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60-Second Critic June 2006
Film Loverboy ThinkFilm “I was like the great jewelers of the Byzantine, sorting through full stacks of stones,” says Emily, played by Kyra Sedgwick, of […]
Trendy Getaways: Must Love Dogs
ON OUR FIRST morning together in Manhattan, Jake and I wake up early. Although our chic suite on the 14th floor of the W New […]
What’s In Store: Chef for a Day
Early on a Wednesday evening at the Fretz Corporation’s Northeast Philadelphia headquarters, cheese and crackers are set out on platters and waiters circulate with trays […]
Green Thumb: Growing Organic
Few gardeners are more creative than Glenn Brendle, who converts used oil from 30 Philadelphia restaurants to heat two greenhouses and his Gap home for […]
Green Thumb: Growing Together
If you dig too far in the dirt patch by the chain fence, you’ll hit bricks from where the old middle school used to be. […]
Homefront: Ground Advice
When spring weather arrives, it’s time to liven up your winter-worn garden with new shrubs, trees and flowers. Before grabbing your trowel, take some advice […]
Homefront: Million-Dollar Baby
Baby blue and pink pale in comparison to the bold colors and smart designs of today’s nurseries, which are giving expectant parents plenty to gaga […]
Homefront: All Propped Up
Well-dressed tables are no longer the stuff of fantasy magazine spreads — at least not since the Product Gallery opened in Lambertville last November. Lynn […]
Homefront: Steeling Beauty
Bittersweet, wisteria and thick trumpet vines surround the rustic homemade gazebo that New Hope furniture maker Fred Odell calls his showroom. Inside, four kinds of […]
Pulse: Social Diary: How to Social-Cimb With Your Kids
It was during the first kids’ birthday party I attended, four months after becoming a stepmother, that I realized there was another ritual of parenthood […]
Pulse: Buzz June 2006
Buzz loves a good brawl, which is why we’re happy to report that “I’ll kick this guy’s ass!” were the first words uttered by local […]
Pulse: Neil Stein Eats Iceberg Lettuce
Rick Mariano is a man who likes to eat, so as he’s sentenced to prison this month, we wrote our town’s most notorious restaurateur and […]
The Fine Print: The Life Aquatic
Everyone remembers a pool. If you didn’t have one growing up, then it was down the street, around the corner or in a friend’s back […]
Pulse: The (Fake) Nazis Are Coming!
If you drive through Reading this month, you might see dozens of grown men sporting swastikas, SS insignia and vintage Nazi sidearms. Are Berks County’s […]
Philadelphian to Watch: June 2006
Who: Bobby Convey, a 23-year-old midfielder who was once the Great White Hope of American soccer, before 16-year-old Freddy Adu arrived on the scene. Why: […]