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...

Rominger & Associates 155 South Hanover Street Carlisle, Pennsylvania (temporary) En route to our Christmas Chinese dinner in Carlisle, I made sure to swing by a very cool temporary roadside wonder!  The law firm of Rominger & Associates took a very unique approach to office decorating for the 2011 holiday season. No holiday lights, festive pine boughs, or sparkly wreaths … but an office facade...

2011 National Beard & Moustache Championships Held October 8, 2011 Clipper Stadium, Lancaster, Pennsylvania submitted by: “wendyvee” I don’t know if there is a term for a beard & moustache groupie … but if there is … I think I’m one of them! I started early — my sweetheart of a dad was forced to cultivate a moustache for at least 15 years because I begged him...