York County online: July 2008 Archives

Jess was posting on the biz blog about a site that tells you how "walkable" your neighborhood is - in other words, how much is there within walking distance, or do you have to drive to everything?

My West Manchester Township neighborhood is in the middle of EVERYTHING, so I expected something like an 80 or above. But, surprisingly, we only got a 58! I would guess there aren't many places in York County that would rate higher - even in the city, where there's a lot of "stuff," grocery stores aren't really that walkable.

Try it out and let me know how your part of the county fares.

I've been fairly quiet on the blog front over the last few days... I'll have a longer update maybe tomorrow on some of my recent doings (including a hike into an old mine at Raab Park!) - but in the meantime, here's what I've been working on.

New health special section

Special series on DUI in York County

Remember my recent rant on Internet spammers who couldn't even get my name right?

Well, a totally unsolicited news release in the ol' inbox this week (is THAT irony or what?) from MessageLabs, which bills itself as "the leading provider of messaging and web security services to businesses worldwide," claimed to have the year-to-date spam rates for individual states.

Guess what??? Pennsylvania's number 9! So I bet I'm not the only Yorker getting more than my share of spam, huh? (The full top ten is, as follows, Illinois, South Dakota, Oregon, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Indiana, Texas, Pennsylvania and Alabama.)

Just because I can, I wanted to make a special post showing off the work of my friend Tiffypop, an East Berlin native who's roaming the country selling her way-cool, handmade clothes at shows and festivals.

(And, a little birdie tells me she's getting MARRIED this month, too!)

I was thinking of Tiffy today because I'm wearing one of her "swirly skirts," patterned after some hippie classics. The picture is Tiffy on the beach, wearing one of the swirlies.

Shameless promotion: Check out her Etsy store if you want to order any of her homemade goodies yourself.

No, she's not paying me to do this. I'm just soooo comfy in this swirly today that I wanted to share the love.

Since I happen to know that at least a few of my readers are also pretty stellar photographers, I thought I'd point out that there's still time to enter our 2008 Summer Photo Contest.

Here's one of my favorite shots so far:

"Gobble, Gobble" - Reader Julie says this is a pet Narrangansett turkey who says YAY for vegetarians!

Want to enter yours? Click here to submit your photo. (And here to read the rules.)

Happy snapping. I'll post more of my favorites as the contest deadline nears. I'm in no way an official judge, though, so impress the photo staff, not me!! :)