Earlier this week, my husband and I went to a conference at Willow Valley Resort in Lancaster. While we were there, we had some down time and decided to visit some of my favorite places in the area.
We visited some shops, saw some of the lovely farmhouse architecture, and of course, went to Kitchen Kettle Village, which is a tourist village that has some of the most delicious food and drinks. We stopped at The Roasted Rooster for some cider and pumpkin spice lattes...
And oh myyyyyy, was it good. We also visited my very favorite place in Lacaster, The Jam and Relish Kitchen, where jams, jellies, relishes, and salsas of all varieties are jarred and sold. You can actually peek into the small kitchen in the back to see the Amish girls working on the batch of the day! It is really fascinating. The best part though, is that there are samples of EVERYTHING sold in the shop! It could quite easily be a full meal...
Visiting Lancaster really is a special treat for me. I love getting to be out in the country with all of Pennsylvania's rolling hills. It is truly inspiring to see the simplicity of the Amish way of life, and it reminds me to slow down sometimes and enjoy all things beautiful.
By the way, if you are not familiar with the Amish- they are a religious sect which eschew modern ways of life- they dress "plain" (women in dresses, men in black), they drive horse drawn buggies instead of cars, and don't use electricity. If you are interested in learning a little more about them, you can read an article here and here.
By the way, if you are not familiar with the Amish- they are a religious sect which eschew modern ways of life- they dress "plain" (women in dresses, men in black), they drive horse drawn buggies instead of cars, and don't use electricity. If you are interested in learning a little more about them, you can read an article here and here.
Last, on our way home, we stopped at Terrain, which was a very special treat, since there are only 2 locations in the country! (Terrain is a garden/home goods shop that is owned by the Anthropologie folks).
They are getting ready for Christmas! I can't believe the holidays are here this soon, but I am delighted that they are. I am hosting Thanksgiving this year, and then comes Christmas shopping and Christmas baking and Christmas music! I am a junkie for it all!
Are you ready for the holidays? Extremely excited, or totally terrified? How are you finding ways to rest before this hectic season begins?
Happy Weekend!
Samantha
A note from Jacquelynne: Congratulations to Christine in Australia and Karrie in Michigan who won the giveaway last week!! Your prizes are on the way! And thanks to everyone for their very nice comments about my block tutorial. I was not able to respond to everyone, but I did read each and every comment (with a big smile on my face.)
Also, I have had to turn on the captcha again for comments. I really hate to do it, but spammers somehow found their way past the filter, and in a 48 hour period, I had no less than 70 spam comments posted to my blog- all for prescription drugs. (If anyone out there needs Tramadol or Ativan, let me know- I have a long list of sources for you now....) Sorry for the inconvenience- I hope you will still leave comments!! :) Maybe I will try turning it off in a week or so and see what happens......
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