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Customized Carvel Ice Cream Cake

While this year’s Thanksgiving is a memory full of too much turkey and probably not enough cranberry sauce, the lessons learned while shopping for it can benefit anyone when it comes to other holiday meals.

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. There are so many things that make the day great including football, parades and the food.  How could anyone forget the food?  For my family, planning for Thanksgiving starts at the beginning of November when we create the menu.  The menu always includes the staples, but then we get creative with some new items.  Since I’m not a gourmet cook, this means visiting several Lehigh Valley stores and picking up some hometown items.

25 Days of Lehigh Valley Giveaways

25 Days of Lehigh Valley Giveaways will run from today, November 30, through Christmas Eve.

Every day at around Noon, we will be posting a giveaway from a Lehigh Valley business or attraction on Facebook. We’ll ask a question along with that post and will then pick a winner from those who commented.

Please be sure to check our Facebook page every day because if you do not claim your prize within 24 hours it will be sent back to Santa’s workshop. Or just given to a new winner.

Below is a list of all the prizes we will be giving away in no particular order.

Get Social

The web, the internet, the interwebs, cyberspace, whatever you call it, it’s not getting any smaller.

They, whomever “they” are, said the internet would shrink the world, and maybe for a while, it did, bringing us all close together, but now, with the number of social media sites out there, it seems to be getting much bigger again. How do you get through the clutter? How do you choose what to be on and what to invest your time in?

It’s all about community.

Brew Works Craft Beer Festival

Enjoying quality craft beer is akin to enjoying music. Nearly everyone loves music, but some people love AC/DC and others love Bonnie Raitt. Some people follow Ke$ha across the country and others follow Bruce Springsteen as he tours.

Okay, no one follows Ke$ha across the country, but you get my point.

Welcome to Peddler's Village

The holiday season in Lehigh Valley is filled with wonderful attractions and events.

Over the next four weeks I will be visiting some of these great venues including Chriskindlmarkt Bethlehem, Lights in the Parkway and Koziar’s Christmas Village. With that being said, I kicked off the 2012 holiday season with a visit to Peddler’s Village for their Grand Illumination Celebration.

Survive Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is supposed to be about tradition and family. It’s supposed to be one of the easiest holidays to celebrate, except if you’re the one cooking.

So whether or not you are the cook for your family’s thanksgiving feast here are 10 helpful tips for surviving Thanksgiving in Lehigh Valley!

Bake Oven Knob

Bake Oven Knob

Instagram is pretty simple. So simple, in fact, that some people may find it confusing.

Shop Local, Lehigh Valley!

Shop Local, Lehigh Valley!

Some small business owners probably day dream about having enough of an advertising budget to purchase billboard space from time-to-time. In fact, I bet a lot of small business owners dream about having an advertising budget.

What's Open on Thanksgiving?

While some family members can’t wait to get started on cooking that Thanksgiving turkey, let’s face it, there are some who would rather just order a pizza.

Or there was that one time my sister-in-law overcooked the turkey and we all pretend it was great. That was awkward and would probably have been a good time to just have packed it in.

So, if you don’t have Thanksgiving dinner plans, or just want to try something different this year, we have compiled a list of Lehigh Valley restaurants that will be open Thanksgiving day and night.

Eye Awakening

Currently I have the pleasure to be participating in Leadership Lehigh Valley.

This is a program designed to inspire and educate participants to become active and effective leaders in Lehigh Valley while providing exposure to issues, resources and opportunities for community service.