Word is out, and the Lansdowne Farmers Market is once again the place to see and be seen on the Avenue.  Be there or be square. Last Saturday was like Websters definition of a summer day…a beaut!  Sunny skies and, except for a couple of show-off blasts, just enough of a breeze to keep our collective cool.  Hope you were …

Did you make it to Market last week?  Did you get everything on your shopping list?  Did you even MAKE a shopping list? Or did you come to the market only to find that the vendor you most wanted to see wasn’t there that day?   It happens.  We know because you come to the Market Tent hoping we can make …

The opening of the 18th!!! season of the Lansdowne Farmers Market is now in the books.  At precisely 9:00 a.m., Mayor Magda Byrne hit that cowbell hard and we were off to the races.  So, welcome back, everyone!  And a HUGE thanks to Duncan and the boys of The Shine, who gave the season a musical shot in the arm.  …

May 25, 2024 at precisely 9:00 a.m., the weekly Lansdowne Farmers Market will open for business! Can you believe that it’s been six months since my last letter?   Did you even have time to miss me?  And here we are…like we never said goodbye!  Ready to resume life out of doors, in our summer clothes and in the expansive state …

LANSDOWNE, Pa. (CBS) – A historic theater in Delaware County that fell into disrepair is making a comeback. Construction is halfway complete on the Lansdowne Theater, the focus of an $18 million restoration project. Once the building reopens, it will serve as a concert hall. “You’re going to be able to come and see your favorite musicians come and perform right here …

Now that we’ve all adjusted to turning the clocks back and embracing the 5:30 dark…we all have, right?…we can finally relax into the cozy indoors…and the carb-loading.  And, apparently, we needed a holiday to give us permission to invite the relatives…including the grumpy uncle…to eat too much, loosen belts and stumble to the comfy chairs.  Most of us still call …

Well…we can’t say we didn’t know…but we can say we still weren’t ready for it…we never are.  Never ready to trade in our shorts and flip flops for sweaters, long pants and sensible shoes.  But here we are.  Last Call.  Next stop: Jack Frost. It was fun while it lasted. But HEY! we’re not quite done with the good times …

This week I will attempt to settle the seasonal question: Squash or gourd?   And what about pumpkins?   You’d be amazed at how much has been written on the subject.  You’d probably also be bored out of your…uh…gourd.  So I’ll be brief. Boiled down and in brief…Squash are the edible members of the gourd family, among them your butternuts, acorns, and …

We’ve all heard the expression: If you don’t like the weather now, just wait five minutes.  Well, October gave us her version of that at last Saturday’s Farmers Market… If you were there, you know what I’m talking about.   But we all lived to tell the tale, and this Saturday we’ll be right back where you left us.   …