Main Line Today October 2006
Top Salons and Spas
The Philly Music Festival, an arts event in Glen Mills, and more make October special in and around the western suburbs.
Timeless by Design Architect Peter Zimmerman reinvents history in Bryn Mawr. Walter Durham was one of the great Main Line architects of his day. From the 1920s through the 1960s, Durham made an impressive imprint ...
When the Philadelphia Chapter of the National Sports Marketing Network hosted a panel to discuss the changing face of sports media last spring, they invited some of the city’s most knowledgeable sports minds to partake: ...
Ever wonder how they do it? The ones who, no matter where they are or what they’re doing, always look great. We asked four prominent area women to go against their better judgment and name ...
Art Eternal I was fascinated to read the End of the Line article “One with the Earth” in the August issue. I’ve been a studio potter in West Chester for nearly 30 years. I sell ...
Typically it’s 100 dry desert degrees this time of year on the Bonneville Salt Flats outside Wendover, Utah, where the test bomb for Hiroshima was dropped in 1944. Each August and September since, it’s also ...
Supersize Sizzle Morton’s has the beef but leaves out the brawn. THE SCENE: The ambiance at Morton’s lacks the distinct character and brawn of a boys’ club, which despite being an archaic concept, would add ...
Hair Apparent Damned if I can recall my first haircut (I am 40, after all), but I sure can remember my last. It was perfect. For me, the perfect cut entails minimal direction—a No. 3 ...
You Pick It As you tour the custom designed rooms of the East Coast’s first Williams-Sonoma Home store in King of Prussia Mall, you’ll see the sophisticated Chelsea Wing chair in bold orange leather in ...
Lost in Space Wayne sure could use a parking garage—but will it ever get one? Two decades ago, it was easy to find space for your car in Wayne. And it was usually directly in ...
Tiny Dancer Bala Cynwyd ballerina Molly Smolen shines in San Francisco. So many little girls have sweet dreams of becoming a ballerina—dreams that usually end up being all sugar. Bala Cynwyd native Molly Smolen is ...
Helen Youngblood has bad dreams. Actually, they’re beyond bad—unnerving nightmares about the worst possible thing that could happen to a mother: the death of a child. “In my dreams, my son is dead,” says the ...
Tropicana Brighton Avenue and the Boardwalk, Atlantic City (800) 843-8767 tropicana.net Cost: Rooms start at $69 (Mon.-Thurs.) and $195 (Sat.-Sun.). Drive time: About 90 minutes from the Main Line (you know the drill). Amenities: Spa, ...
Dragon Lady Carol Lee Linder She might be physically exhausted after each summer dragon boat practice on the Schuylkill, but Haverford’s Carol Lee Lindner is that much more “spiritually alive.” Lindner, 65, had never heard ...
Big Tastes at Sola Former chef/owner John Wolferth used to joke that the demure, dark-haired woman captured in a painting at Sola symbolized his “other woman”—a reference made by friends and family to his passion ...
Tidbits and Gossip • Those pursuing their wanderlust over the summer might’ve missed the Main Line’s more notable successes and misdemeanors. But don’t lament. Everything you want to know is right here—or at least all ...
Grasping Greatness Bala Cynwyd’s Jimmy Amadie has played through pain with some of the best in jazz. Jazz pianist Jimmy Amadie savors every note—and counts his blessings. Jimmy Amadie is still in pain. It’s been ...
Waking Nightmare For many kids, night terrors are a frightening reality. For Sawyer, the episodes are hard to forget. “Usually it happens when I’ve stayed up late and watched a movie,” says the Bryn Mawr ...
News & Notes • In case you missed this one, City Tavern owner Walter Staib was named culinary ambassador to Philadelphia by Gov. Ed Rendell back in July. Among other accolades, Staib was recognized for the ...
Suds of Autumn To hops and barley enthusiasts, October is akin to Christmas—31 days to savor and celebrate all things beer. And with so many microbreweries concocting intriguing (and intoxicating) batches all year long, the ...
