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Taste: Spirits: What to Drink: Trinchero Napa Reserve Cabernet Franc 2005

Cabernet franc may be lesser known than its famous cousin cabernet sauvignon, but it’s a noble in its own right Cabernet franc may be lesser […]

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Taste: Spirits: The Sommelier Drinks Beer

A brew can complement food as well as wine Many of us see beer and wine as opposites, but they have more in common than […]

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Carte Blanche

The city’s Top 10 interior designers invite us inside the most extravagant projects they’ve worked on THE ICONOCLAST: Floss Barber of Floss Barber, Inc. 1420 […]

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Taste: Annotated Recipe: Pineapple-Ginger Mojito

Careful attention is what makes the difference between most mojitos and G Lounge’s pineapple-ginger twist, designed by mixologist Tony Abou-Ganim For bar professionals, mixing a […]

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Exit Interview: Tina Fey

Upper Darby’s 30 Rock star hits theaters this month in Baby Mama When we last checked in with the supremely funny Tina Fey, she was […]

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Trips That Will Change Your Life: Learn to… Never Be Anxious Again

I can’t believe that I actually meditated. And that it actually worked "THE COLOR FOR the lungs is white,” said Kazzrie, our lovely blond meditation […]

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Inside the Mind of a … Genius?

Phillies manager, Charlie Manuel, has kept a bad reputation with fans and media, but do his players feel the same? Sunrise was still an hour […]

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The Last Days of the Philadelphia Lawyer

As lawyers get richer, is the quaint notion of “the Philadelphia Lawyer” becoming a thing of the past? Mark Alderman doesn’t look like the classic […]

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Pulse: 60-Second Critic: The Legacy of That Other Famous Kelly

Author, Daniel Boyne, explores the life of patriarch John B. Kelly Sr. In Philadelphia, the Kelly name invariably telegraphs Grace, movie icon-turned-princess, or John B. […]

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Pulse: 60-Second Critic: Exhibit: Baseball as America

From Harry Caray’s eyeglasses to a photo tribute to the Phillies—The National Baseball Hall of Fame has it all The National Constitution Center, through May […]

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Pulse: 60-Second Critic: Memoir: My Guy Barbaro

Does Prado’s account of Barbaro really gallop its way into our hearts? My Guy BarbaroBy Edgar Prado with John EisenbergHarperCollins; $25.95 Anyone who loves horses […]

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Pulse: 60-Second Critic: CD: The Hooters – Time Stand Still

The Hooters are back with a credible, mature album of new songs The HootersTime Stand StillMRI Associated; $15.99 After enduring a lengthy musical exile, disbanding […]

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Pulse: 60-Second Critic: Documentary: In A Dream

In a Dream depicts the painful look at a troubled soul whose gift of art came at a personal price It’s hard to watch Jeremiah […]

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Contrarian: Leave the Leather Bike Shorts at Home

Every year, Philly’s gay pride festival is the wackiest, wildest, most outrageous show in town IN JUNE, THE city will drape itself in the rainbow […]

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Business: Rolling in Dough

How two college pals franchised a Philly icon — and built a $50 million business that truly cuts the mustard WHEN DAN DIZIO got his […]