I’m in NEPA this weekend for a good friends’ wedding. I’m pumped for the wedding (the reception is in Scranton) but also exicted to be visiting NEPA during one of my favorite times of the year. Since it’s where I’m currently based, a large majority of my posts deal with the southeastern portion of PA, and I realized I have to give
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You may have picked up that I’m a big fan and advocate of Cross Country Skiing. I seem to be the minority here. Cross Country (or XC Ski,whatever you prefer) skiing, while wildly popular in Europe and Canada, has never really picked up steam here in the U.S. It’s like the soccer of winter sports. Essentially cross country skiing
I’m Old As Dirt You know that Will Ferrel quote from Old School, the one where he talks about his “big Saturday” visiting Home Depot for wall paper and flooring, and possibly making it to Bed Bath & Beyond if they have enough time? I feel like I’ve somewhat hit the point in my life,
I keep getting the same reaction when I tell people I went to an Oktoberfest this weekend: “that’s weird, it’s only September.” Only, it’s not weird. It’s reality. The original German Ocktoberfest is mostly in September. Started in 1810, it’s a sixteen day festival that ends the first Sunday in October. With 5 million visitors annually, it’s
Story of my life: “I’m going to stay in and have a low-key weekend so I can give my body and bank account a rest” gets tossed aside because of peer pressure. I don’t know what age this pressure stops at, but I hope it’s soon. I have the convictions of a thirteen year old
Halloween is my third favorite holiday after Christmas (how could Christmas not be anyone’s number one?) and parade season. The Fourth of July and Thanksgiving are heavy contenders, but with both of these I enjoy the social aspect, annual gatherings of family and friends, rather than the customs the holidays entail (I think fireworks are overrated,
Growing up in NEPA you learn to love Coors, Miller, and PBR (in an unironic manner). Craft beer wasn’t part of the vocabulary and microbreweries were few and far between. Regional beer was limited to good old Lion’s Head. Lancaster has a surprising number of small microbreweries and brew pubs. I say surprising, because while I was always aware of their
This is my last Ireland post. Then, we’re back to PA related travel. SInce it was my first time in Ireland, we tried to see as much as possible, which resulted in a lot of seeing, and far less doing, which is not ideally how I usually plan trips. For my first time, I’m glad I
I’m currently agitated with my friends. While I’m enduring my second day in the classroom, they’re spending the afternoon/night populating Facebook and my text inbox with posts and pictures from a Jimmy Buffett concert currently occurring in Philly (really, the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, but Philly works). Attending a Jimmy Buffett concert is something
. Yesterday my mom and sister came down for the day. She hadn’t yet seen my current apartment, wanted to get dinner, and presumably shop. I was wondering what I’d do with them the rest of the day (I’d decided to give them an hour max at the outlets for my own sanity). We found that there’s
PA Weekend Fun 
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