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Play Doesn’t Start for 3 Days, and Golfers Already Breaking Rules at Merion

The Inquirer has compiled an amusing list of golfers already tweeting from Merion, apparently in defiance of the U.S. Open’s longstanding cellphone ban. (During last year’s […]

Restaurants

Susanna Foo Offering Four-Course Lobster Dinner on Mondays

Susanna Foo in Radnor is offering a special four-course lobster menu on Mondays until July 1st. The $39 dinner includes lobster three ways plus dessert.

City Life

Kobe Bryant Memorabilia Has Ended…A Little Prematurely for Our Taste

In a win for Kobe Bryant, and a loss for journalists, sports fans, and producers of potential reality shows, the anticipated court showdown between the […]

City Life

U.S. Open Prompts Inquirer to Lift Paywall For at Least a Week

The incoherence of the Interstate General Media paywall strategy continues. Recap: the Inquirer and the Daily News are outfitted with hard paywalls, but all their content is […]

Restaurants

Verdad Launches Food Truck in Time for the US Open

Es verdad? Si, señor, es verdad. The rumors are true: Bryn Mawr’s Verdad Restaurant & Tequila Bar is hitting the streets of the Main Line […]

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Property

US Golf Open Rental: For Some Portion of $40,000 You’d Better See Beads of Tiger’s Sweat

This five-bedroom, four-bath property in Ardmore is listed at $40,000 a month, and while that is rather on the prohibitive side for many, it has […]

Property

Main Line Monday: Horace Trumbauer-Designed Home Ready for Golf Open

In a feat of perfect timing, this house overlooking the Merion Golf Course went on the market last month, just ahead of the 2013 US […]

City Life

Tickets for U.S. Open in Merion Already Ridiculously Expensive

There’s an important golf tournament taking place next week at the Merion Golf Club, our sources tell us. And it’s going to be a wee […]

City Life

What Tory Burch, Michelle Obama, and Jason Collins Have in Common

Tory Burch, fashion queen and native Main Liner. Jason Collins, slightly awkward jock and openly gay NBA player. Not much in common, it seems. Until yesterday. […]

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Property

Renovation Diary: Scott and Peggy Brehman’s Newtown Square Dairy Barn

If ever there were two people who know how to remake a space, it’s Scott and Peggy Brehman. Scott is co-owner of B&H Investment Properties, […]

City Life

It’s Official: Marjorie Margolies Running for Congress Again!

Nearly 20 years after being ousted from Congress, 70-year-old Marjorie Margolies Mezvinsky (formerly) is gunning for her old seat again. Since getting ousted in 1994 […]

Restaurants

Lunch At Citron & Rose Soon To Be A Thing

The changes have been coming fairly regularly to Citron & Rose ever since the announcement came down that the whole Michael Solomonov wing of the […]

City Life

Richie Ashburn’s Widow in Tears Over His Endangered Gladwyne Grave

It has been nearly 16 years since Philadelphia lost Richie Ashburn, one of the greatest Phillies players of all time. The beloved Hall of Famer, […]

The Scene

Radnor Hunt

The Radnor Hunt Races celebrated its 83rd anniversary on May 18, 2013. Six exciting races featured horses competing for purses totaling $180,000, but the real […]

City Life

Bryn Mawr Cleaning Lady Gets 6 Years in Jail for Stealing Ben Franklin Bust

The Bryn Mawr cleaning lady who stole a $3 million bust of Ben Franklin–sculpted during his lifetime–has been sentenced to six years in jail. A […]