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A Very Serious, Not Even Slightly Humorous Ranking of the Best Malls in the Philadelphia Area

Two weeks is an acceptable mourning period for the Occupy Philly encampment. Time to embrace rampant capitalism again! To me, there’s no better way to […]

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The Perfect Bra Is an Urban Legend

Remember the story of the emperor’s new clothes? How everybody went along, oohing and ahhing because, well, everyone else did? It happens all the time, […]

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Groupon-Style Startup for Philly College Students

College students in the Philadelphia area should get ready to rely on Groupon LivingSocial Google Offers Stoupons for discounts on their commercial needs. Next semester, […]

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Why Is Online Customer Service So Good and Real-Life Customer Service So Bad?

So the microwave died, quite suddenly, over the weekend. I didn’t mourn it for a minute, because it was purchased by my husband and was […]

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Time to Shed Your Little Black Dress

Women somehow got it into their heads (I blame Coco Chanel) that the only way to look chic, thin and pulled together is to wear […]

The Scene

HughE Dillon One-Shot: Busybee’s Anniversary

Katelynn Vella, girlfriend of Philadelphia Eagle Evan Mathis, and her dog Thor check out baby items at the Busybee Homestore & Design Center on South […]

City Life

“Buying Local” Will Not Save Us

After watching the latest segment of ABC World News’s “Made in America” series, several thoughts come to mind: 1) Don’t view it on a full […]

City Life

10 Ways to Avoid Becoming a Stuff-Obsessed Grinch This Christmas

Sometime between the moment that the video of that woman pepper-spraying a whole bunch of people at Walmart went viral and the moment that CNN […]

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Cyber Monday Is For Wimps

Cyber Monday, Cyber Monday, can’t trust that day. My inbox was flooded yesterday with one-day-only deals from DSW (up to $50 off!), Modells (25 percent […]

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Black Friday Is Out of !@#*ing Control

I’ve always been afraid of Black Friday. I get a little skittish around big sales in general. It’s not that I don’t relish deals—I practically […]

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One Kings Lane Takes Newtown’s Trove Decor Online

There is a tiny barn in Newtown, just off of sleepy State Street, filled with a high-end mix of one-of-a-kind furnishings and objects curated by […]

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Wegmans Coming to Montgomery Mall

The owner of Montgomery Mall in North Wales has announced that a Wegmans store will fill a vacancy at one of the mall’s anchor positions. […]

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What Johari Rollins Wants For Christmas

I recently had a lovely chat with Johari Rollins—she’d just gotten back from a nine-day trip to Paris, and was in the thick of planning […]

City Life

Watch Your Back, Tory Burch

It all looked a bit fishy from the beginning. First, there were the colors that nearly jumped off the New York Times ad, pinks and […]

City Life

Christmas Village Moved to Love Park

Christmas Village—an outdoor marketplace featuring 50 some booths of food, jewelry, ornaments and the like—is usually set up in Dilworth Plaza at City Hall. This […]