Roadside Wonders

Tom’s Music Trade 57 North Main Street Red Lion, Pennsylvania submitted by: “wendyvee” Tom’s Music Trade in Red Lion, Pennsylvania has been on my “to-do” list for a long time. I decided to make it my first stop on Record Store Day 2012. A major cigar and handcrafted furniture manufacturing hub during its heyday, Red Lion still has one thing that many small towns no longer...

The Turkey Hill Experience 301 Linden Street Columbia, Pennsylvania submitted by: “wendyvee” In the spring of 2010, I learned that the dairy/convenience store empire, Turkey Hill Dairy, planned to renovate the forlorn remains of the 20,000-square-foot Ashley & Bailey Silk Mill and turn it into the Turkey Hill Experience. Columbia is an odd (and wonderful) little town for which I have a particular...

Elvis’ Birthday Fight Club! held January 14, 2012 @ Creative Alliance Baltimore, Maryland submitted by “wendyvee” FIRST RULE:  You do not talk about FIGHT CLUB SECOND RULE: You DO NOT talk about FIGHT CLUB However, no one said that you can’t WRITE about Fight Club, so here I go. Elvis’ Birthday Fight Club might fit into the “It’s hard to explain – you sorta’...

Flying Spaghetti Monster Sign Falls Road Hampden, Maryland submitted by: “wendyvee” When I saw this marvelous piece of street-arty-goodness last September, I slammed my brakes so hard that it was a good thing that no one was behind me at the time Created by this great rowhouse’s owner, Jacob Corbin-Beal, it celebrates Baltimore’s Hampden neighborhood slogan “Believe”,...