" There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea ." – Henry James, A Portrait of a Lady…
FROM THE LOCALS BLOG
Bucks County Children’s Museum offers history, science and fun
by Carl LaVO on June 25, 2017
To fully appreciate the Bucks County Children’s Museum is to get down on all fours in the Recycling Room…
Walking through Time at the Doylestown Historic Cemetery
by Brooke Hillman on June 20, 2017
Call me morbid, but I have always been fascinated by cemeteries. Maybe it’s the writer in me who is intrigued by the stories that lies behind each of the names carved into the polished stone, or the history nerd in me who is drawn to the dates marking the lives of those who walked the Earth at a different time...I’ve visited cemeteries from Europe to Bermuda and throughout the U.S. (I said it was okay to call me morbid). However, their history and their stories still don’t stack up to those found in one of my favorite graveyards – the Doylestown Historic Cemetery…
Happy 50th Birthday, Grundy Museum!
by Elisa Baxt on June 6, 2017
Historic Bristol Borough’s Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Museum is celebrating its 50 th birthday this year with several events…
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (In the Best Place on Earth)
by Thomas K. Lamb on June 5, 2017
It’s finally that time of year again. The shad are making their way up the Delaware River to their spawning grounds, the nights are getting longer, and the days are warming up. This can only mean one thing: it’s time to go to New Hope. Again and again and again…