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Water woes close Life Time KOP; Making Good: F. Rapoport & SamSara, G. Bauer & BSWANKY, Four Girls, Givzie & h. honeycup; Tasting Nom Nom in Paoli, Southern Charmer(!) in Wayne; Our holiday recipes & more

December 12, 2019 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Troubled waters at Life Time Athletic in Tredyffrin.

The entire facility closed for a few days this week after “a loss of water flow” due to “a construction error,” according to the club’s messages to members.

Wait, the building was “constructed” in 2017 and they’re just finding the error now?

Confused, we reached out to corporate.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, Uncategorized Tagged With: 39 Montgomery, Allison Sanka, Bloom, Bryn Mawr Film Institute, BSWANKY, Cindy Barberes, CraftForms, Craig Conover, El Limon, ELLIE Main Line, ELLOQUII, facial plastic surgery, fitness clubs, Four Girls on a Mission, frank rapoport, givzie, Gretchen Bauer, h. honeycup, Jason Bloom, Jerry Sweeney, Juliet Goodfriend, Life Time, Life Time Athletic, Main Line School Night, Malvern Maps, maps, Marty Grims, Meghan Kelly, Nom Nom, Nom Nom Japanese Kitchen, Paoli ramen, Paoli restaurants, Paoli sushi, Pipeline Tacoes, Purenergy Studio, Ruby and jenna, samsara gear, Sanka farm, Sewing Down South, sheex, SHEEZ, Soap Up for Cyclists, Southern Charm, Suburban Square, Wayne Art Center, Wayne day care, Wayne early learning center

Double Issue: Why a top teacher’s not returning to T/E (with video); Shoplifting at Devon (oh, no); Double Jeopardy, O shots (!), ALDI, HipCityVeg, Shore things, HomeCooked, SAVVY Steals & more

June 12, 2019 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

School’s out for summer.

As of this week, it’s out forever … for star Stoga teacher Deb Ciamacca.

For years, the former Marine and beloved U.S. Government teacher has urged her students to get off the sidelines. “Democracy’s not a spectator sport,” she’d tell them.

After speaking out about gun safety here – and on national and international TV – she put her career where her mouth was.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, PLAY, Uncategorized Tagged With: Aldi, Avalon, Avalon park, Axia Women's Health, beach park, Berwyn Fire Co., bio-identical hormones, birth control, botox, Brendan Roach, Capt'n Chucky's, Catalyst, CHOP, Claire Guarino, Conestoga High School, Day of Beauty, Day Spa by Zsuzsanna, Deb Ciamacca, Debra Ciamacca, Devon Horse Show, digital billboard, Dips, Emma Boettcher, Fratelli's, Gregory Bolton, gun violence, Gusto Brew Co. La Costa Lounge, gynecologist, Happy Bird, Harriton pitcher, HipCityVeg, HomeCooked, hormone replacement therapy, HRT, ignite purpose, Impact Center, IUD, Jeopardy, Josei Kelly's Public House, Kiefer Sutherland, Kunda Beverage, Lauren Hart, Louella, Main & Vine, Main Line Health, Margate, McConnell & Associates ob/gyn, Merion Mercy Academy, Microneedling, Millennium Hair & Day Spa, Misfits, Misfits Market, Nom Nom, O shot, organic produce, P shot, Paoli, Paoli Village Shoppes, Patricia McConnell, Polka Dots, Polpo, PRP, Reeds at Shelter Haven, Revel Ride, school safety, Sean Herrmann, shoplifters, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Suburban Square, Surfside Park, Tennessee Avenue Beer Hall, Three Crazy Ladies, Tilton Square, ugly produce, vampire face lifts, vampire facial, vegan restaurant, Woodlynde School, Workhorse Brewing, Zsuzsanna Beyer

Devon Horse Show edition: Survivor Kirstin Day back in the saddle, What’s new in 2019, Shop the show. Plus, Cryoskin is here (!), Picket Post Pickle, Swedesford update, Trace Ardmore, Ardrossan, new Wayne co-op & more

May 23, 2019 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

On June 1, Kirstin Rabe Day will return to the show ring at Devon.

It’s been a while.

Twenty years, in fact.

With her erect carriage, her spit-shined boots and gloved fingers, Kirstin will be the picture of equestrian elegance..

But beneath her finery, emotions will be churning.

