Columns

Get ready to bundle up and hit the streets of Lititz because the Fire & Ice Festival is back from February 17-26. The 10-day festival features ice sculptures and live carvings by DiMartino Ice Company, shopping at downtown businesses, warm bites and beverages from food trucks and restaurants and a family-friendly scavenger hunt. Special activities...

How to make the best use of the bounty of produce that is available in August and early fall is a dilemma many of us deal with each season. One solution is juicing, a process that removes juice from fruits and vegetables, thus providing a refreshing and delicious way to quickly absorb vitamins, nutrients, antioxidants...

Hillside Public House, which opened last October in a space formerly occupied by the Restaurant at Doneckers, aims to be a gathering place that celebrates community, good food and Pennsylvania’s distilling and brewing heritage. Brewster’s Bar-B-Que provides Hillside’s menu items, including pulled pork sandwiches, St. Louis-style ribs and a nacho plate. The beer selection represents...

After a nomadic eight years, Prima gained a permanent home at Wheatland Place in 2018. Before the romantic and hilarious thrill ride Calling All Kates premiered in February, I had the opportunity to talk with Mitch Nugent, Prima’s executive artistic producer. Having never been a Prima patron, I was excited to learn what makes this...

Following California Wine Country’s historic year of unprecedented wildfires that impacted the Napa, Sonoma and Lake County wine-growing regions in 2017, the Thorn family had much to be thankful for – their employees, vineyards and wineries were spared from the devastation. The Lancaster-based couple, along with their son Jonathan and daughter Rachael, have worked to...

In may’s column, I introduced you to two-wheeled tours that are offered by Intercourse Bikeworks and Lititz Bikeworks. The resulting feedback was overwhelmingly positive, and I received a number of messages asking for information about other tours. There is always more to explore, so grab a helmet as we hit the road again; only this...

We value many trees in our gardens and public landscapes for their showy spring flowers or brilliant fall display. However, the splendor of a tree’s bark is one ornamental feature that is often overlooked. I’ve noticed that Lancaster County gardens feature deciduous shrubs for their colorful bark or stems during the winter. The red- and...