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Wheel$ of Fortune
Three million dollars for an Oldsmobile? No wonder car collectors can’t stop talking about Penn Valley’s Alan Lewenthal A$ his celebrity sprouted this spring, Penn […]
The Shore: Beauty and the Boardwalk
You think it was crazy to take this job? The man in charge of giving Atlantic City a makeover has asked himself that question plenty […]
Contrarian: Wanted: Grays and Gays
Mayor Street spoke at a news conference recently welcoming a development team that’s building a new 500-plus-unit community along the Delaware in Tacony, of all […]
Cool: The Geater Goes Underground
Don’t ask whose idea it was to get Jerry Blavat, a.k.a. the Geator with the Heator, a.k.a. the Boss with the Hot Sauce, together with […]
Exit Interview: Bob Saget
Like Mark Hamill, Mr. T and Monica Lewinsky, Abington High grad Bob Saget has had a career defined largely by one role — Danny Tanner, […]
Exit Interview: Michael Finkel
At first, Exit Interview felt guilty for grilling Penn grad Michael Finkel, who was fired from the New York Times for blending the stories of […]
Passions: The World According to Carp
There is a simple if little-known convention of magazine writing: If possible, always start a story with an anecdote about somebody shooting somebody else in […]
Summer Food 2005: Of Wine Snobs & Shirazes
What can I bring to impress my wine-snob future in-laws for dinner at Pif—for under $20?Even snobs are impressed when you can score killer wine […]
Summer Food 2005: Vintage Visits
The word “vineyard” conjures images of fall — leafy, heavy vines awaiting harvest, bright days and cool nights swelling the grapes — but summer is […]
Icons: Would You Buy a Used Car From This Man?
The 1967 smash hit “Windy,” by the Association, is blaring in cheerful mono over the P.A. system, and so — with a fresh, pungent assault […]
Controversies: Showdown on Locust Street
In his elegant conference room, mulling this most grievous offense, Daniel Berger raises a question. “I ask you,” he says mournfully, “does this look like […]
Buzz: Would You Change Your Name for This Man?
Attending a conference on Word-of-Mouth Marketing with a word-of-mouth marketer who is hoping to “buzz” his new book is one of those things that’s a […]
Contrarian: Murder Doesnt Matter
When a politician really gets his back against a wall, there’s no telling what might come out of his mouth. If he’s desperate enough, he […]
Contrarian: Roll ‘Em on the River!
Like it or not, ready or not, Philadelphia will be a gambling town just a few years from now. Under the state’s new gaming laws, […]