A bored man's guide to the Main Line

by Karin Letcher a&e editor

After about a week or so of experiencing life at Cabrini, you are probably just about ready to venture off campus. Here is a guide to some of the stores and entertainment venues in the immediate area.

Movie Theaters

The only number you need to know for movies is 222FILM. This service provides listings of all the current movies in the greater Philadelphia region, their locations and their running times.

There are three movie theaters in the King of Prussia mall area. The Eric Plaza is located by Sears at the Plaza at King of Prussia. Further north on the left on Dekalb Pike (Route 202) is the Eric Queen and the Eric King. The Eric Queen is on Town Center Road and the Eric King is found in the Valley Forge Shopping Center.

On Lancaster Avenue (Route 30) there are two local theaters. The United Artist Ardmore is located on 36 W. Lancaster Ave. in Ardmore and the United Artist Bryn Mawr is at 824 Lancaster Ave. in Bryn Mawr.

Video Stores

Not interested in trekking out to a movie theater? There is a Blockbuster Video in Wayne at 233 E. Lancaster Ave. (right next to the Taco Bell). Blockbuster's hours are 10 a.m. to midnight Mondays through Sundays. For more obscure or hard to find videos, try TLA Video in Bryn Mawr, located at 763 Lancaster Ave. TLA is open 9 a.m. to 11 p.m seven days a week.

Coffee Shops and Saturdays. This coffee shop features journals that patrons are welcome to write in and read past entries. There are seven volumes of journals already completed.

There are an abundant amount of coffee shops on the Main Line. Two of the closest to Cabrini are Cafe' Procopio (1 West Ave.) and Gryphon Cafe' (105 W. Lancaster Ave.) in Wayne. Cafe' Procopio features local artwork on its walls and is open until 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. The Gryphon Cafe' stays open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays and has computers with Intemt!t access.

Three Starbucks dot the local area as well. They are located in Wayne at 218 E. Lancaster Ave., Suburban Square in Ardmore and 140 W. Dekalb Pike in King of Prussia.

Bookstores

Borders Books and Music and Barnes and Noble are on Lancaster Ave. in Bryn Mawr. Borders is in Rosemont Square on the left and Barnes and Noble is on 720 Lancaster Ave. on the right. Both stores hold special book signing events and Borders often showcases musicians.

Reader's Forum (116 N. Wayne Ave.) has an incredible amount of books packed into a very small store. If you need a book before an 8: 15 class, this is the store to go to. Reader's Forum opens at 7:30 a.m. on weekdays.

Music Stores

Besides the music stores in the King of Prussia mall, there is a Tower Records just down the street at 340 W. Dekalb Pike. Tower has a large selection of music and is abo a Ticketmaster representative_

If you are interested in selling CDs or buying used ones, Repo Rtt«ds (1045 W. Lan-caster Ave.) and Plastic Fantastic Record Ex-c:bange (26 W. Lancaslf!I' Ave.) are your best bets. Both stores are in Bryn Mawr and also feature new CDs as well