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 [...]

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 [...]

This past weekend, we visited a new restaurant in Emmaus called Tap and Table, which opened in late May. Located on a rural stretch of road in a former dive bar, the interior is illuminated mostly by candlelight, with a high ceiling that showcases the exposed beams–it’s basically one big open room, with a long [...]

The sleepy town of Emmaus, home to Rodale (publishers of Organic Gardening, Prevention and Men’s Health, etc.) has a great farmer’s market that runs every Sunday morning, May through Thanksgiving. You’ll find vendors who sell fruit, baked goods, vegetables, bison, goat cheese, honey, sausage, veal, eggs, and more. All the vendors produce or grow what [...]