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Health: Sweat Like You Mean It

Since you’ll be down the shore this summer, you’ll need to find a way to stay in shape that doesn’t take up all of your […]

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Facing the Music

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Pulse: 60-Second Critic: Website: The Next Mayor

WEBSITEThe Next Mayorthenextmayor.com The Next Mayor website is proof that dinosaur media outlets, given a little leadership and resources, don’t always mess things up. A […]

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How to Have Fun: Fun Philly Moments

1.    William Penn’s heirs gyp the Lenape out of their territory by hiring the colony’s best runners to carry out the terms of the “Walking […]

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How to Have Fun: Fun Philadelphians

Ed Rendell Ever see him eat? Leah Kauffman “I’ve got a crush on Obama. …”Edgar Allan Poe No, really, the life of the party! Sharon […]

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How to Have Fun

1. Ride a zipline. Soar through the foliage from 40 feet up — and try not to close your eyes, ya big chicken. Spring ­Mountain, […]

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Wedding: Travel: Get Outta Here: Chic Shopping

You don’t have to have a destination wedding to skip town with your nearest and dearest; instead, plan a pre-wedding weekend to this bachelorette-party-perfect hot […]

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Good Life: Trimmings: Wrist Watch

From top:Bell & Ross limited-edition blue chronograph with black rubber strap, $6,500, and Ulysse Nardin Maxi Marine Diver with blue rubber strap, $9,400, both at […]

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The Anthropologist

Dick Hayne went shopping a couple years back. It was spring, and Hayne, an avid vegetable gardener, needed seeds. He also needed some tomato plants, […]

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Good Life: Homegrown: Building Beauty

James and Karen Moustafellos may design and handcraft their simple but striking jewelry in a Philadelphia studio, but their sculptural wears evoke the aesthetic of […]

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A Teacher’s Story

It’s been over a year now since the injury. On February 23rd, 2008, at 11:10 a.m., I was with my friend Elan. “How do you […]

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Good Life: Trend: Minor Movement

Varsity Fitness After-school programs (including homework help), private sessions, athletic conditioning, top-notch equipment and Dance Dance Revolution make this Main Line gym parent- and kid-friendly. […]

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Good Life: The Mix: Survivor Savants

WHO Sisters Jeanette Caligiuri (left), a breast cancer survivor, and Bonnie Scalfaro (right), who, due to her family history, underwent a preventive double mastectomy. WHAT […]

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Good Life: The Mix: Lowdown

Omoi, the sunshine-bright boutique on Pine Street, is having a tent sale July 11th through 13th, with guys’ and girls’ apparel (like this blouse from […]

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Good Life: Debut: Pants

When men need to shop for anything but suits around here, their store options are limited. Which is something that Jon Segal, owner of brand-new […]