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• Ten great places to buy chocolate

  Published: July 29, 2007, 5:31 am

  Tags: Naked Chocolate Cafe, Nakedchocolatecafe, Philadelphia

  Filed under: Dessert, East Coast, Chocolate, Newspapers, Comfort Food, BakeriesAbout a year ago (or was it two?) a little cafe opened here in Philly. Word spread quickly around town that their offerings were pretty darn incredible. Friends gushed about it, the local newspapers gave it raves and the line to get in snaked out the door. And

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• Look Out Below: What Not To Do With A Golf Cart

  Published: July 30, 2007, 11:10 am

  Tags: Baseball, Look Out Below, Philadelphia Phillies

  from Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, and proof that you should always be careful with your golf carts. Apparently a ballpark worker, while goofing around waiting for an elevator door to open, kept bumping the closed door with the golf cart he was driving. The door opened ... and down the 30-foot shaft he went. He landed on top of an

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• Look Out Below: What Not To Do With A Golf Cart

  Published: July 30, 2007, 11:10 am

  Tags: Baseball, Look Out Below, Philadelphia Phillies

  An absolutely bizarre story from Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, and proof that you should always be careful with your golf carts. Apparently a ballpark worker, while goofing around waiting for...

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• The glory of summer tomatoes

  Published: July 30, 2007, 10:02 am

  Tags: Farmers Markets, Heirloom Tomatoes, Philadelphia, Tomatoes

  farmers' market in the Philadelphia area this afternoon, and there were tomatoes everywhere I looked. Mountains of heirlooms, rows of red and orange cherry tomatoes in pint boxes and tables of perfect, round, red New Jersey tomatoes. I left with a large shopping bag full of fresh, local, mostly organic produce, including a pint of sweet

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• Daily Closer: Cubs Are Iguchied, Drop One Game Back Of Brewers

  Published: July 31, 2007, 9:30 am

  Tags: Baseball, Daily Closer, Philadelphia Phillies

  No first place for you, Chicago Cubs. Oh, why, why? (Bangs head against refrigerator). The Philadelphia Phillies, bolstered just before game time with the addition of pitcher Kyle Lohse from the Reds...

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• Daily Closer: Cubs Are Iguchied, Drop One Game Back Of Brewers

  Published: July 31, 2007, 9:30 am

  Tags: Baseball, Daily Closer, Philadelphia Phillies

  against refrigerator). The Philadelphia Phillies, bolstered just before game time with the addition of pitcher Kyle Lohse from the Reds (6-12, 4.58 ERA, tiny, ill-advised goatee), beat the Cubs 4-1 on Monday. The loss dropped Chicago to one game behind the front-running Brewers in the NL Central. Cole Hamels went eight innings for the Phils,

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• White Sox Discuss Vazquez, Garland

  Published: July 31, 2007, 9:27 am

  Tags: Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox, Javier Vazquez, Jon Garland, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies

  There hasn't been much buzz on Javier Vazquez, but as suspected, Kenny Williams is at least willing to discuss him.  According to Toni Ginnetti of the Chicago Sun-Times, Williams was discussing Vazquez with the Phillies before the Phils got Kyle Lohse.  Pat Gillick and Kenny Williams really get along it seems.  It would be

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• Phillies Obtain Julio Mateo

  Published: July 31, 2007, 4:08 pm

  Tags: Julio Mateo, Philadelphia Phillies, Seattle Mariners

  The Phillies are attempting to corner the market on scumbags.  Today, they acquired 28 year-old reliever and wife beater/biter Julio Mateo from the Mariners.  Performance always wins out, and Mateo had allowed just four runs in 32.2 Triple A innings this year. Kudos to the Mariners for leaving Mateo in Triple A and getting him out of

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• Daily Closer: Cubs Are Iguchied, Drop One Game Back Of Brewers

  Published: July 31, 2007, 9:30 am

  Tags: Baseball, Daily Closer, Philadelphia Phillies

  No first place for you, Chicago Cubs. Oh, why, why? (Bangs head against refrigerator). The Philadelphia Phillies, bolstered just before game time with the addition of pitcher Kyle Lohse from the Reds...

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• STATS SHMATS: Record Feats

  Published: August 1, 2007, 5:54 pm

  Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, David Rabinowitz, Mlb, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Stats Shmats, Toronto Blue Jays

  in a game with nine off the Philadelphia Phillies in a 22-3 blowout. Eight by seven:Seven different Yankees accounted for the eight home runs off Chicago, equaling the mark set by the 1939 Yankees on June 28 as they crushed the Philadelphia Athletics 23-2 in game one of a doubleheader.In 1990, eight MLB pitchers accounted for seven no-hitters,

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• Yo, Philly in the News

  Published: August 3, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: News Philadelphia

  wrong turn on the taxiway at Philadelphia International. But, like most bad Philly drivers, this pilot apparently isn't going to be kept from driving again anytime soon. Philly cheesesteak-inspired menu selections appear in a few places in the Restaurant & Institutions top 400 chain restaurant menus. Looking at the selections, we're more than

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• Extraordinarily Counterproductive? Indeed.

  Published: August 2, 2007, 1:30 pm

  Tags: News Philadelphia

  headed deeper into North Philadelphia. Because people who are shooting each other at numbers higher than we can count really need a giant reminder of that legal substance which likely contributes to the death toll. We're glad the ads are coming down, but their existence in the first place was bad form. Enjoy your $600K, SEPTA. That money's

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• Yo, Philly in the News

  Published: August 2, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: News Philadelphia

  happy: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is finally being released on DVD on September 4. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is running 30-second commercials at movie theaters. We're hoping to catch this spot when we go see I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. Oh, the Phillies... Shane Victorino and Michael Bourn have joined Chase Utley on the

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• Yo, Philly in the News

  Published: August 1, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: News Philadelphia

  well as township statutes." Philadelphia police have made an arrest in the series of convenience store robberies that have occured over the last two months - 11 in Philadelphia, and one in Lower Merion Township. There was a ceremony yesterday marking the formal close of the President's House excavation. "The site will now be temporarily

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• Yo, Philly in the News

  Published: July 31, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: News Philadelphia

  the Community College of Philadelphia's Gateway to College program, which helps dropouts earn high school diplomas and college credits at the same time. There were two car crashes last night involving police vehicles. A teenage girl accompanied by a 5-year-old stole a patrol car at around 5:40PM while the officer was interviewing a

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