Around town: June 2009 Archives

While Joan recuperates from a nasty stomach bug (And doesn't everyone know at least one friend or family member who has "the bug" right now?), I took car-lover Sarah out to partake in a York County tradition and see the street rods this morning.

She had herself a checklist of cars she wanted to find and have me photograph -- red, purple, black, multicolored, etc. Finding a white car actually turned out to be one of the toughest tasks. Not too many all-white rods, I guess. Tough to keep 'em clean?

We eventually did find everything on the list, so the mission was a success.

Now, Sarah, who is still in "school mode" despite that fact that her last day was this past Friday and she's now a rising fourth-grader, wants to put together a poster about the street rods, using today's photos and information she plans to research about street rods on the Internet. She's a smart cookie!

P.S. -- I just noticed that sign outside the York Fairgrounds (top photo) reads "STEET ROD NAT'SEAST" ... Only in York County, indeed.

... and insert various other goose puns here!

Remember these guys from last Wednesday?

Well, Amy might have been the only person to take a guess, but she was right! I took this in the Meadowbrook Village shopping center near Border's and the old Circuit City. We had gone to that Isaac's for lunch and were on our way down to Border's when we saw this goose family plus another one.

Also, a special shout-out to my father-in-law, John, for his goose puns. This punny nature, by the way, he passed along to Hubby, who I'm surprised didn't pipe in with his own tributes to wordplay.

While "Pappy John," as my daughter calls him, is from Rhode Island and would have no idea where in York County this was, he did make several suggestions. You know, like Quacker Lane? Honkers Alley? Gooseberry Plaza?

Let the groaning begin!

Don't forget, you can still vote for your favorite local fresh fruit!

As of my writing this entry, there were 18 votes, and strawberries were way in the lead with 72 percent. Peaches were doing OK, at 22 percent, and cherries took 5 percent. Nobody voted for any of the other choices yet!

There's still time to vote; I'm not going to "close" the poll for a while, though I'll probably declare a winner early next week and share some of the feedback I've gotten from readers on what to buy where.

Meanwhile, you might as well know what got my vote - STRAWBERRIES! They are the other thing I bought during my lunchtime trip to Brown's North yesterday.

My mom was kind enough to slice them up and sprinkle Equal/Stevia over them (that's what the picture with this post is of). We ate about half the bowl! It's a great snack.

For those of you who already voted - how do you like to eat your strawberries (or peaches, or cherries)? Since I'm sure I'll be getting more fresh berries soon, I'm interested in any suggestions.