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LIFESTYLE LETTER

JANUARY 2020 PUBLISHER

Douglas McDermott | douglas.mcdermott@lifestylepubs.com MANAGING EDITOR

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Five, Four, Three, Two, One! AS WE BEGIN 2020—A NEW DECADE—WE SET GOALS FOR WHAT WE

STAFF WRITER

Julie Brown Patton AD DESIGNER

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WANT OUR FUTURE SELVES TO BE LIKE AND LOOK LIKE. We take a glance

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back at where we have been and what we have done, and we try to remember to

Emily Stout

extend ourselves grace. January is a time to cleanse, to start fresh and not dwell

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

on who we were 12 months ago. So much change can happen in a year, so as we

Dr. Fred Himmelstein

plan our future and commit to resolutions, we also leave some room to change our minds—to grow and be human.

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Lauren Schwarz Photography

Here at West Chester Lifestyle, we are proud of the growth in our community through the last year and cannot wait to see what is coming for 2020. As new businesses open, old businesses expand, charities fundraise and we all turn one year older, we will continue to be right there to share your stories and celebrate your milestones. Happy New Year, West Chester. Thank you for being a part of our story.

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FEATURES 12 Excellence & Expertise Peter's Salon & European Spa Adds Amenities, Warmth, Professionalism To Client Care Comfort

18 Tonicity Fit Holistic Fitness Rooted In Science, Designed For Life

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24 Dr. Fred Himmelstein How I got to where I am

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West Chester Pays Tribute to All American Veterans West Chester Borough Police Department officers led the annual West Chester Borough Veterans Day Parade. The parade began at Henderson High School, proceeded to Church Street, and then to the Historic Chester County Courthouse where a program was hosted. PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF WCBPD.

West Chester Downtown Foundation Provides Annual Preservation Awards Architect Dale Frens received the 2019 Preservation Legacy Award from the West Chester Downtown Foundation for his 30 years of work in the historic borough. West Chester was incorporated in 1799. Brick and Mortar 2019 Awards went to: Fountain Green, 100 W. Virginia Ave., The Bicentennial Garage, Elbow Lane, and West Chester University’s Anderson Hall. PHOTOGRAPHY BY LAUREN SCHWARZ PHOTOGRAPHY

1. Dale Frens accepts the West Chester Downtown Foundation’s 2019 the Preservation Legacy Award at the annual West Chester Preservation Award ceremony. | 2. The West Chester Preservation Awards Committee (L-R) Jimmer Breen, Cyndi Meadows, Debi Friedmann, Chairman Allen Burke, Phil Yocum and Ray Ott. | 3. WCDF President Matt Holliday announces recipients of foundation’s 2019 grants. The amount ($20,000) and number of charities (13) were both record highs. | 4. (L-R): West Chester Mayor Dianne Herrin, Pennsylvania State House Rep. Carolyn Comitta, HARB member and tour guide Michael Wallacavage, Karen Marshall. | 5. (L-R): West Chester Mayor Dianne Herrin, Pennsylvania State House Rep. Carolyn Comitta, homeowners Arlene and George Rengert and Karen Marshall. | 6. (L-R): West Chester Mayor Dianne Herrin, Pennsylvania State House Rep. Carolyn Comitta, Swedenborg Foundation Executive Director Morgan Beard, Karen Marshall. 8

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AROUND TOWN

CHESTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY WINS GRANT TO REPAIR ROOF The Chester County Historical Society was

set to align with the fourth annual National Energy Efficiency Day, and the Chester County Clean Energy Tour.

awarded a $150,000 grant from the National Trust

The Chester County tour was part of the 2019

for Historic Preservation’s “Partners in Preservation”

National Solar Energy Tour, which is the largest

program to replace the society building's roof leaks.

grassroots renewable energy event in the U.S., fea-

An additional $10,000 grant was provided to build

turing solar tours nationwide.

grassroots support for the Main Street district.

West Chester Mayor Dianne Herrin also issued a

The National Trust, in partnership with Main Street America, American Express and National

municipal proclamation recognizing two different days as “Energy Efficiency Day” and “Clean Energy Day.”

Geographic, provided $2 million in grant funds to qualifying institutions across the U.S. The society is one of 20 projects selected, and it was the only recipient project located in Pennsylvania.

