Kids and shopping…not so perfect together. Close your eyes (no! not yet…after you read this!) and remember walking the grocery aisles with your mom or dad. How many “Can we get that, pleeease?”s followed by, “No, not today”s and, “Put that back”s. Remember that? Now forget that and get ready for the most high-energy market of every season…Kids Day! That’s …
Riddle Me This
How is time like a gelato from the Icery? Because it melts away faster in July and August! At least it sure seems that way. Hard to believe but we’ve passed the halfway mark of summer break. The back-to-school commercials and their catchy jingles are already sending shivers down our collective spine. But here’s the thing…the best thing! The good …
Paying It Forward for Music and Art
Lansdowne Arts on the Avenue is just around the corner. Marty and Helene Von Rosenstiel and friends will reprise last year’s popular and fun recycled instrument-making with kids of all ages at Arts On The Avenue festival on September 10, 2017. There will be a tent set up that day in the Farmer’s Market parking lot and materials will be provided …
Abra Cadabra… or, How Do They Do It?
It happens every Saturday from Memorial Day to Halloween. A small parking lot transforms into a bustling bazaar…umbrellas grow from the macadam, tents rise side by side, tables sprout and cover themselves with gustatory glory! And at 9:00 on the dot the brass bell rings in another edition of the Lansdowne Farmers Market. How do they do it? Well, I …
The Heart and Heat of Summer
By the time you read this, another July 4th, with its parade and fireworks, will be history. And by the looks of the shoppers and the stalls last Saturday, I’m thinkin’ that the feasting was just as noteworthy. And now we head into the heart, and the heat, of summer. Time to throw a pretty tablecloth over the kitchen stove …