Clock photo courtesy of Belle Vie Photography. Dog photo courtesy of Courtney Apple Photography.

The 4th Annual Narbark Dog Parade is one of Narberth’s most popular community events!

Dog lovers and owners around the Main Line: mark your calendars for the fourth annual Narbark Dog Parade on Friday, June 3rd at 6pm on the corner of Forrest Avenue and Haverford Avenue.
As a special twist to Narberth’s first Friday celebration every June, dog lovers from miles around dress their dogs in their funniest-or finest-parade costumes and strut the streets of Narberth for fun and prizes. Local celebrity judges award prizes in variety of costume categories, from “most original” to “best child and dog duo”. There will be food, music, prizes, a pet photographer, and pet vendors handing out free samples. In addition, donations to local animal rescue foundation ARF SEPA will be accepted at the event. Registration is free and will take place at the event, starting at 6 pm.
Dogs may be entered in up to three categories:

1. Most ‘Narberthian’

2. Best Movie Character

3. Best Handmade Costume

4. Sportiest

5. Funniest

6. Dog that looks most like it’s owner

7. Most Original Costume

8. Best Performing Dog

9. Best Child & Dog Duo

10. Best Decorated Float or Wagon

Visit www.narberthonline.com for more information and prize categories or e-mail info@narberthonline.com.

Photos courtesy of Belle Vie Photography

Narberth’s Nannygoat Antiques will serve fun beverages for the three day event. For First Friday May 6th, they will have a wine and cheese party from 5pm to 9pm.

Mother’s Day always means a big weekend in Narberth, with a Sidewalk Sale, First Friday, plus the circus coming to town. The Sidewalk Sale runs all day Friday May 6th, and the First Friday activities get underway after 5pm. Some of Narberth’s funkiest stores have drinks and snacks, and are open late for that last-minute, but totally unique, Mother’s Day gift. The restaurants have First Friday drink and meal specials.

The fun continues Saturday May 7th, with outdoor shopping all day, an 11:30am Dance Xpress performance at the Station Circle, and circus performances at 1:00, 4:30, and 7:30 at Narberth Park. Get circus tickets at Borough Hall or call 610-664-2840. From Noon to 4pm, the Narberth Business Association will be running “kiddie trains” on Haverford Ave from downtown Narberth to the Circus and back.

For more details on these or any Narberth events, see the calendar at www.narberthonline.com.

Photos by Courtney Apple Photography

Main Line Restaurant Week is Philadelphia’s largest suburban dining event!

It was most certainly a week of culinary delights to remember! 38 restaurants participated in the inaugural Main Line Restaurant Week, organized by AroundMainLine.com. This incredible celebration of the region’s finest chefs proved to be the most successful restaurant event to date in the Philadelphia suburbs.

Main Line Restaurant Week, which offered fixed price dinner menus for the entire week of September 27th through October 3rd, brought tens of thousands of locals out to support the western suburbs’ tastiest restaurants. “I’m so proud to have worked closely with so many of the area’s best restaurants. There has never been a dining event of this magnitude in the suburbs and I felt our area was long overdue. Many restaurants are reporting they had record weeks or were sold out several of the nights, so I know we have a good thing going here. I am thrilled everything turned out so well!” enthused Main Line Restaurant Week founder Sarah Lockard. Read the full story

Photos courtesy of Courtney Apple Photography

Saffron Indian Kitchen, a popular BYOB with locations in both Bala Cynywd and Ambler, has received a tremendous response for reservations for Main Line Restaurant Week starting September 27th.

It is the Philadelphia suburb’s largest dining event ever—Main Line Restaurant Week! Created and organized by AroundMainLine.com, a week of culinary delights awaits thousands of foodies across the western suburbs starting tomorrow night, September 27th and running through October 3rd, 2010.

I have been a huge fan of the Main Line and western suburb dining scene having grown up here. And, we have some of the best chefs in the region and the most successful restaurants right in our own backyard. To me, it was due time to bring Main Line Restaurant Week to life this fall. When I announced the launch in early May, the immediate and enthusiastic response from our 2,200 AroundMainLine.com Facebook fans proved that we were on our way to a very successful event.

