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The Countdown: Nerves of Tulle

In part two of an exclusive online series, bride-to-be Ashley Primis shares the tips that have banished her wedding-day anxiety THE COUNTDOWN CLOCK says 22 […]

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Taste Review: Foo’s in the Kitchen

But Susanna Foo’s new Gourmet Kitchen has none of the polish that has been the chef’s signature. The year 2006 was a rocky one for […]

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Susanna Foo Gourmet Kitchen Review: Foo’s in the Kitchen

The year 2006 was a rocky one for Susanna Foo. Her new Susanna Foo Gourmet Kitchen in Radnor, scheduled to open early in the year, […]

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BOP Spotlight: Antiques

Literally a barn full of grand antique furniture, Best of France is a faster trip to the Puces market in Paris: There are $1,400 black […]

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Man on Fire

Renowned for his award- winning designs and dead-on intuition with clients, David Stimmel shows that a man’s place is in the kitchen. It’s not usually […]

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The Good Life: Eye Candy

If you're craving come-hither lashes for Valentine's Day but find yourself freaked out by traditional eyelash curlers, try Blinc's Heated Lash Curler If you're craving […]

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The Good Life: Sweet Dreams

Need a better night's sleep? Try a très chic bed, like Hollandia's sleek Gravity Zero Ultra, with its aloe-infused natural latex mattress, targeted Need a […]

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The Good Life: Sun Daze

Estée Lauder's new flight-friendly sunblock I'm frozen. Chilled to the bone. From my office window I can see the Schuylkill, iced and covered with snow, […]

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The Have-Mores!

$200,000 bar mitzvahs, six-figure-earning personal shoppers, 30,000-square-foot gigamansions, and utterly lavish Sweet 16 parties: How the super-rich conquered Philadelphia. ONCE TOM SCANNAPIECO had worked out […]

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Bob Brady: The Maybe Mayor

IT WAS TWO days before Christmas, and we were sitting in a booth at the Greenleaf Restaurant, a diner a few blocks from Bob Brady’s […]

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Pulse: A&E: The Play’s the Thing

The curtain’s up on Philly’s first-ever new play festival Through the 18th, our city’s best thespians — Abigail Adams, Sara Garonzik and Seth Rozin, to […]

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Taste: Reviews: Reinventing the Meal

Small plates go avant- garde at Rittenhouse Square’s Snackbar. The post-modern morsel is the dining trend of the moment. Portions of meat and fish barely […]

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Pulse: A.C. Now: Lingerie? Never!

Give her what she really wants, a totally chic, 18-karat gold update of her "back in the day, turned green after she wore it for […]

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A.C. Now: Discounts and Chocolate

That big pile of steel and such that greets drivers from the A.C. Expressway has produced its first bona fide retail store — a confection […]

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BOP Spotlight: Coffee

Dark and incredibly strong, the Greek coffee at Estia offers a bracing end to a night of lavish seafood indulgence. The finie grinds are boiled […]