs (Guillermo Tellez and Rob Boone) turn the bounty of the Brandywine […]

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Bistro on the Brandywine Review: Eatin’ Good

The Parisian bistro is often replicated in America, but rarely do restaurateurs get the point. In France, bistros aren’t for fussbudgets; they don’t require reservations, […]

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Table 31 Review: Turning the Table

When Brasserie Perrier, Chris Scarduzio’s debut restaurant, opened in 1997, Philadelphia ate it up. It was the era of Carrie Bradshaw, dot-com millionaires and lobster […]