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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

Standing up to hate; Great Valley shocker; Paoli contractor busted; New café & empty nester homes to Tredyffrin & LOTS of retail comings & goings

November 1, 2018 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Hearts were heavy but heads were held high across the Main Line this week.

Hate would have no home here.

From Beth Chaim in Malvern to Beth David in Gladwyne, from the Chabad Center in Devon to Chabad Main Line in Merion, from Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy to the Perelman Jewish Day School, thousands gathered – somber and shattered, yes, but resolute in their response to the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history.

There would be no cowering in corners.

With growing unease, Jewish friends had watched the rising tide of hate on their home turf: the toppled tombstones, the scribbled swastikas, the bomb threats. But a massacre? In their own state? In a neighborhood not so different from Narberth? If hate could kill in Squirrel Hill, it could kill anywhere, right?

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, PLAY, Uncategorized Tagged With: Anita Friday, anne hamilton, Anne Henderson, anti-semitism, Arcadia, Bagel Factory, Barnes, Berthe Morisot, Berwyn, Blue Gene Gala, Chabad, contractor fraud, David Broida, Daylesford Abbey, Element Kitchens, empty nesters, Erin Shine, First Watch, Gateway Shopping Center, Great Valley High School principal, hate crimes, HIAS, Hope Chest, Jason Duckworth, Jeff Kellmer, Kellmer Jewelers, KIngsHaven, Little House Shop, Main & Vine, Main Line Reform Temple, mental health, Michael Flick, michael sheehan, Minding Your Mind, Narberth, Neil Cooper, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Or Zarua, Outback Steakhouse, Penn Medicine Radnor, Pittsburgh shootings, Pottery Corner, Quincy's, rabbi, Savona, Shangrila, synagogue shootings, Teegarden dog park, Teegarden Park, Temple Beth Am Israel, Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El, Todd Stavrakos, Tredyffrin, Tree of Life, Villanova Dines Out, Villanova Restaurant Week, Wayne Glen, Wayne Presbyterian Church, West Chester theater student

Dishing on new Devon Yard, Big break in brutal Main Line murder; Great Flood of ’18; Dining & retail roundup; Saturday Club 2.0 & much more

August 30, 2018 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

The Main Line seems smitten with its new baby, the upscale lifestyle center Devon Yard.

And why not?

She’s six acres of delightful: verdant and lush, our new bundle of joy.

And a surprisingly small bundle she turns out to be.

After that that four-year township tug-of-war, Devon’s new “town center” consists of two stores (albeit grand ones), two restaurants and an event space. Period.

Still, every detail disarms: the breathtaking courtyard, the vintage flourishes, the unexpected touches of whimsy.

Here’s what you need to know before you go:

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, Uncategorized Tagged With: Ardmore murder, At Thge Table Wayne BYOB, Berwyn Fire Company, Christina Carlin-Kraft, Clothier estate, Cornerstone Bistro, DuckDuckGo, Eddie V's, Emergency Management, Flooding, Gateway Shopping Center, healthy breakfasts, Jim Klinges, King of Prussia mall, Lower Merion School District, Main Line Hair Design, model murder, North Italia, Orange Theory, Radnor Fire Company, Saturday Club, Sheri DeMaris, Stoneleigh Garden, Tiramisu, Trader Joe's, Tredyffrin, water rescues, YMCA

Transgender in Tredyffrin – C. McMillan’s story; Semi-Super Wawa to Wayne?; LM school search update; J. Alexander’s KOP & Alomore in Gateway & much more

August 7, 2018 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Don’t bother searching for Cal Stone McMillan in Conestoga’s 2103 yearbook. The only McMillan listed is brainy trumpeter Caroline, and well, she’s long gone.

Because Caroline, in trans parlance, is Cal’s “dead name.”

In print and in person, Caroline has been largely erased – birth certificate, passport and driver’s license all say “Calvin” now. Calling Cal “Caroline” would be “deadnaming,” disrespectful because it signals non-acceptance.

