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ATTENTION OUTDOOR LOVERS - PA has great opportunities for outdoor fun!!
Wintry weather conditions have opened a world of outdoor recreation and PA state parks and forests are home to all kinds of fun! Use the link below to see what's happening ...
www.getoutdoorspa.state.pa.us
visitPA Here's the one and only DON'T CHECK WITH GOOGLE, WIKIPEDIA, OR PHONE A FRIEND for today ...... anyone out there know the "PA-affiliation" with the book "Little Women"?
visitPA Plenty of unique ways to celebrate the New Year all around PA. Here is a photo to get you "in the strut" for the Mummers Parade. Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC.
visitPA Do you have a New Year's Day traditional meal? For many in PA its pork and saurkraut (w/ apples?) or ham/smoked turkey w/ blackeyed peas and collards. Any other lucky New Year eats to share?
visitPA Hit the slopes with skis, board or tube? or maybe mush through the woods? Ice skate the lake or fish? or maybe snowmobile the countryside. What's your favorite winter sports fun? New poll at our Savvy Grouse blog so head over and cast your vote.
www.savvygrouse.com
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visitPA Here's another DON'T CHECK WITH GOOGLE, WIKIPEDIA, OR PHONE A FRIEND ...it's the last one for today ... but does anyone out there know the 2 things Marc Johnson, Marlin Jackson and Reggie Jackson have in common? And no - they're not part of the Jackson 5.
visitPA Here's another DON'T CHECK WITH GOOGLE, WIKIPEDIA, OR PHONE A FRIEND ...but does anyone out there know what JAYNE MANSFIELD and KATHERINE HEPBURN have in common?
visitPA Here's another DON'T CHECK WITH GOOGLE, WIKIPEDIA, OR PHONE A FRIEND ...but does anyone out there know what a PENNSYLVANIA TUXEDO is?
visitPA It may be winter but David Schmude sent us a video link to the Stone Skipping Contest in Franklin PA (via CBS Sunday Morning), It's a perfect PA story. :-)
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Sunday Morning segment of the stone skipping competition located in Franklin Pennsylvania
visitPA What is your favorite holiday to spend with your friends and family?
visitPA We wish all our Facebook "friends" a safe and happy holiday season.
visitPA Anyone out there planning to "show" PA to out of town visitors? If so, let us know where you're going.
visitPA IT'S FRIDAY FOTO TIME (a day early) - this picturesque photo was taken at 1714 Rittenhouse Square Street (Philadelphia) and is courtesy of HughE Dillon.
visitPA It's a Wonderful Life! Speaking of Jimmy Stewart (see below), take a roadtrip to his hometown and museum in Indiana, PA.
www.jimmy.org
Open 10-5 Mon-Sat and 12-5 Sundays. Adult admission is $7; seniors(62+), military personnel, and students are $6; children 7-17 are $5; children 6 and under and members are free!
