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Exit Interview: Kat Dennings
You may know Kat Dennings as the brat on Sex and the City who hired Samantha to publicize her bat mitzvah, or as the smart-ass […]
Taste: Eat This Now: Marc Vetris Recipes
More than any other chef in the city, Marc Vetri has the magic. Not only does he run our most charming restaurant (Osteria) and our […]
The Legacy
WHILE HIS OLD man worked, the Kid usually spent the day screwing up. He skipped school. He chewed tobacco in the back of class. He […]
Performance Review: Candide at the Arden
Voltaire’s CandideMusic by Leonard BernsteinDirected by Terrence J. Nolen Strengths … It almost goes without saying: Leonard Bernstein’s musical score. True, there is a story […]
Brawl on the Square
THE WARS THAT are fought around Rittenhouse Square are usually quite civil. Occasionally, a perfect apartment in one of the best buildings will become available […]
Business: Blowin in the Wind
THE SEVEN-TON-PLUS fiberglass blade hangs from heavy chains near the giant, coffin-like mold that made it, stretching nearly 150 feet down the factory floor. Workers […]
Good Life: Style Adviser: Fall Into Style
ON HER Nicholas K sweatshirt, $310, Shelly Steffee shirt, $95, and Alice Ritter skirt, $345, all at Petulia’s Folly. Antipast knee socks, $36, Martin Margiela […]
Sports: Golden Boy
AL GOLDEN CAN pinpoint the moment he realized he belonged at Temple. He was touring the campus in 2005, smuggled into town via a bit […]
The Existential Crisis of the Wait-at-Home Mom
THEIR KIDS ARE in school. Their husbands are at work. It’s 10 o’clock on a Friday morning, and these women have nothing they need to […]
Pulse: Chatter: Politics: Biden Time
During the cold, endless winter of the Democratic presidential nomination process, many of Philadelphia’s power players chose to ignore the state’s “third senator” and put […]
Pulse: Chatter: So Much for the Home Team
Phillies home-run hitter Ryan Howard may have scored big when he signed on as a celebrity spokesman for Subway last winter, but for local fans, […]
Power: Whiffing on Wi – Fi
IT WAS DIANAH Neff who would do this. With short hair that fluctuated between chestnut and burgundy, and a penchant for boxy, sometimes loud clothing, […]
Good Life: Postcard: Greetings from Barcelona
Built by the Romans and splashed with the brilliant colors of Antoni Gaudí’s modernist palette, Barcelona is a treasure of a city — a place […]
Pulse: Chatter: Film: Access Bollywood
With big-budget films from Marley & Me to Transformers 2 shooting here, Philadelphia is staking its claim to the title of Hollywood East. But could […]
Good Life: The Mix: How We Spend: Gold Diggers
Jane O’Mara anxiously pulls out a Ziploc baggie and dumps a mound of tarnished gold jewelry on the table. With black-rimmed magnifying glasses perched on […]