I’m here.

I’m healthy.

I’ve made it back.

When she last competed at Devon, Kirstin, now 38, was a junior at Radnor High School. She won two ribbons.

Seven months later, she had to give up riding altogether, and with it, her beloved horse.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, Uncategorized Tagged With: anorexia, Ardmore, Ardrossan, Ardrossan book, art galleries, BodyX, Bozzuto, Brian Kennedy, Chase pool, Chesterbrook Civic Association, Conestoga Rugby, Conestoga start time, Cryoskin Main Line, Devon Derby, Devon hat contest, Devon Horse Show, Devon Horse Show Ladies Day, Gideon Glick, Golf Galaxy, Green Bridge Development, HH Gregg, historical marker, Hope Montgomery Scott, Janice Hillman, Janny Scott, John Daley, Killian Riggs, Kirstin Day, Kirstin Rabe Day, Little House Shop, Main Line Co-op Pop Up, Marny Baxt, Melissa Sinni, Minding Your Mind, Paoli Business and Professional Association, Paoli Inn, Paoli Village Shoppes, Picket Post, Picket Post Swim Club, Radnor Hunt, Radnor Races, Renfrew Center, Robert Montgomery Scott, Sam Chew, Saturday Club, school start times, Strafford Chiropractic, Strength is Beautiful, Swedesford Plaza, The Beneficiary, The Blue Beret, theft, Trace, Tredyffrin Township Planning Commission, Valley Forge Park, Wawa murder, Wayne Music Festival, Yoga in the Park

Mighty & Main Line-born, The Motherchic blog launches Nordstrom line (!); Hello, Avalon Bistro Bryn Mawr, Bartaco KOP, Rec Studio Wayne, StudioFlora Berwyn; Plus, Wagsworth, Kramer Drive, Home Grown & lots more

May 2, 2019 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Lindsey Renninger Schuster might just be the most photographed woman on the Main Line.

She takes multiple “mirror selfies” each day.

She stars in professional shoots up to 150 times a year.

She’s photographed incessantly on vacation.

Always camera-ready, she changes clothes five times a day.

No, Schuster’s not a celebrity, a socialite or even a model, at least not technically.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, PLAY, SHOP, STYLE, Uncategorized Tagged With: ABC House, ABC Lower Merion, Anna Sicalides, Avalon Bistro, Avalon Bistro & Bar, Bartaco, Berwyn stores, Berwyne Fire Company, Bryn Mawr restaurants, Chrissy Piombino, Colby Cohen, comedy shows, Davio's, dog grooming, Elizabeth Bloom, fashion blogs, Gibson, Gino Marchetti, Habitat for Humanity, Haverford, haverford square, Home Grown, Howie Roseman, J.D. Sobota, Jerry Holtz, John Crosby, Karen Nicolas, kennels, King of Prussia, Kramer Drive, Laugh it Up in Malvern, Lauren Addis, Life Time Athletic, Life Time Work, Lindsey Schuster, Liz Bloom, Lucy Lopez, Main & Vine, Malcolm Jenkins, Mary Ann Esposito, Mary K. Dougerty, McKenzie Brew House, mentoring, mommy blogs, Myra Sack, Nicole Miller, Nordstrom, OnUp Innovators, OnUp Media, pet resorts, Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, Radnor ABC, Rec Studio, school rankings, Scott Bluebond, St. Norbert, StudioFlora, Tacos, The Motherchic, U.S. News & World Report, UIF, Uncommon Individual Foundation, Valley Forge Military Academy, Wagsworth Manor Pet Resort, Wayne murder, Zach Ertz

Wawa murder on our minds; Affordable house calls; Devon’s cutest cottage; AmberNoon’s new Wayne digs; Songsan BBQ Ardmore & Rudee’s Thai Wynnewood; Au revoir, Paramour; Lionheart Tutoring & more

April 11, 2019 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

It’s been two weeks since the brutal murder at the Radnor Wawa and we’re still aghast.

We didn’t know Stephanie MIller personally, but her death seems personal. We’re taking it personally.

She walked among us.

Her 6-year-old son goes to school here.

We’ve bought coffee at that Wawa.

