The Giant in Bartonsville opened about a month ago and I have stopped by twice to check the place out. Many of the supermarkets in the Stroudsburg-ish area are older, smaller and have narrow isles. The new Giant has large isles, a wide selection of food(I picked up some tasty healthy frozen soups that I haven't seen at other local supermarkets), and is overall just more … [Read more...]
First significant 2009 snow fall in the Poconos
It's here!! In early October we got about an inch or two of snow, and now in early December we are finally getting our first snowfall that is much needed. Right now the Pocono ski resorts are rejoicing, every skier, snowboarder and snow sports lover are getting ready to take advantage of it. I am far from a snow bunny, I am definitely the "grab a cup of hot cocoa and watch … [Read more...]
New Blog Theme
I thought with the changing seasons that I should take the time to update the theme - it is not one that I personally designed but rather a free one I grabbed from here: http://freebiesdock.com/freemium-wordpress-theme/ The banner is a picture that I took today December 5th, 2009 from my backyard. I love it when the snow is wet enough that it sticks to the trees! It makes … [Read more...]
Stroudsburg Tree Lighting 2009
If you drove through downtown Stroudsburg at night this week you would notice that the Christmas lights are up on the trees! I love the "old town" charm of the christmas lights on trees in winter, the flower baskets hanging off the poles in summer, those things that give Stroudsburg that 'small town' charm feeling that so many of us long for. So a heads up - The Friday … [Read more...]
Dansbury Depot gutted by fire
On Monday the Danbury Depot in East Stroudsburg was pretty much gutted by a fire: http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091027/NEWS/910270328 Dansbury Depot has been an essential part of the Poconos history for many years, it is a National Historic Landmark that originally was a train station. We would eat at the Depot about once every few months, usually … [Read more...]
Giant Supermarket / Food Opening on November 4th
I passed by the Giant supermarket that is going in on 611 over the weekend and there are signs outside saying that it will open on November 4th. The number of cars out front is deceiving though as almost the entire parking lot was filled - I assume with people stocking shelves. It makes you wonder though if there will be enough parking when it does open. Keep in mind there … [Read more...]
Shawnee Mountain Hot Air Balloon Festival
Shawnee Mountain has a variety of events throughout the year, one event that I wanted to get to but I'm just way too busy this weekend is the Timber & Balloon Festival. This past week has been a mess weather wise - snow, rain, cold. The festival ran from Friday night through Sunday, Saturday morning it was snowing so it probably would have been pretty miserable, but today … [Read more...]