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Have Your Tissues Ready Before Reading This Tearjerker.

by Gerry April 1, 2020

Cool Cape May

Have Your Tissues Ready Before Reading This Tearjerker.Cool Cape May is a hugely popular Facebook Group, with more than 42,000 members. For the most part, posts consist of historic photos with reminiscences of good times in summers past, along with current day seascape photos. Occasionally a disagreement might break out over where's the best place to get raw oysters or … [Read more...] about Have Your Tissues Ready Before Reading This Tearjerker.

Quarantined Bryn Mawr College – Was An ‘Escape Community’ From The 1918 Spanish Flu

by Gerry March 30, 2020

Bryn Mawr College 1918

Quarantined Bryn Mawr College - Was An 'Escape Community' From The 1918 Spanish Flu On Saturday (3/28/2020) BillyPenn ran an article that described how the students and faculty at Bryn Mawr College fared so well during the 1918 Flu Pandemic, compared to other nearby communities. BillyPenn referred to a University of Michigan … [Read more...] about Quarantined Bryn Mawr College – Was An ‘Escape Community’ From The 1918 Spanish Flu

Dick DiBatista, 99 Greatest Lower Merion And Penn Wrestler Ever

by Gerry March 28, 2020

Dick DiBatista

Dick DiBatista, 99 Greatest Lower Merion And Penn Wrestler Ever Kobe Bryant isn't the only Lower Merion High School athlete who there will never be another "one of." There will also never be another Dick DiBatista.Not to take anything away from Kobe, who was "pretty good"; But Mamba lost a few games with the Aces. DiBatista never lost once; not at … [Read more...] about Dick DiBatista, 99 Greatest Lower Merion And Penn Wrestler Ever

PA Has Highest Surge In Unemployment Claims

by Gerry March 27, 2020

Highest Unemployment Covid-19

PA Has Highest Surge In Unemployment With only 4% of the U.S. population - this week, Pennsylvania managed to rack up 11.5% of the country's unemployment claims. Reuters reported yesterday that "Pennsylvania, so far not a hot zone for the spread of coronavirus in the United States, recorded the biggest jump in unemployment benefits claims last week … [Read more...] about PA Has Highest Surge In Unemployment Claims

What’s Happening In Lower Merion, Narberth, The Main Line And Beyond – 3/26/2020

by Gerry March 26, 2020

Lower Merion Narberth

"My father died, at 89, last fall. He also watched 20 years of Kobe’s play — 24, if you include high school — and it helped strengthen the bond between us. Dad would tape the late games and watch them in the morning. If we felt Kobe had an off night, we simply erased the DVR." Gregg Downer, Lower Merion Aces Basketball Coach - Philadelphia Inquirer. NJ Governor to 2nd Home … [Read more...] about What’s Happening In Lower Merion, Narberth, The Main Line And Beyond – 3/26/2020

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Before Jalen Brunson, Villanova’s First NBA superstar, Paul Arizin, Led the Philadelphia Warriors to a Championship

For today’s basketball fans, Jalen Brunson is the face of Villanova basketball. Two NCAA championships. National Player of the Year. NBA All-Star. Leader of the New York Knicks. Nearly seventy years earlier, another Villanova player helped define both the university’s basketball tradition and the game itself. His name was Paul Arizin. College Careers. Brunson won […]

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These Garments Have Been Politically Maligned

Most non-Arabs who wear the keffiyeh do not intend it to be Anti-Semitic in any way. They wear it as an expression of sympathy for Palestinian civilians, support for human rights, concern about war, or identification with a broader cause of national identity and self-determination. In their minds, it is directed toward Palestinians, not against […]

What Does My Fountain Pen Have In Common With The Former Lord & Taylor In Bala Cynwyd?

Both come out of the work of Raymond Loewy and his design firm. Raymond Loewy (1893–1986) helped define what modern America looked like in the mid-20th century. Through his design firm, he worked across an unusually wide range of industries—transportation, consumer products, branding, and architecture—often simultaneously. No one in history is more closely associated with […]

January 16-18: The Philly Pen Show — A Delightfully Analog Experience

f you’re looking for a break from screens, alerts, and endless scrolling, the Philly Pen Show might be the cure—at least temporarily. It’s an unapologetically analog event: pens, paper, ink, and the people who still care deeply about them. Whether you’re a serious collector, someone who misses the feel of writing by hand, or just […]

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