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Can Zillow.com Get a Kid Into Kindergarten?

According to Town and Country, telling a private school how rich you are and how much you’ll donate if your child is admitted is a no-no. But private schools would prefer parents to be wealthy, of course, so they’ll find your home on Zillow.com.

Restaurants

Citron & Rose Now Open Saturdays After the Sabbath

Michael Solomonov’s Citron & Rose is now opening on Saturday nights. The bar will open 30 minutes after the sun sets and a cafe menu […]

City Life

Villanova Student Accused of Videotaping Group of Women, One Underaged

Main Line Media News reports: “According to police, [20 year-old Tyler] Jones used his iPhone to secretly tape the women while they were visiting Switzerland. […]

City Life

House Iverson Once Hid In On the Market for $2.9 Million

Allen Iverson’s grip on Philadelphia, already weak, is slipping further by the day. Former 76ers basketball star Allen Iverson‘s former house at Monk Road [in […]

Restaurants

Major Drama at Circles Bala Cynwyd… Is it Closed? Is it Open?

My previously Thai-deprived, bougie Main Line friends have been raving about the Bala Cynwyd outpost of Circles since it opened in early December. But now, […]

Restaurants

Villanova Getting New Concept, Same Bad Feng Shui

View Larger Map Dana Smith Farrell, a partner in Harvest Seasonal Grill is bringing Avenue Kitchen to the former home of Maia and Mix in Villanova. […]

City Life

Haverford Student Declares Radical Change in Admissions Policy By Impersonating School President

If you ever get a Gmail-sent message from a powerful authority figure making an groundbreaking announcement, be suspicious. Last week, a Haverford student created a […]

City Life

Mapping the Homes of Philadelphia’s Rich and Famous

You know those Hollywood tours that bring you outside the homes of stars? Here’s a Philly version, in which nobody drives you around and you’ve […]

Restaurants

Is The Main Line A New Restaurant Boom-Town?

Or boom-neighborhood, I guess. Or boom-region? Whatever. Over on the Insider, they’re reporting that yet another “Center City operation” is looking at branching out into […]

City Life

Welcome to the Billionaire Boys Club, Tory Burch!

Tory Burch, dearly departed pride of the Main Line, and fashion designer of choice for aspiring billionaire women, is leaving her base clientele behind. This […]

City Life

Cops to Patrol Upper Merion Schools

It seems the only ones taking Wayne LaPierre seriously are school administrators. First it was reported that a New Jersey town is installing armed officers […]

City Life

The 7 Worst Philly Business Stories of 2012

Make no mistake, there have been many great business developments in the city and region this year. Among them are the Mayor’s Jump Start Philadelphia […]

City Life

Gladwyne Developer Pleads Guilty to Massive Bank Fraud

Fifty-year-old Gladwyne real estate developer Michael Pouls, whose six-bed, eight-and-a-half bath McMansion was once featured on MTV’s Teen Cribs, pleaded guilty yesterday to defrauding two […]

City Life

93-Year-Old Alum Hands Swarthmore Largest Donation Ever

Eugene Lang, class of 1938, is in a race against time to give away as much money as possible. Fifteen years after giving Swarthmore its […]

Restaurants

The Saint James Starts Weekend Brunch Service

On Saturdays and Sundays beginning at 11 a.m., the Saint James will be serving up brunch. While its tempting to stay cozied up at home […]