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ditions allow. Besides its walkabili-ty for many, parking is abundant and there is always plenty of com-pany. Follow South Church Street to find this collegiate snow-day staple.

The Inch, Exton Located off of Ship Road and acces-sible by Valley Hill Road lies The Inch. Although heavily peppered with trees, there is a utility easement that is kept clear (though a bit stumpy). Kids of all ages enjoy this steep and slippery sledding slope.

Pocopson Elementary School, West Chester Follow Rt 52 South from West Ches-ter and turn left onto Pocopson Road to arrive at the elementary school. Though definitely private property, this hasn’t stopped legions of fami-lies from the surrounding commu-nity from taking their sleds and sau-cers there every snow day. Just be careful, use common sense and keep it family friendly.

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With all the snow we’ve been having, I’m hoping the devo-tion of an entire col-umn to snow-based activities will be enough to jumpstart spring. To prepare for the worst, how-ever, let’s make sure the next possible snowfall will be the most fun, too. For-get hitting the slopes…just trek it to one of these local winter “hot” spots.

WARM UP THE SLEDChester County’s hilly landscape can’t be beat when it comes to sled-ding. Even as suburban sprawl in-vades the hills of our childhood sledding adventures, a few classics still remain.

Suicide Hill,South Campus, WCUAnyone liv-ing within

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expansive and accessible, this gor-geous park features terrain perfect for every snowy sport from sledding to cross country skiing to good ole fashion snowball fights and snow-man building.

Shaw’s Bridge Park,East BradfordAlthough it’s scheduled to be drained this spring/summer, the hidden jewel of Creek Road current-ly features a pond perfect for out-door ice skating. Remember to test the ice thickness carefully before proceeding and take precautionary measures to avoid accidental polar bear plunges.

Speaking of the Polar Plunge….If you missed it, the Brandywine Valley Association hosts this annual event for lunatics at the Brandywine Picnic Park. Be sure to bookmark brandywinewatershed.org for news about next year’s event.

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Whether you are into hitting the bars in a “Kiss Me I’m Irish” shirt

or exploring the area offerings with your little leprechauns in tow,

Chester County is full of Irish happenings to suit your fancy.

Hidden Pot O’ Gold in WCFor the past 30 years, West Chester has been home to Pennsyl-vania’s largest Irish retailer and it’s quite possible you never knew it. Tom and Adelene McDaniel started the Abbey Green Irish Shop with a $3,000 inventory they brought back from Ireland and displayed in the lobby of their motel, located on Route 202 S right outside of West Chester. The McDaniel’s converted the motel into a gift shop with room upon room of imported Irish crystal, Bellek china, wool clothing, traditional breakfast items, music and even Irish soda bread.

Gourmet Irish potatoes - For all your St. Patrick’s Day needs, including flags, mugs, buttons, sunglasses, CDs, gourmet Irish potatos, vests, hats and ties.

If you are in need of green wear for St. Patrick’s Day, you can find anything from Phillies shamrock shirts, flags, mugs, neck-laces, hats and even leprechaun shoes. If that doesn’t do it for you, visit the Guinness Room where – you guessed it – you’ll find everything Guinness: bar packs, bar stools, pouring spoons and any type of clothing you can imagine with the traditional Irish brew logo.

If you’re hungry, check out the Irish Breakfast room with treats of all kinds for you to prepare at home. If you don’t feel like making it yourself, be sure to stop by the shop March 13-17 for the day-long Annual Irish Celebration. The McDaniels will be serving customers Irish coffee, bangers, rashers, black and white pudding, Irish soda bread and scones. As Tom said, “Jig, don’t jog to the Irish Abbey Gift shop for all of your St. Patty’s Day gear.”

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St. Patrick’s Day Festivities Chester County boasts incredible adult-sized St. Patrick’s Day options, including live music, authentic Irish entertainment and some of the best beer – sans green food coloring – around.

The Pubs McKenzie Brew House 240 Lancaster Ave., Malvern, PA 19355 610-296-2222 www.mckenziebrewhouse.com McKenzie’s has an entire weekend of festivities planned for this popular Celtic holiday. The major happening of the week-end for the Brew House is, of course, a brew. In celebration of St. Pat’s, McKenzie’s will be unveiling their Reilly’s Irish Red Ale.

A troupe of Irish Dancers will be putting on 2 shows Saturday

and Wednesday. A special Irish menu will be available Satur-day through Wednesday to accompany the fine music and beer, McKenzie’s chefs have put together an authentic Irish menu that centers on lamb stew, shepherds pie and corned beef and cabbage and Irish Potato Ice Cream (locally made at Woodside Creamery.)

Kildare’s Irish Pub 18 W. Gay St. , West Chester, PA

610-431-0770 www.kildarespub.com Kildare’s has St. Pat’s Day activities covered. Start your cele-brations early with the Kildare’s $20 VIP pass to get you a t-shirt, free 7 A.M. breakfast on the 17th with a pint and line-jumping abilities and no cover from the 13th-17th. On the 17th, start your day off with some “kegs and eggs,” listen to the Malarkey Brothers at Noon and stay for the Irish band Jameson from 9 P.M. to 1 A.M.

Ryan’s Pub 124 W Gay St. , West Chester, PA 19380

610-344-3934 Saturday, the 13th, will be the day to celebrate at Ryan’s! Get your fill of Irish food and beer specials. Owner Pat Ryan wel-comes everyone to “come on in and have a pint.”

Saturday, the 13th, will be the day to celebrate at Ryan’s! Get your fill of Irish food and beer specials. Owner Pat Ryan wel-comes everyone to “come on in and have a pint.”

Molly Maguire’s Irish Pub 197 Bridge St. , Phoenixville, PA

610-933-9550 www.mollymaguirespubs.com On the 17th, Irish food and drink specials will be available all day! Doors open at 8 A.M. and live music starts at 10:30 A.M. with The Brigade, followed by tunes from Celtic Spirit from 3:30 to 8 P.M. Rock the evening out from 9 P.M. to 1:30 A.M. with Funzaluv. A $5 cover applies after 3 P.M. “Perfect pints are flowing all weekend and we have entertainment for the whole family,” said Wendy Schreiner, Molly Maguire’s manager. On the 17th, keep your eyes out for Irish dancers, bagpipers and a live leprechaun.

The Blarney Stone 1227 West Chester Pike, West Chester, PA

610-436-5222 The Blarney Stone is one of the older Irish pubs in Chester County, so you know their holiday celebration will not disap-point.

“We have truly emulated the feel of an authentic Irish pub from the warm atmosphere and the friendly and personable staff to a hearty pub menu, there is not a better place to be than the Blarney Stone; Slainte!” said Steven Schwenk, general man-ager.

All these events lead up to the big day. The Blarney will have a heated tent adjacent to the bar to expand their capacity. Why do they need to make sure they have extra room, you ask? They need to accommodate the crowd for the main event, the McDade Irish Step Dancers. The dance program will be at 1 and 5pm. Make sure you get there early for good seats; you do not want to miss this! For the rest of the day…and night, there will be a DJ on hand helping you dance the night away. Along with all of the entertainment there will be an Irish menu and drink specials.

Iron Hill Brewery 3 W. Gay St. , West Chester, PA

610-738-9600 www.ironhillbrewery.com Many know Iron Hill for their fine beers. Though it isn’t ex-actly a place most people would think to go on St. Patrick’s Day, perhaps this will change. On March 16th they will have a great Irish beer on tap, the Irish Dry Stout, and Iron Hill West Chester will be tapping their Irish Red Ale just in time for you to enjoy it with your Irish and wanna-be-Irish friends. Coupled with their first-rate beers, Iron Hill will be offering a first-rate Irish dinner on St. Pat’s.

Phoenixville Pub Crawl Main Street Phoenixville has gathered its restaurants and bars together for a one-day Pub Crawl/Meet the Brewer event, Sat-urday, March 14th, from 1 to 5 P.M. People can visit the follow-ing participating Phoenixville venues to sample beers and meet the brewers: • Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant — (130 E. Bridge Street.): “HEAVY MEDALS.” Iron Hill will offer all 6 of their 2008 Great American Beer Festival medal winning brews. Come by and taste the beers and meet the brewers who created them. Pay as you go. • Sly Fox Brewhouse & Eatery — (519 Kimberton Road ): “Meet the Brewer,” with Sly Fox brew master Brian O’Reilly and Standard Tap owner and former brewer William Reed. The pair will be featuring their collaboration beer, Standard Ale, a 5.6-percent cask-conditioned brew. Pay as you go. • Columbia Bar & Grille — (148 E. Bridge Street ): “Meet the Brewer,” featuring Lancaster Brewing Company’s, Bill Moore. Pay as you go. • 101 Bridge — (101 Bridge Street ): “Meet the Brewer,” featur-ing Stoudt’s Brewing Company. Pay as you go. • Molly Maguire’s Irish Restaurant — (195 Bridge Street): “Meet the Brewer,” featuring Guiness Brewery and Victory Brewing Company. Pay as you go. Guinness brew master, Fer-gal Murray from 1 to 3 P.M. Victory Brewing Company’s Bill Covaleski from 3 to 5 P.M. • Pickering Creek Inn — (37 Bridge Street ): “Meet the Brew-er,” with Weyerbacher Brewing Company’s Chris Lampe. Also featuring Southampton Brewery’s Spencer Neibuhr. Pay as you go. • PJ Ryan’s — (231 Bridge Street ): “Meet the Brewer,” with Fly-ing Fish Brewing Company’s Drew Perry. Troegs Brewing Company will also be featured. Pay as you go. • Epicurean Restaurant & Bar — (902 Kimberton Road ): “Meet the Brewer,” featuring Yard’s Brewing Company and Dogfish Head Brewery. Pay as you go.

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How long has The Blarney Stone been lucky enough to have you working there? It’ll be 11 years almost to the day on St. Patrick’s Day; this is my 11th St. Pat’s. My second shift ever was bar-tending on St. Patrick’s Day, so I was thrown right into the craziness!

What is it like to bartend at an Irish Pub on St. Patrick’s Day?It is the best day of the year! It is incredible to work and be there on that day. It’s all about having fun and making sure the people have fun. It’s absolutely the best day for the employees and customers. We all wear our Irish bling and rock out.

Are you from West Chester? I’m a local boy; I went to Henderson. The reason I got a job was that The Blarney Stone was a regular hang out for me and I figured I was there enough, so I might as well get a job.

Best part about working at The Blarney Stone? Our staff is great. Most of the staff has been there for minimum of 5 years. We are all friends and get along. The customers and regulars are fantas-tic; they are all down to earth, loyal to the bar and we love having them. We aren’t your typical college bar; we have a nice environment from our clientele to our staff.

How’s the food?Spectacular! We have the best wings in town; they are phenomenal. We have better-than-your-average bar food. You can order anything on the menu and be blown away. In the past few years we’ve grown our menu to a top-notch selection of items.

What are your favorite drinks to make and drink? I make a drink called a “Greg Spe-cial.” It’s 2 different flavored vodkas mixed with sugar-free Red Bull and a touch of cranberry juice. The fla-vored vodkas I use depends on my mood; sometimes it’s a raspberry, mango, orange or strawberry. It’s a very low-calorie drink and it’s great for guys and girls.

