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Travel: Quick Weekend Getaways: Chestertown, MD

Yes, we love claw-foot tubs, four-poster beds and four-course dinners. But equally important to any weekend-splurge-at-an-inn is getting the rhythm of your stay right. Pack […]

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Travel: Quick Weekend Getaways: Baltimore, MD

By the end of this month, assuming all of the stars align properly, Suchita (that’s my wife) and I will have made settlement on our […]

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Travel: Sun Direct: Hollywood, Florida

Why: Just over a year old, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is already making South Florida feel like Vegas, boasting the state’s largest […]

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Travel: Sun Direct: Curaçao

Why: It’s the Caribbean island everyone-you-know hasn’t been to—yet. The largest of the Netherlands Antilles, Curaçao has turquoise waters and a rich heritage that are […]

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Travel: Sun Direct: Bermuda

Why: Barely a two-hour flight, and you’re walking on petal-pink sand beaches or taking in the other manicured charms of this upscale but friendly island. […]

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Travel: We’ll Take (Old) Manhattan

“I want an old-fashioned winter weekend in New York,” I tell my husband as we check into the Regency on Park Avenue, one of my […]

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Fragrance: 3121

There’s nothing subtle about Prince — he is, after all, an artist who changed his name to a symbol. So it’s no surprise that his […]

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Travel: Moorestown

American Heritage The Smith-Cadbury Mansion (top left) was the centerpiece of a large farm in the 1700s; owner Richard Smith hosted General Lafayette during the […]

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NONFICTION: Flow: The Life and Times of Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River

How you feel about Flow will depend on your receptivity to its conceit: Main Liner Kephart (A Slant of Sun; Still Love in Strange Places) […]

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Rosaire’s Big Bears Show

Maybe ultra-shock movies have desensitized us, but the bears under this not-so-big top don’t really offer the “amazing thrills” promised by the similarly ho-hum Clementon […]

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Steel Pier Helicopter

At the very tip of Steel Pier sits an impossibly tiny Robinson R44 Clipper, which will take you on a wobbly tour of Atlantic City’s […]

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The Boardwalk at Hershey Park

Hershey’s impressive new $21 million water park serves up G-force nightmares with the Vortex and several other “aggressive thrill rides” sure to please those with […]

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BOP Spotlight: Furniture Worth Splurging On

Most of the items don’t wear price tags at this swank contemporary furniture mecca, where leather-upholstered beds and sectional sofas can run you close to […]

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Home: Homefront: Green Inspiration

This local business takes shelving to a new (and green) level. From the effortless way Iola Design’s bamboo shelving flows across a wall, it’s hard […]

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Home: Homefront: Steal This Idea

A local Philly designer uses artificial grass indoors for an instant sum- mer update If summer in the city is leaving you yearning for a […]