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Wedding: Wild at Heart

There’s so much more than flowers to bring the beauty of nature to your wedding day Like many brides-to-be, I found the inspiration for my […]

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Philadelphia Phillies Owners: The Phantom Five

THREE DAYS BEFORE the official start of the 2008 baseball season, the Philadelphia Phillies are treating their friends in the city chamber of commerce to […]

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Taste: Trend: Your 7:30 P.M. Pick-Me-Up

With more than 30 Starbucks shops within a 10-mile radius of Center City, there’s no doubt we love our coffee. Now, it’s not only for […]

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Taste: Recipe: Having a Ball

Frank Marandino, concierge of the Rittenhouse Hotel and Condominiums, is used to directing guests all over town to satisfy their desires. If asked to suggest […]

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Taste: In Search of … French Baguettes

There’s a lot of fabulous artisanal bread in Philadelphia. But we wanted to find out if our bakers could create a proper baguette, the quintessential […]

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Taste: A BYOB for Old City

Bistro 7 is a BYOB, which, in the parlance of the Philadelphia restaurant scene, means much more than the absence of a liquor license. Today’s […]

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Taste: Spirits: Bittersweet

Bitters are medicinal spirits, and definitely an acquired taste. Best known are Angostura bitters in tiny bottles, measured by the drop. Infused wines, like vermouths, […]

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Taste: Reviews: Globe-Tripping

Mimosa in East Goshen has its quirks — hard chairs, long gaps between courses, and a cacophony of flavors in certain dishes, to name a […]

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Taste: Cookbook: Young & Hungry

His first cooking experience was a disaster, he never went to culinary school, and he never trained in a restaurant, but Philadelphia-born David Lieberman has […]

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Taste: Reviews: Italian Revival

In a gleaming open kitchen, against a backdrop of stainless steel, a woman in a black chef’s jacket works the hot line confidently, her titian […]

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Taste: Eat This Now: Crudo at Positano Coast

The mandatory raw-fish appetizer travels under the name crudo at Positano Coast, the reconceived Lamberti’s Cucina in Old City. Such dishes are sold elsewhere as […]

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Features: Home: Size Matters: Tips for Living Large and Small

How to make small rooms look bigger 1. Color. One of the biggest misconceptions is that painting a small space white makes it appear bigger. […]

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Mystery: Trashed

TINY TULLYTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, population 2,090, sits on the banks of the Delaware River, 25 miles from Philadelphia. It’s an old, modest town to which the […]

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Legends: Requiem for a Heavyweight

ON A WINTRY day last February, Joe Frazier’s eponymous gym was slowly coming to life. A handful of young fighters stretched and wrapped their hands; […]

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Profile: The Gray Revolution

IT’S A DELICIOUS day. At Love Park, a lunchtime crowd is lazily soaking up sunshine. A young woman in a bright summer dress drapes a […]