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Twenty years after the nonprofit Bryn Mawr Film Institute rallied the community to revive an aging movie palace, a similar group has emerged to restore Wayne’s once-shining centerpiece, the historic Anthony Wayne Theater.
Already bustling Cricket Ave. in downtown Ardmore is poised to get even busier.
We’ve already told you about the posh new day spa, Cure de Repos in Cricket Flats, the newish luxury apartment/retail complex just down the road from eight-story One Ardmore.
Well, right next door to the spa, an equally stylish outpost of Corks & Candles is off to a promising start.
The Main Line is leaning hard into its horsey heritage.
Radnor Hotel’s public spaces are being rebranded as Triple Crown Restaurant, Events and Garden.
The old McKenzie Brew House in Malvern is now the equestrian-themed Jockey Tavern.
And a neglected circa-1808 Radnor store has been elegantly resurrected as Vanner House, happy hunting grounds for all things horsey.
For the crème de la crème in beauty and wellness, you could head to a destination spa, a swanky resort or a high-end day spa in Center City.
Or you could skip the schlep and visit the new CURE de Repos in Ardmore.
Locally owned and operated, CURE is 2800 sq. ft. of luxurious indulgence in Cricket Flats, the new mixed-use complex on Cricket Ave.
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Powered mostly by women, Malvern is poised for a mini-renaissance.
King Street has new merchants, the borough’s biggest boosters have joined forces, and everyone – shoppers and shopkeepers – seems bullish about Malvern’s singular, small-town charms.
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In this episode, Caroline gets super personal with three guests:
*Her daughter, Kara O’Halloran, who shares her decision to freeze her eggs at age 32. Why did she do it and what was it like?
*Local mom Sarah Shafer who spent seven years and millions of dollars to have her two daughters through IVF in her later 30s and early 40s. Her journey inspired her to form a nonprofit helps couples pay for IVF and a create a lux skincare line based on breast milk.
*America’s first “test tube” baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, explains her life under the microscope of public opinion and her efforts to keep IVF legal. She also tells us about how to support her IVF advocacy work.
Near the heart of horse country – ten minutes from Radnor Hunt and eight miles from Devon – sits the new Jockey Tavern: horsey, handsome and … HAPPENING.
Crowds have swarmed place – the former McKenzie Brew House on Rte. 30 – since it opened November 14.
And for good reason: The décor is smashing, the booze is bountiful, and the food is on the money and fairly priced. In racing parlance, a superfecta.
No need for Frère Jacques to ring those morning bells – the Main Line is already making its way to Matines.
Talk about a new café hitting the sweet spot.
Barnes & Noble is getting a do-over. Eighteen years after it closed, the bookstore chain is reopening in the same building.
What’s WAY better than Kraft, MUCH better than Annie’s, and LIKELY better than homemade? The gourmet mac ‘n cheese at the new Mac Mart in Ardmore.
Now open in a blaze of yellow glory on Rittenhouse Place, Mac Mart is all mac ‘n cheese all the time and in myriad iterations – for eat-in, take out and catering.
