For two years now, I’ve worked for Lehigh Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau, the organization in charge of promoting Lehigh Valley as a tourist destination. Even though I’ve lived here for the majority of my life, before I started working there I didn’t even know the Convention and Visitors Bureau existed and never thought of the place I [...]

I’m not sure who said we were gonna get this snow and what was going on with winter this year, whether it was our winter guru from his underground lair or his new buddy strutin’ around the farm yard — if you’re not hanging in Punxsutawney you’re missing out — but, sa-wweeeet!
Actually, your and my [...]

If money weren’t an issue (meaning, if I didn’t have to work), I’d spend my days writing New York Times bestsellers and my nights shooting pool around Lehigh Valley.
I love to play pool. In November, a coworker and I went to Indy for a conference and, of course, we had to find a place where [...]

It was about this time last year when I started coming up with my “Things do in Lehigh Valley” lists. These three lists (Top 5 Plays, Top 5 Restaurants, Top 5 Overall) were my New Year’s resolutions for 2009. Since the year is almost over, I’ve decided to take a look at how I did.
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Pennsylvania has a long rich brewing tradition and one that’s being kept vibrant, thankfully, by the seemingly ever-increasing number of craft brewers. You don’t believe me? Notice how the major brews, like Budweiser, now have beers with lime and wheat in them, in an attempt to appear more like a specialty, craft item? It’s true.
This [...]

So while Kim was at the Halloween Haunt on Friday night, I was at Tatamy Haunted Mill trying to get my heart rate to slow down.
Before Friday, I’d never been to a haunted house; I’ve always thought of evil clowns and chainsaw-wielding psychos as cheesy. But when I was personally invited to Tatamy Haunted Mill, [...]

We’re in the middle of a food frenzy in this country and, I’d argue, for all the right reasons. People are demanding local, fresh produce, and it’s helping out farmers and cheesemakers and wineries and all sorts of other artisan, small-scale proprietors–i.e., people who make stuff from scratch and plant the earth with few or [...]

If you’ve been following my last couple of posts, you may have noticed a theme: caffeine. There are quite a few places to get a good cup of coffee in Easton and in the greater Lehigh Valley, for that matter, once you’re finished at the Crayola Museum or visiting Lafayette College. But the one place [...]

A few weeks back, Aleisha had to travel to Easton for a dress fitting for her brother’s upcoming wedding. The kids and I decided to tag along, and we left early enough to spend some time at Two Rivers Landing, home to the Crayola Factory and the National Canal Museum. After parking in a nearby [...]

The Quadrant Book Mart and Coffee Shop, (seen in the photo from the inside out) is the sort of place that posts a sign that says “babble free zone,” a tongue-in-cheek directive for a bookstore and coffee shop whose currency relies on such behavior. It’s the sort of place where you can eat a great [...]