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Pulse: Health: Rude Awakening
If worrying about why you can’t sleep at night is keeping you awake, you’re not alone. Last year, 49 million Americans shelled out $4.5 billion […]
Good Life: The Mix: Trend: Sewing Circles
First, a knitting craze spawned stitching-and-bitching. Now, sewing is the new micro-trend in the handmade = cool movement. Thankfully, the revival is all about chic […]
Good Life: The Mix: Lowdown: October 2008
Manayunk’s Ligne Roset is having a three-day sale at which floor models and overstock (including this signature Toga chair) are reduced by up to 75 […]
Pulse: Chatter : Media : Philadelphia Magazine 100 Years
In honor of our centennial, we look back at some of the stories that shaped Philly Mag As Gaeton Fonzi and Greg Walter wrote in […]
Web Original: Critic’s Notebook: Vegetarian Foodies, Rejoice!
Few people appreciate southern BBQ or perfectly cooked lamb chops more than me, but because of the high-calorie, high-fat nature of my job, I almost […]
The Making of a Philly Restaurant 2008: Open Secrets
STEPHEN STARR “When we were opening Morimoto in Philadelphia [in 2001], we were behind, as we always are. We had ordered the bamboo for the […]
Taste: Annotated Recipe: Chocolate Chip and Dried Cherry Cookies
Ingredients: 1 c. rolled oats3 c. all-purpose flour1 ¾ tsp. baking powder1 ½ tsp. baking soda1 ¼ tsp. kosher salt1 ½ c. unsalted butter1 ¼ […]
The Making of a Philly Restaurant 2008
IT TOOK DAYS to achieve exactly the right color for the walls. First painting, then sponging, from the overpriced new wood floor to the sound-absorbing […]
Pulse: Philadelphicon: Henri Davids Halloween
It was 1968 when Henri David — a 22-year-old Jewish kid from Strawberry Mansion — first decided to throw a Halloween party. He would host […]
Web Original: Suburban Mom Roundtable
Meet the ladies: [sidebar]Sandy Hingston, 51, lives in Montgomery County, is an editor at Philadelphia magazine, and has been married for 25 years, with two […]
Web Original: Style Report: Special Sales at Pileggi and Piccolini and a New Theory
Rittenhouse’s new kids’ store Piccolini is having a pretty special/unusual sale on Saturday: They’ve got three, super-cool Stokke Xplory basic strollers (one red, one black […]
Good Life: The Mix: Tastemaker: Sarah Van Aken
Who: Custom-clothing designer and Center City resident, with models showing off the uniforms she designed for snazzy Izakaya, the Borgata’s newest eatery. Where she got […]
Pulse: Chatter : Media : Hometown Anti-Hero
Add a writer to the list of locals fleeing the suburbs for the city. Playwright/screenwriter Bruce Graham, whose plays include the much-praised Philly Fan and […]
Web Original: Where I’m Eating: Bistrot La Minette
New in Queen Village, Bistrot La Minette provides a more subdued setting than that other new French bistro in Rittenhouse (ahem, Parc). And while it’s […]
Pulse:Chatter:Media:News Hounding
IT HAS OF course, been a riveting year in local TV media, what with the return of a prodigal weatherman and the salacious front-page saga […]