I got lost, and look what I found: This beautiful Art-Deco theater! It’s an operating theater, opened in 1928 and part of the Civic Theater in Allentown. Dig the elephant head sculptures, with curving trunks, on the corners! Actually, I discovered the whole “West End Theater District” in Allentown. I didn’t even know there was…
Like that old cliché, today’s New Place was definitely more about the journey (a long, slow climb up a mountain on gravel road, just following my nose, driving straight into the clouds and listening to my ears pop), than the destination (a fenced-off old fire tower with no view, where I was the main course…
Only in the Peeps factory could you overhear a conversation that begins “On the marshmallow floor, conveyor belt 4…” Apparently, some vendors there wanted candy. We all want candy. It’s all sunshine and candy from the moment you turn into the parking lot of “Just Born” (the company who manufactures Peeps, named after the last name…
Just a pretty little country lane today. It took me a while to find a New Place tonight, as I was in a neck of the woods I know very well (Shoemakersville, PA), but eventually, after two passes up and down the road, a stop for ice cream, and a peek at the map, I…
I love this One New Place project! Especially when I have no idea where to go or what to look for, and then decide just to drive in the opposite direction from the one I usually drive, and then stumble on surprises like this . . . West Park, a beautiful 19th-century semi-formal park, the…
Did not take a ride on the Reading today. Did not pass Go. Did not collect $200. Nope, no ride. The trains at this museum here in Hamburg, PA, are permanently parked. But we did get a tour that took us off the Monopoly board and into the yard to see the large variety of engines…
Yup, another farm today. I must in Berks County, PA. Today’s New Place is actually a very old place. The brick house dates to 1868, but the farm is much older, harking back to revolutionary war times. Indeed, its history (which you can read about here) includes the grandfather of Daniel Boone and the sons of William…
Got a back-fields, off-road, personal tour of Yellow Rose Farm tonight, complete with setting sun, rising (full) moon, browsing deer, and a free kitten (I turned down the kitten). The corn was indeed as high as the elephant’s eye, and the hay, recently cut and fragrant, was just waiting to be baled. It was fun to be…
I just found the cutest Post Office in America! No kidding! If it’s not absolutely the cutest, it’s in the running for the top five—I’d bet money on this one. I’ve always thought this post office looked adorable from the outside: The porch welcomes passers-by with two “sitting” chairs, where you half expect to see…
Sweet memories, indeed, of chocolate chip cookie cheesecake, I have after my visit to Sweet Memories today. The roasted veggie burrito and pumpkin & wild rice soup were also memorable, and gave me a platform of edifying righteous healthiness, from which I could deign to indulge in one the delectables inside the bakery case. It…