The store on Old Sugartown has reopened, its floors scrubbed. The only hint of the horror that happened here: a makeshift memorial on a window ledge.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, PLAY, SOUL Tagged With: Amberrnoon, Brian Kennedy, Christine Shirley, Dan Chinburg, Devon cottage, Dina Previti, domestic violence, Erum Ilyas, FEarless Restaurants, flocked, Geoff Partridge, Guatemala, Imbibe, Jasper's Backyard, Jasper's Westside Tavern, Jim Beam, John Griffin II, Joseph Kitonga, kKorean BBQ, Lionheart Tutoring, Main Line murder, Mandarin, Marty Grims, MOMS Demand Action, Nova Nation, Paige Sullivan, Paint the Town Red, Paramour, Radnor Residents for Gun Safety, Radnor Wawa murder, red flag laws, Rittenhouse Place, Rosalie, Rrudee's Thai, SAT prep, Scott Furman, Songsan, Spread Bagelry, Stephanie Miller, Sullivan's, sun-protection, Sydney Grims, Vitable Health, Wayne Hotel, Wayne murder, Whole Foods, women's heart health, Wynnewood West

Devon Anthropologie to swap out deceptive ‘skinny’ mirrors; Plus, Casablanca spices up Bryn Mawr; The Simple Greek feeds Wayne; F45 trains Paoli; Catwalk for Wings & lots more

March 21, 2019 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Hey, Mirror, Mirror: Who’s the slimmest of them all? Shoppers trying on clothes at the new Devon Anthropologie.

Readers have been telling us for months that Anthro’s dressing-room mirrors make them look a tad taller and a smidge thinner than they actually are.

Thanks for the flattering image, the women told us, but, uh, no thanks.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, Uncategorized Tagged With: Alice Dagit, Andrew Mullen, Andy Mullen, Anthropologie, Anthropologie mirrors, Autism Awareness Luncheon, Bianca Robertson, Bonnie Kistler, Bryn Mawr BYOB, Casablance, Catwalk for Wings, Chester County Opioid Prevention Task Force, coyote, Dana Yermish, Daylesford Abbey, Devon Yard, Eagle Village Shops, Emergency Aid, F45, fashion shows, Fearless Restaurants Week, Feetures, fitness studios, Functional fitness, Functional training, golf, Great Co-Mission, Greek food, guidance counselor, Harriton High School, Haverford School, House on Fire, Jennifer O'Toole, John Hickenlooper, Justin Sherrock, Kevin Mahoney, Kinney Center, Kobe Bryant, Louella, Lower Merion High School, Main Line Day of Service, Main Line Health, Marrakesh, Marty Grims, Master's tournament, Middle Schoooled, Moroccan food, mural, new workouts, Opioid lawsuit, Paint the Town Red, Pancakes for Parkinson's, Paoli, Penn Medicine, Phil Martelli, Regeneron Science Talent Search, restaurant week, road rage, Rolling Green Golf Club, Samuel Weissman, skinny mirrors, St. Joe's, Sydney Yermish, Terrain Gardens, The Bercy, The Simple Greek, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Urban Outfitters, URBN, Van Cleve, Vivi G. Shoes, Wayne restaurants, Wings for Success, Women's Heart Initiative

The promise, pathos and too-short life of Brad Perz (Stoga ’13); Comings, goings & The Pub that stays put; Zapping pain in Paoli; Devine Designs & more

February 28, 2019 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Four weeks after her 24-year-old son died in her arms, Berwyn nurse Beth Perz stood before of a roomful of strangers – reporters, TV cameras and county officials – and broke down. Chester County had just announced its plan to sue opioid manufacturers. And two of the targeted companies – Endo and Cephalon – made the drugs that destroyed her son.

An eleventh-hour addition to the Jan. 15 news conference, Perz had written nothing; she would wing it.

She wiped her eyes, collected herself and began: “I’m here because I have to fight this fight.”

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, Uncategorized Tagged With: addiction, B. Good, Beth Perz, Brad Perz, Bradley Perz, Charles Barkley, Chopped, David Hamilton, Devine Designs, Echo Lake, Eileen Devine, electronic massage, fentanyl, Gladwyne, Gladwyne Acme, Gladwyne Lunch Box, interior designers, Jeannine Hamilton, Joanna Li, Joanna Spas, King of Prussia Restaurant Week, Kristina Wisneski, Lovebird, Merion Golf Club, opioid epidemic, overdose, Paoli spa, Patsie McCandless, Pink's Hot Dogs, Potbelly, Pub of Penn Valley, Radnor Wawa, Redhound Grill, tredyffrin fire, Wayne Art Center

Development déjà vu in Devon; Look who’s coming to Bryn Mawr, St. David’s & Malvern; Amazing lashes in Wayne; Everyone Reads T/E; Montessori memory care in Paoli; Student suicides & more

February 7, 2019 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Remember those ever-evolving plans for Devon Yard? How they once included a hotel, apartment building and parking garage near the old Waterloo site? And how, after a series of skirmishes, feisty neighbors thwarted all three.