What fun things are going on at The Blarney Stone?We have a nice special every night of the week, so you just can’t lose.

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Why should we check out The Blarney Stone? Well, I’m a pretty funny bar-tender and I love to have a good time and I make sure everyone else has a good time, too! Once you come in you’ll wanna come back. I

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Yeah, yeah, I know it’s close to Eas-

ter. But I refuse to feel guilty about

the fact that I ordered, ate (by ate I

mean licked the plate clean) and

LOVED the rabbit (sorry Mr. Easter

Bunny) at a newly opened restau-

rant in West Chester. With so many

classic Italian dishes on the menu it

was hard to choose just one, so I

didn’t. How can you get a solid judg-

ment of a restaurant without order-

ing a few dishes to taste and talk

about with others? So, I ordered 4

dishes to share and discuss with

friends. We decided on the gnocchi

in a vodka cream sauce, roasted red

pepper and goat cheese ravioli, veal

piccata and, of course, my favorite,

the rabbit ragout.

Each dish went down easily along-

side a few glasses of wine from the

impressive wine list and were served

with the same “your part of our fam-

ily” attitude that you can find at Pi-

etro’s Prime (also in West Chester.)

How can you not enjoy great wine,

authentic Italian classics and per-

sonalized service in a beautiful

space?

Owners of the successful Pietro’s

Prime steakhouse and martini bar in

West Chester, Sean and Marisa Pow-

ell, have done it again with their re-

cent opening of Nonna’s Italian res-

taurant in downtown West Chester.

While I used my bread to wipe our

plates clean I had a chance to sit

down with Marisa to discuss her

new venture.

You grew up in the food and service industry, so was it a natural choice to eventually own and run your own restaurants? I worked at a TGI Friday’s while I

was attending Towson University,

and I absolutely loved it! Then, when

I met Sean, my husband, we always

talked about opening up a restau-

rant in West Chester, and here we

are with 2!

Tell us how you have main-tained such success with your first restaurant Pietro’s in the midst of a recession?

We really focus on food and the din-

ing experience. I try to treat every-

one like I would want to be treated,

from the employees to the guests. I

think even with the economy the

way it is people want GOOD food

and are willing to pay a little more

to get it.

It takes someone that under-stands what customers want, to take on the risk of a second restaurant during the recession. Tell us about your decision to open Nonna’s. Marisa: We had looked at the space

about a year prior to us taking it

over and the price was a lot higher.

We figured West Chester didn’t

need another college bar and if we

could do it, why not? It’s easier to

have them so close to be able to go

back and forth, which I sometimes

do 3 or 4 times a day!

What makes Nonna’s different from other Italian restaurants in Chester Co? I would say that the atmosphere is

the main difference. The restaurant

is laid out very nicely in that there

are 5 different dining rooms, which

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NONNA’Scomes to their dining experience.

You and your husband are one of my favorite couples in West Chester...how do you manage to keep up with 2 restaurants, the staff, chef, customers AND still make time for each other? It’s tough, but as long as we commu-

nicate it seems to work. We try to

treat everyone like family, that’s

what my Dad always did; so, it makes

being at work fun!

Your husband runs the kitchen at Peitro’s, right? Can you tell us a little bit about your head chef at Nonna’s? Sean does run Pietro’s and is doing

an awesome job! Big shoes to fill

when we opened Nonna’s! We have

Laszlo Bevardi and a very talented

kitchen staff at Nonna’s that is work-

ing out very nicely. Some of them

worked for Alberto’s Trattoria,

which was the restaurant that was

in that location for a number of

years. Also big shoes to fill! My mom,

Nina Giunta, also helps out in the

kitchen whenever she can. She

makes the tiramisu, strawberry

shortcake and scrippelle (a tradi-

tional Italian Soup) as of now!

What can customers expect from their dining experience at Nonna’s? They can expect to enjoy an afford-

able authentic Italian dinner in a

warm comfortable atmosphere.

You can tell I’m in love with the rabbit ragout, but what are your favorite dishes on the menu and why? Some of my favorite dishes are: the

scrippelle soup, because my Nonna

(my mom’s mom) only made this on

special occasions and now I can

have it every day! The garganelli

chicken carbonara is always good,

and I never can go long without the

classic, linguini and clams!

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I’ll tell you what…if you weren’t at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia on Tuesday (3/2/10) night, then you should go cry in a corner due to your regret. You missed a fantastic show.

As I pulled into the Wachovia Com-plex downtown on Tuesday night, I was very thankful to have my pre-mium parking pass hanging from the rearview mirror. The night al-ways starts off on a good foot (see that’s funny, because due to a hard-core night of dancing about two weeks ago, I seriously hurt my foot and I’m in a huge boot and on crutch-es. So, I really only have A good foot.) when you can whiz through the crowds, park right outside the stadi-um, and breeze through at the VIP entrance. Club Box seats make any experience better. That being said, I could have watched the Silversun Pickups/MUSE show from the rafters and I still would have loved every second.

Silversun Pickups opened the show, which I was extremely ecstatic about. If you haven’t heard them yet, do it right now. I’ll give you a second…go download. OK, now that you’re lis-tening to them, you’ll appreciate my excitement. This alternative, indie rock band from L.A. has been pre-

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dominately compared to the Smash-ing Pumpkins in the past. The first time I heard their single “Lazy Eye” from their first album, Carnavas, the thought of Billy Corgan (lead singer/guitarist of the Smashing Pumpkins) immediately filled my head. The sec-ond, much anticipated album, Swoon, was released last April. The album was filled with a heavy dose of distorted guitars, which is a sound that they are now expected to pro-duce. Their first single, “Panic Switch” peaked at number one on the charts. “Substitution” followed their number one hit, and reached slot seventeen on the charts. You can find “Well Thought Out Twinkles” as a downloadable option for Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band, so have fun and go play along. Unfortu-nately, when SSPU took the stage the crowd was not packed into the Wa-chovia Center yet, so they didn’t have the audience they deserved. I was pleased to hear that their synthe-sized, slithering tone was just as mes-merizing in person as it is on my ipod. Several of their songs are very mellow and have almost a soothing sound to them. Others are just plain loud; what a wonderful mix! They rocked out in Philly by playing all the crowd favorites. We had the pleasure of hearing “Lazy Eye”, “Well

Thought Out Twinkles”, “Substitu-tion” and “Panic Switch”. It seems that Silversun enjoyed their time in Philly as much as we enjoyed having them. The day after the concert they posted a tweet about how they loved Philadelphia and they will be back soon. Keep your ears open people! As soon as you hear that tickets go on sale, buy them.

A little more production went into the MUSE portion of the show. Let me lay it out for you: lasers, gigantic inflatable eyeballs, assorted climbing stages and smoke shooting out of various chambers throughout the night. They are known for their ex-travagant, exhilarating performances and now I see why. It was one of the best productions I’ve seen outside of Epcot in a long time. I know you’re thinking, who enjoys the Epcot La-ser/Fireworks Show? This girl, that’s who! Coming from a person who has been to Epcot probably about twenty times over the years, I think I’m qual-ified to make that comparison. MUSE had the whole crowd wrapped around their little fingers. We were hanging on every lyric, every knee slide and every development. MUSE does a brilliant job of combining many different music genres. Their amalgamation of classical music,

progressive rock and electronica cre-

ate their own unique sound. In my

opinion, they are very rock opera-ish

with slight hints of a Queen-esk feel

at times. The obvious dark tones that

are embedded in their songs would

make one assume that a sad, de-

pressed feeling would soon follow;

however, it is uplifting. And this is

all while being accompanied by im-

pressive classical piano. The crowd

got to hear twenty glorious songs at

their recent concert in Philadelphia.

We all went nuts when they decided

to open the show with “Uprising”, it

was a great way to kickoff the amaz-

ing moments to come. They also

played my favorite song off their

newest album, The Resistance, “Unit-

ed States of Eurasia” which I obvi-

ously thoroughly enjoyed. The audi-

ence went wild, and frankly I’m a

little surprised no panties were

thrown up on stage when MUSE per-

formed their awesome rendition of

“Feeling Good”. It was great to see

that live. To close the show, the band

came back out and performed a three

song encore. They left us with

“Knights of Cydonia”…excellence.

I would highly recommend either

band. Give ‘em a listen and go out

and see ‘em. Peace.

MUSEwith Silversun Pickups

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While deaths are certainly not the most enjoyable of topics, I’m always amazed how they can trigger some long-forgotten memories that had gotten stored away in some corner of your head like a box you sealed up and tossed onto a shelf in the closet.

That’s what happened when I read about the recent passing of Doug Fieger, the lead singer of the Knack, on Valentine’s Day.

I never owned a Knack album. I nev-er saw them in concert.

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rona.” It was by far the band’s biggest hit and I remember the song for a couple of specific reasons.

The first was you simply could not get away from it. That summer was the year my world expanded a little further than the usual neighborhood radius that life revolved around. My two best friends and I were allowed to venture on our bikes from the safe confines of Telford to the uncharted lands of Souderton.

And every convenience store we stopped in, every car that drove past us with windows down, always had that song playing.

But the biggest impression that song left on me was provided by a girl with a long-forgotten name who worked in a pizza place along my pa-per route. Whether alone or with friends, the pizza shop was a daily stop under the guise of playing their pinball machine. Make no mistake about it — we were there for the view.

I think I can nail down the first time I heard “My Sharona” to that pizza shop and that girl. There was always one of those giant old portable radios from the ‘70s playing on the counter. And once the opening drums started, I vividly remember her letting out a shriek of delight, turning up the ra-dio and playfully dancing around the empty tables.

I think we stood in slack-jawed amazement. It was tame stuff, but to

for Rock Memoriesthree 12-year-olds, this blue-eyed teenager with long blonde hair was absolutely beautiful.

I found out the name of the song as fast as I could.

A few months later, during the open-ing days of junior high and now fully aware of the dangers of the amazing, intoxicating effect women could have over us, we opted for soccer practice over an after-school dance. Our coach forced us off the field and back to the gym for the dance.

The first song playing when we walked into a gym that looked like the Red Sea after Moses did his hand-iwork — girls with backs firmly pressed against one wall and boys against the other — was, of course, “My Sharona.” I think it was the first of the six times they played it that afternoon.

So while Fieger’s passing is certainly sad, he had an indirect hand in help-ing provide a couple of truly memo-rable moments of my young life. I’m sure his music did that for plenty of others as well.

JOY OR PAIN? … I’m starting to think there’s got to be either a serious mas-ochistic streak in Eric Clapton or he loves to take on a huge challenge. A couple of years ago he reunited with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker — two of the most notoriously difficult peo-ple to work with in rock music — to resurrect Cream for a series of con-certs.

The possibility of a full-blown tour essentially collapsed during a show at Madison Square Garden that fea-tured onstage interpersonal fire-works almost matching the explo-sive musical performance.

