Oh friends, all hail the Farmer’s Market.  It is a haven for budget-conscious cooks and restaurateurs alike.  You’ll find the best, newest, shiniest and most delicious veggies in the city. My local market is Wednesday night at Carrick Shopping Center, but I’m not a one market gal.
Just this year I’ve also visited the market on [...]

On a rainy Saturday in Pittsburgh, I wasn’t in the mood for dodging umbrellas in the Strip District or jumping puddles at an outdoor farm market in order to get my farm-fresh fix.  But all was not lost.
The Farmer’s Cooperative of East Liberty (344 Sheridan Avenue,) a year-round indoor market in the East End, rescued [...]

I like quirky things. On my desk at work I have a silver cat with a slinky for a body and a clock in its chest. Next to it is a cat made out of nuts and bolts and copper wire. Usually, I buy said quirky things when I’m traveling, but I’ve found just the place [...]

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 [...]

I spent the afternoon in daylily heaven. Connoisseur Jim Stauffer played the perfect host, showing off his 130 varieties planted in the front yard of his Kissel Hill home. Subject to extreme conditions, new varieties must pass the macadam test by weathering a winter in a pot on his driveway. The winners can vie [...]

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 [...]

The Chester County Mommy Bloggers recently visited the Sun & Earth plant in King of Prussia, PA.  Sun & Earth, is a leader in making strong, effective, non-toxic and environmentally safe cleaning products for more than 20 years.
I am slowly but surely taking steps to lead a “greener” lifestyle so I was very excited to [...]

Shupp’s Grove, in Adamstown, Lancaster County, is home to a famous flea market every weekend of the summer. And now it’s also home to a fabulous indie craft event! The indie craft movement or “DIY” (do-it-yourself) is distinguished by its re-imagining of traditional crafts, such as knitting, sewing, binding and jewelry-making. Generations X & Y [...]

Pittsburgh is the leader in green building. In celebration of Earth Day, I checked out Pavement in Lawrenceville- an urban women’s shop. It’s dedicated to carrying designers and brands with as little environmental impact as possible. Pavement started out as a shoe store in 2006 carrying the popular lines Miz Mooz and Irregular Choice and [...]