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Pulse: Chatter: Will the Apple Store Kill Springboard Media?

When Walnut Street’s Apple store opened in July, gleaming and mother-shippy, some refused to celebrate one more corporate monolith come to squash locally owned treasures. […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Name That ‘Hood

The recent mass migration into the area of the city once named for now-defunct Graduate Hospital — the stretch from South to Washington and Broad […]

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Exit Interview: William Coleman

CHATTING WITH WILLIAM COLEMAN is like listening to your grandpa — one amazing tale after the next, and he says whatever he damn well pleases. […]

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Where We’re Eating: Granite Hill

Stephen Starr’s catering arm has recently taken over the Art Museum’s stodgy dining operations and injected them with some modernity. And while it’s not quite […]

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Where We’re Eating: Biba

Tria’s handsome new 32-seat outpost offers an edited version of what everyone already loves about its bigger locations: snacks, wine, cheese and beer. Here, you’ll […]

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Where We’re Eating: Lotus Farm-to-Table

When you open a restaurant, one rule of thumb — at least, according to Kitchen Nightmares — is to offer the community something it doesn’t […]

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Feature: Is It Just Us, Or Are Kids Getting Really Stupid?

Two autumns ago, in my son Jake’s junior year of high school, he took an AP English course. Junior year was bad for him and […]

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Where We’re Eating: Dettera

Though its name might suggest a pharma commercial — as in, “Consult your doctor before taking Dettera” — the food here is anything but medicinal. […]

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Good Life: Help for the Holidays

WRAP In Rittenhouse: Details  Gets the elegant job done via handmade bows, hand-dyed silk ribbon, jewel-tone Caspari paper. Up to five packages free with purchase […]

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What Santa and Snooki Have in Common

Remember photos with Santa? The long, emotional wait in line? The sign that read 1,505 MILES TO THE NORTH POLE? The realization that the big […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Why We Love Byers’ Choice Carolers

This Christmas season — like every other — my soon-to-be-mother-in-law’s house will welcome roughly 150 very merry visitors. It’s no bother: No taller than a […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Meet the People Who’re Making Your Credit Card Obsolete

Almost a year ago, a little Philly-based company called Xipwire began marketing the biggest thing to happen to phones since Apple: pay-by-text. If you missed […]

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Pulse: Pursuits: Q&A With Nancy Kerrigan

How you feel about the term “Kerrigan” being used as a verb to describe the elimination of one’s opponents:I’ve won two Olympic medals. To be […]

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Photos: The Philadelphia Story

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Feature: Ready for Their Close-Ups: Behind-the-Scenes With Philly’s Socialites

Sabrina Tamburino Thorne met the millionaire she would marry at a pimp-and-ho party two years ago. She was dressed as a hooker. He went as […]