Now Clapton is taking to the road this summer with Jeff Beck, of all people. There’s no doubt that Clap-ton and Beck’s stature are firmly locked into the history of rock, but Beck’s notoriously difficult persona is almost as legendary as his playing. Beck’s never been one to shy away from pulling the plug on a project for the oddest of reasons to the out-side observer.

At the same time, Clapton’s coaxed some of music’s more challenging personalities onto the road. Remem-ber, he played a sideman role to ac-company Roger Waters on his first tour without Pink Floyd back in ‘84 and even managed to get the tour-re-luctant George Harrison to do a string of dates in Japan in 1990.

If the Beck-Clapton ticket was top on my list for this summer, I’d make sure I scooped up seats for the earli-est dates possible and hope the tour goes the distance.

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At the tender age of seventy-five, leg-endary blues artist John Mayall has blazed an amazing trail, solidifying his place as one of the most highly regarded musicians to grace the planet. Mayall continues to enjoy a career in which he has released more than fifty albums, performed on concert stages all over the world and collaborated with a “who’s-who” of iconic artists in their own right. Fol-lowing a year in which he took a rare hiatus from the music business, Mayall returns to the concert trail on the heels of his latest release “Tough”.

Mayall’s music career began much later than most would realize. After a successful stint in graphic arts, fol-lowed by a three-year tour of duty in Korea as a member of the British Army, Mayall didn’t seriously em-bark on his musical journey until the age of thirty. Having spent the latter part of the fifties and early six-ties dabbling in music on a part-time basis, it wasn’t until he moved to London in the mid-sixties that he began playing full time under the name “John Mayall’s Bluesbreak-ers.” That now-legendary formation quickly catapulted him into an illus-trious career as a blues pioneer. As a “soon to be” fixture on the London music scene, Mayall caught the at-tention of Eric Clapton, who had re-cently left the “Yardbirds”. Clapton joined up with Mayall’s Bluesbreak-ers, forging a professional and per-sonal friendship that continues to this day. Clapton’s desire to pursue the blues aided Mayall in cementing himself as a solid blues act. The Mayall-Clapton combination pro-duced the band’s first hit record, “Bluesbrakers”, elevating Mayall to imminent notoriety on a global scale. By the late sixties, Clapton and fellow band mate Jack Bruce left Mayall to form “Cream”. Over time Mayall garnered a reputation for gravitating musical talent toward his Chicago style blues. In addition to Clapton and Bruce, Bluesbreakers alumni would ultimately include Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac), Andy Fraser (Free) and Mick Taylor (Roll-ing Stones), who each kick started their careers by playing with May-all. Clapton is quoted as saying “John Mayall has actually run an incredi-

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bly great school for musicians.” As the decade came to a close, Mayall secured a growing popularity in America with the 1969 release of “The Turning Point”, earning him a gold record and yielding his signa-ture piece “Room To Move”. “I’ve had three major guitar players in England - Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor”, recalls Mayall. “So that was a wonderful chapter - jumping into the unknown with the drummerless outfit, which became the turning point. That was a big boost to my career, so that was very important - the birth of the ‘Room to Move’, which has become some-thing of a standard for me over the years. My whole career is dotted with these wonderful experiences - playing with all the great musicians that I’ve chosen.”

With the arrival of the seventies came a relocation of John’s perma-nent residence from England to Los Angeles, where he resides to this day. Mayall spent the next three de-cades working with numerous art-ists from rock, jazz and blues that included John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker and Sonny Boy Williamson, just to name a few. In 1982 Mayall reunited with Mick Taylor and John McVie to reform the original Blues-breakers, hitting the road for a cou-ple of successful tours. Two years later Mayall put together a revised line-up of the Bluesbreakers featur-ing highly talented but lesser known musicians. Throughout the eighties and nineties Mayall toured and re-corded with abandon, amplifying his now legendary concert perfor-mances along with his music cata-log. Notable artists, including Buddy Guy, Billy Preston, Jeff Healey and Albert Collins, continued to line up for a chance to work with Mayall on whatever creative energy struck him at the time. In 2001 he again re-united with former band mates Mick Taylor, Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood to re-cord the “Along for the Ride” album. The following year Mayall, who turned a young seventy, released the “Stories” album, debuting at num-ber one on the Billboard charts. Mayall and his Bluesbreakers toured extensively, culminating in an ap-pearance in Liverpool to benefit UNICEF along with fellow artists

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Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor. Later, the BBC honored Mayall with a TV documentary entitled “The Godfa-ther of the British Blues”. The re-mainder of the decade saw the re-lease of more studio albums, concert DVDs and the commercial release of the BBC documentary. In 2007 May-all released his 56th album “In The Palace of the King”, a tribute to his musical hero Freddie King, followed by an extensive tour. In need of a much-deserved break, Mayall reluc-tantly took time off from recording and touring, opting to disband the current line-up of the band in the fall of 2008. “The Bluesbreakers had been together for so long”, says May-all. “I just reached the point where I felt like I wanted to kick back a little bit and reevaluate and get a new band together. And so it’s something I thought I’d like to explore with dif-ferent people and hence the retiring of the name the Bluesbreakers. I took about six months off and the record company comes knocking on my door and says, ‘It’s time for a new album’. So that kicked me back into it again. So I put the new guys to-gether.” In 2009 Mayall released his latest masterpiece “Tough” a collec-tion of eleven songs that, once again, captures the essence of one of the elder statesman of the blues. “We all met up and two days later we were recording the album,” says Mayall. “It was done in a week so that just shows you the chemistry, and it all worked out. It brings an amazing amount of energy - the stimulation, the excitement, all those things. So it was really a pleasure to do some-thing a little bit different. All the songs were first takes. We did all the tracks in three days, and t h e n

they all went back home.” For any-one that is familiar with Mayall’s work, they will not be disappointed with “Tough”, his 57th album. The impressive musicianship of Mayall and his band, combined with pas-sionate songwriting, only furthers the cause and shows that Mayall’s work is not to be taken lightly. With “Tough”, Mayall has produced a strong record from start to finish. Stand out tracks include “Nothing To Do With Love”, “Playing With a Losing Hand”, “An Eye For An Eye”, “Train To My Heart” and “Slow Train To Nowhere”.

While Mayall is acutely aware of his place in musical history, he clearly doesn’t take his success for granted and, at seventy-five, appreciates the blessings and fan loyalty that con-tinues to be bestowed upon him. “I’ve had a wonderful ride so far”, says Mayall. “I’ve always been able to please myself and my fans. When you’re talking about accomplish-ments, at every stage I pretty much feel I’ve done that because I don’t think there are too many people in the business that say they really still get a kick out of what they do the way I do. I’ve had total freedom”, added Mayall. “The audience has al-ways supported what I’ve done and they appreciate ev-erything I choose to lay on them.”

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atre in Sellersville, PA. Originally scheduled for the evening before, but cancelled due to the blizzard that blanketed the region, Mayall honored his commitment by adjust-ing his tour schedule to accommo-date his fans. With his signature harmonica in hand, Mayall fronted an impressive four-piece band fea-turing Rocky Athas (guitar), Greg Rzab (bass), Tom Canning (key-boards), and Jay Davenport (drums). Engaging from the start, Mayall of-fered a captivating lesson on how to play the blues with unabashed en-ergy and enthusiasm. Performing a number of classics from his rich mu-sical history, Mayall included selec-tions off his latest release “Tough”. One of the highlights of the night was the Mayall standard “Room To Move”, which brought the crowd to their feet. Following a much-de-served standing ovation, he made his way to the lobby of the theatre where he spoke with fans, signed au-tographs and took photos. Mayall winds down his U.S. tour this month and will head off to Europe for March and April. For more info on John Mayall visit www.johnmayall.com

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Chesco KitchensWe already explore the abun-dance of Chester County foods, so join us as we get an inside look at the kitchens of Chester County, where the delicious local foods connect with our families. The first kitchen we tour is inside the gorgeous home of West Chester’s newly elected Mayor, Carolyn Co-mitta.

When I arrived, Mayor Comitta wel-comed me with a cup of coffee and invited me to sit in her “favorite” spot in her kitchen. I had a view of the garden courtyard to discuss her favorite foods to eat and prepare in her fabulous kitchen.

On family time:“My husband, Tom, and I had Frens and Frens, LLC Restoration Archi-tects remodel this space about 7 years ago, once the kids were in high school (now ages 22 and 24.) When we bought the house about 20 years ago, the kitchen lacked light, was a bit cave-like and a little cramped. In that kitchen space we still ate to-gether as a family everyday and I al-ways made breakfast for the family. It’s important to have breakfast to-gether. My mother always made breakfasts for the family and I do, too.”

Favorite Snack:“Popcorn. I LOVE popcorn, all kinds! How does she make it? Popped in the microwave with half a stick of butter melted on top and salt! (she keeps a piece of cardboard in her popcorn maker with her “secret” times for her two favorite brands. “Orville Redenbacher 2-2.5 minutes. Jolly Time 2 minutes.” How to eat it? With a towel in your lap to easily wipe greasy hands on while reading, traveling or watching a movie. Eat, wipe, repeat.”

Favorite Meals to Cook:Chili and Frittata

On her Chili: “I think I make the best chili in the world. It’s a organic turkey chili with a variety of beans, canned tomatoes and all organic ingredients. The taste is a mix of my favorite chili from restaurants, and I love serving it over multi-grain pasta (with omega 3 in it) with a sprinkle of cheddar cheese and a dollop of sour cream on top.”

On her Frittata: “As I said, I’m a huge fan of eating breakfast with my husband so we can spend time together before our hectic days start. During the Grower’s Market season I love buying fresh and local pro-duce (spinach, mushrooms, peas) from the market and using some or-ganic apple chicken sausage from Trader Joe’s. I like to top it with some salsa and a bit of sour cream. Mmm, I love it.”

What she DOESN’T Make:“I don’t bake. I used to but now I leave the sweets up to the experts in town, like Eclat Chocolate. I have a bowl of them at home and at the of-fice; I’m into chocolate diplomacy.”

Setting the mood:“When my husband and I eat to-gether we always have candles and flowers on the table. We like to set a romantic atmosphere when we sit down to eat, and we usually play some jazz music in the background (Take note of the “Honey Pie Award” pin she’s wearing on her sweater in the picture. Tom gave it to her 30 years ago and she wears it every Fe-buary).”

The Kitchen Dance Floor:“This area right here between the re-frigerator and the island is our little “dance floor.” The “ladies (my moth-er-in-law and me and my daughter)” always dance in the kitchen when we cook together. It’s always a nice tradition to cook Italian Wedding soup and dance together during the holidays. Of course, after dinner Tom will also ask to dance. We took a Latin dance class and love to prac-tice our moves. This is also the spot where I can practice my yoga; it’s wonderful.”

Her favorite spot:“My favorite spot is the chair you are sitting in. I get to see the court-yard, the sky, Tigger (her cat) and the plants. We designed this space to feel like a sun porch, so I feel the sunlight and it’s nice to let the out-side in.”

