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Dapper & delightful: The Jockey Tavern giddyaps into Malvern

November 26, 2024 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

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.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: equestrian, frazer, jockey tavern, Main Line, Malvern, Radnor Hunt, Restaurants, tavern

Holy Macaroni! Ardmore’s new Mac Mart is a mac ‘n cheese lover’s dream

November 12, 2024 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

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.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Ardmore, fast-casual franchise, mac n cheese, Main Line, new restaurant, takeout restaurants

‘Pretty Wrecked’, a Wayne mom’s new tell-all; This is not your father’s library; Main Line family brings Cabrini to the big screen; Wayne Wawa & lux condo news; Hello, Osushi Wayne, Fiore Rosso 2.0, Full of Grace Florals, Blue Heron, RAZRBAR & more

March 6, 2024 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

With her girl-next-door face and bouncy personality, it’s hard to picture Wayne mom Tracy Viola as the duplicitous, defiant drug-addicted teen in her new memoir, Pretty Wrecked.

But maybe that’s the point of this tell-all: looks (and smarts) can be deceptive. Heck, they help you deceive. You can be pretty – and pretty wrecked for years – but you can fool yourself for only so long.

Sooner or later, you’ll crash and burn.

Tracy hit rock bottom seven months after her Agnes Irwin graduation when, strung out and shivering with nowhere to sleep, she crawled inside an empty Toyota parked behind the Devon Acme.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: addiction, Agnes Irwin School, barber shops, Brian Clapp, Cabrini movie, Eustace Wolfington, event spaces, Fiore Rosso, funeral flowers, kidney donor athletes, Longevity, luxury condos, Main Line, Makerspace, One Kidney Climb, Osushi, pretty wrecked, Simply Returns, sober living, tracy viola, Tredyffrin Library, Wayne

It’s here!!! SAVVY Main Line: the Podcast Episode #1

January 24, 2024 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Watch us on YouTube or find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. 

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: aneu kitchens, entrepreneurs, event venues, healthy snack, Main Line, Meridith Coyle, radnor hotel, savvy main line podcast, Terrain, Tredyffrin-Easttown School District, triple crown restaurant, valley forge national park

Spring beginnings! Blue Elephant Wayne, Amada Radnor, Exit 13 Gastrobar, Berwyn Farmer’s Market, Coulter Place Ardmore, HOTWORX, Discseel, Le Mignon & more

April 17, 2023 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Recession? What Recession? No sign of it here, with so many restaurants, retail and building projects taking root this spring.

We begin in downtown Wayne, where a long-time-coming Blue Elephant has finally made her grand entrance.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: amada, berwyn farmer's market, blue elephant, exit 13 gastrobar, garrett hill pizza, hotworx, jose garces, le mignon, Main Line, Main Point Books, new restaurants, Wayne

Coping with coronavirus: The Main Line pauses, pivots and pitches in. Will life ever be the same?

April 11, 2020 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Frankly, we weren’t going to publish. This coronavirus crisis is too crazy/awful/unwieldy to even begin to unpack. Plus, we weren’t sure how to handle our loyal advertisers, who have enough bills to worry about.

But we’ve been monitoring the Main Line’s New Normal. And while plenty about it stinks, there’s good news worth sharing.

So we’re going ahead. You’ll see our advertisers’ banners and hear some of their corona-coping stories but they won’t be billed. It’s the least we can do.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Aneu, Berwyn, cabin fever, coronavirus, covid-19, drive-by dance party, Fabric Shield, face shields, first responders, Food It Forward, hand sanitizer, HomeCooked, Hope Veterinary Hospital, Leslie Gudel, Main Line, Main Line Health, masks, McKenzie Brew House, Medical Students for masks, pandemic, People's Light, Radnor Memorial Library, salute to heroes, shutdown, Surrey, Valley Forge Park

Much ado about development: the latest in Berwyn, Devon; Fallout from Radnor’s fallen trees; Cutting-edge beauty/wellness in Paoli; Uh-oh in Ardmore; Happy B-day Campli Photo & BMFI; Cool new companies & more

March 3, 2020 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

After a string of hearings sometimes so raucous with foot stomping and chanting that officials asked police to stand sentry, Easttown’s zoning board has – drum roll – ruled on Berwyn Square.

