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Wellness: Ballerina Must-Haves

Splits59 Bailey Capri TightsForm-fitting and flattering, these tights were made for barre work. Around $50 at Pure Barre, 1701 Walnut Street, 267-234-7825 Ribbon HeadbandsColorful yet […]

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Wellness: Ballet Classes for Every Body

You: Go to The Nutcracker each year. Try: Absolute Beginner at Symmetry Dance Wellness — a no-leotard-required class offering basic vocab and technique. 1923 Chestnut […]

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Eat Cheap, But Well

Eat Cheap, But Well: Restaurant Deals for Any Budget A Sandwich Spectacular: 18 of Our Favorite Meals Between Sliced Bread The Truck Stops Here: Our […]

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Cravings: Coffee

A cup of joe isn’t just a caffeine fix anymore — Philly is awash in direct-trade, artisan-roasted, small-batch beans. The trendy labels translate to seriously […]

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Power Lunch: Brian Tierney Is a Savior. Discuss.

When Brian Tierney arrived as publisher (and lead investor) four years ago at 400 North Broad Street, home of the Inquirer and Daily News, the […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Why Philly’s Rich and Powerful Are Knee-Deep in Cheap Eats

You may know Michael Untermeyer as the 59-year-old lawyer who ran for Philly’s district attorney seat — and lost — in 2009. But soon, you […]

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Good Life: Model Citizen: Keith Johnson, treasure hunter

Doers of glamorous jobs always seem to protest their career’s fun factors. (See: “Modeling is hard work.”) Not Keith Johnson. At 54, the blue-eyed, Rittenhouse […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Handicapping Our Would-Be Mayors

Though the mayoral primaries are seven months away, there’s been a lot of chatter lately as to who might have what it takes to unseat […]

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Pulse: Chatter: The Soda Tax Returns

City Council squashed Mayor Nutter’s soda tax in May, but there could be some fizz in the idea yet: Rumor has it the Mayor’s vowed […]

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Cheap Eats: Best Sandwiches in Philadelphia

It’s hard to beat the sandwich. It’s shareable, filling, and usually less than $10 bucks. And Philly has always been a tough sandwich town to […]

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Loco Parentis: Moving Day

Early in the summer after his senior year of high school, my son Jake is sitting at his computer, as usual. He’s playing his favorite […]

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The Good Life: Happenings: Driven Design

Of the 130-plus events in this month’s 11-day DesignPhiladelphia festival, we are quite thrilled about breaking glass in the monster light-up Glassphemy installation, walking among […]

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Restaurant Review: Tweed

Hell hath no fury like a restaurant patron wronged, but usually customers have the decency to suffer rotten food or wretched service before they blow […]

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Feature: What Happens When One of the World’s Leading Breast Cancer Doctors Gets Breast Cancer?

One afternoon in late April, Marisa Weiss got a call at home in Wynnewood from her doctor. “I’m concerned,” the doctor told Marisa. “O-kay … […]

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Food for Thought: Fine Dining Is Dead

The lament rang far and wide — or from Center City to the Main Line, anyway — during the third week of July: Fine dining […]