FavoriteRestaurants“In keeping with my 3/50 plan for the residents (a local stimulus plan in which she encourages folks to pick 3 of their fa-vorite local businesses they would miss if they were gone and commit to spending $50 there a month), Tom and I support many res-taurants in town. We are blessed to have such an excellent vari-ety of shops and restau-rants, I would love to thank all the restau-rants of West Chester for their generous and delicious

support of my swearing-in ceremo-ny on Jan 4th at borough hall. We had more than 100 restaurants, busi-nesses and individuals donate food, flowers and everything needed for a celebration of this town’s bounty. There are too many wonderful plac-es to pick favorites (Check out wcdish.com for a list of her top spots for getting take-out.).”

What you’llALWAYS find in her kitchen:Pepper grindersPopcornBalsamic vinegar from A Taste of Ol-ive (current favorite is Champagne Pear)Dark-Roast, Shade-Grown Organic Coffee from Trader Joe’s

FavoriteCook-book:The South Beach

Diet Cookbook. “I love the recipes in it; they are so flavorful, easy and healthy.”

HecticSchedules:“Being newly appointed, my sched-ule is a bit more hectic and the roles have reversed a bit with my hus-band. I’m not cooking as much as I used to, so Tom always offers to “cook” and by cook he means “gour-met take out.” One night Tom had the table set with candles and he picked up food for dinner, plated it and waited patiently for me to get home. It was so late by the time we finally sat down to eat together that he raised his glass and said ‘Bon App-asleep!’”

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Artist finds success photographing dogs

Wagsworth Manor in Mal-vern recently hosted a Splash Party with Brooke Mayo, photographer and author of the recently published book “Diving Doggies: A Celebra-tion of Play Underwater.”

The book features a unique look at dogs and their love of water. Mayo continues the experience showcased in the book at Splash Parties, and in-vites dogs of all kinds to have a photo shoot with her in the water.

With 10 years of experience under her belt, Mayo’s work has focused on pho-tographing babies, engagement and boudoir sessions, and weddings, which she is most passionate about and focused on. Animals, specifically dogs, weren’t originally a part of Mayo’s repertoire, and it wasn’t until a few years into her professional career that she added them to her subject-matter list.

“In 2003 I moved to the Outer Banks and one day, after an attempted break-in, I went and got a dog named JayBird who was a pit-bull/boxer mix,” said Mayo. “He was 12 years old and brin-dle-colored. He was very sweet but looked scary, and he stole my heart. The first day I had him at home he picked up my clothes from the floor and buried himself under them on the bed. This was the beginning of photo-graphing dogs for me.”

A year later JayBird passed away and

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Mayo brought home a boxer named Weezy. After Weezy learned how to float on top of a soccer ball in the sound, Mayo got the idea to photo-graph her from under the water, which was the original spark that led to her book.

“It took three summers for me to pho-tograph the dogs, edit the images and reshoot if necessary,” said Mayo. “It was a lot of work to find the dogs, but photographing them was the best part of the experience. I spent one year working with a literary agency to nar-row down the dogs, choose the imag-es, lay out the book and edit the text. Another year was spent researching and learning how to self-publish, find a printer and distributor, plan book signings and Splash Parties, and now I’m working on marketing the book.”

After three years spending countless hours working on her book, Mayo is now the proud self-published, first-time author of “Diving Doggies: A Cel-ebration of Play Underwater.” The book is 80 pages and consists of more than 100 full-color photographs of dogs in or around water.

“Each dog has a variety of photos and a

little text with their name, breed and an explanation of their love of the wa-ter,” said Mayo. “This was a super fun project, which didn’t begin as a book, but once I met all of the dogs and be-gan compiling the images, I thought a book would be great. Most of the dogs are photographed in the Outer Banks, but I have traveled all over photo-graphing them.”

The book hit bookstore shelves and Internet sites in November. Continu-ing the experience she had while working on the book, Mayo has been participating in Splash Parties. She will be at Wagsworth Manor Satur-day, March 6, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, March 7, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sessions are 15 minutes each and include a matted 8x10 image, and all of the photographs will be online and available for purchase. Appointments are necessary. Call Wagsworth Manor at 610-251-9247 for session times, pric-ing information and to make your ap-pointment.

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toes” meal if I ever saw one. It was eeee-

asy, and perfect to celebrate the magic

of St. Pat’s!

BangersWhat You Need:

• 2 bangers (mild italian sausage

would do) - I got these bangers at

Booth’s Corner Farmer’s Market

• 1 onion, coarsely chopped

• 1 can Guinness beer

• 2 TB olive oil

• 1 TB butter

Mash• 5 red potatoes, peeled with some

red left, and quartered.

• 1/4 cup milk

• 1/8 cup half and half

• 2-3 Tablespoons butter

• Salt

• Pepper

How to Make:

Fill a large pot half way with water, and

add the potatoes. Sprinkle some salt in

the water. Once boiling, boil for 15-20

mins or until potatoes are fork tender.

Depends on how big you cut the pota-

toes.

In the meantime:

In a large, deep-sided skillet, pour the

Guinness and turn heat to med. Add

the bangers. Poach the bangers until

the Guinness starts to evaporate. (Note:

Don’t let it evaporate completely or it

will leave a strange taste on the

bangers.)

While the bangers are poaching:

Heat the oil and butter in a skillet and

saute the onion til nicely browned.

When Guinness is about 1/2 way evap-

orated, remove the bangers and add to

the onion pan for some browning.

While bangers and onions are brown-

ing:

Strain the potatoes and dump into a

mixing bowl. Add the milk, cream, but-

ter, salt & pepper and mix until mashed.

(I used my Kitchen Aid).

Serve the bangers & onions over the

mash. Don’t forget the Guinness to

wash it down!

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I don’t have a speck of Irish in me, but I

love St. Pat’s traditions! Every year, I

meet my girls in Trolley Square for

breakfast at Kid Shelleens, the parade,

kegs in St. Pat’s church basement, then

the Logan House for an all-day-long St.

Patty’s Day “loop”.

But I’m always STARVING by the time

I’m done, and I like to ensure a good

meal is available when I return home.

I’ve been known to make Potato Leek

soup in the past, but I think I’ll be do-

ing this one from now on. It’s home

cooking in the crock, while I’m out all

day whooping it up!

When I got home, this lovely dish was

waiting for me! Not only does it fulfill

my love for traditions, but it’s damn

tasty too.

Ground Beefand CabbageWhat You Need:

• approx 2 cups baby carrots

• 2 onions, chopped

• 2 lb. corned beef brisket with season-

ing packet

• 12 oz. bottle lager

• 2 Tbsp. yellow mustard

• 1/4 cup brown sugar

• 1 cup water

• 8 wedges cabbage

How to Make:

In 4-6 quart crockpot, combine carrots

and onions. Rinse the corned beef and

pat dry. Place in crockpot and sprinkle

with seasoning packet contents. Pour

lager over brisket and spread mustard

on top. In small bowl, mix brown sugar

with water and pour over brisket. Cov-

er crockpot and cook on low setting for

11-12 hours.

Remove corned beef from crockpot and

cover with foil. Add cabbage to crock-

pot with the veggies. Turn up to HIGH

for another 30-40 mins or until cabbage

is tender.

When serving, cut the meat against the

grain.

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On Sat., Feb. 13, only two diners were daring enough to tackle Tony’s Family Restaurant’s Annihilator eat-ing challenge of a massive four pound slow-cooked, roast beef sandwich layered with provolone cheese, smeared with an intense horseradish sauce and piled sky-high inside a fresh Vienna bun — and that is just where the competition begins. To complete the gi-gantic edible feat, participants must also successfully scarf down a one-and-a-half pound side of onion rings.

Anthony Storti, Jr., co-owner of Tony’s and the origi-nator of the contest, announced to William “Wild Bill” Myers of Allentown and Bob Scott of East Coven-try that they must complete the sandwich and the side in an hour to be crowned a local eating champ and be awarded a free meal, a victorious t-shirt, and a place on the eatery’s Wall of Fame.

While the local community geared up to cheer on what seemed to be one contestant, Scott grew curious if he too, should participate. The East Coventry resi-dent had planned on only watching the competition, but with Myers’ confidence reigning high inside Tony’s eatery last Saturday, he too thought he should give it a fair shot.

Myers, who has partaken in a handful of food chal-lenges in his past, seemed like a professional prior to taking his first bite. He sliced the loaded Vienna roll nicely in two parts, and then, weighed each section of the sandwich before daringly diving in.

Close to midway, Myers reached the halfway point, chomping down a large portion of the sandwich and a good amount of onion rings. His strategy was to rotate between the two, which includ-ed dipping a few bites of the crunchy rings in ketchup, instead of leaving the side or-der for last.

As the clock neared 54 minutes for Myers, he devoured his last bite with minutes to spare, which marked the Allentown resi-dent as the first person in the history of the challenge to conquer everything on the

Staff Photo by Amy Strauss Antony Storti, Jr. of

Tony’s Family Restaurant in East Pikeland

prepares the Annihilator sandwich, the 4 pound star

of his eating competition that must be completed with a

one-and-a-half pound side of onion rings.

BY AMYSTRAUSS

SPECIALTO CC

Allentown man first to finish Annihilator

towering silver platter. However, for Scott, who began the challenge toward the end of

Myers, at 22 minutes threw in the cloth napkin, mak-ing an impressive halfway dent in his attempt to con-quer Tony’s sandwich.

Scott, who concentrated on only the sandwich and hardly any onion rings, believed his attempt was not an impressive as it could have been due to previously enjoying a filling brunch before attending Tony’s that day. Myers lent words of encouragement to Scott as the amateur competitor forced as much food as he could into his mouth. “You have to get past the full feeling and it becomes a lot easier,” said Myers.

When asking the winner how he felt after finishing Stori’s insane sandwich, he said simply, “stuffed.” Calm and cool, Myers’ victory was well-achieved and with minutes to spare. Storti, Jr. invites anyone else to come and try to impressively conquer his Annihilator during any of the restaurant’s business hours, and he also hopes to persuade Food Network’s Adam Rich-man of Man v. Food to sink his teeth into this hefty competition.

Tony’s Family Restaurant is located along Route 724 in East Pikeland. Call 610-933-8659 for more informa-tion. Hours of operation are 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays; 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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A majority of today’s restaurants serve extra-large portions, even on their salads. If you do what I do, you feel the need to eat every last bite of it so that nothing goes to waste. Realistically, a portion of that salad

Beat the calories with a few of these tips.Girls Dinner Night Out?

would have filled you up. Eating is all psychological. We see the food and feel the need to continue eating until it’s gone. Here’s what to do:

• When you order your salad, ask

the waitress to bring a box along with it and before you even begin eating, split the salad in half and box it up. I guarantee you will feel not nearly as full as if you ate the entire thing. Plus, you just got 2 meals for

the price of one. Next day’s lunch!

• Same goes for a sandwich: split it in half and box it up. Because sand-wiches are typically served with fries or chips, ask the waitress if you

can substitute them with either a side salad or side of veggies. You will be cutting the saturated fat in half.

• Go for the light! Cut out the ranch and blue cheese because creamy dressings come packed with fat. Restaurants love to pile it on, caus-ing those extra pounds around your waist and it defeats the purpose of ordering a salad. Stick with oil and vinegar or even balsamic, which of-fer just as much flavor. If you feel the need to absolutely have the creamier dressings, order it on the side.

