Nissley Vineyards celebrated their 35th anniversary Saturday night, August 3rd. The event was celebrated during their weekly Music in the Vineyards summer lawn concert. Big band music was provided for the event by Blue Moon Big Band. Nissley Vineyards is one of numerous wineries in Lancaster … [Read more...]
Amish Romance Novels are Best Sellers
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Amish Fiction Books are Top Sellers Isn’t it ironic that a group of people who try to live their own lives as separate from the rest of society as they can keep becoming more and more popular in the mainstream society? Amish stories, Amish movies, and Amish television series (although these are … [Read more...]
Lititz is Voted “Coolest Small Town in America”
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Lititz, PA Wins National Voting - Beats 14 Other Towns Well, it's official. As the national public voting finished, Lititz, Pennsylvania was voted the "Coolest Small Town in America" for 2013. Needless to say, Lititz residents, fans, and all of Lancaster County were excited to learn the results. … [Read more...]
40 Days For Life – Lancaster Style
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The nationwide 40 Days For Life campaign started anew February 13th, including here in Lancaster. This afternoon about 25 people gathered in front of the Planned Parenthood office 1t 13 S. Lime Street in Lancaster today to begin this local campaign. Over the next 40 days (until March 24th) … [Read more...]
Lititz is an “America’s Coolest Small Towns 2013” Finalist
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Lititz in the Headlines - Lititz residents and fans are all excited about the latest news about their favorite town. Lititz has qualified to be one of the 15 finalists for the online contest “America’s Coolest Small Towns 2013”. This contest is hosted annually by BudgetTravel.com. The picture above … [Read more...]
Man v. Food Nation – Lancaster Style
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The Travel Channel Visits the Pennsylvania Dutch Country One of the Travel Channel’s most popular shows is Man v. Food Nation, a weekly program where host Adam Richman travels the country competing in American food challenges. An episode of Man v. Food Nation will be more of a cultural … [Read more...]
“Amish Grace” Movie – Forgiving the Unforgivable
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Thursday night the Lifetime Movie Network re-broadcast its new movie, “Amish Grace”, loosely based upon the 2006 Amish school shooting in Lancaster County, PA. Since I am writing from Lancaster County, there were a few obvious production errors in this movie. The Amish buggies in the movie were not … [Read more...]
“Amish Grace” Movie on Lifetime Network
Posted on in Amish BlogHollywood has once again taken on story-telling within Lancaster’s Amish community. The Lifetime Movie Network has produced the movie “Amish Grace”, which first aired over the Lifetime Network last Sunday evening to over four million viewers. film is based on the book, Amish Grace: How … [Read more...]
Horse Drawn Sleigh Alert
Posted in Amish Blog on .It's snow! Lancaster County is being hit by the same snow storm that's blasting the rest of the east coast. 5-6" so far where we are, and more on the way. This is the kind of snow that might bring out the horse drawn sleighs. Look for them in the Amish farmlands along our back country roads. Very … [Read more...]
Amish Barn Raising (continued)
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An Amish barn north of Lancaster, PA burned to the ground on Friday, September 25th. Construction on the new barn began almost immediately. We showed pictures of the construction progress three days ago. Here is what the new barn looked like yesterday, only one week after the original barn … [Read more...]
