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Pulse: Getaway: Lounging in Lambertville
The Inn at Lambertville Station accomplished the damn near impossible: It kept my husband happy while I shopped in the antiques and home stores on […]
Pulse: Power: Closed Palm?
Sometime this summer, if the jittery rumormongering in the city’s legal-political establishment is to believed, the Palm will shut down temporarily, for renovations. Although the […]
Pulse: Affairs: Bubble Trouble
Has the bubble burst? A new report written by Kevin Gillen, a Wharton researcher who studies the Philadelphia real estate market, says Center City house […]
Pulse: Quick Takes
Guarino vs. the Weather Weenies The criticism for FOX 29 meteorologist Rob Guarino rains down like cats and dogs on wright-weather.com, a website for the […]
Pulse: Real Estate: Upper South Philly
The Scoop: One realtor calls it “Lower Italian Market”; another, “Bella Vista South.” A third presents it as “Center City South” to the New York […]
Pulse: Trends: The Campus Cocoon
Back in the day, when we went to college, you were lucky to have two electrical outlets per dorm room, not to mention a good […]
From the Editor
As we were putting together this issue, I broke bread with three people who — I realize now — all had a hand in the […]
Off the Cuff
If we have learned anything over the past 40 years of trying to improve the lives of the underclass, it is that coddling hasn’t worked. […]
Taste: Milking It
Trent Hendricks should not be a fromager. He’s never been on French soil, he’s a staunch Republican, and he’s never had any culinary training. But […]
Pulse: Affairs: Is Santorum the Top Target?
Will Republican Senator Rick Santorum head the Democrats’ Most Wanted List in 2006? The first evidence that his defeat will be a national priority is […]
Pulse: Affairs: Shaken Baby Shakeup
A lot of people dislike Dr. Jan Leestma, mostly because of who pays his bills. You may have seen him testifying on behalf of Scott […]
Pulse: Power: After Stern
In November, with strippers in tow, Howard Stern stood on the streets of Manhattan and handed out the $150 Sirius satellite radios you’ll soon need […]
Pulse: Power: The Parking Crusade
It didn’t take much digging before I detected a big source of worry on the Center City parking plan. As I wrote in November, Philly […]
Taste: In Search of … Vanilla Ice Cream
1 Turkey Hill Cost per serving: 16¢*Available at: Almost every major grocery storeBefore we started, one of the girls asked, “Did you include any run-of-the-mill […]
Pulse: Player: Alex Plotkin
When former Palm general manager Alex Plotkin set out to open Chops, his own steakhouse in Bala Cynwyd, he knew the suburban location would have […]