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Main Line apartment boom: Why so many? 118 North and Amis 2.0; New Cocoon wellness pod & non-surgical neck fix; Devon migrant-shelter update; Plank Studio & more

October 24, 2019 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Townhomes and McMansions are so 20 years ago.

Seems everywhere we turn, there’s an apartment complex just waiting to be built.

From Narberth to Ardmore to Berwyn and beyond, developers are teeing up hefty rental projects. 2,000 new units are in the pipeline in Lower Merion alone.

So many, in fact, they’re beginning to blur: mid-rise buildings with flat-roofs, mixed-material facades, pristine kitchens and baths and smallish living quarters. What you lose in personal square footage, you gain in amenities and walk-to-town/train/trail convenience.

Or so the pitch goes.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 118 North, Amis, apartment boom, apartments, Ardent Credit Union, Ardmore apartments, Ardmore Music Hall, Arlo, Art Ability, Berwyn Square, Biff Gottehrer, Bozzuot, Brannon Clayor, Carol Spiker, Cocoon Wellness Pod, Cornerstone Tracy, Della Porta, Devereux, Devon Yard, Diane Wulk, Easttown Township, Ellevate, Erik Strik, Eugene Briggs, Expressions, Fashion Xchange, Frazer Lanes, Greg Mueller, Hilary Ryan, infrared sauna, Katie Sampson, Ken Kearns, leah yaw, Lumbrada, Mistral, neck lift, Never Again Action, non-surgical neck lift, Plank Studio, Plaza Azteca, resale shops, retirement, Rob Werner, school start times, Spread Bagelry, Stoker's Dracula, Stoneleigh, Strafford Chiropractic, Swedesford

Homeless, talented & driving a bus in T/E; Another redo for ‘downtown’ Devon; La Cabra’s new Bodega fires up Bryn Mawr; Nova’s new digs; Fall’s best fests; Ellie MAIN Line, Silver Linings, CJE wellness retreat & lots more

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

To the Tredyffrin kids who ride his school bus each day, he’s their polite and punctual bus driver. Notable, perhaps, for his Hungarian accent and nothing more.

Ah, but looks can deceive.

Beneath his spotless polo shirt and chipper demeanor, Andras Szekely is, in fact, struggling to survive. He leads a life of carefully hidden homelessness, made bearable only by his art, his far-off family, and his hope for a better tomorrow.

Until now, Andras has kept his living situation secret.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: andras szekely, Bakery House, Berwyn Village, Bodega, bodega by la cabra brewing, Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Chloe Johnston Experiences, CJE, Devon Center District, Devon Fall Classic, Devon Yard, Diane Oliva, Dine & Dish, Downton Abbey, Easttown Township, Eaves, Eli Kahn, ELLIE Main Line, fall fashion, Flywheel Sports, HipCityVeg, homeless, homeless bus driver, homeless photographer, Joe Kohn, Karen Hepp, Krapf Bus Co. driver, Linda Orff, Main & Vine, Main Line fashion, Main Line Restaurant Week, Radnor Fall Festival, Silver Linings Boutique, The Commons, Topgolf, Villanova University

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

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

Remembering Radnor’s Heidi Diskin: a life of caring, cut short by depression. Plus, Paoli’s billboard battle, Target fever, Kindred Collective Bryn Mawr, Ardmore murder news, Retail roundup, Etcetera & more

October 11, 2018 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

On Sept. 7, three days after her sons started the new school year at Radnor Elementary, Heidi Diskin ended her life.

She was 44.

We share this with you because Heidi would want us to.

“One hundred percent, she would want her story told,” said her husband, J.D., in a phone interview. “My hope is that what happened to Heidi can be a teachable moment. As terrible as this situation is, it’s an even worse tragedy if it doesn’t help others.”

To family and close friends, Heidi’s suicide was a sucker punch – a heart-wrenching coda to 20 years of pain.

To those less close, it seemed, well, inexplicable.

Because Heidi had made mental health advocacy and suicide prevention her life’s work. She’d started a brain health foundation, she’d spoken to countless groups, she’d even hosted a cable TV show about mental health. How could Heidi Diskin – of all people – have succumbed herself?

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Filed Under: BUZZ, EAT, PLAY, SHOP, STYLE, Uncategorized Tagged With: Anthropologie, Ardmore murder, Bill Claypool, bipolar, Blue Gene Gala, Blue Octagon, Blue Octagon Too, Brigid Stasen, Bryn Mawr, Campli PHotography, Carla Zambelli, Catalyst Outdoor Advertising, CCC Sale, Center for Social Impact, Christina Carlin-Kraft, Circe, Clockworks, Community Clothes Charity, Dan Maxwell, depression, Devon Target, Devon Yard, digital billboards, DMAX Foundation, Eaves, Eaves Townhouse, Etcetera, Finneran Pavilion, flower walls, Haverford College polling place, Heidi Diskin, J.D. Diskin, Jordan PIncus, Kindred Collective, King of Prussia mall, Krissa Wichsser, Louella Boutique, Madeline Miller, Malvern Prep, Minding Your Mind, model murder, Nicol Floral Design, Nicol Segel, North Italia, Paoli billboard, Parlour, Parlour Ice Cream Ardmore, Pattye Benson, Radnor Fireworks, Radnor suicide, Revivalist Gin, Robin Halpern, Skinny Pizza Paoli, spotted lanternfly, suicide, surrey services, Target, Tredyffrin billboard, Tredyffrin Township, True Food Kitchen, Ventnor movie theater, Villanova, Wayne Target, William claypool

Lucky us! Swell new Stoneleigh public garden in Villanova, The Bercy Ardmore, Imbibe in Conshy, Argyle & MovementRx Studio; Plus, KingsHaven, Devon hats & more

May 10, 2018 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

The Main Line has a new treasure. Dusted off, spruced up, and ready for our viewing pleasure. 42 glorious green acres.