WEST CHESTER MAN JOINS FAMILY TO COMPETE IN ‘FAMILY FEUD’ West Chester resident Jameson Weaver joined

SINGER/SONGWRITER BET WILLIAMS PERFORMS AT UPTOWN! KNAUER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Bet

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recently

returned to

his parents, Donna and Jim, and brothers, Brady and Nate, on an episode of Family Feud, the popular game show hosted by Steve Harvey. The family first converged for an audition in

her

November 2018. The first round of auditions

Philadelphia-area roots by performing in West

included hundreds of people seen over two days. In

Chester. She launched her singing career with The

February, they were invited for another round of

Bookends at Penn State University.

auditions in California.

She left the U.S. more than 10 years ago to tour extensively in Europe. The Bet Williams Trio is a popular act at regional folk festivals. On festival stages or in small theaters,

During the recent episode that aired the Weavers' competition, classically trained singer Jameson, led a song with his brother containing original lyrics for the show.

Bet is known for creating huge soundscapes with her voice and acoustic guitar that reach beyond the boundaries of folk, blues, world music or rock.

CHESTER COUNTY RESOLUTION FOR CLEAN ENERGY PASSED Chester County state Sen. Andy Dinniman was

joined by Sens. Art Haywood, Wayne Fontana, and

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ESTABLISHED IN 1962 BY PETER AND ALICE THIEL, PETER'S SALON & EUROPEAN SPA WAS AMONG THE FIRST PHILADELPHIA-REGION BUSINESSES TO OFFER COMPLETE AND TRUE EUROPEAN DAY SPA AND SALON SERVICES. Although the Thiels since retired, leadership of Peter's transferred to their son, Michael, and the salon is still all about providing complete personal attention to every guest. "Our parents were an ambitious, forward-thinking couple that immigrated from Europe. They spread passion about beauty to everyone," says second-generation co-owner Michael Thiel, who manages the salon/spa with his sisters Christine, Suzanne and Karin. Michael started working at Peter's while attending high school. He even met his future wife, Carol, when she interviewed for a job at the salon. "We've been working together for 36-plus years," he smiles, about the co-owner. CONTINUED >

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Christine, Suzanne, Karin and Michael are actually third-generation hairstylists, starting with their grandparents on their father's side; two

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ACCOUNTABILITY, MOTIVATION AND SUPPORT ARE THREE PILLARS OF OVERALL PERSONAL HEALTH. This trifecta of services also is the foundation of a local fitness studio determined to provide customized programs that yield successful, sustained results for its clients. As an all-inclusive personal training resource, the team at Tonicity Fit offers personal training programs organized by educated and nationally certified exercise physiologists to provide overall improvements in client wellness. "Tonicity Fit offers a unique opportunity to make positive, progressive health and fitness gains without creating a substantial financial burden to its clients. We focus on health from the inside-out. We're definitely not a one-size-fits-all type of studio," says owner Sarah Ostroski. She says various Tonicity training options, including private and semi-private sessions, are tailored to each client's needs. "It stands to reason that the very same boot camp delivered to those who are 25 years old shouldn't automatically be done for those 79 years old. Within large group training sessions is often how people are getting hurt. Too often, people are asked to sign waivers and then they jump unaware into large classes," she explains. Rather than training groups of 25 to 30, Sarah keeps Tonicity's groups limited to 8 or 10 people, so she and the other trainers can keep an eye on all of the participants' safety and progress. She says she writes a template every morning for each day's workouts, and each new client goes through a thorough assessment, which includes health status and fitness levels, after which Sarah writes a one-on-one exercise prescription for them. Attentiveness to goals is one of the keys to Tonicity's success in assisting clients. "We also provide extensive, customized exercise and wellness advice, which is derived from experiences of our trainers, and is grounded in a strong exercise science base," she adds.

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TONICITY FIT

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The Tonicity Fit program fuses all five components of fitness:

"The overall goal of Tonicity Fit is to provide a positive and pro-

muscular strength, muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance,

gressive setting where its community can grow and thrive in a well-

flexibility and body composition. Each component is evaluated and

founded, sound and effective environment," she assures. "We put

addressed for each client before starting their customized program.

science into practice while making it fun."

