Beginning with this post, I’m starting a series about Lehigh Valley, PA. This is the first installment of this series. To see others in this series (once they’re published), click on the label “Lehigh Valley” below this post. Celebrating 25 years this year, Christkindlmarkt in Bethlehem is a great way to spend a fun afternoon as […]
Month: November 2017
Fabulous Phipps Conservatory
Pittsburgh — the butt of all the jokes we Penn Staters used to tell when I attended that university — constantly surprises me. It’s a lovely city, and possibly one of the prettiest places in Pittsburgh is Phipps Conservatory. Phipps offers a visual romp of color and surprises, between lovely blooms and foliage to the glass art […]
It Is an Excellent Good Pudding
If you really want to understand a time period that isn’t our own, then live it, even if only for a few hours. That was the thought as my sister and I signed up for a second open hearth cooking seminar at Gunston Hall. If ever you think preparing a full Thanksgiving meal, replete with […]
In Search of Audrey Munson: America’s First Supermodel
In this guest blog, Steve Rosenbach takes us on an unusual exploration of some of New York City’s secrets! In the first decade of the twentieth century, one young, beautiful woman became America’s first supermodel. Every sculptor wanted to sculpt her. Every painter wanted to paint her. She even appeard in some of the earliest […]
Three Quaint Towns and Two Fun Fall Festivals
Beginning in mid-October, I started a series of posts about things to do and see in Butler County, PA. This is the third installment of this series. To see others in this series, click on the label “Butler County” below this post. One of several log cabin homes in Harmony. What could a PA town […]
Potomac River Paddling Adventure in Dyke Marsh
Dyke Marsh Preserve, one of the few remaining freshwater tidal wetlands on the Potomac is best explored by kayak or canoe. Located on the west bank of the Potomac River south of Alexandria, Virginia between Old Town Alexandria and Mount Vernon. Dyke Marsh consists of about 380 acres of tidal marsh, floodplain, and swamp forest. […]