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The Good Life: Start Yer Engines
Lexus SC 430 The dent: $65,355 base What it’s got: A 288 hp V8 engine and a super-sleek Japanese design that screams, “Looky here!” What […]
The Good Life: Summer Jogging Gear
Enough with the Rocky-inspired running looks, people. We’re partial to beat-up tees, too, but the jogger-frump has gone too far. It’s time to update your […]
Pulse: Creative Buzz July 2006
University of Michigan history prof Matthew J. Countryman won the 2006 Liberty Legacy Foundation Award of the Organization of American Historians for Up South: Civil […]
60-Second Critic July 2006
DVD The Art of Vinyasa Flow Yoga Jennifer Schelter Available at yogaschelter.com; $20 If the phrase “chaturanga dandasana” isn’t part of your everyday vocabulary, this […]
Homefront: Oh! Olive Oil
So you know merlot from pinot. What about frantoio from kala-mata? At Mercato Restaurant, an Italian BYOB in Philadelphia, olive oil is the new wine, […]
Pulse: A.C. Journal: Hip Dreams
The Ascot Motel ought to be my favorite thing in Atlantic City right now. Opened in the 1950s and closed last year after a 40-foot […]
Pulse: The Immodest Proposal
1. May be the only thing big enough, ever, to force SEPTA to improve its service and infrastructure. 2. Many of the physical amenities — […]
Pulse: Eagles Eyed
The Eagles’ 2006 season officially begins on July 20th, when training camp opens at Lehigh. And while it’s too early to judge how rookies and […]
Homefront: Some Like it Hot … And Grilled
As the days get hotter, so does your grill. Chef-owner Sean Weinberg, who serves most of the menu choices at Malvern’s BYOB Restaurant Alba straight […]
Pulse: Lou Dobbs Wouldn’t Understand
When we heard recently that an elementary school in Cherry Hill had spent most of the past school year reading its morning announcements in both […]
Pulse: Philadelphian to Watch: July
Who: Lobbyist/political operative Michael Karloutsos, 35, who, after running Paul Vallas’s unsuccessful campaign for governor of Illinois, moved to town to work with Vallas on […]
How Rover Took Over
Whether it’s a Prozac prescription or a kennel with cable, nothing is too good for today’s Philly pets. Just ask their disposable-income-laden, pooch-pampering owners (a.k.a. […]
Pulse: The Numbers
The city’s recent proposal to return the eight-foot-six-inch bronze Rocky statue that once stood outside the Spectrum — given to Philadelphia by Sly Stallone upon […]
Homefront: Rescue Me
You could buy new windows — or use a set from a 19th-century Presbyterian church. Salvaged items are about more than recycling; they have an […]
From the Editor: July 2006
My father met Frank Rizzo a handful of times, at crowded cocktail parties or Bookbinder’s or Phillies games. Each time, the same dynamic took place. […]