Pre-, mid- and post-program assessments are provided. Sarah

Sarah says she believes the studio also provides a bridge between

says each client sees their progress and together the team addresses

gaps when people are recovering from injuries, with long-term

where improvement is or is not necessary.

approaches that are medically based and timed to assist recoveries

As an exercise physiologist who's been working with holistic

at the proper frequencies.

fitness approaches for the past 19 years, Sarah likes to tune into

New for 2020 is a Tonicity Fit online fitness training program, which

people's individual needs, including hormonal control and muscle

includes frequent check-ins pertaining to goals. Sarah says she's

recovery times. In fact, she specializes in working with females, par-

also offering a fitness planner into which participants can record

ticularly when it comes to bone density issues. "Many women hav-

new goals within a custom fitness mastery program. "It's all about

en't been informed through the years that strength training is what

how to get ready for changes, including emotionally and spiritually.

combats loss of bone health. Aerobics alone doesn't stimulate cells

We plot how to plan it, and how to get comfortable with changing,

in bones, for example," says Sarah.

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INSPIRED BY

Dr. Fred Himmelstein MY

LIFE

STORY

RUNS

ALONG

THE

EXITS

THE

PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE. Different exits mark my life’s locations, one exit/location for each stage… Exit 339 Fort Washington: I was born and raised in Northeast Philadelphia, playing stick ball, touch football and dead man’s box in the streets while growing up in a closely knit neighborhood. Fortunately, my family lived on the outskirts of the city, and as a young boy I was able to spend plenty of time in the nearby woods. There I collected a menagerie of frogs, snakes and turtles that I kept in my parent’s garage. This marked the start of my interest in natural science. My aspirational trajectory from zoologist to veterinarian to physician happened fairly quickly. I was lucky to have caring and supportive parents. Of course, having a son who wanted to be a doctor was every Jewish mother’s dream. My mother bragged about her son to her doctors, and her gynecologist, Dr. Hahn, took me into the operating room and allowed me to observe his surgeries when I was 12 years old. At about the same time, I started to volunteer at the local community hospital. Northeast High School in Philadelphia was a large, crowded, city school. There were 1,500 students in my class alone, and many school hours were spent fighting the currents of students that swept down the halls between periods. Northeast HS was a magnet school for aerospace, which meant that students from other schools could come there to be part of the SPARC Program. It was a unique program that ran simulated space flights. And encouraged students to do research on the physiology of being an astronaut. I was fortunate to become an astronaut in the program. It was a special learning experience. I became the head astronaut and head of the medical division. I thought at the time that I wanted to become a flight surgeon. The experience was “out of this world." Several of us were invited to go on a special trip and tour Langley, Marshal Space center, and

HOW I GOT TO WHERE I AM

Cape Kennedy. At the Marshall Space Center I meet Werner Von Braun the father of modern rocketry. At Cape Kennedy we sat next to President Nixon during the Apollo 12 launch. Exit 226 Carlisle: My mother thought Dr. Hahn her gynecologist was next to G-D, and when he suggested that I go to Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., that was where I was going. There I had wonderful professors who took a personal interest 24

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in me and allowed me to pursue some unconventional avenues

Milton Hershey Foundation. I was a member of the seventh class.

of education. Memorably, I spent two months alone in the woods

Being new, I think Hershey was trying to prove something by being

camping, reading literary works and keeping a Theroux-like

exceptionally rigorous in its demands of its students. Hershey’s

journal on the books I read and the experience of being alone

faculty was beyond compare. Hershey had recruited the best to be

in the woods. I also wrote, produced and filmed a story about

found in every field.

the imaginative life of a college student. I graduated Cum Laude with a degree in Biology.

