York City/Suburban: August 2009 Archives

Well, no one bit on my "pop quiz" when I posted earlier this week about free bowling.

That's OK, I want to show this off anyway, because it's cool. When we were there a while ago, here is what the Colony Park Lanes North "bowling pin backdrop" looked like:

Now, take a look at how it looked more recently, in two parts:

It's been Yorkified! This part features a Harley and the Bobb Log House Golden Plough Tavern - oops, messed that up; thanks to commenter Bill for the fix! And you can see Central Market's tower in the background. And the part below shows the York Fair in the distance, and the Colonial Courthouse.

How cool is that? I don't know if it was done for a particular event (I know there is or was a big PBA event this month), or just to brighten it up, but I hope it stays. It's pretty cool. Has anyone else seen it?

Today was the kickoff to the York County Heritage Trust's Book Blast at the Agricultural and Industrial Museum at 217 W. Princess St. in York. This Saturday is also a sale at the "Book Nook" in Red Lion.

Now, I love books. A lot. Some would say WAY TOO MUCH. But I'm always interested in getting more, whether it's from the library or from a good used book sale or a bookstore (preferably used.) One of Hubby's and my favorite pastimes is heading to the York Emporium in downtown York, and we have a vague dream of owning our own bookshop someday.

Well, at the encouraging of my friend and fellow blogger Pat, we ended up doing a story in the Weekly Record this week about book sales, coinciding with the events of this weekend.

Here's the story we ran about just a few of the book sales around town. There are certainly plenty of other coming events in the local book scene, not the least of which is Sci-Fi Saturday starting at 10 a.m. Saturday at the aforementioned Emporium.

If you want details on some of the local sales, including the Heritage Trust and Red Lion events this weekend, go here.

If you want details on Sci-Fi Saturday, go here.

And if you know of another good book sale or bookstore, comment!