“Stoneleigh: A Natural Garden” makes its public debut on Mother’s Day.

Join the lawn games or pick a quieter day to meander its paths and soak in its charms.

There’s no rush; the garden’s not going anywhere.

It’s ours. Forever.

And it’s free.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, EAT, PLAY, Uncategorized Tagged With: Anna Sicalides, Ardmore, Ardmore restaurants, Argyle, Brenda Waites Bolling, Brendan Burns, Christine Sturgis, Conshohocken restaurants, Devon Country Fair, Devon Horse Show, Devon Ladies Day, Devon Yard, downsizing, empty nesters, French bistros, Friends Central School, gardening, gift shops, Haas estate, Haverford florists, Heather King, home decor, Imbibe, John Haas, KIngsHaven, KingsHaven Design, Ladies Day hat contest, Lauren Wylonis, Main Line home decor, Main Line milliners, Merion Mercy Academy, MovementRx, Natural Lands, Oil and Light, Paoli shopping, public gardens, royal wedding, Sean Weinberg, Sister Barbara Buckley, Stoneleigh, Stoneleigh: A Natural Garden, The Bercy, Upper Main Line YMCA swimmer, Villanova, Wynnewood fitness studios, Your Organizing Consultants

Democrats win big in T/E & beyond; Longtime Main Line ob-gyn arrested; Stoga, Devon Yard, Ardmore Target & Aronimink updates; Dine local; Shop w/ purpose & more

November 15, 2017 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Local Democrats are still pinching themselves – perhaps nowhere more so than in Tredyffrin, where the party’s candidates went 12 for 12 last Tuesday.

A sweep.

Three Democrats ran for township supervisor seats: incumbent Murph Wysocki plus Matt Holt and Kevin O’Nell. ­

All three won.

Four Democrats ran for T/E school board: incumbent Scott Dorsey plus Kyle Boyer, Tina Whitlow and Heather Ward.

All four won. (Whitlow and Ward ousted current board president Doug Carlson and Virginia Lastner.)

So, for the first time in township history, three of seven supes and seven of nine school board directors will be Democrats.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, PLAY, SHOP, Uncategorized Tagged With: Ardmore, Ardmore Target, Aronimink, Chris Hurst, Conestoga High School, Democrats, Devon Yard, Heather Ward, Joseph Russino, King of Prussia mall, King of Prussia Town Center, Kyle Boyer, Lisa borowski, Medical Marijuana, Murph Wysocki, Paoli ob--gyn associates, Paula Hian, PGA tour, Philip Ahr, St. David's Episcopal Church, Target, The Gift Shop at St. David's, Tredyffrin, Tredyffrin Township Democrats, Tredyffrin-Easttown School Board, Wyebrook Farm

Devon Yard beckons brides & mitzvahs; Saving sex-trafficked girls; Flamingos trending; Shopping scoops; A SAVVY Save the Date & more

September 21, 2017 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

The dirt is flying and the bulldozers are busy at the old Waterloo Gardens, now a bustling construction site for Devon Yard.

Good thing, too.

Because URBN is already booking weddings and mitzvahs – from Sept. 1, 2018 onward – at the Yard’s splashy event venue, Terrain Gardens.

Never mind that the project took more than four years to get OK’d; URBN’s confident it can have the whole shebang up and running in less than 12 months.

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Movie theatre to Tredyffrin (?!); Devon pot dispensary’s surprising CEO; New frat suit; True Food Kitchen & new Wayne BYOB; Pun’s to Ardmore; Devon Yard & more

July 21, 2017 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Dim the lights and pass the popcorn: The Main Line might get its first luxury movie house.

The owner of the Swedesford Plaza Shopping Center in Tredyffrin is in serious talks with an upscale theater company to turn the dowdy old Pathmark into a state-of-the-art cinema experience.

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La Cabra Brewing & other hot new spots, L. Merion’s PR problems, a fond farewell & more

November 2, 2016 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

In a word: wow.

We’re blown away by what a bunch of brewpub newbies just pulled off in downtown Berwyn.

They took a drab old furniture store across from the train station (RIP Pearl of the East), gutted it, and turned it into rustic-chic La Cabra Brewing, suddenly the hippest spot in town.

OK. Not so suddenly.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, SHOP Tagged With: Anthropologie, Arthur Wolk, Berwyn, Betsy Bartos, brewpubs, Chester County Planning Commission, Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse, Devon Yard, dining, Free People, honeygrow, independent bookstores, King of Prussia, King of Prussia mall, King of Prussia Town Center, La Cabra Brewing, Landscapes 3, Lower Merion School District, Narberth Bookshop, Paladar Latin Kitchen and Rum Bar, photo contest, Pizzeria Vetri, school taxes, shopping, Urban Outfitters, URBN

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