There wasn’t an area of medicine that I didn’t find interesting. While many of my classmates gravitated to one field or another,

Exit 247 Harrisburg East: Penn State Hershey Medical School

I selfishly wanted to hold on to all of them. At that time, the new

was fairly new. Hershey was built with a large endowment from the

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specialty of family practice was arising, replacing the GP or gen-

to see a young women who had been in a horrible automobile

eral practitioner. The idea was a true generalist that could deliver

accident. I first saw her being wheeled into a treatment bay in

babies, preform surgeries, set bones and be capable in a wide

the emergency room. My first impression was how beautiful she

range of medicine. Thatâ€™s where I landed.

was, and next was how pale she was; she had lost a great deal

Exit 286 Reading: Â Reading Hospital was a large hospital with

of blood. Her pelvis had been shattered, an injury that causes a

one of the first and best family practice residencies in the country.

great deal of blood loss, and she was in shock. Today she would

There I delivered babies, preformed surgeries, cared for premature

have been flown to a trauma center and met by a trauma team

babies in the neonatal ICU and cardiac patients in the ICU. It was

ready to place multiple IV lines, run scans, and have her imme-

an old-fashioned residency in that I spent 90 hours a week in the

diately taken to the operating room. Back then it was up to me.

hospital, going in sometimes on a Friday morning and not being

I started two large IV Lines and gave her fluids to normalize her

able to go home until Tuesday night. I matured into a capable phy-

blood pressure. I placed a mast garment on her pelvis and lower

sician by hours of hard work and mentoring by some of the best

extremities to help maintain her pressure and had her blood sent

docs I ever had the good fortune to know.

to be typed and crossed for transfusion. I placed a call to the

About two weeks after I started my residency, I was on my

general surgeon on call who showed up quickly and took her to

general surgical rotation. I was paged to the emergency room

the operating room. There were no CT scans available for trauma

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back then. We did a laparotomy; we literally cut her open and

was driving home to introduce her boyfriend to her parents. The

examined all her organs for damage. The urologist, gynecologist

day she was discharged from the hospital, I drove her home to her

and the orthopedic surgeon were all waiting their turns to operate

parentsâ€™ house. We soon were engaged and got married.

on her. The orthopedic surgeon said to me after he had completed

I got paid literally less than a dollar an hour as a resident. My

his surgery that he had never seen a patient survive with such a

father had to still contribute toward my living expenses. So when

badly fractured pelvis. When I visited the patient the next day she

the opportunity arose to moonlight in the local hospital emer-

was enclosed in what looked like an erector set. It was an exter-

gency room I immediately took the position. This was an inner city

nal fixating device holding her pelvis together. She was alive but

ER, what they call a â€œknife and gun club." There was never a dull

imprisoned in this contraption. She was no longer on the surgical

moment; minute to minute a steady stream of lifeâ€™s misery came

service, but on the orthopedic service. I had no further responsi-

through the door of that ER. Medical problems that touch every field

bility for caring for her, but I frequently would stop by her room

of medicine were represented there. Although I completed a family

to say hello and see how she was doing. She was in the hospital

practice residency, when they offered me a full-time position in the

for four months. We talked, played cards and I told her stories and

emergency department I took it, but for decades I maintained dual

tried to make her laugh. Her name was Lynn, and she was an ICU

board certification in Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine.

nurse at Pennsylvania Hospital. The accident occurred while she

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Exit 312 Downingtown: Down Route 100 to West Chester, PA, I built a new house. After 10 years at Community General Hospital in Reading it was time for a change of scenery. I took a position in a small rural hospital emergency department where we saw little violence but lots of patients who injured themselves falling off horses or ladders or doing things I might do myself. During this new chapter in my career, I helped establish and run a new group of physicians staffing the emergency department. At one time I had considered becoming a plastic surgeon. I spent considerable time training in plastic surgery while doing my electives in medical school. As a result, I was very proficient in repairing and suturing wounds on the face. In the hospitals I worked in there was either very limited or no plastic surgical coverage so the emergency physician had to handle most of the facial wounds. I had a reputation for being very good with facial wounds and the nurses always reassured patients that I was the best doctor to repair their wounds. Frequently I would get a call when I was off duty to please come in to repair a facial wound for one of the nurse’s children or family members. I always liked to create, and art was the best way to express my creativity. Photography was one of my earliest passions. I took over the downstairs powder room in my parents’ house and made it into a darkroom. I started a photography business when I was 13 years old taking baby pictures. There were many long nights developing film and printing photographs. With the money I made, I purchased a microscope; not a toy but a real, high-quality microscope that I eventually brought along to use in medical school. In college I took drawing and painting courses. I admit that I enrolled in the first college drawing course to meet a beautiful co-ed who also enrolled. It did work out well and she became my college sweetheart. Although aesthetic medicine has been around for a millennium, there has been an explosion of nonsurgical aesthetic procedures in the last couple of decades. I found myself drawn to this field. The ability to shape a patient’s face to a more pleasing aesthetic appearance to me is truly art and medicine combined. And although facial plastic surgery has not been replaced, many of the desired outcomes can be achieved without surgery. A good friend of mine who is an aesthetician, Mindy, called me one day and asked me to do Botox injection for her clients. She was tired of sending her patients to other doctors to get Botox and fillers. I had been contemplating getting into aesthetic med-

