Main Line Today April 2007
Top Lawyers
It's officially spring, and there's plenty to do on the Main Line, from a gala and an art exhibit to horse races and Easter Bunny visits.
Lawyers around the Main Line and western suburbs nominated their colleagues in 25 categories. Here are 2022's winners.
This Month’s Coolest Culinary Events » Join Georges Perrier and Chris Scarduzio this month and all year long as they celebrate Brasserie Perrier’s 10th with specially priced cocktails 5-7 p.m. Wednesdays. 1619 Walnut St., Philadelphia; ...
Pom Aid No one really knows what tempted Eve that fateful day in the Garden of Eden, but some say it was a pomegranate, bulging with the sweet nectar coveted for its powers of fertility ...
Meating Expectations Thank you for the very kind mini-review regarding Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar in your March edition of Main Line Today (Epicure, March 2007). It shows just how fortunate I am to ...
Down to Earth Unfortunately, when it comes to the environment, a person’s back yard can be a pretty good microcosm of a world in crisis—ornamental cabbages chewed to nothing by hungry deer; a family pet ...
Hot Stuff Mellow it’s not, but the Big Easy’s Cajun/Creole cuisine smokes. THE SCENE: Walking into the Big Easy at night can be a little jarring. The music is loud, the lights bright, and the ...
A reusable guide to being one with the earth. No wonder green is the color of chameleons. Over the years, it’s been associated with envy, money, nausea, friskiness (think green M&Ms), even a rock band. ...
School of Hard Knocks America’s oldest scholastic rugby team also wants to be the best. On a ragtag football field at Valley Forge Middle School off Route 252 in Devon, it’s the last day of ...
Dubbed baseball’s P.T. Barnum, Phillies chairman Bill Giles has a few more tricks up his sleeve, including a new book that celebrates his 70-year love affair with the sport. IT’S THE WEEKLY noon luncheon of the ...
Ceiling Point A Gladwyne home is awash in details—up, down and all around. One way to make sure an interior design project stays on track is to schedule a dinner party. That’s exactly what Amy ...
Grand Country Estate Details: The stately Georgian colonial Toad Hall sits on an 11-acre estate in Berwyn. Built in 1929 and designed by Philadelphia architect Arthur Paul, it’s a three-story, eight-bedroom, five-bathroom house with Old ...
Think Young Conquering mind over matter as you age. It seems medical and science researchers are always trying to figure out how to improve the human species—and with good cause: We’re hanging around a lot ...
Breaking Through Understanding the subtleties of communication is essential in developing relationships and communicating effectively. But for anyone living with autism or Asperger’s Syndrome, even the simplest interaction can be fraught with anxiety and confusion. ...
Blaming the Messenger How a famous writer slurred the good name of a Lower Merion neighborhood. Sometimes journalists screw up. Mostly, they do a good job. Either way, they can make people furious. In Lower ...
Your home improvement questions answered.Question: I’ve been hearing a lot about the benefits of native plants over the last few years, and I’d like to try growing some myself. But I have a lot of ...
Mandarin Oriental Hotel 1330 Maryland Ave., SW, Washington, D.C.; (202) 554-8588, mandarinoriental.com The scoop: Celebrate the 95th anniversary of the famed National Cherry Blossom Festival in style at the luxurious Mandarin Oriental Hotel, which offers ...
Test Prep Primer When it comes to the dreaded SAT, it pays to prepare. It’s nice to know there’s $134 billion in financial aid out there for the nation’s college-bound students. The problem is getting ...
Track Life You can learn a lot while walking in circles. Today I learned about worms and life. It rained last night. At 9 a.m., the paved surface of the Swarthmore College running track was ...
Things We Like Tickets to Ride, An Alphabetic Amusement By Mark Rogalski (Perseus Books, 64 pages) Former Franklin Mint employee Mark Rogalski breaks into the children’s book biz with an eye-catching alphabetic journey through a ...
