Here in Lehigh Valley, we’ve been slammed with nasty heat this summer, so I grabbed a buddy and headed southeast to Delaware River Tubing.
After parking, we wandered up to the large crowd of people, assuming that’s where we paid. Between waiting in line to pay and then waiting  for the free bus that took us and our [...]

There are plenty of places in Lehigh Valley to get a good cheesesteak.  Up in my neck of the woods, people rave about the cheesesteaks at Haak’s School House. Friday night I went to Haak’s with my dad, my cousin, a friend of my dad and his wife so I could finally try out one of these infamous [...]

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 first found out about this quaint eatery on the corner of Union and 7th in West Bethlehem last fall while I was on Twitter for work (LehighValleyPA). I noticed BlackForestDeli promoting all these delicious-sounding specials, particularly their homemade cream of potato soup (which turned out to be amazing, by the way). I asked a friend of [...]

Lehigh Valley has a whole slew of golf courses, one of which is a mere two-minute drive from my front door. That course is Olde Homestead Golf Club.
I’m far from being the next Paula Creamer, so I enjoy Olde Homestead mostly because of its beauty. The views of the Blue Mountain and the surrounding farmland, the lush [...]

So the Lehigh Valley is covered in snow, which reminds me of the first time I tried skiing. I was in 7th grade when I signed up to go on a ski trip with my church youth group to Bear Creek Mountain Resort (although back then it was called Doe Mountain). As we pulled up to the base [...]

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 [...]

Just off I-78 on Hamilton Boulevard is Hunan Springs, the fanciest Chinese restaurant I’ve ever been to and home to what I consider to be the best Asian food in Lehigh Valley.
Aside from the variety, quality and presentation of the food, what really sets Hunan Springs apart is the atmosphere. The building is a huge old farmhouse [...]

Pretty soon it’ll be two years that I’ve been working in downtown Allentown at the corner of 9th and Hamilton Streets. And due to the fact that I can’t seem to wake up early enough to make myself lunch before work, I’ve been to most of the downtown restaurants between 8th and 11th Streets, all [...]

For a couple years now I’ve been hearing about something called the “peace walk” that happens every year in Lehigh Valley. Officially called the Christmas Peace Pilgrimage, it’s a 10-mile walk from Nazareth to Bethlehem, two of the most historically relevant towns in Moravian heritage. And according to my mom, the purpose of it is two-fold: 1.) symbolize [...]