[13 Aug 2015 | Comments Off on Hoover-Mason Trestle Lets Visitors “Steel” A Glance At Industrial History | ]
For more than a century the blast furnaces of Bethlehem Steel have loomed over the south side of the company’s hometown, towering icons to the Industrial Age and one of …
[14 Jun 2012 | Comments Off on Motoring In To The Mack Museum | ]
You’d think that a building big enough to hold a couple dozen Mack trucks would be easy to find. Uh-uh. The Mack Trucks Museum is hidden away on the back …
[4 Oct 2011 | Comments Off on Museum Of Indian Culture, Allentown Fish Hatchery Make For a Great Fall Outing | ]
There’s an old joke that holds that when Squanto saw the Mayflower drop anchor off Plymouth Rock, his first reaction was “There goes the neighborhood.” I’ve never believed that Native …
[11 Aug 2011 | Comments Off on “Ten Days At Musikfest Refreshes My Soul” | ]
My friend Theresa is a Musikfest junkie. Seriously. The woman schedules a week of vacation for the beginning of August each year, books a room at the Hotel Bethlehem and …
Ever look at the calendar and say, “Oh, crap, where did the time go?” Happens to me all the time. I think it’s true that time moves faster when you’re …
[21 Apr 2011 | Comments Off on Civil War Not Forgotten In Pennsylvania | ]
I read a story recently bemoaning the fact that the northern states seem to have forgotten the Civil War, aka the “War Between The States,” the “War Between Brothers” or …