Don’t cut dining out, just cut the fat!

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THE RESTAURANT:

Bistroon the Brandywine1623 Baltimore Pike

Chadds Ford, PA 19317

(610) 388-8090

FIRST IMPRESSIONS:

• MATT: Gina was very attractive and very well put together; she came off as the classic cute girl next door. At first, I think she was a little nervous, but that melted away very quickly. I was excited to find out more about her.• GINA: My first impression of Matt was that he was nicely dressed in a suit jacket and pants and a collared shirt and that he looked very familiar to me. A little bit into our date, I learned why - we went to the same high school and I remember seeing him in the hallways! I liked that he was a little dressed up but still casual in that he did not wear a tie. Matt had a beautiful sunflower for me, which reminded me of spring in these dull winter months. And he came over and have me a hug. It was very nice!

THE DATE:

• MATT: We started the night at the Chaddsford Winery for a private wine tasting before dinner at Bistro on the Brandywine. Rachel, an events coordinator with the Winery, set us up in the “Big Bottle Room,” which houses all their different vintages; it was an incredible room and it had a great warmth and history to it. Chaddsford Winery was the perfect place to kick things off.• GINA: The wine tasting was great! I love the Chaddsford Winery and to get the opportunity to have a private tasting with someone who knows everything about the wines was a unique experience. I don’t know a lot about wine, so it was nice that there was an educational element to the date! Then we were going to have dinner at Bistro on the Brandywine. The whole evening was right up my alley.

THE CONVERSATION:

• MATT: We had a lot in common, there was never an awkward moment and the conversation flowed very nicely. Gina told me about her job, all the sports she’s involved with (ice skating, field hockey, lacrosse - wow! That’s a lot, right?!) and her travels. • GINA: I thought that at first it was a little hard to have much of a conversation because mostly we were listening to the wine tasting hostess and not really talking to each other. We talked about how we got involved in the He Said, She Said date and we, of course, talked about the wines we were drinking and which ones

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WHERE TWO SINGLES MEET AND REVIEW the food & each other.

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THE GUY:

THE GIRL:

GINA

AGE: 29

JOB: International Sales

INTERESTS:

Travel,sailing,

baseballand music

AGE: 28

JOB: Teacher

INTERESTS: Exercising, teaching figure skating, reading, traveling, dining out, movies, sporting events, spending time with family, the beach and the color pink

we liked, disliked, etc.• MATT: It was great because we both have a love for travel; she told me all about her adventures in England and Finland. To top it all off, it’s not everyday that you meet a fun, attractive young lady that likes spending her summer days at the the Phillies game, too.• GINA: We didn’t really get into much conversation until we got to dinner. Once we were by ourselves we talked about all sorts of things! Where we grew up, what we each do for a living, our hobbies, the Olympics...I thought the conversation was very comfortable and easy.

THE WINE TASTING:

• MATT: We tasted 8 different wines, starting with the dry whites, then dry reds and finishing things off with a sweeter Rose and Niagara white. I was a fan of the ‘07 Cabernet Sauvi-gnon; it seemed a perfect fit for a cold winter night. After it was all said and done, Gina and I both agreed that the ‘08 Proprietors Reserve White was our favorite. Dry, refreshing, classic.• GINA: The wine tasting went very well. The atmosphere of the Chaddsford Winery is warm and romantic; to open a few bottles of wine and try them in a private wine tasting room makes wine seem even more romantic! The feel of the elegant, remodeled country dairybarn was welcoming and charming. It was an excellent choice for a first date. I was excited to get to learn the differences between the different kinds of white and red wine. I didn’t like all of them, but it was great getting to try them! Matt and I got to take a bottle of our favorite wine from the tasting with us, which ended up being a Proprietors Reserve white wine. I know Matt liked it, but I think since it was my favorite he said we should take that one with us - very sweet!

THE RESTAURANT:

• MATT: For dinner we went to Bistro on the Brandywine; it was my first time there. I was impressed with the clean, modern decor and the restaurant had a great buzz inside. The menu was a fantastic mix of local favorites (Kennett Square Mushroom Soup) fused with a French twist (Duck confit with pears with a sherry mustard vinaigrette).• GINA: The Bistro on the Brandywine had an atmosphere that was elegant without being pretentious. The hardwood floors and perfectly dimmed lighting made the restaurant feel upscale but, at the same time, casual. The menu

was extensive enough that I felt like I had a lot to choose from, but not so much that I wondered how they could possibly make so many dishes well! There was a nice variety of appetizers, soups, salads and entrees. I had been there once before with my family, but that was several years ago and I think they have improved their menu quite a bit since then.

THE SERVICE:

• MATT: Our service at the Bistro was fantastic; our server, Amanda, took care of us and was eager to make sure we enjoyed our meals. She put us at a great corner table with a full view of the restaurant. At the end of the evening, Gina and I felt a little sorry for the wait staff because, without even noticing, we were the last ones at the restaurant and they had so graciously left us alone to enjoy our conversa-tion.• GINA: Rachel, our hostess at Chaddsford Winery, was very helpful and clearly knew everything about all of the wines that we tried. She worked for a couple of years making the wine before becoming the event coordinator for the Winery. She let us drink our wine at our own pace and only brought out the next wine on the list when she thought we were ready for it. She kept us mindful of the time so that we wouldn’t miss our dinner reservation! She answered all of our questions very thoroughly.

DRINKS WITH DINNER:

• MATT: Gina and I both ordered a glass of wine, but after the wine tasting were taking it easy. • GINA: We each had a glass of wine with dinner. We decided to keep with the local winery theme of the evening and we tried a Paradocx white wine, which was very good. We didn’t bring in our bottle of wine from the tasting because we didn’t think the Bistro was a BYOB, but we found out they do allow outside wines. But, I think we were both happy with our Paradocx wine with dinner!

THE FOOD:

• MATT: For an appetizer I had the tuna tartare with a crushed avocado, cilantro micro-green salad, with a red jalapeno aioli. It had a great presentation and I couldn’t wait to dive in. The tuna tartare and crushed avocados went perfectly together; my spicy taste buds were hoping the jalapeno aioli would heat things up, but all in all it was a mild dish. I was a little jealous of Gina’s pan-seared Boucheron goat cheese; she let me try some - it was amazing!

• GINA: For an appetizer, I got the pan-seared Boucheron goat cheese with vine-roasted cherry tomatoes. I love goat cheese, so this was an easy choice for me. I had never had pan-seared goat cheese before, and I thought it was a unique twist. I think there was a little bit of honey drizzled on the plate too, which added just the right amount of sweetness. I thought it was excellent. I liked my dish better than Matt’s and I liked that we shared our appetizers!• MATT: For my main course I had Chilean salmon with caramelized onions; it was absolutely delicious. All the flavors came together really nicely and just melted in my mouth. My mother would be proud; I completely cleaned my plate and loved every bite. • GINA: For my entree, I decided to order the braized beef short rib with gnocchi, exotic mushrooms and English peas. Our waitress recommended it and it was absolutely delicious! The meat was served off the bone, so no mess when you eat it, and the flavors of the meat and the gnocchi went together very well. It was a rich dish with a little sweetness to it, so I wasn’t able to eat all of it, but I enjoyed every bite.• MATT: For dessert I had the classic vanilla creme brulee; it was a great way to end the meal. Funny enough, we ended up talking about Martha Stewart and how she uses her own mini-blow torch to make creme brulee; it got me thinking that a trip to Home Depot for the full-blown version might be a fun weekend project.• GINA: We decided that we had to get dessert, so I ordered the special dessert that evening, which was an apple galette with Granny Smith apples and a pastry shell. I enjoyed it except for the macademia nuts they sprinkled on top. Somehow the flavor was wrong for the dish. I wouldn’t have minded a crunchy texture, but the pieces of nut made for too much crunch. So, I happily put the nuts to the side and enjoyed my dessert.

CONVERSATION AND CHEMISTRY:

• MATT: We had a great conversation that could have gone on much longer. We seem to have a lot in common; all in all it was a just a great evening out.• GINA: The conversation throughout dinner was great. It was never forced and I think we learned that we have quite a bit in common. Matt had a good sense of humor, which is very important to me. I think there was some chemistry and it would be nice to get to know each other better!

CALLING ALL SINGLES! If you would like to take part in HE SAID, SHE SAID, please email your name, age, job title and hobbies along with a picture to wcdish@gmail.com. When we have a match for you, we will let you know.

BY:

MARY

BIGHAMWC DISH

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TICKETS FOR MOST CONCERTS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH LIVENATION.COM OR COMCASTTIX.COM.

CONCERTS MARCH 10, 2010 /PAGE 20

THE WACHOVIA CENTER, Philadelphia: Michael Buble with Naturally Seven (March 16, 8 p.m., sold out); Taylor Swift (March 18 and 19, 7 p.m., $25 to $69.50); Bon Jovi (March 23 and 24, 8 p.m.); Carole King and James Tay-lor (June 10 and 22, 7:30 p.m., $39.50 to $125t).Susquehanna Bank Center Indoor Theater, Camden, N.J.: Praise 103.9 Concert with Don-ald Lawrence, Marvin Sapp, Smokey Norful and others (March 14, 5 p.m., $35 and $50); Sugarland with Jake Owen and Danny Gokey (May 15, 7 p.m., $32.25 to $57); WMMR-B-Q with Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, Three Days Grace, Fuel, Skillet and Dive (May 23, noon, $49.50 and $75); The Dave Matthews Band with Martin Sexton (June 30 and July 1, 7 p.m., $40 and $75); Jimmy Buffett and the Cor-al Reefer Band (Aug. 7 and 10, 8 p.m., $36 and $136); Slayer, Megadeth and Testament (Aug. 15, 7 p.m., $39 to $57.50).FESTIVAL PIER, Philadelphia: 30H!3 and Co-bra Starship with Travis McCoy and I Fight Dragons (June 11, 7 p.m., $27.50); the John But-ler Trio and State Radio (June 17, 7 p.m., $29.50).LINCOLN FIANCIAL FIELD, Philadelphia: U2 (July 12, 7 p.m., $33.50 to $253.50).THE LIACOURAS CENTER, Philadelphia: The Royal Comedy Tour with Sommore, D.L. Hughley, Bruce Bruce and others (March 19, 8 p.m.). Visit www.comcastTix.com.THE TOWER THEATER, Upper Darby: Al-ice in Chains with Middle Class Rut (March 13, 8 p.m., $40); Norah Jones with Sasha Dob-son (April 3, 8 p.m., $43 to $63); Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s “Beethoven’s Last Night” (April 7, 7:30 p.m., $48.50 and $58.50); Hillsong United (April 15, 8 p.m., $35); Chelsea Handler with Jo Koy (April 17, 8 and 10:30 p.m., $55 to $85); Mark Knopfler with Pieta Brown (May 7, 8 p.m., $39 to $95).THEATER OF THE LIVING ARTS, 334 South St., Philadelphia: Puscifer with Uncle Scratch’s Gospel Revival (March 8 and 9, 8 p.m., $49.50); Company of Thieves with Civil Twilight and East Hundred (March 10, 8 p.m., $15); Scythian with Downtown Harvest (March 11, 8 p.m., $20); Mike Gordon (March 12, 9 p.m., $23); Harvey Holiday’s Superbowl of Acapella with Quiet Storm, The Sheps, The Norristones and Street Corner Five (March 13, 8 p.m., $25); Quizzo Bowl (March 20, 8 p.m., $25); Miike Snow with Delorean (March 25, 9 p.m., $18); Emily Osment with Hot Chelle Rae (March 27, 6 p.m., $20 and $60); Infected Mushrooms with Randy Seidman (March 27, 11:30 p.m., $25); RX Bandits with The Builders

