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 [...]

It was about this time last year when I started coming up with my “Things do in Lehigh Valley” lists. These three lists (Top 5 Plays, Top 5 Restaurants, Top 5 Overall) were my New Year’s resolutions for 2009. Since the year is almost over, I’ve decided to take a look at how I did.
Lehigh [...]

I recently won a $25 gift certificate to Burrito Grille in Allentown for being the first person to successfully complete a scavenger hunt contest on the Facebook page of Lehigh Valley web design firm 401! Creative. To show my appreciation – and to talk a bit about our upcoming website project – I thought it would be [...]

Is there anything better than a best friend who knows exactly what you want? I was in Philadelphia for the weekend and asked my friend to take me somewhere good for dinner. We ate at the Bellini Grill, which had great Italian food for under $20, but then she didn’t let me order dessert. Umm…what [...]

I’ve always been obsessed with the 50’s. I’m not sure why, but judging from all the nostalgia for that time period dating back to the airing of Happy Days in the 70’s I know I’m not alone in that department. For me, I think it has more to do with the design aesthetic [...]

As fall begins to wind down, I’m finding myself seeking opportunities to squeeze in one last “outdoor experience” – like a visit to a local attraction, a bike ride through the countryside, or a picnic lunch with a special someone. Because the truth is, if you live in Pennsylvania, you know that once the cold [...]

My friend and I were in Gettysburg a few weeks ago looking for some place to enjoy dinner. Someone told us that The Dobbin House (http://www.dobbinhouse.com/) was the best fine dining establishment in town and since we were looking for something unique to Gettysburg, we ventured out to find it.
We were pleasantly surprised to drive [...]

I love pizza! In fact, I could eat pizza every day of the week if I had to. It all started when I was a kid, when not only would the school menu every Friday be pizza, but my family and I would go to Pizza Hut nearly every Friday as well.
These days I’d rather [...]

Seasonal changes bring new foods to our plates and our markets. They also often bring celebrations. To that end, this Sunday, September 13, you can taste the local bounty of the Lehigh Valley at Taste of the Valley, brought to you by Buy Local Pennsylvania
Spend your afternoon grazing on the good food created by chefs [...]

Last week the planets were aligned because I went to Bay Leaf for a business lunch and enjoyed it!
Before you get the wrong idea, there’s nothing wrong with Bay Leaf, which is one of downtown Allentown’s few dining options. But for a meat-and-potatoes girl like myself to venture into Bay Leaf’s world of ”New American & Asian Cuisine” [...]