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Exit Interview: Paul DiMeo

Media’s most emotional handyman stars on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Like the heart-wrenching reality TV show that’s made Paul DiMeo famous (and may send him […]

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Home: Garden: Bonsais for Beginners

During the winter, your options for getting greenery indoors aren’t limited to Christmas trees and Chia Pets. Bonsais, which bud from the same seed as […]

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Health: Get on Board

Snowboard your way slim this winter When the temperature is below freezing, it can be hard to motivate yourself to exercise. But instead of boycotting […]

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Talula’s Table Review: A Seat at the Table

Talula’s Table is a new culinary hybrid: a gourmet market, a casual café, and, after hours, a fine-dining restaurant. There are shelves of high-­quality packaged […]

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Wedding: Travel: Honeymoon: Paradise Island

Continue your wedding day VIP treatment at The Cove Atlantis — the resort-within-a-resort located on Paradise Island. Designed by Jeffrey Beers and located within the […]

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A Salon to Call Home

Giovanni Mele spent this past New Year’s Eve — incidentally, his birthday — moving his decade-old hair salon, Giovanni & Pileggi, to a new home […]

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Wedding: Travel: Honeymoon: St. Maarten

We’ll go so far as to call St. Maarten the most laid-back destination in the Caribbean for this reason: For over 350 years, the island’s […]

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Home: Projects: Before + After

A 1960s Paoli ranch gets an uplifting update When it was time to expand her family home, designer Isabel Heimark worked from the outside in […]

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Highlight: The Swining

There are only a few annual events in Philadelphia that I would rate on the don’t-miss level, and Pig Iron Theatre Company’s benefit party at […]

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Good Life: Homegrown: Pillow Talk

Main line pillow designer Lori Shinal’s products available at Barneys New York If a cushion can be as impeccably chic, as subtly rich, as wholly […]

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Projects: Kitchen Mission

A chef gives her bubbes’ recipes a whirl  Some presents come with strings attached. Others come with unbreakable bonds. A few months ago, my mother […]

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Food For Thought: Think Spring

Now’s the time to buy into the latest eat-local trend to guarantee your fair share of all those August tomatoes Philly’s top chefs and their […]

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Good Life: The 411: Shopping: Urban Outpost

Elle Belle by Diane Beloff opens up in Rittenhouse Those of you who rely on Haverford’s Diane Beloff for your most fashionable finds, rejoice: Beloff […]

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Good Life: The 411: Spas: A New Coat of Polish

It’s hard to imagine a nail studio that’s cozier — or more elegant — than Wayne’s Polished Spa & Boutique It’s hard to imagine a […]

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Good Life: The 411: Abode: Home Cookin’

More evidence that retail east of Broad is ready to kick off its training pants: smart new Kitchenette, a bright, well-organized ­basement-level boutique for those […]