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Pulse: Chatter: That’s How We J-Roll

Spring training often nets good stories, but how players get there usually isn’t one of them. While Pat Burrell showed up in a tricked-out Hummer, […]

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Good Life: Debut: Peanut Butter & Jane

When Theresa Benincasa gives you a tour of her new Parisian-playroom-evoking children’s boutique, Peanut Butter & Jane, she laughs at the store’s small size and […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Welcome to Fantasy Island?

Michael Nutter promised to bring Philadelphia back to fiscal responsibility while tackling a crippling wage tax and debilitating pension costs. But with Hizzoner’s first budget, […]

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Loco Parentis: A Tangled Web

MY DAUGHTER MARCY and her boyfriend Mario are sitting on my living room sofa, aiming her cell-phone camera at themselves. They kiss, shoot, check the […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Philadelphia Magazine 100 Years: Julius Erving

Philly Mag has long chronicled the city’s obsession with its sports heroes (who else would give Rocky his own statue?), and with his family-guy, dignified […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Ta-Ta, Wawa

Panic from the February closing of the 17-year-old Wawa at 20th and Locust went beyond the expected outrage from Dorchester party girls. (Where else to […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Tarnished Idol

While American Idol fans across the country count down the weeks to the coronation of the newest pop-star pinup this month, Philadelphians watch with broken […]

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Good Life: How We Spend: Trend: Hot Mamas

Recently, a friend of mine, fresh from yoga at the Bellevue, overheard a conversation between two fellow gym-goers — one of whom was out-to-there pregnant. […]

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Pulse: Philadelphicon: The Devon Horse Show

It’s not like ours is the only horse-and-carriage show out there. We get that. And you won’t find cascades of mint juleps, nor quite the […]

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Taste: Ideas: Too Comfortable

The March “How America Eats” issue of Bon Appetit spotted a new trend for 2005: Comfort food is in. Most of the magazine’s picks are […]

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Taste: Sweeter Lucy’s

Sweeter Lucy’sThere’s little reason to venture to the vicinity of State and Rhawn in the Great Northeast unless you’re looking for the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, or […]

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Taste: Spirits: Out of Africa

When we picture Africa, baking-hot climates come to mind. But South Africa’s coast is temperate, cooled by Antarctic currents. The region’s long wine history and […]

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Taste: Scene: Goodbye, Buffets

Atlantic City casino dining, long limited to all-you-can-eat buffets and high-roller steakhouses, is no longer a gamble. The Borgata evened the odds in 2003 with […]

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Taste: Reviews: The French Evolution

The roi is restless. Again. He’s recouped his fifth Mobil star, and pinned it to the lapels of his serving staff. He’s won nearly every […]

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Jerry Blavat Finds the Fountain of Youth

Monday “Yo man, it’s the Geator! … I just got out of the hospital, but I’m dancing and doing my thing! … Yeah, why don’t […]