Here’s how it works. Our restaurants offer a prix fixe, three course dinner menu for one of the four tiers: dinner for $15, $20, $30 or $40. In addition, starting Monday night September 27th, we will kick off the first of eight special events that are a part of Main Line Restaurant Week with a ‘Monday Night Meetup’ at The Desmond in Malvern! Read the full story

By AML Publisher
Featured photography courtesy of Belle Vie Photography

Chesapeake City, Maryland oozes with old world charm, quaint shops, gorgeous gardens and great dining. It’s a great daycation spot with mom and less than a 90 minute drive from the heart of the Main Line. Photo courtesy of Jubilee Photography

1) Chesapeake City, Maryland
www.chesapeakecity.com
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Quaint, historic and charming Chesapeake City, Maryland-located in Cecil County-is a short and beautiful drive from Philly’s western suburbs. It is one wonderful daycation for a very deserving mom in your life! Chesapeake City’s historic area is on the National Historic Registry, as well as Maryland’s Historic Registry. The town has many restored historic homes, shops and galleries, featuring hand-painted originals and prints, antiques, collectibles, clothing, gifts and crafts.

Boasting a bevy of B&Bs, it’s a perfect getaway for mom and daughters or sisters for the holiday weekend. The town’s holiday dining spot for Mom’s Day is, without doubt, the Bayard House.The restaurant serves award-winning crab soup, tournedos Baltimore, and a breathtaking tableside view of the famous Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (C&D Canal), one of only two vital sea-level canals in the United States.

Additional sites include the Canal Museum, art galleries, summer concerts, boat tours, and tours of the nearby horse country. Convenient to several large cities on the east coast, this historic village on the banks of the C&D Canal is a favorite spot for those seeking a weekend getaway or a vacation retreat.
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By AML Publisher
Photos courtesy of Belle Vie Photography

The great Narberth Leprechaun Hunt has been rescheduled for this Saturday March 20th from 1 to 4pm.

Great Narberth Leprechaun Hunt
RESCHEDULED for Saturday March 20th from 1pm to 4pm
Narberth, PA
Downtown Narberth, Corner of Haverford Avenue and Forrest Avenue
www.narberthonline.com
email: info@narberthonline.com

The third annual Great Narberth Leprechaun Hunt has been rescheduled to take place Saturday, March 20th, from 1pm – 4pm. The annual event, courtesy of The Narberth Business Association, is an anticipated Main Line family tradition. Local kids, young and old at heart, can get St. Patty’s Day started early with this free family event. Kids hunt all over downtown Narberth for leprechauns, and collect treats along the way. Find them all, and get a prize at the end. The hunt goes until 4 pm or until prizes are gone.

This fun, challenging scavenger hunt allows kids to search all over town to find thirteen leprechauns. Children start the hunt by getting a map and a game card and an empty pot o’ gold from the Blarney Booth at the corner of Haverford and Forrest Avenues. They get treats as they find the leprechauns, who are hiding in shops all over town. Once they’ve found all thirteen leprechauns, they return to the booth for a prize. The hunt lasts until 4pm or until all prizes are gone.
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By AML Publisher
Chestnut Hill photos courtesy of Vida Carson
Narberth Photos (including homepage featured shot) courtesy of Donald Groff
Photo of Finer Things courtesy of Mary Kate Burgess

Looking for a fun holiday guide for the next few weekends? We have got you covered with six super towns that are pulling out all the stops to entertain and delight the young and old.

The most cherished holiday tradition in Chestnut Hill is its Stag & Doe Nights which will be held on Wednesdays: December 9th, 16th and 23rd. Pictured is a holiday display in Robertson’s Florist.

Chestnut Hill
Holidays on the Hill
December 2nd through December 24th
www.chestnuthill.org

Discover wonderful holiday design ideas this weekend at the Chestnut Hill Holiday House Tour on Saturday, December 5th. Five magnificent homes, each with unique design and architectural styles, will be professionally decorated for the holidays and open from 10 am to 4 pm.

The most cherished holiday tradition in Chestnut Hill is its Stag & Doe Nights which will be held on Wednesdays, December 9th, 16th and 23rd, from 6 to 9 pm. Shops offer evening hours with wine and cheese or cocoa and cookies. Live music, roasting chestnuts, carolers and merriment make the nights come alive with joy and holiday spirit. And everyone looks forward to greeting Santa as he, too, enjoys the fun of Stag & Doe. New this year is Girls Night Out on Wednesday evening, December 2nd from 6 to 9 pm. Participating shops will offer lots of goodies and the ladies can get a head-start on their holiday revelry (and shopping, too).
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