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The young women and their escorts dance to "Moon River" at the Pink and Green Fantasy ball. Above left, a moment of prayer after dressing. Above right, Miah Tyree, 17, of Voorhees, makes final adjustments. A sorority sponsored the coming-out, a typical arrangement in this part of the country.
Debs get serious
For some young women, cotillion is more than a coming-out party, capping a year of service and schooling.
Call it a quest for perfection. In pristine ballroom gowns with matching pearl necklaces and earrings, white gloves and hair flawlessly coiffed, hundreds of teens across the nation are making their social debut.
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City Hall with Dilworth Plaza in the foreground, in a view toward the east.
Time to transform City Hall into Phila.'s civic meeting place
So what if you can practically wallpaper the Philadelphia mayor's office with all the federal indictments that were issued to John Street's staff, associates...
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On the Side: Pizza maestro
When Osteria's chef directs a workshop, his students dream of crackling crusts drizzled with delight. First lesson: Artistry takes time.
When the word went out that Osteria's estimable chef Jeff Michaud was hosting a pizza workshop in the demonstration kitchen at Foster's Homeware in Old City, I could feel a mischievous glint rising in my eye.
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Don Kennedy prunes raspberry bushes in his backyard in Barrington. "These guys are not rose bushes," he says. "They'll take over." Twice a year, spring and fall, he gathers buckets of berries. Raspberries need little care beyond pruning.
Enthusiasts find rewards in their backyard orchards
Bill Dailey's eyes go soft when he describes the experience of biting into a Cox's Orange Pippin, the classic British heirloom apple growing in his backyard in Broomall.
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Another call: Donna Turner of AHOME in Millville, N.J., counsels one of an increasing number of clients fearing foreclosure.
Harried homeowners seek out help
Though foreclosure filings in the Philadelphia region are down so far this year, the faltering economy is pushing many homeowners right to the brink.
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