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Home: Color Theory
Minimalist design has a reputation for being cold and untouchable, but Paula Hian breaks every hard-edged rule in her warm and welcoming town home. She […]
The New Status Accessory
I once met a man who employed not one but two personal assistants, who worked in his house near Rittenhouse Square, taking care of the […]
Buzz: April 2006
When we last left Temple film-school grads Keith Fulton and Lou Pepe, they were harvesting accolades for Lost in La Mancha, their documentary chronicling the […]
Home: Design Central: Class Act
“Welcome to Shangri-la,” says Shelley Reibstein as she turns the key and swings open the door to one of her current projects, an apartment in […]
Pulse: The Philly Mag Endorsement
What: The book Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking; $24.95). Who: Gilbert is a supremely talented 36-year-old writer who relocated to Roxborough six months […]
Pulse: Bottle Report
When Fit Pregnancy magazine recently declared Philadelphia one of the country’s worst cities for breastfeeding — it finished 48th out of 50 and earned an […]
Home: Test Run: Lending a Hand
There exists a certain breed of blender whose small motor gains extra power from your strong arm. The Cuisinart Cordless Rechargeable Hand Blender ($49.95, the […]
Awards: Best anonymous, unsolicited e-mail of the month
To: Philadelphia magazine Re: the 76ers guns-for-tickets program [in which working firearms could be turned in to police in exchange for a pair of game […]
Pulse: The Slacker’s End
Since 1994, MBA students at Penn’s Wharton School have been forbidden to tell fellow students, recruiters and potential employers their grades. Well, that’s not entirely […]
PUlse: All the Mayor’s Men
Barring any out-of-left-field scandals — a candidate’s trip to Bimini with a woman not his wife, for example — political campaigns tend not to hold […]
Home: Collector’s Corner: Collective Soul
As the youngest child of seven, Gibbs Connors didn’t have a lot of clout during playtime. Whenever his brothers decided it was time for a […]
From the Editor: April 2006
I have mixed feelings about our cover package. Sure, I’m interested in who earns what — it’s only natural to be curious about whether we’re […]
Home: Making Room: Shed Sweet Shed
I know exactly what I want. It’s a Victorian, clapboard, with window boxes and a front porch and a gambrel roof with gingerbread trim. I […]
Off the Cuff: April 2006
Let me refresh your memory on a sorry episode that took place in this city a few weeks ago, something you’ve probably forgotten because our […]
AC Now: Gucci + Sale =
Happy, happy shopper, especially if the Gucci at the Pier at Caesars has just one pair of these amazing wedges with an embroidered floral heel […]