It’s time for the overwhelming visual cacophony that is the Philadelphia Flower Show, with displays that suspend disbelief in a combination Cirque du Soleil-Mummers Parade riot of color and structure.
This grandmommy of all flower shows, now in its 182nd year, offers a globe-trotting theme “Passport to the World.” The show opens Feb. 28 and runs [...]

Until the other day, I had never seen a play/musical/show or anything of that sort. You could only imagine how excited I was to get the opportunity to see RENT on opening night at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre with a few friends. It was amazing. I had seen the movie version of the show, [...]

Enjoying winter weather can be challenging, especially if you’re stuck inside because of the temperatures. Not to worry. In Northeastern Pennsylvania, there’s one event that’s cooler than cool – and I’m not just talking about the temperature.
The Clarks Summit Festival of Ice will take place February 11-15, 2010, encompassing both President’s Day Weekend and Valentine’s [...]

My sister Abby came to visit me this past weekend. I knew she was arriving Friday night, but I wasn’t sure what time, so I planned to go out to eat with her. She ended up not getting in until later, so we just ordered pizza, and decided to go out for lunch on Saturday!
I [...]

Many of my favorite memories from childhood involve camping and I always thought I would camp regularly as an adult. But I forgot to add ‘a love of camping’ to my list of prerequisites when choosing a husband. I know he will see the error of his ways if I can just get him out [...]

They say that each part of the world has its own unique flavor. True in many senses of the phrase; however, many parts of our country have become homogenized. With the grocery store chains and strip malls the same in every aspect, one could travel from Kalamazoo Michigan to Tampa Florida and find the same [...]

The fog was thick on the lake when I arrived at Lackawanna State Park.  Standing by my car, it looked as if the shoreline was the edge of the world, and only nothingness lay beyond, where the water should have been.  Aside from a few crows, as far as I could tell, I was the [...]

I wanted to start posting some great outdoor things to do, since the weather is getting better and better!
I found a book called “Short Bike Rides in Eastern PA” by Bill Simpson, and wanted to share one of the rides that he details that goes around Bird-in-Hand, one of Lancaster County’s many great little towns! [...]

I spent a couple of hours fishing Sayers Dam, Bald Eagle State Park the past Friday evening. I landed 4 smallmouth and one largemouth bass. The biggest bass of the day was a long and lean 18 inch smallmouth. It put up a great fight! It towed me and my kayak around the lake for [...]

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 [...]