Well, never say never.

The same developer – Eli Kahn, in partnership with Wade McDevitt – is back with new versions of each, all sited within spitting distance of Devon Yard and the Devon Horse Show.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, PLAY, Uncategorized Tagged With: Aldi, Aldi Malvern, Amazing Lash Studio, Avalon Bistro, Bar Avalon, Brightview Senior Living, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Cafe LIft, day center for dementia, Debbie Ryan, Devon Center Task Force, Devon Horse Show, Devon Horse Show parking garage, Devon Horse Show pledge, Devon hotel, Devon Yard, Dotti Katz, Downingtown East suicides, Eli Kahn, Everyone Reads T/E, Eyelash extensions, First Watch, Gateway Shopping Center, Giant, Gwen Burbank, Hatch Motherhood, HomeSense, Kahn Development, Main Line retail, Malvern, Marbles Bryn Mawr, Matthew's Journey, Montessori, Montessori for dementia, Operation Wildfire, Rhoads Crossing, SAG Awards, SAVVY Sailing, school start times, sneakers for soldiers, Solera Senior Living, St. David's Square, teen suicide, Villanova sports dome, Wayne

Autism ‘miracle’ in Merion; Bus stop blues & vandalism in T/E; PE pushback in LMSD; Tasty news for Tredici, La Cabra lovers; Plush digs for Bryn Mawr patients and more

January 17, 2019 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

When doctors at CHOP diagnosed Matthew Cramer with “classic” Autism Spectrum Disorder, his mother, Julie, a physician herself, had to excuse herself.

“I was retching,” the Merion Station dermatologist tells SAVVY. “I was absolutely sick to my stomach.”

“It’s not cancer,” her husband, Warren, had reassured her. “It’s not the end of the world.”

“It sort of is,” Julie countered. For a long time, she couldn’t even say the word, autism. “I used the A word instead,” she says.

Ten years later, Julie says the full word without flinching. More than that, she’s eager to share her son’s remarkable journey.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, PLAY Tagged With: Academy of Notre Dame Art Show, art shows, autism, Beth Am Israel, Biga, Bodega, Bryn Mawr Center for Psychological and Educational Services, Bryn Mawr Hospital, bus stop, Cerise, Conestoga High School, Dish and Dine, Enoteca Tredici Downingtown, Extended Experience, Gladwyne Acem, Greg Dodge, Harriton High School, Joseph Russino, Kelly Donahue, La Cabra Brewing, LaBlast, Linda Ritter, Louis Van Amstel, Lower Merion School District, Mary Dougherty, Matthew Cramer, Merion Mercy Academy, Michele Robins, Michelle Leonard, Movement Rx Studio, Murph Wysocki, Nicole Miller, Old Eagle School Road, Patient Pavilion, St. Aloysius Academy, Susie Geib, The Bercy, The Refectory, Tredyffrin Board of Supervisors, Tredyffrin-Easttown School District, UpHome, Villanova restaurant, Woodlynde School, Zagafen, Zavino Hospitality Group

DOUBLE ISSUE: Alarming fire news; ‘Life Time effect’; Go float in KOP; Space for all abilities; Easttown trees; new Oath Pizza & Whole Foods. Plus, all-local gift ideas (w/ SAVVY savings!)

December 13, 2018 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

You smell smoke, call 9-1-1, first responders rush on over.

But what if – gulp – there aren’t enough first responders?

That’s the scary scenario laid out in a new report about the state of volunteer firefighting in PA.

Numbers have fallen off a cliff: from 300,000 volunteers in the 1970s to 38,000 today. The report calls the drop-off nothing short of a “public safety crisis.”

While the situation’s not as dire here, our Main Line fire companies – staffed largely by unpaid volunteers – are hurting for help.

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