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The Best B&B Getaways: Haddonfield Inn

10 miles from Philadelphia (20 minutes by car) You’d never know it in the midst of Center City, but 10 or so miles southeast of […]

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Class Acts: The $212,000,000 School

I have seen the future of education, and it seems to have a lot in common with a Phillies luxury suite. [sidebar]Okay, I’m exaggerating, but […]

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The Best B&B Getaway: The Woolverton Inn

It’s not just the understated English decorative touches that so enhance the experience here, or the owners’ English springer, Tom, who romps around the property, […]

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The Best B&B Getaways: The Inn at Irving Place

As the brownstone’s imposing door, marked only with an equally imposing door knocker, swings open, you’ll be sure you’ve accidentally stumbled into a high-society soiree. […]

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Class Acts

Science & Technology [sidebar]The Agnes Irwin SchoolGirls-only day, K-12; tuition $25,200.* Ithan Avenue and Conestoga Road, Rosemont, 610-525-8400, agnesirwin.org The mix of intensive classes and […]

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The Best B&B Getaways: Fairthorne Bed & Breakfast

Our suite at Fairthorne Cottage: Two cushy rooms that include a flat-screen TV and a couch that encourages a long-overdue ­catnap, and open windows with […]

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Charles Ramsey’s War

THE POLICE COMMISSIONER REMOVES his glasses, wipes his forehead with a napkin, then grinds his right thumb and forefinger into his temples. He’s sitting shotgun […]

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Ticket Alert: The 20th-Century Musical Vault

To avoid scalpers and Craigslist scams, consult this handy guide to the shows soon to go on sale… This Saturday at 10 a.m., the Borgata […]

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Web Original: New Threads and Oms

Center City just got another reliable spot for threading: Anju Threads, which is on 10th between Spruce and Locust. By our count, it’s only the […]

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Web Original: My Guity Pleasure

As if risotto wasn’t rich and delicious enough, some crafty Sicilian had to go and invent the arancini, a fried ball of the creamy Italian […]

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Web Original: Critic’s Notebook: Seek Out Sun Golds

If you head to any of the area’s weekly farmers’ markets — I spied some at Headhouse Farmers’ Market last week — you’ve probably spied […]

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The Best B&B Getaways: Brampton Inn

If you, reader, are like us, and the majority of the parenting population of Pennsylvania, you have reached the days when a kid-free dinner at […]

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The Best B&B Getaways: Inn at 202 Dover

Word is that Easton is the ideal historic village. That it’s home to a beloved art museum, quiet streets and friendly bartenders. That its quirky […]

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The Best B&B Getaways: Bridgeton House

Charles Briggs was a cabinetmaker before he and his wife Bea bought this circa-1836 house along the Delaware River and restored it, and his skill […]

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Kanella Review: It’s Cypriot to Me

Few people remember South Philly BYOB Meze, unless they ate there during Konstantinos Pitsillides’s short tenure as chef in 2006. Inquirer restaurant critic Craig LaBan […]