Main Line Today November 2006
Great High Schools
New Construction, Classic Style Details: This recently completed stone manor home in Newtown Square was built by the reputable Andravida Builders. The oversized, cobblestone-lined circular driveway sets the tone for the grandeur of the home. ...
Quick Study Main Line students dish about school, cell phones and staring down the barrel at college. By Scott Pruden High school is an adventure most everyone experiences—one full of excitement and angst, successes and ...
All in the Family Spamps aims to please. But can it satisfy everyone? The Scene: With its weathered brick façade, bright lemon-yellow door, black window awnings and red, white and blue flag, Spamps’ exterior looks ...
The Month’s Coolest Culinary Events • Nov. 6: Learn “All About Oysters” at Dilworthtown Inn with Vincent Montesano. 7-9 p.m. $70. 1388 Old Wilmington Pike, West Chester. Call for reservations: (610) 399-8165. www.dilworthtown.com. • Nov. ...
Carey and Madame X To her portraitist, Bryn Mawr College’s iconic leader was something else entirely. To manage their posthumous images, the pharaohs left pyramids and sphinxes carved with their own faces. Statues of Stalin ...
You’re single. So naturally you think everyone else is attached. Think again. All the good ones aren’t taken. According to the dating network It’s Just Lunch, there are 110 million single adults nationwide. That’s a ...
School Daze My parents sent me to private school in the fifth grade for all the right reasons: higher academic standards, better student-teacher ratio, an actual shot at Ivy League glory, etc. Me, I had ...
Bad Fences, Good Neighbors A sidelong glance at conservatives and liberals. It is possible to compare apples and oranges. They’re both pop-ular round fruits often depicted sedately in artistic still lifes. But you can’t compare ...
Things We Like The Write-Brain Workbook: 366 Exercises to Liberate Your Writing By Bonnie Neubauer (F&W Publications, 370 pages) More than a clever play on words, this book by Springfield’s Bonnie Neubauer will simultaneously frustrate ...
Power of the Pen With his latest book, a Villanova professor aims to get the Dems’ “party started.” In some countries, it takes street riots and Kalashnikovs to change a nation’s politics. Matt Kerbel is ...
Campaign Cruising Thanks to Krapf’s, the state’s gubernatorial candidates rode in style. When voters go to the polls to choose a governor this month, they’ll be weighing lots of things—incumbent vs. newcomer; Republican vs. Democrat; ...
News & Notes • Susanna Foo enjoys another 15 minutes of fame on Nov. 6, when the Travel Channel’s Epicurious features Thanksgiving dinner at her home. On the menu: Nanking brine-marinated turkey stuffed with five-spice ...
In the Flow At Water Works, the understated mahogany appointments, floor-level ivory candles and soaring Greco-Roman arches combine with a reasonably priced menu and completely casual attitude for an astonishingly giddy mix. Despite the Smithsonian-esque ...
Your home design questions answered. QUESTION: I’m redoing my living room, dining room and kitchen, and I’ve decided to go with wallpaper. How should I begin my search for the perfect pick for each room? ...
Lemon Meringue Pie Ingredients: One store-bought or home-baked 9-inch pie shell (Filling) ½ cup sugar ¼ tsp. salt ¼ cup cornstarch 1 ½ cup water 4 egg yolks ½ cup sugar 2 tbsps. butter or ...
The Inn at Ormsby Hill 1842 Main St., Manchester, Vt.. (800) 670-2841 www.ormsbyhill.com Cost: Rooms run $330-$390. Drive time: A little over five hours from the Main Line. Amenities: Historical charm—the building dates back to ...
Purse-string Pull The rise of the female financial planner. “A man is not a financial plan,” Bala Cynwyd financial planner Bonnie Ryan has been known to tell her two girls around the dinner table. And ...
Derek Gillman, 53, Merion Station New Executive Director/President of the Barnes Foundation Book on his nightstand: I just finished Phillip Roth’s Everyman, and have just started Peter Carey’s Theft—he is a great, great, Australian writer and ...
Interior Designer Lisa Stone The Main Line may be home, but Rosemont’s Lisa Stone has crafted stunning interiors in houses from Washington, D.C., to Wyoming over her 23-year career. Clients have always appreciated her commitment ...
