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Pulse: Chatter: Five Questions for: David Walter
How did you prepare for the competition? I had a couple of almanacs — I was more worried about breadth than depth. I focused on […]
Pulse: I’ll Have Some Gerber And a White Wine Spritzer
It seems it was only a Bur-berry season or two ago that we discovered we had to start strategizing shortly after Lamaze to get our […]
From the Editor: April 2007
I like to think of this magazine as the chronicler of the soap opera that is the Philadelphia region. Like any good daytime drama, we […]
From the Editor: May 2007
Sometimes it’s cool to be running a magazine. For about 10 days in late March, I did little else but ask beautiful women to take […]
Off the Cuff: April 2007
I realized I needed a break from Philadelphia when I was so fed up with the state of things that I started writing a column […]
Pulse: Politics: Liberal U.
Long before Grover Norquist and Karl Rove became GOP superstars, they were trained in the political arts by Morton Blackwell, who now heads the Leadership […]
Off the Cuff: May 2007
I was away when he was in town a month ago, and by all accounts, I missed out on something important and highly entertaining. Norman […]
Contrarian: The Surveillance Scam
LET’S SAY YOU’VE DECIDED TO KILL SOMEONE. If you’re the typical Philadelphia murderer, you’re a 23-year-old black male, you live in North Philadelphia, and the […]
A.C. Now: Sale at Scoop
If the annual bargains at A.C.’s Scoop are anything like the major discounts at the location in New York (or even online), we can’t wait […]
A&E: Bicycle Race
Philadelphians come together for the 23rd annual Commerce Bank Philadelphia International Championship Ah, it's that much-anticipated time of year when both the yuppies and the […]
Juicing Couture
When I was a kid, the fresh "fruity" drink that started my day was Tang—a long way from the pure juice I sipped while testing […]
Taste: In Search of … Lemonade
Sunny lemonade is too often dismissed as a kid’s drink Sunny lemonade is too often dismissed as a kid’s drink, overlooked on local menus in […]
What to Drink: Stoneleigh Riesling, Marlborough, New Zealand
Stoneleigh Riesling, Marlborough, New Zealand As snappy and fresh as a spring day, this wine demonstrates that New Zealand isn’t just for sauvignon As snappy […]
Home: Clean Living
AS THE MOON PIERCES the night sky, Vickie York gazes at the stars above and washes away the cares of the day in her outdoor […]
Home: Artistic Appetites
An updated kitchen has a newfound flair for the dramatic-and a juicy handmade showpiece WHEN SARA RITZ FIRST SET FOOT in her 1923 Tudor in […]