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Travel: An Art-filled Weekend in New York City

Drenched, tired, and in foolish shoes, I began my art-filled New York City weekend in a little coffee shop along one of those vacant stretches […]

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Travel: Travel With a Passion: Newport, RI

* What to do Tour mansions! The grand ­summer homes of long-ago New York socialites are on the Newport Preservation Society’s tour that includes the […]

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taste: lobster bak8

You don’t have to trek to Maine to indulge in summer's favorite dish. You don’t have to make the seven-hour trek to Maine this summer […]

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The Good Life: Suit-able

This summer, Ashley Primis wants guys to go gray. Light gray is the perfect complement to that pink tie he won’t admit he really wants […]

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The Good Life: On-Air Hair

Which salons do Philly’s African- American news anchors go to? Jessica Blatt replies: Never mind that Chenault-Fattah has Ivy League and law-school degrees, or that […]

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BOP Spotlight: Men’s Tees

Sparacino has been Ben Sherman mecca for a while now, but what keeps bringing our boyfriends and us back is its collection of soft, Barneys-worthy […]

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BOP Spotlight: Newly Arrived Cuisine

Philly had its Latin revolution, as chefs reached ever further south for culinary inspiration. Now our expanding dining scene has arrived at the Amazon. At […]

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El Toro

It’s hard playing little brother to Kingda Ka — Great Adventure’s 2005 golden child and, the park claims, the world’s tallest and fastest coaster — […]

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Travel: Travel With a Passion: Kennebunkport, ME

* What to do Elevate your culinary skills at the White Barn Inn’s cooking class getaway from November 4th through 6th. Chef Jonathan Cartwright hosts […]

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Travel: Travel With a Passion: Hudson River Valley, NY

* What To do The Storm King Art Center is a 500-acre outdoor sculpture garden 60 miles north of New York City with a permanent […]

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Travel: Travel With a Passion: Cooperstown, NY

* What to see Up in Last of the Mohicans country, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (above) waxes both poetic and playful […]

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Travel: Travel With a Passion: Charlottesville, VA

* What to do Thomas Jefferson’s neoclassical home, Monticello, is as historically fascinating as it is architecturally significant: Its dome and columns, of course, are […]

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Travel: Charleston Architecture

The rain started to fall not long after we arrived in downtown Charleston. We’re talking biblical-grade rain: fat and window-rattling, rain that came down so […]

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Travel: Travel With a Passion: Bucks County

* What to do Tour the James A. Michener Art Museum (above), with its collection of Pennsylvania Impressionist works, many of them given by Philly’s […]

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Travel: Travel With a Passion: Boston

* What to do From the Paul Revere House to the Nichols House Museum to the Old North Church, the city bursts with Colonial history […]