and The Butchers (March 28, 8 p.m., $16); The Big Pink with A Place To Bury Strangers (March 31, 8 p.m., $14); Pretty Lights (April 2, 9 p.m., $20); The Temper Trap with The Kissaway Trail (April 3, 9 p.m., $16); Florence and the Machine with Holy Hail (April 5, 8 p.m., $20); Black Rebel Motorcycle Club with Alberta Cross and The Cobbs (April 6, 8 p.m., $20); Blue October with Stars of Track and Field (April 9, 9 p.m., $27.50); Midlake (April 10, 9 p.m., $15); Galdalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams (April 16, 9 p.m., $15); Honor Society with Just Kait and Ashlyne Huff (April 22, 6 p.m., $18); Never Shout Never with Hey Monday, The Cab, Every Avenue and The Summer Set (April 23, 7 p.m., sold out); Transatlantic (April 24, 8 p.m., $37.50); Hot Chip (April 25, 9 p.m., $30); Janeane Garofalo with Marc Maron (April 27, 8 p.m., $29.50); Kaki King with An Horse (April 28, 8 p.m., $18); Halestorm with Janus, Burn Halo and Madam Adam (April 30, 7 p.m., $15); Corinne Bailey Rae with Daniel Merri-weather (May 1, 9 p.m., $27.50); Sia with Girl in a Coma (May 2, 8 p.m., $20); Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band (May 7, 9 p.m., $20); Animal Liberation Orchestra (May 21, 9 p.m., $14); Kings of Convenience with Franklin For Short (June 1, 8 p.m., $22); Brian Jonestown Massacre (June 8, 8 p.m., $16).THE ELECTRIC FACTORY, Philadelphia: Five For Fighting with Matt Wertz (March 8, 8 p.m., $30); Air with AM and DJ Justin Paul (March 18, 8 p.m., $40); Mat Kearney and In-grid Michaelson with Angel Taylor (March 19, 8:30 p.m., $25); Insane Clown Posse’s Oddball Bonanza Show (March 20, 5 p.m., $35); HIM with We Are the Fallen, Dommin and Drive A (March 26, 7:30 p.m., $28); Vampire Weekend with Abe Vigoda (April 2, 8:30 p.m., sold out); Drive-By Truckers with Lucero and Langhorne Slim (April 3, 8 p.m., $25); A Day to Remember with August Burns Red, Silverstein and Enter Shikari (April 7, 7:30 p.m., $20); Cinderella (April 9, 8:30 p.m., $30); Wilco (April 10, 8:30 p.m., sold out).THE KESWICK THEATRE, Easton Road and Keswick Avenue, Glenside (215-572-7650 or www.keswicktheatre.com): Phil Vassar (March 12 and 13, 8 p.m., $32.50 and $39.50); Rita (March 14, 7 p.m., $42.50 to $102.50); The Irish Rovers (March 15, 7:30 p.m., $29.50 and $35); Train with Butch Walker and The Black Wid-ows (March 17, 8 p.m., $35 and $38.50); Frankie Avalon, Fabian and Bobby Rydell (March 19, 8 p.m., $69.50 and $79.50); America (March 20, 8 p.m., $39.50 and $49.50); George Thorogood and the Destroyers (March 24, 7:30 p.m., $39 to

$59); Mint Condition and Ledisi (March 26, 8 p.m., $44); Los Lobos with Leo Kottke (March 27, 8 p.m., $42.50); Buddy Valastro “The Cake Boss” (March 29, 8 p.m., $29.50 to $45.50); Keith Emerson and Greg Lake of ELP (April 2, 8 p.m., $35 to $55); Jo Dee Messina (April 3, 8 p.m., $32.50 and $37.50); the Wailers (April 8, 8 p.m., $25); Krishna Das with Deva Premal and Miten (April 9, 8 p.m., $35); the Fab Faux (April 10, 8 p.m., $46.50 and $66.50); Fourplay (April 11, 7:30 p.m., $29.50 and $39.50); Angie Stone with Leela James (April 16, 8 p.m., $39.50); Gaelic Storm with Carbon Leaf (April 18, 7:30 p.m., $29.50); One Night of Queen: Queen trib-ute (April 22, 8 p.m., $32.50); Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood (April 23, 8 p.m., $38.50 and $48.50); Joe Bonamassa (April 24, 8 p.m., $27.50 to $40); Echo and the Bunnymen with Hatcham Social (April 25, 7:30 p.m., $30 and $35); Rodrigo y Gabriela (April 28, 8 p.m., $36.50 to $46.50); Bill Cosby (May 1, 4 and 8 p.m., $49 and $67); Tommy James and the Shon-dells (May 7, 8 p.m., $39.50); “Love Songs and Doo Wop” with the Duprees, Jimmy Beau-mont and the Skyliners and others (May 8, 8 p.m., $42.50 and $52.50); Pat Metheny solo (May 18, 8 p.m., $52.50); Railroad Earth and Donna the Buffalo (May 20, 7:30 p.m., $24 to $34); Buddy Guy with Jimmie Vaughan, and Moreland and Arbuckle (May 21, 7:30 p.m., $29.50 to $49.50); Delbert McClinton (May 22, 8 p.m., $36); Toad the Wet Sprocket (May 26, 8 p.m., $27.50 and $32.50); Bela Fleck, Zakir Hus-sain and Edgar Meyer (May 27, 8 p.m., $38.50); Randy Hansen’s tribute to Jimi Hendrix (June 4, 8 p.m., $29 and $32); The Machine: Pink Floyd tribute (June 18, 8 p.m.); Levon Helm (July 22, 7:30 p.m., $39.50 to $59.50).The Note, 142 E. Market St., West Chester (800-594-8499 or www.thenote.tickets.musictoday.com): Eyes Bled Dry, Lined in Filth and Live Set Disaster (March 9, 8 p.m., $5); Bowling For Soup (March 11, 8 p.m., $13 -- 18 and older); The New Connection with The Know How and Andrew Behringer (March 12, 9 p.m., $8); Misstallica (March 13, 9 p.m., $10); Rival Schools with Metroplex and Crash of ‘64 (March 16, 8 p.m., $12); CKY (March 17, 8 p.m., $25 -- 21 and older); Fat Daddy Has Been CD release with The Last Emperor CD release and The Hustle (March 19, 9 p.m., $8); Toubab Krewe with The Heavy Pets (March 20, 9 p.m., $13); Bloodfeathers with The Right Ons (March 25, 8 p.m., $8); 2U: U2 tribute band, with Atom-ic Square (March 26, 9 p.m., $10); The Donnas (March 27, 9 p.m., $16); Fair to Midland with Karnivool and Enstride (April 1, 8 p.m., $12);

SOJA with Mambo Sauce (April 2, 9 p.m., $17.50); Soraia with Shovelhook (April 3, 9 p.m., $8); Bonobo with The Invisible (April 8, 8 p.m., $15); Jedi Mind Tricks (April 10, 9 p.m., $17); Start Making Sense: Talking Heads trib-ute, with Cheers Elephant (April 16, 9 p.m., $8); Splintered Sunlight (April 17, 9 p.m., $8); Rock-dale Music Showcase (April 19, 7 p.m., $5); Miss May I (May 2, 7 p.m., $10); I See Stars with Let’s Get It (May 3, 7:30 p.m., $12); The River-side Jam (July 31, 8 p.m., $10).THE COLONIAL THEATRE, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville (610-917-1228 or www.thecolo-nialtheatre.com), presents the following con-certs: George Winston (April 7, 7:30 p.m.); Richie Havens (April 9, 8 p.m., $29.50 to $34.50); Sonny Landreth (April 10, 8 p.m.); Roger McGuinn (April 30, 8 p.m.). Visit www.ticketweb.com for tickets.THE AMERICAN MUSIC THEATRE, 2425 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster (717-397-7700 or www.AMTshows.com): The Oak Ridge Boys (March 20, 3 and 8 p.m., $43); Three Dog Night (March 7, 7 p.m., $49); ABBA: The Music (March 12, 8 p.m., $39); Jungle Jack Hanna (March 13, 1 p.m., $29); Yakov Smirnoff (March 13, 8 p.m., $45); The Smothers Brothers and the Kingston Trio (March 14, 7:30 p.m., $65); Oak Ridge Boys (March 20, 3 and 8 p.m., $43); Randy Travis (March 27, 8 p.m., $67).THE SELLERSVILLE THEATER, 24 W. Tem-ple Ave., Sellersville (215-257-5808 or www.ST94.com): Leon Russell with Steve Brodsky and Jimmy Meyer (March 10, 8 p.m., $33 and $45); Tom Rush (March 11, 8 p.m., $29.50 and $40); The Blasters with Hank’s Cadillac (March 12, 8 p.m., $21.50 and $33); Atlan (March 13, 8 p.m., $29.50 and $40); Marcia Ball with Honey Island Swamp Band (March 16, 8 p.m., $25 and $39.50); Bill Monaghan and Celtic Pride (March 17, 7:30 p.m., $15); Melissa Manchester (March 18, 8 p.m., $35 and $49.50); The Australian Bee Gees Show (March 19, 8 p.m., $29.50 and $40); Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul (March 20, 8 p.m., $33 and $45); Dervish (March 21, 7:30 p.m., $25 and $39.50); Wishbone Ash (March 25, 8 p.m., $29.50 and $40); Boris Garcia with Cabinet (March 26, 8 p.m., $19.50); Derek Webb and Jennifer Knapp (March 27, 8 p.m., $21.50 and $30); Badfinger with Smash Palace (March 28, 7:30 p.m., $29.50 and $40); Bob Sch-neider (March 31, 8 p.m., $21.50 and $30).The Grand Opera House and The Baby Grand, 818 Market St., Wilmington, Del. (302-652-5577 or www.ticketsatthegrand.org): The Kingston Trio (March 12, 8 p.m., $27 to $34); The Band of Irish Guards and the Royal Regi-

ment of Scotland (March 14, 3 p.m.); Tom Rush (March 14, 7 p.m.); The Smothers Brothers (March 15, 8 p.m.).

OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHNASPLUNDH AUDITORIUM, West Chester University, will be the site of a concert by Ol-ivia Newton-John on March 27 at 8:30 p.m. The concert is part of a weekend Integrative Health Conference on March 26 and 27. Newton-John will deliver a keynote address on March 26 at 7:30 p.m., and there will be sessions for health practitioners and the public on March 27 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Proceeds benefit West Chester University’s College of Health Sciences and the ACEER Foundation. For more information and tickets, visit www.wcupa.edu/Voices-forHealing, or call 610-738-0477.

