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Taste: Lazy Spoon
In his workshop near Allentown, Jonathan Simons carves cherry-wood into shapely kitchen utensils. It’s his hardworking “lazy” collection we—and Rachael Ray—like best. The spoons, ladles […]
Love in the Time of Paranoia
You could say Demy and Christi were an odd couple. Most people did. They made a striking pair: Christi, a petite Korean-American with beautiful waist-length […]
Elegant Wedding: Relationships: When Momzilla Attacks
You love your mom. You want to love his mom. Here's how to still feel that way when the wedding's over. Zoey S.* liked the […]
Elegant Wedding: Dining Out
From Barbecue to a beachfront banquet, when you're planning your wedding meal outdoors, the sky's the limit Picnics at the lake, buttery fresh crabs caught […]
Ask the Experts: Who Gets Host Props?
Q: The money for our wedding is coming from several pots. My folks are chipping in, my future in-laws are giving us money, and my […]
Bridal Bouquet: Fit for a Princess
Two self-taught jewelry mavens can make your wedding Leah Johns, the talent behind Philadelphia-based Leah Pauline Jewelry, creates jewelry perfect for a bride who wants […]
Bridal Bouquet: Custom Cut
If the racks at the area's bridal salons don't hold the dress of your If the racks at the area's bridal salons don't hold the […]
The Best 48 Hours in A.C.
Two weeks ahead of time Leave a dinner reservation request on the answering machine at Café 2825 (609-344-6913). Hope that your reservation is made, because […]
Best of the Shore: June 2006
LBI Surfing Holyoke Avenue and the beach, Holgate. Don’t come to Holyoke Avenue if you’re a kook who’s still perfecting his pop-up. This stretch of […]
Darwin’s Angels
IF HISTORIANS ARE WONDERING, it’s safe to say that the trial of Tammy Kitzmiller et al. v Dover Area School District et al. — the […]
Island of the Exes
PEOPLE OFTEN SAY THAT PHILADELPHIA IS SMALL. This isn’t really true, because we’re a city of 135 square miles and around 1.5 million people. That’s […]
Drugstore Cowboys
There’s a CVS drugstore four minutes from Anita Morena’s apartment in Clementon, New Jersey. She used to fill her prescriptions there. But on a Tuesday […]
Requiem for Chili Dawg
ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 10, 2004, an electrician named Fino Cachola was at a grocery store in Bala Cynwyd. Fino, a.k.a. “Chili Dawg,” age […]
Stubble Be Gone!
Wahl 4000 $60 at area Sears stores Wahl has been providing barbers with professional clippers since 1919, so we hoped for great results from its […]
Creative Buzz: June 2006
New York Times best-seller William Lashner is a local lad, and his new thriller, Marked Man, has shady Philly attorney Victor Carl chasing exotic dancers […]