I began taking courses, going to meetings and reading books

icine, but the ER was not the best place to advertise this service.

wanting to learn all I could about this new era of aesthetics. My

I could hardly say to a patient, “…your ankle is not broken, but

familiarity with facial anatomy due to my background in repairing

have you looked in the mirror lately?" I surely would have been

complex facial lacerations in the ER and my previous experience

in the administrator’s office in a heartbeat with some explaining

with plastic surgery made mastering the techniques relatively

to do. I welcomed the opportunity that Mindy offered and that

easy. I sought out some of the best physicians in the field and

began my aesthetic career.

spent time with them in their offices observing and learning.

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to convince her that it was important because I was a doctor.

someone look better involves more than being a doctor and having

Philippe heard me begging, having picked up an extension, and

a syringe in your hand. You may know beauty when you see it, but

the first words I heard from Philippe were: “Let him come” (in a

to create or increase beauty, is far more challenging and complex

decidedly French accent).

than recognizing a pretty nose or pretty eyes. There are plenty of

Studying with Philippe has been amazing, and over the last 10

examples of poor results from the misguided use of Botox and fill-

years, I have gained a great deal more knowledge of facial struc-

ers. The face is unforgiving. A millimeter on the face may as well

ture. Philippe often remarks, “You can’t see what you don’t know,”

be a mile; if something is in the wrong place even by a little bit,

meaning that to sculpt a portrait out of clay is only possible when

the results can look unnatural. I was determined to master how to

you understand all the planes of the face, where they change direc-

produce aesthetically pleasing and results that look natural.

tion, and how they come together. This is how you learn and know

Holding up a mirror to our lives is always instructive but no

the face. I see faces so differently now; where once I might have

matter what, seeing a fresh, attractive face looking back makes

observed a dozen aspects of the face, I now see hundreds.Making

us feel better. This is why I love aesthetic medicine.

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double elimination setup on a 6-foot

Coach Damien Blair at dblair@

table/6-cup elbows beer pong tourna-

wcupa.edu

TREEHOUSE YOGA

ment. First place earns a $100 gift card,

Camp T-shirt and lunch are provided.

and second place receives a $50 gift

Organizers indicated an early drop

card. Call 610.431.0770 with questions.

off at 7:30 a.m. and a late pickup at 5

Sarah W. Starkweather Elementary School

Organizers, which include the preschool parent group, indicate kids yoga offers many of the same benefits as adult yoga, but is broken down in a way that kids can play and engage with the practice in a fun and age-appropriate way. For questions, contact

call

610.436.2136.

p.m. are available.

SPIRIT OF SEVEN IN WEST CHESTER

The Gables at Chadds Ford

PHOENIXVILLE BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY SIMULATION

Dr. Sara Missett, WCASD, director of

There will be three hours of piano

elementary education at smissett@

on the beautiful grand piano at The

The Poverty Simulation breaks down

wcasd.net or 484.266.1070.

Gables, along with food and a great

stereotypes by allowing participants

set of classic rock, mixed with clas-

to step into the real life situations

sical, to set the tone for the evening.

of others. The simulation involves

PUB BEER PONG Kildare's Irish Pub

Never played beer pong before? Organizers say not to worry—they will assist with explanations. This event is free to play, and is a traditional style,

Westminster Presbyterian Church

participants who take on the roles of

members of up to 26 families, all fac-

2020 MEN'S BASKETBALL ONE DAY MLK CAMP

is free, but a tax-deductible donation

ing a variety of challenging, but typical, circumstances. Each workshop of $15 for materials is requested. Phone 610.415.1140.

Hollinger Fieldhouse

For group rate information, email

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paullott@kw.com

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dawnmollichella@kw.com

Broker 610.399.5100 34

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