AFRICAN-AMERICANORGAN MUSICGROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 490 W. Boot Rd., will present “A Celebration of African American Organ Music” on March 14 at 7 p.m. Organist Mark Andrew Miller will play works by Fela Sowanda, Charles, Cole-man and Scott Joplin. Admission is free (offer-ing accepted). Call 610-692-6124 or visit www.grovechurch.org.

ST. PATRICK’S CABARETHEDGEROW THEATRE, 64 Rose Valley Rd., Media (610-565-4211), presents a St. Patrick’s Day Cabaret on March 17. Members of the resi-dent company will perform Irish music, along with tenor Joseph Kinsolving and vocalist Ju-liet Grey Kelsey. Tickets are $12 ($10 for se-niors and students).

JAZZ AT LONGWOODLONGWOOD GARDENS, Route 1, Kennett Square (610-893-1999 or www.longwoodgar-dens.org), presents a series of jazz concerts in the Ballroom. Guests can stroll the gardens be-fore each concert. Each concert begins at 8 p.m. The series includes: Vocalist Jane Monheit (March 20); Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau (April 15). Tickets are $50. Call or visit online for reservations.

‘REGARDS TO BROADWAY’KEENAN’S VALLEY VIEW INN, Domino Lane, Roxborough, will be the site of “Regards to Broadway,” a concert of Broadway favorites by the Delaware Valley Opera Company, on March 27 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $40, including a three-course meal and beverages. Reservations are due by March 14. For information, call 215-725-4171.

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THE BLARNEY STONE, West Chester Pike, West Chester (610-436-5222). “Name That Tune” with DJ Tony on Tuesday. Poker on Wednesday (sign-up at 7:30 p.m.). Quizzo on Thursday. Live bands on weekends from 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. ($3 cover). BRICKETTE LOUNGE, 1339 Pottstown Pike, West Chester (610-696-9656 or www.brickettelounge.com). Line danc-ing on Tuesday and Thursday from 8 to 11 p.m. with DJ. Karaoke on Wednesdays from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Live bands from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Smoke-free. BROWNIES 23 EAST, 23 E. Lancaster Ave., Ard-more (610-649-8389 or www.Brownies23east.com). Entertainment: Modern Bliss (March 5); 52 Pick Up (March 6); Slamm (March 10); Splintered Sunlight (March 11).

CAROUSEL BALLROOM, 319 Westtown Rd., Suite P, West Chester (610-701-0600 or www.carouselballroom.-com). Group dancing and lessons scheduled. Admission inculdes ap-petizers and desserts. No partner necessary.

DOC MAGROGAN’S, 117 E. Gay St., West Chester (610-429-4046 or www.docmagrogans.com). DJ Tommy C upstairs on Fridays at 10 p.m. (no cover). Live bands on Saturdays from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. (no cover). Karaoke at 9 p.m. on Tuesdays. Trivia downstairs on Wednes-days at 9:30 p.m.

HORSESHOE PUB, at the Waynebrook Inn, 4690 Horseshoe Pike, Honey Brook (610-273-9000 or www.thehorseshoepub.com). Open Mic with Guitar George on Wednesday from 8 to 11 p.m. Ladies Night Dance Party with DJ on

Thursday from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Video DJ on Friday from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. KENNETT FLASH, 102 Sycamore Alley, Ken-nett Square (484-732-8295 or www.kennett-flash.org). Blue Monday Jam on Mondays at 8 p.m. Del Bittle’s Bluegrass jam every Thursday at 8 p.m. Admission $3 for players and $5 for audience. Open Mic every Sunday at 7 p.m., hosted by Butch Zito. Admission $4. THE LOUNGE, 246 Eagleview Blvd., Exton (610-594-0269). Open daily at 4 p.m. Free pool on Tuesdays. Karaoke on Wednesdays at 9 p.m. MCKENZIE BREW HOUSE, 451 Wilming-ton-West Chester Pike (Route 202) (610-361-9800 or www.mckenziebrewhouse.com). Live music on Saturdays at 10 p.m. MR. E’S TAVERN, 313 W. Kings Highway, Coatesville (610-384-4356 or www.mrestavern.biz). Trivia and prizes on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. Free pool on Thursdays from 8 p.m. to mid-night.SPENCE CAFE, 29 E. Gay St., West Chester (610-738-8844 or www.spencecaferestaurant.com). Jazz Thursdays feature Glenn Ferracone with guests from 9 p.m. to midnight. Fridays feature blues bands. Saturdays feature jazz or blues. Music begins at 10 p.m. STEEL CITY COFFEE HOUSE, 203 Bridge St., Phoenixville (610-933-4043 or www.steelcity-coffeehouse.-com). Emerging Talent Competi-tion (March 10, 7 p.m., free).

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PEOPLE’S LIGHT SEASONPEOPLE’S LIGHT AND THEATRE COM-PANY, 39 Conestoga Rd., Malvern (610-644-3500 or www.peopleslight.org), presents: “Stretch” (March 31 to April 25); and “The Se-cret of Sherlock Holmes” (July 7 to Aug. 8). Call or visit online for information.

WCU THEATER SEASONWEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY presents the following theater and dance events this sea-son: “Love’s Fire: Seven New Plays Inspired by Seven Shakespearean Sonnets” (March 18 to 27, Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre); “As You Like It” (March 19 to 28, Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre). Call 610-436-2533 or visit www.wcupa.edu/CVPA for tickets or more in-formation.

WCU VISITING ARTISTSWEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY presents the following visiting artist events this season: the Missoula Children’s Theatre production of “Sleeping Beauty” (April 10, 3 and 5:30 p.m., $8 and $5, Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall). Call 610-436-2266 or visit www.wcupa.edu/vas.

BARLEY SHEAF SEASONTHE BARLEY SHEAF PLAYERS, 810 N. Whitford Rd., Lionville (610-363-7075 or www.barleysheaf.org), presents the following shows: Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost” (March 12 to 27); “J.B.” by Archibald MacLeish (April 23 to May 8); “Follies” by Stephen Sondheim (June 4 to 26). Tickets are $15 ($12 for students and se-niors). Visit online for more information.

PLAYERS CLUB SEASONTHE PLAYERS CLUB OF SWARTHMORE, 614 Fairview Rd., Swarthmore (610-328-4271 or www.pcstheater.org), presents the follow-ing shows this season: “Doubt, A Parable” (March 25 to April 10); “Joseph and the Amaz-ing Technicolor Dreamcoat” (April 29 to May 15).

MEDIA THEATRE SEASONTHE MEDIA THEATRE, 104 E. State St., Me-dia (610-891-0100 or www.mediatheatre.org), presents “Rent” (May 5 to June 6). Tickets are $22 to $42.50. Matinees and evening shows are scheduled. Call or visit online for tickets.

‘TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT’OWEN J. ROBERTS HIGH SCHOOL, 981 Ridge Rd., Pottstown, will present a student production of the musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” on March 19 and 20 at 7 p.m. There is also a matinee on March 20 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults, and $6 for students and seniors. Call 610-469-5751 or e-mail smcintyre@ojrsd.com for tick-ets or more information.

‘GUYS & DOLLS’DOWNINGTOWN EAST HIGH SCHOOL, 50 Devon Drive, Exton, presents a student pro-duction of the classic musical “Guys and Dolls” on March 18, 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m., and March 21 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults, and $10 for students and seniors. Call 610-363-6400 or visit www.dasd-dehs.org.

‘ANYTHING GOES’TWIN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, 4897 N. Twin Valley Rd., Elverson, presents a student production of the musical “Anything Goes” on March 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m. and March 21 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for stu-dents. There is a special senior citizen perfor-mance on March 17, with breakfast at 8 a.m. and show at 9 a.m. Tickets are $5.

‘A GLORIOUS MORNING’THE FREEDOM CHAPEL DINNER THE-ATRE, 15 N. Bridge St., Christiana (610-593-7013), presents the religious drama “A Glori-ous Morning” from March 16 to 27. Matinees are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (11:30 a.m. meal and 1 p.m. show), with eve-ning shows on Saturdays (6:30 p.m. meal, 8 p.m. show). Tickets are $40 for dinner and show ($30 for show only). Reservations re-quired.

DUPONT THEATRE SEASONTHE DUPONT THEATRE, Wilmington, Del. (800-338-0881 or www.DupontTheatre.com), presents the following shows this season: “The 39 Steps” (April 6 to 11); “Xanadu” (May 4 to 9). Call or visit online for tickets.

DELAWARE THEATRECOMPANY SEASONTHE DELAWARE THEATRE COMPANY, 200 Water St., Wilmington, Del. (302-594-1100 or www.delawaretheatre.org), presents the fol-

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lowing shows: “10 Months: The Wilmington Voices Project” (March 17 to April 4); the comedy “The Foocy” (April 28 to May 16). Tickets are $35 to $49 (discounts available for students and seniors). Matinees and evening shows are scheduled.

BROADWAY SERIESTHE KIMMEL CENTER BROADWAY SERIES will feature touring shows staged at the Academy of Music, Merriam Theater and Forrest Theatre. The Broadway Series includes: “Groovaloo: The Hip Hop Experience” (March 8 to 14, $25 to $60); “Disney’s The Lion King” (March 23 to April 24 -- tickets start at $23); “Au-gust: Osage County” (April 27 to May 2); Michael Flatley’s “Lord of the Dance” (May 14 to 16, $20 to $70); “Avenue Q” (June 18 to 20); “Dreamgirls” (June 22 to 27). Visit www.kimmelcenter.org or call 215-893-1999.

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warm up I will go for a drive and warm up.

So as I was driving and the sun was glaring off of all the whiteness and I felt slightly delirious, I decided to pull over and take a nap. Yup that’s right, so here I am … I have six hours to paint and I’ve spent two hours so far and just need a half hour to chill my eyes and rest my mutinous belly.

Anyway, when I woke up two and a half hours later, with an hour to finish painting and hanging my painting -- I was screwed. So be-cause of being sick and not attend-ing the show later that evening, I missed out on meeting cool fellow artists and any social networking that may have occurred. What a disastrous event.

To everyone involved with the event, I apologize for failing you. I wanted to represent myself well, instead hardly represented myself at all.

I have not smoked a cigarette for over two months, have recently hung artwork at the Saxbys coffee at 30th Street Station and failed miserably in a live painting event.

As beautiful as snow can be, I per-sonally will enjoy the verdant greenness to come.

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During the week leading up to the event I caught the flu and found myself during the day of the event feeling less than stellar. Now you have to realize being sickly as I was during the preceding week, I had the chance to watch a lot of the Olympics so I was freshly infused with the Olympic spirit, a spirit that says there is no quit, and let the competition begin. Now let’s not get confused. The event wasn’t a competition and I’m no Olympi-an, at least not yet. (Can’t discount my dream of being an Olympic disc golfer)

So why I decided to get up at 6 a.m. and go start painting in the early morning cold as small flurries fell can only be explained by my Olym-pic fever, pun intended.

