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I don't condemn things that I don't understand. There's always a chance that the failure is on my part, and I'm open to considering new points of view. Except when it comes to Black Friday...

When you're a kid, there are certain restaurants that just seem impossibly fancy even if they really aren't. For me, the California Café in Carlisle was one of them. My parents certainly took me out for nice dinners plenty as a child, but that was a place that they went on special occasions....

Remember when you were a kid and Christmas was the best thing ever? No child — at least no child whose family celebrates Christmas — complains about it. Then you get older and it costs you thousands of dollars and most of your sanity and you start to get a little bit jaded. I ...

1. Bull Ride Mania: November 21 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg 2. Toy Train Exhibit: November 28–December 20 at Fort Hunter Mansion, Harrisburg 3. Festival of Trees: Novembers 28–December 20 at Fort Hunter Mansion, Harrisburg 4. Pe...

No! We aren't even halfway through November yet! We're still weeks away from Thanksgiving! Please! Have mercy...

1. Bull Ride Mania: November 21 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg 2. Harrisburg Regional Chamber Business Expo: November 12 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg 3. Poe Evermore: November 11–15 at Mount Hope Estate & Winery, Manheim 4. ...

One of the things that I wish Spotobe could do better is cover the local arts scene. I'm amazed by what LancasterArts has been able to accomplish, but the other towns and cities in the Midstate often struggle to promote a coherent arts scene. They are by no means alone...

After our regular Tuesday morning diner — the Paxtang Diner — closed, two friends and I went in search of a new diner in the Paxtang/Swatara area. Th...

This is a weekend to catch your breath. Baseball? Over. Halloween? Over. Christmas? Still far enough away to be annoying. Nice weather? Daylight after 5:30pm? Distant memories...

1. Flavor of PA Beer and Food Expo: November 14 at the PA Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg 2. Bull Ride Mania: November 21 at the PA Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg 3. Revival: The DaVinci Coed: November 13–15 at the Roschel Performing Arts Center, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster 4. ...

You hear the word "green" everywhere these days. Of course it means being responsible by recycling and not using products that harm the Earth. Even though I'm conscious about being green, I never would have guessed that there could be such an art form to recycling...

For those of us who are Phillies fans, this year's Halloween has a chance to be problematic...

1. Halloween at Fort Hunter: October 29 at Fort Hunter Mansion, Harrisburg 2. Jason's Woods Haunted Attraction: October 30–November 1, Lancaster 3. Hersheypark in the Dark: October 30–November 1 at Hersheypark, Hershey 4. Fa...

A spokesperson for the Pennsylvania General Assembly said yesterday that the State had come to an agreement to sell the Pennsylvania State Capitol Building to Harrisburg nightlife mogul Ron Kamionka...