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One of Lancaster County's best kept secrets, the Flower and Craft Warehouse, located near US 322 and PA Rt 23, in the village of Blue Ball, features heavily discounted decorative items, flowers, (silk, plastic, and the real thing), candles, furinshings, decorative lighting (okay, my fingers are getting tired, get the picture??) |
| Renninger's Antiques Market, Adamstown |  |
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Visit our friends at Stoudt's Brewery and The Black Angus Inn - CELEBRATING 50 YEARS (congrats Carol and Eddie!) |
| The Pancake Farm, located approximately 9 miles to our south, at 1032 South State Street, just off of Rte 272 in the Borough of Ephrata boasts the "BEST BREAKFAST IN LANCASTER COUNTY", and you know what??, it's 100% TRUE!!!! |  |
| The TOY ROBOT MUSEUM is literally a gem discovered in our own backyard. Located in Stoudtburg Village, the museum is home to thousands of toy robots. A MUST SEE!! |  |
| Shupp's Grove Antique Market is a "must see" for those visiting the Adamstown area; nice people, nice place, great selection of vendors, and a nice way to spend the day!! |  |
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Known mostly to the locals, a Saturday morning and (early) afternoon ride on PA Route 772 between Brownstown and New Holland, in the spring, summer, and fall, will yield a non-stop 9-mile feast of antiques-laden yard sales!! |
| The Keystone Record Collectors meet at 2285 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, PA (just east of Dutch Wonderland) the second Sunday of each month:) |  |
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Enhance your Sunday Morning antiquing with the one-and-only Harry Rinker - 'Watcha Got', 8am on WEEU 830-AM |
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Reading PA is the home of the beloved Reading Phillies, one of the most historic teams in minor league baseball |
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Weaver Markets, Rts 272 and 897 in Adamstown and nearby Reinholds. Their breakfast omelets are "beautifully crafted works of art". (Adamstown store ONLY) |
| Venture both north and south on PA Route 897, and visit historic Lebanon County (to our north), and Fivepointville, Terre Hill, Weaverland, and Blue Ball (to our south) - a great ride in either direction! |  |
| Life doesn't get any better than a scoop of Boehringer's Ice Cream (home-made, and family owned since 1936) CLOSED MONDAYS. Boehringer's is OPEN FOR THE 2012 SEASON! |  |
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Visit the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, located adjacent to the Reading Airport; It's a "MUST SEE!" |
| Step back into the 1940's at this year's WWII weekend at the Mid-Atlantic War Museum, located at the Reading Airport, the first weekend in June, 2012. |  |
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A hop, skip, and jump (of about six miles) will take you into the Borough of Bowmansville. While there, be sure to enjoy a home-cooked meal at Ranck's Family Restaurant (in the center of town). Yes, this is the same family that began Ranck's in Honey Brook! (NO LINK, JUST GOOD FOOD) |
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Blobfest is held at the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, PA during the second week of July annually (other festivities throughout the year, also). Take a trip back to the '50s and pretend that you are Steve McQueen and save everyone in the location where the actual filming of the BLOB took place. This is one VERY COOL experience!! a 10 on the fun scale:) |
 | At halloween, author Charles J. Addams, III (Freudian slip), Reading, PA's "Favorite Son" will enthrall the entire family with a telling of one of his many ghost stories, a Berks County Favorite, his alter-ego, "Bobby Bubbenmoyer" can be found in the vicinity of any good bakery!! |
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The SunnyBrook Ballroom is one of a few remaining large dance halls of the pre-World War II era still in existence. On the National Register of Historic Places, it is the site of Glenn Miller's final American performance (1942, prior to enlisting in the Army Air Corps). Every music great of the Big Band Era (Sinatra, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, The Dorsey Brothers, Harry James, Tex Beneke, Gene Krupa, The Elliot Lawrence Band and the list goes on...) entertained the Philadelphia area there. In 2006 Sunnybrook would have been torn down for new home construction if not for the efforts of several valiant citizens. |
| Weaver's Store, Inc., located on Rte 897 in Fivepointville, is the area's one-stop shopping center for childrens clothing and shoes at discounted pricing. They carry approximately 10,000 sq. ft. of clothing inventory, and have many items not readily available anywhere else |  |
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Burkholder's Fabric Store, located on Rte 897 (north) between the towns of Reinholds and Kleinfeltersvile has one of the finest selections of supplies, patterns and fabrics for the sewing and quilting enthusiast at very low prices. |