So I was painting, sitting outside in my ghetto painting outfit with a hoodie and a hat with my sickly wheezing breath staining the pris-tine air with its mucous drip, slow-ly painting a beautiful historic home which will remain nameless because of my ineptitude.

As I painted, the effects of getting up early in the morning and the cold winter air cumulating with not eating breakfast and taking medicine started an inevitable oc-casion of belching up in one spasm -- a spewing of mucous snot and undigested coffee onto the snow, yeah I need to rest for a bit and

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This past weekend I hada wonderful opportunity to

represent myself as an artist, andfailed miserably. The event was the

Chadds Ford Historical Society’s Plain Air Art Event, where about 20 historic

property owners in the local Chester County area donated access to about 25

artists to paint on their properties during the day. This was followed

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O CONTINUED FROM PAGE 20 WALNUT STREET SEASONTHE WALNUT STREET THEATRE, 825 Walnut St., Philadel-phia (215-5574-3550 or www.WalnutStreetTheatre.org), presents the following shows this season: “Fallen Angels” by Noel Coward (March 16 to May 2, $10 to $60); “Fiddler on the Roof” (May 18 to July 18). Call or visit online for ticket information.

ARDEN SEASONTHE ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY, 40 N. Second St., Philadel-phia (215-922-1122 or www.ardentheatre.org), presents “Sunday in the Park With George” (May 27 to July 4). Call or visit online for ticket information.

WILMA SEASONTHE WILMA THEATER, 265 S. Broad St., Philadelphia (215-546-7824 or www.wilmatheater.org), presents “Hysteria” (May 13 to June 14). Call or visit online for ticket information.

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DID YOU EXCHANGE

NUMBERS?:

• MATT: Yes.• GINA: Yes, I gave Matt my phone number at the end of the night. He couldn’t find anything to write on in his car except the bag for our complimentary wine. So, he wrote my number on the paper bag and said he would take that and I could take the wine. He sent me a text message later saying he hoped I got home safely and I got his number that way.

WAS IT A MATCH?:

• MATT: Time will tell; I think it was a good start.• GINA: Time will tell, but I think there’s a definite possibility that it could be a match. Matt was a perfect gentleman and someone I want to get to know better!

WAS THERE A KISS?:

• MATT: You’ll have to ask Gina. I don’t kiss and tell.• GINA: There was, and that’s all I’m going to say!

WILL THERE BE A SECOND

DATE?

• MATT: Yes, I think so. It would be nice to get to know her without the any of the pressure of a blind “He Said, She Said” date.• GINA: I think there will be a second date. I know I had a good time and he said he did as well, so I am hoping that sometime soon we will get together again.

HOW DID YOU LEAVE IT?:

• MATT: We’ll talk and see where things go from here.• GINA: We left it that we both had a good time and that we would like to see each other again!

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HRSI is looking for a unique individual living in the Coatesville-West Chester

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IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS POSITION ABOVE, PLEASE FAX RESUME TO DENISE AT 215-928-0382 OR EMAIL:

pschimpf@hrsi1.com

HAVE YOU BEEN LAID OFF OR DOWNSIZED? WOULD YOU LIKE TO START A NEW CAREER?

EARN UP TO $10.50 PER HOUR We have immediate openings for

Customer Service/Sales Representatives! Part Time with possibility of Full time Positions

9am to 6pm - Monday thru Friday

InterMedi@ Marketing Solutions is looking for people to answer INCOMING calls for our nationally known client in our West Chester facility. Paid training, Flexibility in Scheduling, Full time Benefits, and a Pleasant and Professional Office Setting are only some of the pluses. To find out more about this exciting opportunity, give us a call to schedule an interview.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO SCHEDULE AN INTERVIEW

CALL 800-468-4030

Leasing Agent for Property Management Company. Real Estate license a MUST. $12 per hour. full time & every other Saturday required. Email: ttach-lin@yahoo.com EOE and drug free workplace.

LANDSCAPE LABORER/FOREPERSON needed for West Chester company. PA Driver’s License required. Pay based on experience. 610-793-2303

HOME HELPERS JOB FAIR for compassionate caregivers. FT &PT. Sat. 3/13,11am-3pm

Chester County Library, 250 Exton Square Parkway, EOE HOME HELPERS 610-299-2281

or www.jobs@homehelpers.com

ModelsThe Keen Agency, Inc. PA Lic. & Bonded. All ages, types & sizes. For print, comm’l., runway, locally & NYC. No exp. nec. Open Calls Wednesday, March 10, at Holiday Inn, West Chester, 5 p.m. & 7 p.m.

www.keen-models.com 570-586-2626

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CHADDS FORD: Single 4 br 4 ba! Lse purch! Deck No credit chk!

OXFORD : 3 + br 2 sty, yd nego-tiable lease! w/d pets $ 900’s

EXTON: 3 Br 3 ba single house. Fpl pets ok w/d 2 Car garage!

MALVERN: Single 5 Br 3 ba ! Fpl patio pets ok Acreage!

WEST GOSHEN 7 rms 2 bath 2 sty home, fpl patio w/d $1225

FRAZER: 3 + br 2 ba single hse, Lse purch & own it! Yd $ 1100

NO Credit Check! Cntry 3 br 2 ba on 1 acre! Bring pets $ 700

CHESTER Springs: Single House, Fpl deck w/d cath ceils! $ 1100

PHOENIXVILLE: 3 br single, huge yd! pets ok patio $ 800

FARMHSE: Water view 4 Br home gar deck Bring pets! $825

LUDWIGS Cor. vt: 1700’s Stone Cottage! 40 +A acs Stream $850

MARSH Creek vct: 3 Br utils pd! Lrg kitch great schools $ 1250

LIONVILLE vt: 5 Br farmhse! Utils pd yd no credit chk $ 800

SIX BEDROOM: Conv barn Home! Yd pets No credit chk $ 1200

DOWNINGTOWN: 4+ Br. Fpl Hdwd flrs, yd porches! No credit chk!

BRANDYWINE River vt: 3 Br w/d No credit chk! Bring pets, $850

ROUTE 322: 2 BR home, Large yard, deck w/d appls $ 650

DOWNINGTOWN: 3 Br Twin, yd patio loft Bmst Bring pets $825

CALN: 3 BR Single! Sunporch bmst garg pets ok $ 1000

COATESVILLE: 2 Sty 4 Br, yd patio walk in closets, gd loca! $ 900

THORNDALE vt: 6 rm home, on 1 acre Patio D’town schools $800’s

WEST CHESTER : 7 rm home, yd deck parkg, No crd chk $1025

STRASBURG Road vt: 3 Br sin-gle! Yd bmst No crd chk $ 825

WEST CHESTER : 4 Br 2 sty, prkg pets Lse purch! No credit chk!

RENT TO OWN: 4 Br on acreage! Stream! Pets welcome $ 1100

LOCATORS, INC. 610-918-6300

No Credit Checks on Many!

Coatesville 378 Fleetwood St.4BR, 1BA Twin. LR, DR, full basement, off-st. parking

$1,000/mo. 610-291-7383

COATESVILLE WEST END - Newly renovated 2BR house Lg yd, deck $850/mo. Sewer & trash incl. 484-459-7024

Coatesville - 3BR, 2.5BA Town-home. Like new. 1-car gar-age. All appliances included. $1,475/mo. (610)742-9656

Downingtown, W-Chester2BR Apts $950+, 3-4BR Luxury

Townhomes $1300 - $2200, Coatesville Houses400 Block Valley Rd $795+, 2BR

Apts $695, Oxford EFF $395, 1 BR $495+, Call 610-344-0600

D’town - renov. 3BR, 1BA 167 Viaduct Av. $825 + heat.Short term avail. 484-680-2915

MALVERN-PAOLI area 3-4 brs. carpeted, off st. prkg., gas heat, W/D $1195+. 610-692-6344

West Chester Boro - 4BR twnhse, 218 E. Gay Street. 3 decks, $1750/mo + util. Avail 6/1. Call 610-696-3774.

CHADDS FORD: No credit check! Utils paid pets Horses! $525

COTTAGE: 1 br bring pets! hdwd yard No credit check $450

KENNETT SQ: Hse apt! nego lease! Patio Yd utils pd $ 550

DEVON vct: 3 Br apt yd den park-ing patio large kitchen $850

LUGWIGS Corner: 4 rm hse apt, utils pd, No credit chk! $ 700’s

MARSH CREEK vt: 2 br apt yard bmst air bring pets $ 810

WATERFRONT: 3 br cottage! Big kit yard bring pets $ 800’s

KIMBERTON vt: Farm apt! utils paid no credit check $ 500’s

EXTON: 4 rm hse apt, priv en-trance, yd No credit chk $ 750

ROUTE 82 : On 3 + acres! 1 br utils pd no credit chk $ 600’s

WEST CHESTER : 4 rm priv apt, Near park! No credit chk $ 750

NEAR COLLEGE: 3 br Bungalow! Fncd yd, air pets ok $ 700’s

STRASBURG Road vt: Cottage! Deck yd w/d priv ent $ 725

WEST CHESTER : Renovated 3 Br apt, air storg pets ok $850

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No Credit Checks on Many!

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COATESVILLE - 2BR, 1st flr., new BA, LR, bsmnt w/lndry, porch, off-st. prkng. $725. 610-291-7383

COATESVILLE - WEST END 1BRapt. Newly renovated, off-street parking, on-site laundry. $650wtr/swr/tr incl.610-380-4525

DOWNINGTOWN1 & 2BR apts. Hot Wtr incld. W/W Carpet, no pets (exc. gde) 1st mo. free to qualified

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DOWNINGTOWN AREAStudios $625-$650 &

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E. Fallowfield - Small 1 BR apt, 3rd flr., $575/mo. inclds. wa-ter& sewer. Call 302-420-6463

EXTON/MARSH CREEK AREA - 1BR, lg. apt., furn’d., liv’g, din’g, wetbar, linens. Utils., HDTV, INTERNET incld. Non-smoking. $1135/mo. (610) 942-0393.

KENNETT SQUARE - 2BR apt. Close to park. $875/mo. Avail-able now. Call 610-220-1008.

KENNETT SQUAREStudios $650+ in Victorian Hse. 2BR apt. in Victorian Hse. $700

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GOSHEN MEADOWS LIMITED SPECIAL! 1 Bdrm/Den $885

$500 Security New European Kitchen

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HOLLOW RUN APARTMENTS

1 bedroom startingat $690.00/ month

on select unitswith a 13 month leaseRent a 1 bedroom and

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(610)436-8640Hours:

Mon-Fri 9-4pm Saturday 10-3pm Sunday 12-3pm

MAIN LINE BERWYN APTS: Featuring huge 1 & 2 bedrms

Near Berwyn train station Pet friendly

Call today for super new 2 bedroom specials! Ask about C202 - 2+2

(1150 sf) - $1225 And C410 - 2+2

(1400 sf) - $1375 1 mont free w/13 month lease! 750 Old Lancaster Rd.

Berwyn, PA 19312 610-647-1235

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Marchwood Apartments 105 Coach LaneExton, PA 19341

Tele: 610-363-9067 $99.00 move-in special1 and 2 BR available.

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Near Berwyn train station Pet friendly

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