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WINTER 2022
DEPARTMENTS
6 EDITOR’S NOTE
8 NOTED
Mark your calendar.
By Kim Douglas
10 SHOP
Great holiday gifts.
By Eileen Smith Dallabrida
12 MEMORANDUM
The fate of Hank’s Place, an update on Coatesville’s new sports arena, and more.
22 HOME & GARDEN Bayard Taylor’s historic home is the ultimate fixer-upper.
By Eileen Smith Dallabrida
FEATURES
58 FORGED IN FIRE
Laran Bronze’s busy Chester foundry
turns artists’ clays into marvels of metal.
By Roger Morris
66 SELLING TRADITION
The region’s Christmas tree farms may not be on the grow, but they’re still growing.
By J.F. Pirro
72 SOCIAL SKILLS
Paddle tennis may seem like one big party,
but its devotees are dead serious about the sport. By Michael Bradley
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33 SPECIAL SECTION: HOLIDAY
CELEBRATIONS
81 FOOD & DRINK Expert tips for bringing
together great wine and food.
By Roger Morris
85 VINTAGE
Wine memorabilia recalls rituals
of creation and celebration.
By Roger Morris
88 PARTING SHOT By Jim Graham
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30 CELEBRATIONS When their original
COVER:
Photo by Jim Graham
HANK’S PLACE: PADDLE TENNIS COATSVILLE’S VELODROME A SURVIVAL STORY IS NOT PICKLEBALL IS FINALLY A REALITY
wedding venue doesn’t work out, a Delaware couple opts for the royal treatment.
By Gina Lizzo
Life in the Brandywine Valley WINTER 2022 WWW.THEHUNTMAGAZINE.COM
OH, CHRISTMAS TREES!
Longwood Gardens in its full holiday glory.
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JIM GRAHAM
SPECIAL INSERT: HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS