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November 2020

Today’s Special: Survival

To say 2020 has been rough on restaurants is an understatement and not to be made light of for the sake of the 13.49 million people who were employed in ...Read More

If it’s Tuesday …

Lancaster County is without a doubt home to some of the best farmers markets in the country. Root’s Country Market & Auction, located just outside of Manheim, is among them ...Read More

ISSEI NOODLE: Asian Fusion with a Phamily Twist

Over the last eight months, Andre and Donna Pham have learned to go with the flow – their restaurant’s tagline is “Peace. Love. Ramen.” – and meet the challenges of ...Read More

2020 … What a Year

Who is the person behind the mask on this month’s cover? She’s the magazine’s publisher, Jocelyn Engle, who is very in tune with the ups and downs that have defined  ...Read More

Men’s Mountain Weekend

November is prime time for mountain getaways – after all, it’s deer season and with it, male-bonding time! However, some high school buddies and I look forward to ascending into ...Read More

Pandemic Fundraising Pivots

“Every party needs a Plan B,” a seasoned event planner once said. Plan B used to mean preparing for a downpour during a tented party. Or, how to handle the ...Read More

2020: A Health Odyssey

I recently read that a person’s health begins to go downhill at age 69. “Boy, isn’t that the truth!” I thought to myself. Pair that notion with a pandemic and ...Read More

Top 10 To-Dos for June 2023

Lancaster Beer Gardens | June 1-July 1 Various Locations Lancaster Rec will be hosting a traveling beer garden throughout the month of

Playful Pups Retreat: An Enriching Experience

A year spent in California in the mid ’90s prompted Laurie Yost to look at human-canine relationships in an all-new

The Laundry Goes to the Dogs

What happened when Kim and Curt Myers became pet parents and remodeled their home during Covid? The Myers’ new laundry

Out & About

Judith Martin, aka Miss Manners, whose column appears in more than 200 newspapers, was recently asked the question: … “‘back

Plan a Vacation Your Dog Will Love

Eleven-year-old Piper has visited 13 states and driven through at least three or four more. She’s called five states “home”

Preparing for a Season of Change

Despite the admonitions from the self-help gurus, we gardeners are rarely able to be “in the moment.” Instead, we are

Hounding the Coffee Trail

Wherever I travel, I always seek out great coffee. Edward Harris, the president and CEO of Discover Lancaster, tells me

Terrace Potager Garden

When we moved into our home just outside of Akron, the side yard was beyond difficult to maintain. A steep