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Wellness: Ask A Top Doctor: What’s the Best Way to Treat a Sunburn?

“The first 24 to 48 hours after a burn are the most painful. Take Tylenol or ibuprofen every four to six hours, and apply cool […]

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Wellness: Training With a Twist

When fitness gurus from the Navy Seals developed a kick-abs workout using nylon TRX straps, little did they know their creation would hit the big […]

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Philly Pot: What Are You Smoking?

I’ve been smoking in the Philly area since the 1980s, and I’m a middle-aged white guy who looks like a cop. If I can score […]

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Pulse: Pursuits: What To Do In July

Kickin’ ItUnion vs. Manchester UnitedJust 10 days after the close of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, our soccer newbies battle the formidable Brits […]

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Pulse: Pursuits: Bastille Day

If you happen to be near Eastern State Penitentiary on the 10th and you see buxom, bewigged galsone perched atop the prison, tossing snack cakes […]

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Home: Hire Them: Mark W. Eggleston and David Allieri

To Long Beach Boulevard shoppers, David Allieri (left) and Mark W. Eggleston are the bon vivant owners of boxy and bustling shelter shop Wyndecrest Home. […]

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Book Excerpt: “Jerry Wolman: The World’s Richest Man”

Earl Foreman, Jerry Wolman’s closest confidant and astute attorney, introduced his wife Phyllis and her immediate relatives to Wolman back in the mid-1950s. At family […]

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A Dogfight in Haddonfield

They came out of the night, out of nowhere, two big black snarling shapes, as Michael Harkins walked his golden retriever, Gryphon, along the path […]

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Taste: Reviews: Behold the Burgodiversity!

Anyone can make a good hamburger. Get some halfway decent meat, season, apply heat, and voilà, you’ve got a tasty burger. In Philly, as in […]

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Pulse: The Gossip Wars

In early June, the nearly forgotten Alycia Lane/Rich Eisen bikini e-mail drama was revived when more flirty messages between the newscaster and the married NFL […]

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Where We’re Eating: Ro-Zu

Ro-Zu,  Queen Village Forget the ho-hum service, the weird decor, and the bizarre digital slide-show of Japan on a TV in the middle of the […]

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Where We’re Eating: Gemelli

Gemelli,  Narberth As neighborhood spots go, you’re lucky if yours has the exposed-brick-and-flickering-candle charm of this small Italian BYO, or a dish as fantastic as […]

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Where We’re Eating: Kinnaree

  Kinnaree,  Horsham The suburban sprawl of northeast Montco is notoriously devoid of restaurants beyond the Cheesecake Factory variety, so when this strip-mall Thai BYO […]

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Where We’re Eating: Hoof + Fin

Hoof + Fin,  Queen Village Despite the questionable moniker (insert hoof-and-mouth joke here), the Argentine-inspired BYO that replaced Gayle has already been embraced by the […]

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Off the Cuff: April 2010

ON PAGE 70 OF THIS issue is a picture of a cap. A baseball cap. It’s an old one, and it is pretty beaten up. […]