I had planned to learn the official state song on my accordion in enough time to please and amaze my PA Day party guests this weekend, but no dice on that plan. I’ve been kind of busy. In any event, I thought I would share it with you here so that you can learn and [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 19, 2009
Pack the pony and hit the Horse-Shoe Trail!
Any horse lovers in the mood for a very long trail ride? Then you need to know about the Horse-Shoe Trail. This 140-mile-long trail stretches across southeastern PA, from Valley Forge National Historic Park to Stony Mountain on the Appalachian Trail in Dauphin County, just a little northeast of Harrisburg.
This trail looks like it must [...]
February 17, 2009
PA, I declare you Funicular Capital (of America)
Did you know: Pennsylvania has the most still-operating funicular railways of any state in the US. We’ve got the Johnstown Inclined Plane, in operation since 1880 and the world’s steepest inclined-plane railway.
And of course Pittsburgh boasts not one but two funiculars, the Duquesne Incline (yunzers like me pronounce this “DOO-kane IN-cline en’at”) and the Monongahela [...]
February 17, 2009
Staten Island, are you kidding?
It has come to my attention recently that Staten Island has STOLEN PA’S IDEA. The NYC borough has something they call “Staten Island Chuck,” a groundhog. And what do you think Chuck’s claim to highly localized fame might be? That’s right, he looks for his shadow on February 2, and makes a call about the [...]
