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Exit Interview: John Legend

OH, TO BE John Legend, blessed with the brains to attend Penn at age 16, the gift of a silky voice, and the luck to […]

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Good Life: The Mix: The Sultan of South Street

Ms. Tootsie’s Soul Food Cafe Parker bought this restaurant in ’99 and turned it into the finger-licking-good soul-food spot that it is today. (Don’t miss […]

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Good Life: Style Adviser: A Fashionable Fourth

Ladies Sir Alistair Rai Bollywood Collection scarf, $132 at Lolita. Bing Bang gold necklace, $390 at Sugarcube. Bellissima yellow enamel bracelet, $36 at Katye K. […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Brooke de la Villanova: High Society: July 2008

Real estate may be in the doldrums (Edgar is still trying to unload our condo in West Palm), but it feels like everyone’s moving. The […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Neighborhoods: It Takes a Midtown Village

For years now, the stretch of 13th Street between Chestnut and Walnut — a.k.a. the heart of the Gayborhood — has been changing. First came […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Aquaman

Competition’s fierce in the specialty-water world these days; last year, Coca-Cola paid $4.1 billion for Vitaminwater and signed gansta rapper 50 Cent to shill for […]

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Zahav Review: The Interpreter

As executive chef at Marigold Kitchen, one of the city’s best-reviewed BYOBs, Michael Solomonov earned accolades in the pages of food glossies. Young and photogenic, […]

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Guess What’s Coming With Dinner?

"THE DINING AREA seemed clean enough. I identified myself as a public health inspector and asked to see the kitchen. I went back and all […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Arts: Comic Relief

Jane Golden launched her Mural Arts Program 24 years ago as both a fight against graffiti and a way to bring creativity into young inner-city […]

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Taste: Eat This Now: BLT

The simple BLT might just be the sandwich of July 2008. July is, after all, the height of New Jersey tomato season, and 2008 is […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Sports: Games Plan

Brendan HansenSport: SwimmingHometown: HavertownAge: 26Forte: 100m and 200m breaststroke Why to watch: The world record-breaker and three-time Olympic medalist will likely see (almost) as much […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Law: Trial Run

The recent trial of Cyril Wecht, the celebrity coroner from Pittsburgh, might not — at first blush — seem tied to the case confronting retiring […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Philadelphia Magazine 100 Years: July 2008

In honor of our centennial, we look back at some of the stories that shaped Philly Mag  “Guess What’s Coming With Dinner?” (November 1972) was […]

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Pulse: Philadelphicon: “Watch the Tram Car, Please”

Every summer during the 1970s, my brothers and I piled into my parents’ brown Buick and headed to Wildwood for a week at some gaudy […]

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Taste: Annotated Recipe: Cole Slaw

This version of cole slaw from Northern Liberties’ Honey’s became an instant ­favorite. They updated the iconic side with colorful, snappy veggies, a dose of […]