Main Line Today November 2007
Seeing the Light Two Main Line technology executives bring you the future now. Once upon a time, the future was going to be brought to us courtesy of earnest men with slicked-back hair, white lab ...
McDonald’s “Mom” Gilda McHenry This past summer, Downingtown freelance writer and mother of three Gilda McHenry was chosen from a pool of more than 1,000 applicants to join six other “Mom Quality Correspondents” on ...
Hotel Fauchère 401 Broad St., Milford (570) 409-1212 hotelfauchere.com Cost: Rooms run $275-$350 weekends, $200-$300 weekdays. Distance: About 125 miles from Philadelphia. The scoop: First established in 1852, the historic Hotel Fauchère began welcoming guests ...
Poulet Wellington, Peter Gilmore, Gilmore’s 133 E. Gay St., West Chester; (610) 431-2800, gilmoresrestaurant.com 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts 1 box Pepperidge Farm puff pastry, thawed at room temperature 1 egg 1 lb. ...
Here to Stay Laid-back BYOs abound on the Main Line, but few serve up posh and polish as well as Sola. Already outlasting both its original incarnation and predecessor, this mecca of French-inspired continental-fusion fare ...
Décor Maven After renovating her own home, Merion’s Maria Viola-Kuttruff left a career as a freelance writer/editor 12 years ago to follow her passion for interior design. Today she runs her own firm, Viola Interior ...
This Month’s Coolest Culinary Events » On Nov. 7, join Spring Mill Café chef/owner Michele Haines for an interactive brioche, quiche and pie dough demonstration. Take home your creation. 7 p.m. $30. 164 Barren Hill ...
1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die Nov. 14, Academy of Natural Sciences Travel Channel favorite Patricia Schultz’s slide show presentation based on her popular book offers can’t-miss travel suggestions ...
Boutique Bliss While working in the fast-paced world of fashion PR in New York City, Amanda Barton always imagined she’d one day own a boutique. The sky-high rental prices in the Big Apple, however, ...
Commanding Presence A local bastion of military muster is shedding its hard-nosed stigma. Taylor Picone knows firsthand how everything tied to the military and the War on Terror involves quotas and costs—even if military-minded ...
Ellwood Takes a Drive One good deed is admirable—two is even better. Among non-profits, this is the age of collaboration. Groups requesting money are often told to find partners that will share expenses and ...
Silent No More Spreading the word makes ovarian cancer far less deadly. Evelyn Goldie and Wendy Heacock aren’t physicians or research scientists. Yet, when they speak, medical professionals listen. What Goldie and Heacock lack ...
Gothic Revival A Villanova couple breathes new life into a 19th-century treasure. On the end of a quiet lane in Villanova sits an architectural gem—a stately 1860s Victorian Gothic home with a granite façade ...
Former Rosemont residents Becky and Kipp Fawcett financially assist would-be adoptive parents through their organization, HelpUsAdopt.org.
News & Notes » Doesn’t anyone own a coffee maker anymore? There are now five coffee stops in Wayne and three in Paoli—not counting Wawa. Wayne has Gryphon, Starbucks, Procopio and Cream & Sugar and ...
Your Design Questions Answered Question: We need to sell my mother’s house and are considering having an estate sale. What’s involved in the process? Answer: Lisa A. Semerjian (Art of Decoration, Berwyn, artofdecorationestatesales.com): Many ...
Fast Fun with Foor-Doors Performance sedans offer style and luxury. Perhaps it’s the backlash from too many years in too many boxy and boring SUVs, but carmakers have been gearing up the bestselling model of ...
There was a time when the Lower Merion Society for the Detection and Prosecution of Horse Thieves and the Recovery of Stolen Horses lived its mission day in and day out. That time is ...
Match Point As someone who’s been married for almost 10 years, any insight I have on the Main Line singles scene is suspect at best. Nonetheless, I’m fairly comfortable offering the following: It’s vicious out ...
Andy Susko, 51, Malvern President, Pennsylvania Bar Association Book on his night stand: 9/11 Commission Report. iPod tunes on repeat: Any jazz. Restaurant of the hour: Brasserie Perrier. It’s in the Le ...