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The Good Life: Q&A Sean McKinney
How’d you get into sports apparel? When I graduated from St. Joe’s in 1997, I knew I had no chance of becoming a pro athlete. […]
Friendship: The Promise
HALF A DOZEN YEARS AGO, two 12-year-old boys met on a basketball court in South Philly. They were playing summer league in a magical summer, […]
The Good Life: Receipt: High-School High
Forget about the balloon-filled gym, dyed satin shoes and virginity clichés that defined your high-school prom. As prom season kicks off around Philly, local graduating […]
Pulse: 60-Second Critic May 2007
MEMOIR Pouring Six Beers at a Time and Other Stories from a Lifetime in Baseball By Bill Giles with Doug Myers (Triumph; $24.95) By Greg […]
The Good Life: Trendspotting: Robo-retail
These days, it’s rare for newfangled retail gimmicks to stand out. But like Daryl Hannah’s mermaid character in Splash’s electronics-store scene, I found myself transfixed […]
Pulse: Kumar Goes to Penn
He may have gotten famous as a stoner in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, but actor Kal Penn — most recently critically lauded […]
Pulse: Dialing for Dollars
Like a lot of high-powered Philadelphia law firms, Wolf Block is no stranger to the intersection of law and high-stakes political fundraising. But this year […]
Pulse: Social Diary: The Kiss Army
“I’ve always been a hugger,” says Anne, who lives in Haverford and is the kind of pretty, good-smelling person anyone would want to be hugged […]
Pulse: (Get) Outta Here!
“They’ve shown me ways to lose that I never knew existed.” — Mets manager Casey Stengel, on the Phils’ 23-game losing streak in 1961. “It […]
Pulse: Chatter: The Appreciation: Jeff Lurie
Earlier this year, Eagles president Joe Banner lamented that folks in Philly don’t seem to have much love for Birds owner Jeff Lurie. “I can’t […]
Pulse: Chatter: A Starr Turn West?
Is Stephen Starr looking at the waterfront? Bedrock Group, owners of the old Rosenbluth Travel building at 24th and Walnut, along the banks of the […]
Pulse: That Other Election
In a one-party town like Philadelphia, the May primary, not the general election, holds all the juice. But while the five donkeys vying for the […]
Pulse: No sale, T.O.
It’ll be a big commission, but Voorhees realtor Erica Lacey is working for every dime. She’s the listing agent for the region’s most famous (or […]
Pulse: 5 Stupid Questions for: John Butterworth
Why would anyone in his right mind drive the Conshohocken Curve at 8 a.m.? It usually takes about 20 minutes to get through the delay, […]
Pulse: Chatter: Survey: Beverly Hills 19104
Tyler Ritter, Class of ’07 Not only does the son of the late, lovable Three’s Company buffoon John Ritter boast an impressive 500-plus Penn friends; […]