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Ticket to holiday magic

Many critics abuse the word "classic" by using it to describe a movie they're nuts about. The film might indeed be terrific, but the use of the superlative adjective seems both premature and...

Farmicia

Wendy Born and James Barrett founded Metropolitan Bakery 11 years ago on South 19th Street, just steps from Rittenhouse Square. Today there are a number of locations, and the staff of bakers also...

Crusade against cruising

It's a cool, crisp Friday night on South Street. You and a couple of friends are driving around, taking in the sights and sounds of one of Philadelphia's most colorful thoroughfares. Or...

Snaking through history

The most delightful snake in town these days doesn't live at the zoo or, for those cynically inclined, at City Hall. The sweetest reptile is the rainbow serpent, the centerpiece of the current...

Sick with worry

Jennie Christinzio was one of the lucky ones. On Oct. 15, the 90-year-old received one of the few influenza vaccines provided to the South Philadelphia Older Adult Center, Passyunk Avenue and Dickinson...

Orange you hungry?

Sunday is Halloween. For the past week or so, the big topic of discussion among kids has been costumes -- and, of course, all the candy they'll tote home. We live in...

Favorite haunts

The third floor of Edna Pilla's rowhome at Ninth and Greenwich always had a "weird" feeling, recalls her grandson, Louis "Spike" Maglio. So naturally -- er, make that supernaturally -- it was...

Un-American story

Speaking as one of the infamous Hollywood Ten, writer Dalton Trumbo recalled, "It would do no good to search for villains or heroes or saints or devils because there were none, there were...

Café de Laos

Some of the region's finest Vietnamese cuisine is served up right here in South Philly, and now the neighborhood can boast of a rarer find: Laotian fare. Northern Laos is very close to Vietnam...

Red, white and view

As far as the presidential race, everyone seems to have an opinion on who is the better -- or at least the worse -- man for the job. Some citizens have even come...
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