Main Line Today March 2007
The Main Line's Condo Boom
Quality Came Second George W. Taylor’s steadfast championing of “free labor” cost him plenty. Business and ethics is an awkward mix. One is about creating and satisfying trivial wants, the other about setting them aside. ...
Mimi Killian, 42, St. Davids President, Wayne Saturday Club Book on her night stand: I’m reading A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by David Eggers. We all have people in our family dealing with illness; ...
Record Seller A low-key Main Line music mogul takes a bittersweet look back. When a local brand dies, people ought to take notice. With the recent release of the 50-song retrospective Town and Country 1989-2006, ...
Things We Like Christian C. Sanderson Museum History hounds and other curiosity seekers rejoice: The Sanderson Museum opens for its 40th season on March 3. Who’s Christian Sanderson, you ask? Find out for yourself. This ...
Your Home Design Questions Answered QUESTION: I inherited a trunk from my grandmother that’s not an antique. It needs to be refinished, along with some minor repairs to the wood. Is it worth getting ...
Living It Up My wife and I share this fantasy in which we pack up our belongings and head north on 202, then east on I-76 to 676, not stopping until we hit the Delaware ...
Gift of Life Spring is party time on many college campuses. But somehow Villanova University football coach Andy Talley always manages to come up with a hefty roster of would-be bone marrow donors in his ...
Room for Improvement They needed a new kitchen—but they got so much more. Eighteen years ago, two young newlyweds purchased their first home on the Main Line. Built in the 1970s, the house certainly had ...
Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia 10 Avenue of the Arts, Philadelphia (215) 523-8000, ritzcarlton.com Cost: Year-round “Reconnect” package rates from $344-$454. Flower Show and King Tut packages start at $399 and include full breakfast for two—either in bed ...
Patrick Feury Nectar, 1091 Lancaster Ave., Berwyn; (610) 725-9000; tastenectar.com Spring Roll Filling 1 head green cabbage in thin strips 8 button, 4 porcini, 8 chanterelle mushrooms (1/8-inch thick) 1 tsp. cilantro 2 oz. olive ...
Most people prefer chocolate syrup in their milk, but Christy Buckley found a new use for it: proving Dawn dishwashing detergent’s merits as an environmental savior. As her entry into Proctor & Gamble’s Dawn Differences ...
For kids, athletics should always be a vehicle for success.
The Main Line is home to storytellers skilled in the art of spinning an enthralling yarn—if only more of us would listen. THIS BEGINS AS most stories, in a place long ago and far enough away—specifically, ...
Seek and Find It’s a movement that has slowly infiltrated every room in the house, fueled by homeowners’ obsession with hiding all appliances and other functional objects from view. Walk into most high-end kitchens designed ...
Susanna, Too Solid menu, slick packaging and few surprises at the new Foo’s. THE SCENE: It all feels a little too suburban—trendy upscale restaurants showing up in corporate centers where ladies can lunch, men can ...
Radnor Hunt Country Estate Details: There aren’t many houses available in the western suburbs that sit on 14 impeccably preserved and protected acres. This home on South Warren Avenue in Willistown is only five years ...
Choose from among 10 well-travelled options that will quench their thirst for adventure. Or perhaps something a little closer to home. It used to be that you went to camp until maybe around 14 or ...
» See, we told you so: Fortune magazine has recognized Vanguard Corporation as one of 2007’s “100 Best Companies to Work For.” You might remember that the Malvern-headquartered mutual funds giant was profiled in our September ...
Two Wheels to Anywhere Championship cyclist Jacob Burns ROX Chester County. Competitive bicyclists by nature don’t throw their athleticism in your face. They don’t possess great height, bulging muscles or the impressive heft that immediately ...
Great Find When you’re an idea person, an ingenious thought can strike you at the most random time—like when you’re unloading the dishwasher. Jen Groover of Swarthmore was doing just that when she imagined an ...