Both sides claim partial victory – although, arguably, the bigger win went to the developers.

But this one’s far from over.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 1619 Project, 2nd Family, Alexander Muss High School, Anat Dessner, Berwyn neighbors, Berwyn Square, Berwyn Village, BMFI, Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Campli PHotography, ClearLight Meditation, Cocoon Fitness Pod, cold-brew coffee, Cornerstone Tracy, Cryo Sculpt Revive, Cryoskin, Dante Coles, David Campli, David Langfitt, development, Devon, Devon Horse Show, DMAX Foundation, Easttown, Eileen Silcox Daly, Eli Kahn Development, Emily Glowacki, EMME, fashion, Fiskey-Kneafsey family, home care, Ian Wilson, Jane Winchester, Jenkins Arboretum, Jenn Hartmann, Jill Frechie, Joe Kohn, John Riccuiti, Kensington in Crisis, Kika Stretch Studio, King of Prussia Town Center, Main Line, Main Line apartments, Main Line fashion, Main Line Magic, mold, Nancy Volpe-Beringer, nitro cold brew, One Ardmore, opioid crisis, POWER Main Line, Project Runway, racism, Radnor Board of Commissioners, Radnor Conservancy, Radnor trees, Scott McBride, Sean Daly, Smart Lunch, Strafford Chiropractic, stretch studios, Stretch Zone, Todd Pohlig, Valley Forge Coffee Reserve, Van Cleve, William Sonoma

Social edition: Loretta Swit in Wayne, Jazz for Home of the Sparrow, Appleford Summer Solstice, Natural Lands’ Stardust, DAR, ML School Night & City Year soirées & more

July 10, 2017 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

M*A*S*H fans flocked to the Cottage at Valley Forge Flowers to meet Loretta Swit, aka Hot Lips Houlihan.

The star: A longtime artist and animal rights activist, Swit, now 79, came to Wayne June 29 to sign copies of Switheart: The Watercolour Artistry & Animal Activism of Loretta Swit. Fetched from New York by a Valley Forge Flowers staffer, Swit was reportedly “lovely” and raved about the antiques and collectibles at the Cottage.

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Filed Under: Savvy Social Tagged With: Appleford, Bala Village, charity, City Year, Gladwyne, Gladwyne Library, historic preservation, Home of the Sparrow, Loretta Swit, Main Line, Main Line School Night, Purenergy Studio, Stardust, Switheart, Valley Forge Flowers, Wayne, Wayne Art Center, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, yoga

Social Edition: Devon Horse Show (Hats! Art!), Radnor Hunt (More hats!), Perelman School, Wayne Art’s Plein Air, Shipley Gardens, Junior League, Art of Fashion, St. James & People’s Light

June 1, 2017 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Hatted hopefuls bling it on for “Jewels of Devon” Ladies Day contest

The gathering: Ladies paid $65 in advance, $80 at the door for light bites, live music, “Devontinis” and bubbly, and goody bags that included tickets to a long list of raffle prizes donated by Country Fair vendors. Just over 130 ticketholders picked up paddles to compete in the contest. A bit of a headache in recent years, party crashers were kept out by a barricade of picnic tables and volunteers checking wristbands.

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Filed Under: Savvy Social Tagged With: Abramson Cancer Center, Art of Fashion, Devon hat contest, Devon Horse Show, Devon Horse Show Ladies Day, fashion show, hat contest, hats, Junior League, Main Line, Main Line schools, Neiman Marcus, People's Light, Philly fights cancer, Plein Air Festival, Radnor Hunt Races, St. James School, Wayne Art Center

Well, Hello, DanDan, Bryn + Dane’s, BodyX, The Cottage, Louella, Orchestra, Hope Chest. Plus, Friends fund funeral for Stoga ’16 star; Axed coach sues Stoga officials & more

May 24, 2017 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Devon is fired up over DanDan.

It hasn’t officially opened but the new restaurant – at the old Ella’s near the Devon Acme – is already packin’ ’em in.

Just like it does in Center City.

And for good reason.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: antiques, Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr Village, Conestoga Football, Conestoga hazing, Conestoga High School, Devon, Devon Horse Show, Devon Horse Show Ladies Day, fashion boutiques, Main Line, real estate, Restaurants, shopping, Valley Forge Flowers, Wayne

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