If you have kids (or young cousins, nieces or nephews) you know that summertime is all about hanging out with friends, going to a variety of summer camps, and spending time at the community pool. Call me old-fashioned, but I still think summer should also be about summer reading at the local library.
I remember with [...]

I don’t know about you, but as a 30-something, I love it when I can experience something that makes me feel like a kid again. You know – recapturing that feeling of innocence and finding joy in something simple and beautiful. Fortunately, the region now has a place that can make your kids (and you!) [...]

This Sunday, June 13, is the 21st Annual Billtown Blues Festival in Hughesville, PA. This all-day festival takes place at the Lycoming County Fairgrounds and features local, national and international musicians. The name for the festival comes from the nickname given to Williamsport (Billtown) and the fact that blues music is the type of music [...]

It’s kinda sad to admit it, but the holidays are definitely over (despite the fact that many of my neighbors still have their Christmas trees and outdoor lights up). And you know what that means – the wintertime blahs are s-l-o-w-l-y starting to creep in. If you ask me, there just aren’t enough “distractions” this [...]

The leaves are starting to change, the weather is getting cooler and Halloween costumes are on the shelves in all of the stores. That can only mean one thing – it is almost time for the Pennsylvania Apple ‘n’ Cheese Festival
The festival will be held October 3-4, 2009 in Canton at the Manley-Bohlayer farm. Last [...]

Several weeks ago I was pondering what I’d be doing on my vacation…the beach?…the mountains? Since I’m  obsessed with fishing these first two ideas quickly flew though and out of my mind. I came up with a much better plan. It is a plan that I am now calling “2009 Fishapalooza Tour”. I know those [...]

This is a place where the journey is almost as sweet as the destination.  Depending on where you’re traveling from, that journey can be as calming or as exhilarating as you wish. When I take this route, I know where I’m going to end up, one of my favorite brewpubs.
The Bullfrog Brewery, in an old [...]