In the last week, a good portion of Pennsylvania has seen a significant amount of snowfall. While the snow can be pretty, it can also mean that you become stuck in your own home for days at a time while waiting to be plowed out. And, while the first couple of hours can be fun, [...]

I grew up in a rural area surrounded by farms, but I am several generations removed from any personal agricultural heritage. That, however, has not stopped me from making a trek to the Pennsylvania Farm Show a family tradition. Shepherding our two kids through the animals, exhibits, tractors, food and crowds can be daunting, but [...]

The Schuylkill Valley Model Railroad Open House is “fun for kids of all ages”. Train lovers young and old will see freight and passenger car trains rumbling over 700 feet of track, over high trestle bridges, through towns, around mountains and through tunnels along the right of way from Reading to Philadelphia. Hundreds of buildings, [...]

Sunday night I did something I hadn’t done for a long time: I went to the movies. Now, yes, I did go to Civic Theatre back in July for the indy flick “Cheri,” but the last time I was in a regular movie theater was two years ago to see the very disappointing “Beowulf.”
We figured [...]

Pine Grove has one traffic light, two grocery stores and three pizza shops. Sandwiched in a valley near the border between Schuylkill and Lebanon Counties, the small town where I grew up is equal parts coal region and Pennsylvania Dutch farmland, with the accents and last names of both. It’s heyday may have come and [...]

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 [...]

In one week, The Great Allentown Fair begins.
Hoo-ray!
Hoo-ray!
I’ve been going to the Allentown Fair since I was a little kid growing up in Lehigh Valley, so I have lots of memories of this annual end-of-summer event.

The end of summer holds a lot of meanings for me.  It means that Autumn is near; the days will turn crisp and the leaves will change.  It means that school is beginning again.  And best of all, it means that fair season has arrived.
I spend all summer waiting for fair season, those glorious few [...]

It’s been nearly 10 years since I’ve last set foot at Musikfest because I’m not a big fan of crowds. But this year, I gave it another shot by going with two Musikfest vets, Kate and Kelly.
My main reason for going to Musikfest was the food. Right away I got $20 worth of food tickets [...]

If you’ve been following my last couple of posts, you may have noticed a theme: caffeine. There are quite a few places to get a good cup of coffee in Easton and in the greater Lehigh Valley, for that matter, once you’re finished at the Crayola Museum or visiting Lafayette College. But the one place [...]