For my oldest daughter’s 16th birthday we stayed closed to home but filled her day with some of her Pennsylvania favorites.
I started the morning off with stopping at the Pennsylvania Bakery to pick up some cannoli – her favorite sweet.  If you are ever in Camp Hill, make sure to stop by and sample their [...]

Growing up near Hershey and Lancaster, I knew how many tourists inundated the area every summer. Not being one for tourist traps, I never would have thought that Lancaster County would be where I’d take my kids on their first family vacation. Despite my desire to want to get away to some place new, I [...]

This week  (June 15, 2010) was a milestone for Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, PA and the entire roller-coaster-enthusiast community. The Phoenix wooden roller coaster turned 25 years old. Although technically it’s much older than that, since it lived its first life as “The Rocket” in San Antonio, TX from 1947 until the Playland [...]

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 know tons of people who’s favorite holiday of the year is Halloween – it’s fun to get dressed up in costumes, and take your kids out to get tons of free candy – or to go trick-or-treating yourself!
Well, fall is in the air, and that means a lot of things, but one in particular [...]

For me, it doesn’t feel like fall until I do four things: 1) Buy and plant orange and yellow mums, 2) Decorate the yard with pumpkins, 3) Rake leaves for a few hours (yes, the 90+ trees in our yard require a heck-of-a-lot of raking, so I start early) and 4) Attend a fall festival [...]

Despite the fact that I’ve spent the majority of my 28 years in Lehigh Valley, it was only last summer that I discovered Dutch Springs. So in an effort to save you from missing out on this hidden gem of Bethlehem (like I did for so many years), allow me to formally introduce you …
Dutch Springs is [...]

This summer, we made it a high priority to make sure we took the kids to Sesame Place. We’ve been going to Sesame Place for a few years now, both in the summer during the “season”, as well as in December for their holiday “Breakfast with the Characters” event.  My 4 1/2 year old is [...]

If you can believe the weatherman, it will actually feel like summer for the next 10 days here in Lehigh Valley, so it’s time for my Top 5 Favorite Summer Activities in Lehigh Valley.
1. Dutch Springs – Although it’s primarily known as a scuba diving facility (one of the largest fresh-water facilities in the country!), Dutch [...]

Knoebels Amusement Resort, the country’s largest free admission, free parking, family-friendly amusement park, has put the little town of Elysburg on the map. It’s one of those places that hold a special kind of magic – a kind of magic that can only be explained by experiencing it for yourself. Perhaps it’s because being located [...]