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Get Fit Now!: The Trainer Tells All

I had been working out with a woman for months when one day, out of nowhere, she dropped the bomb. “I have been giving you […]

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Music: Raising Her Voice

Lelia is about to go on. The houselights have dimmed, on this cold November night, inside Indre Studios in South Philly. The audience, about a […]

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Get Fit Now!: Workouts That Work

Remember when exercise was simple? There was the Jane Fonda approach — pull on those leg warmers and get physical! The Pumping Iron approach — […]

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Exit Interview: Annie Duke

As professional poker rises to new levels of hipness, one of its biggest stars is Annie Duke, 39, a mother of four and Ben Affleck’s […]

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The Ultimate Comfort Guide: Note to Self: Relax

I have a to-do list for work. I have a to-do list for home. I have a to-do list for the house (separated, of course, […]

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The Ultimate Comfort Guide: The 42 Most Comforting Places in Philly

We dug deep for this list. Took a good, hard look at spots  we keep going back to — or would love to go back […]

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My Philadelphia Story: Chuck Bednarik

The most I ever got from football was $27,000. Of all the honors I got, getting inducted into the Hall of Fame is probably the […]

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Dining Out 2005: A Midwinter Night’s Dream

Brian Kappra designed the $100,000 billowing beach tents for model Eva Herzigova’s wedding to Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres in Asbury Park. He made a […]

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Dining Out 2005: Revisiting the Classics

Restaurants that stay in business for a decade or more must be doing something right. The best ones measure up to our memories while striving […]

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Society: The Power Nun

Billions of dollars were sitting in the ballroom of the Philadelphia Marriott on the eve of the presidential election last fall. Philanthropists Lynne and Harold […]

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Film: The Un-Shyamalan

There’s a party going on inside Bryn Mawr’s most extravagant home, courtesy of its owner, Dawn Lenfest, wife of Brook, heir to the Lenfest cable-television […]

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Contrarian: The Evil Emperor

I just got a peek at a new biography about the local Roberts family, of Comcast fame. It’s called COMCASTed: How Ralph and Brian Roberts […]

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Lord of the Wings

All he wanted was to retire. With some dignity. With a little bit of grace. A year ago, Bill "El Wingador" Simmons wanted to retire […]

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What if Bill Cosby Is Right?

Last January, some two dozen angry black residents jammed a school board meeting in Lower Merion High School's library. They were members of Concerned Black […]

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David Brooks: Boo-Boos in Paradise

A few years ago, journalist David Brooks wrote a celebrated article for the Atlantic Monthly, “One Nation, Slightly Divisible,” in which he examined the country’s […]