Main Line Today August 2007
Testing the Waters Seafood lovers get schooled at Legal Sea Foods. THE SCENE: Depending on when you go, your first glimpse of this Boston-based seafood house might well be the backs of anxious customers lined ...
The Simple Life Chester County farm-dwellers get civilized in a Devon colonial. Throughout the Devon home of doctors Don and Linda Wilson are paintings by Peter Sculthorpe and other acclaimed Chester County artists depicting various ...
Nature’s Nectar Sales of organic wines in Pennsylvania are up 32 percent, and more and more winemakers are going green. Along with an increased sense of environmental responsibility, the goal is healthier, better-tasting wine. Not ...
This Month’s Coolest Culinary Events » Get ready to rumble Aug. 12 at the Victory Brewers Chili Showdown, where all 15 Victory Brewing Company brewers compete in a cook-off decided by customer vote. 420 ...
Things We Like Chester County Town Tours and Village Walks As summer dwindles, we like to ease the dull ache with a comforting dose of nostalgia while strolling Chester County’s historic villages and countryside with ...
Bethlehem, Pa. (six miles northeast of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley) Drive time: A little more than an hour. The scoop: Nicknamed “Christmas City, U.S.A.” for obvious reasons, Bethlehem (founded in 1741) is a year-round ...
Wayne to Water Kim Kristire’s interior-design career has taken her from her hometown of Wayne to beach communities such as Longport, N.J., and La Jolla, Calif. “I specialize in relaxed living,” says Kristire. “I show ...
A typical day in France with Birchrunville’s Annie Jacquet-Bentley is hardly taxing. “We go to a local market then return home to cook and enjoy the meal we created together,” she says. “I want to ...
Learning Curve A well-seasoned Susanna Foo ponders the recipe for success. In the middle of the week on a summer morning, Susanna Foo is having breakfast at the Radnor Hotel, 100 yards or so from ...
Criminals beware. Delaware County’s Patrick Meehan has a jail cell with your name on it. For all his interest in starching white-collar crime, Patrick Meehan has yet to shed his salt-of-the-earth work ethic. The U.S. ...
Flower Power I read with interest your article about the Peace rose [Retrospect, May 2007], and you had it about right. This is a wonderful part of the world, as there are many rose societies ...
We put six of the area’s brightest culinary lights on the spot, giving them the option of being photographed with either their favorite dish or their most prized tool of the trade, all while peppering ...
Fancy Fish Dripping with 1930s elegance, the Oceanaire Seafood Room is the Rolls Royce of seafood houses, its sweeping staircase, lofty ceiling, Art Deco curves, cherry-wood accents, horseshoe-shaped red leather booths, crisp white linens and ...
News & Notes » On June 13, area chefs and restaurateurs joined out-of-town celebrity chefs for the Great Chefs Event 2007. Honored host Osteria cleared its tables for the likes of Jose Garces (Amada, Tinto), ...
Painter John Hannafin Many of us daydream about throwing our real world into neutral for a spell but we never seem to find the pause button. Not John Hannafin. In March, this West Chester artist ...
» Swan song (the first of many): With the recent announcement that Ardrossan is up for sale, the fate of Robert and Hope Montgomery Scott’s onetime home is suddenly up in air. But on June ...
Question: What’s the difference between organic cotton sheets and regular cotton sheets? Answer: Annette Hawk, owner of Monograms, Etc. (Spread Eagle Village, Wayne, 610-688-6599) The cotton in organic sheets is grown and processed without chemicals ...
Victorian Wayne Details: This late-1800s, shingle-style Victorian sits high on a hill along South Wayne Avenue, one of the most desirable streets in Wayne. Extensive renovations include an eat-in granite kitchen; front porch and steps; ...
Nice Moves Local dance classes keep Main Line minds and bodies sharp. When Sonia Seifret of Penn Valley wants to strengthen her heart, increase her flexibility and pump up her endorphins, she doesn’t put on ...
