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Taste: Tapas Today

Northern Liberties is looking more like Old City every day, as new condos gobble up Northern Liberties is looking more like Old City every day, […]

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What to Drink: St. Emilion Château Teyssier 2003

Bordeaux is France’s largest and most renowned wine region, and its native red Bordeaux is France’s largest and most renowned wine region, and its native […]

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60-Second Critic: Vintage Views Philadelphia

Vintage Views Philadelphia (Aesthetic Press; $12.99) Both the ordinary and the extraordinary history of our city are captured in this calendar edited by contemporary photographer […]

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Gut-Busting Gothic

You don't have to be a Brontë fan to shriek — with laughter — at the Walnut Street Theatre's staging of The Mystery of Irma […]

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BOP Spotlight: Furniture Worth Splurging On

Most of the items don’t wear price tags at this swank contemporary furniture mecca, where leather-upholstered beds and sectional sofas can run you close to […]

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Homefront: Screen Play

It was more than the luck of the draw that led Nick Rye to paint the larger- than-life images that decorate his panel It was […]

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Home: Paradise Found

A North Wilmington retreat called Frog Hollow is a modern-day Eden for its owners and their amphibian friends As Eve Thyrum heads into her garden, […]

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Ideas: Let It Grow

Developer Tim McDonald is building environmentally friendly houses in Northern Liberties that are changing the very notion of what a rowhome can be. Yes, in […]

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The Revolutionary

What kind of man sings “Respect” at City Council hearings, bombards the Mayor's BlackBerry with e-mails, and tries to sell the city's business privilege tax […]

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60-Second Critic: Valley Forge

Valley Forge: A Novel of the American Revolution By David Garland (St. Martin’s Press; $24.95) Unless you’re a history zealot like my Dad (who reenacts […]

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BOP Spotlight: Baguette

Weekend mornings, you'll find us waiting outside at 8 a.m. (7 a.m. every other day) for the gourmet store's baked-this-morning, perfectly Parisian baguettes, each wrapped […]

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BOP Spotlight: Secondhand Clothes (Kids)

It’s not just that the gear, clothes and toys at the small but crowded consignment shop are lovely and cheap, but also that the owner […]

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The Good Life: Slope Stuff

I'm too much of a 'fraidy cat to snowboard these days — but that doesn't mean I won't be rocking I'm too much of a […]

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The Good Life: Sweet Scents

Check out the new Molton Brown store at The Plaza at King of Prussia for candles, bath goodies and all kinds Check out the new […]

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A.C. Now: A Lush Gift

Stuff that stocking big and fat with naturally delicious products from The Pier's brand-spanking-new Lush shop. Our favorite: The Avobath (say it fast!) Bath Ballistic, […]