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Every Wednesday, Meal Ticket pokes around the food blog world to see what's simmering. - Jeff over at Unbreaded pops by Meal Ticket fave Q.T. »»
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Every Wednesday, Critical Mass pops into a neighborhood and finds its most stylish residents. This week I moseyed around Chestnut and Walnut streets in »»
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Sara Zia Ebrahimi, the founder and curator the of the Flickering Light Film series, announced that her project would have to end its season early due »»
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Frequent Philly theater-goer/Broad Street Review writer Jonathan Stein made a comment in the PW's theater review section this week, thanking »»
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Yesterday, Varga Bar (941 Spruce St.) was kind enough to treat Meal Ticket to a quick tour of their new "Speed Lunch" menu, which offers an array of soup/sandwich combos for the flat rate of $9.
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We here at Critical Mass are big fans of the boutique/gallery/booze proprietor Art in the Age (116 N. Third St., 215-922-2600). (Have you »»
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The First Person Festival of Memoir and Documentary Art, now in its eighth year, is all about telling stories. But at last night's Foobooz Burger Cruise, »»
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It's Our Money ā now edited by former CP news editor Doron Taussig ā has been blogging the strike like crazy. A few hilights: * Ben Waxman proposes »»
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Amorosi on the news, nightlife, gossip and bitchiness beats. Right now. Curtis James Jackson III, aka 50 Cent, was at the Neshaminy Mall »»
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Next Wednesday, Nov. 11, from 5 to 8 p.m., Di Bruno Brothers' Italian Market flagship location (930 S. Ninth St.) is launching a new Wednesday »»
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Liam Kelly and Maurice Collins of Tir Na Nog opened new pub Con Murphy's, attached to the Windsor Hotel at 17th and the Ben Franklin Parkway (267-687-1128), a week ago today. 
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Ring of Honor must be doing something right, though the evidence comes almost strictly in bad news for the Philly-based wrestling promotion. Within the »»
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Julia Harte with your morning fix. The Bedford County courthouse granted probation to two women convicted of theft, on the condition that they sit outside »»
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Holy tentpole release, Batman! In what crazy, fucked-up universe are we to believe that the very anglo Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton were born »»
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This Thursday, Yards Brewing Co. with be honored, along with nine other area companies, as a 2010 Green Business of the Year by the Greater »»
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Every Tuesday, Critical Mass sifts through the art blog world so you dont have to. Local music blog Phrequency reported yesterday that »»
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Chris Fetfatzes, whose fam owns and operates Bella Vista Beer Distributors (738 S. 11th St.), just touched base with Meal Ticket to share that he and »»
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Since 1968, the Henri David Ball has been the most fab Halloween party in town, hosted by the now 63-year-old Henri David and attended by Philly notables »»
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On a tip from Miss Rachel's Pantry, we discovered that you can find homemade vegan donuts 20 minutes down the White Horse Pike (or a 15-minute »»
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