Along with the masculine name, there’s a manly physique, a strong handshake, a deeper voice, a beard.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, Uncategorized Tagged With: Aberdeen Sunoco, Alomore, Alpha Brava Canine, Ardmore, Barbara Bigford, Beach Pockets, beach umbrella anchors, Ben Thomas, Broadway, Cal McMillan, Caroline McMillan, Cerise BYOB, Cerise Craft Steakhouse, clairemont, Dine out for the Dogs, Easttown Library, fashion boutiques, Gateway Shopping Center, gender dysmorphia, Gerry Lenfest, J. Alexander's, Jeremy Nowak, Jersey Boys, Karakelian, Kathy Rumer, Keystone Shops, King of Prussia mall, Lower Merion School District, Medical Marijuana, Mike Badey, Morris Cloethier Mansion, Nahjee Grant, Nathan Twedt, passports, Radnor Poice, Sara Schmidt, Sara Schmidt Studio, Snapchat, Songs for Seeds, St. Katharine of Siena, Stacy Stone, Stoneleigh, Transgender, Tredyffrin, Van Gogh Pop-up, vincent van gogh, Wawa, White Dog Cafe

Heroin with a happy ending; MOMS Demand (gun) Action; Crowded schools; Bistro boomlet & weekend preview

October 5, 2017 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

What a difference a decade makes.

Hang out with the Tankels’ in their Malvern living room and you’d never know this observant Quaker family was nearly destroyed by drugs.

Teasing and cracking jokes, they clearly love being together. Like the “normal” Main Line family they weren’t – for six harrowing years.

Truly, if walls could talk, the Tankels’ home would scream: of stolen money and pilfered pills, of school expulsions and shouting matches, of multiple car crashes and surprise drug tests, of Visine and baggies, of trust faithfully extended and repeatedly betrayed. All of it fallout from Eric Tankel’s addiction to pot, to pain pills, and ultimately, to heroin.

Six of his close friends died from their addictions.

But Eric, thankfully, is very much with us.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, PLAY, SHOP, SOUL Tagged With: Body X, Chadds Ford Winery, Cornerstone Bistro, Daylesford Abbey Art Show, Delice et Chocolat, drug addiction, drug rehab, Gateway Shopping Center, gun control, gun violence, heroin, King of Prussia wine garden, Kirkland's, Knauer Performing Arts Center, Lower Merion School District, Lumi Juice, Main Line Antiques Show, Malvern, MOMS Demand Action, Motherest, Paoli Blues Fest, Penn Wynne Elementary School, SAVVY event, school overcrowding, surrey services, Tredyffrin/Easttown School District, Uptown Speaker Series, What to Eat Now

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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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, PLAY, Uncategorized Tagged With: Ardmore, Chamounix Ventures, Delice et Chocolat, Devon Yard, Drexel fraternity lawsuit, Duck Donuts, Easttown, ECHO Realty, French pastry shop, Gateway Shopping Center, George Badey, Haverford Duck Pond, Healthy eating, Ian McGibbon, Keith Morgan, Keystone Dispensaries, King of Prussia mall, La Jolie, Marijuana dispensary, Medical Marijuana, Michael Badey, Movie Tavern, Movie theaters, Paoli train station, Pathmark, Pun's Toys, Shipley School, Station Square, Swedesford Plaza, Terrain, Tredyffrin, True Food Kitche, Wayne, Wayne BYOB, zoning

Whole Foods’ tasty new tavern, a Gateway good-bye, Naf Naf gets grilling, twin leukemia tragedies & more

September 12, 2016 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Hey, Whole Foods: Can you build us a new Devon store, too?

We just had a sneak peek tour and tasting at the about-to-open Wynnewood market and, frankly, we were blown away.

The place is blockbuster.

We knew it would be three times bigger than the cramped Whole Foods it’s replacing around the corner.

But we had no idea how much better it would be.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, EAT, SOUL Tagged With: Gateway Shopping Center, leukemia, Main Line, Middle Eastern food, Naf Naf Grill, shawarma, Wayne, Whole Foods Market, Wynnewood

Devon Yard Downsized (!), SAVVY Spring Break Style Guide, Speaking up re: Stoga hazing, Gateway’s unlikely new BYOB

March 22, 2016 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Developer Eli Kahn’s 60-foot high hopes have been officially and forever dashed.

After huddling with disgruntled Devon neighbors, he’s just unveiled a new plan that lops off the top floor of his proposed Devon Yard apartments and cuts the number of units from 135 to 100.

Was it the blue yard signs that sprouted like spring weeds along adjoining streets after that very vocal public meeting?

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Filed Under: BUZZ, EAT, SHOP Tagged With: Appetite's Delight, Conestoga High School, Devon Yard, dining, Eli Kahn, Gateway Shopping Center, Hazing, Nancy Amoroso, spring break, Spring fashion

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