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How chitchatting on road trips created a Manayunk cigar shop

May 7, 2012
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When I asked Vasil Dergunov, owner of Ashes Cigars, how long his business has been open on Main Street in Manayunk, he gave me a very specific answer. "One year, 10 months and 21 days," he responded. More »

Proprietors of a 92-year-old Germantown Avenue business reflect on prom fashion

April 30, 2012
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When it comes time to talk prom fashion, the penguin suit always gets short shrift. Everybody wants to talk about fussy, frilly gowns. But for Frank Fighera Sr. and Jr., the tuxedo is king. More »
Sweet dreams and adaptation served up by family owned bakery in West Oak Lane

February 14, 2012
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West Oak Lane bakery and café Sweets by Sonya is the result of what happens when two dreams collide. More »
Locs, fashion and natural style at Rasa Salon

January 18, 2012
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This is not a beauty shop story. This is not even a hair story, really. This is a story about a paradigm shift, a radical change in the accepted way of thinking about something. I'm letting you k... More »
Designers sew and tell at East Falls boutique

December 21, 2011
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There's something about The Red House, a boutique and sewing studio on Midvale Avenue, that brings out the Denise Huxtable in me. Once inside, I find myself with the irrepressible urge to sew stu... More »
Huldra Press helps conquer the fear of blank books

December 12, 2011
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Perhaps you've heard of bibliophiles, but today I'm talking about bibliophobes with Marianne Dages, owner of the letterpress studio Huldra Press. The word bibliophobe is fancy pants talk for... More »
Germantown's wicker whisperer heals, and restores memory to, chairs

November 23, 2011
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Nicholas Thaete, owner of Cane and Rush in Maplewood Mall, has a cure for memory loss — if you happen to be a wicker chair. It turns out that wicker, the generic term for plant material woven togethe... More »
Muscle reform at Pilates in Germantown

November 1, 2011
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With all its pulleys, springs, belts and bands, one might mistake the Pilates machine for a medieval torture device. Jeff Smith – owner of Pilates in Germantown on Greene Street – assures me it's... More »
It's the last Halloween hurrah at Past & Present

October 25, 2011
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I am a candy corn, candy apple, candy collecting kinda gal. October is the perfect month to indulge those interests. Of course, you can't say candy without saying Halloween and in Mt. Airy, you c... More »
The bow finds the player at Mount Airy Violins & Bows

October 13, 2011
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If you want to learn about violins and the bows that make them sing, you'll want to catch up with Elizabeth Vander Veer Shaak. Shaak is shop owner and bow maker at Mount Airy Violins Bows on Ge... More »

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