The Harrisburg Blog

Where I’ll be Watching the Super Bowl

Of course, even though my team isn’t playing, I plan on watching today’s Super Bowl. The question I’ve been pondering though for a few days now is, where will I choose to watch it? I don’t want to sit alone …

Missing My Kids

I always miss my kids of course; being divorced is tough on the parents too. But I especially feel it when I hear about cool things going on in my city that I know my kids would love. Well, earlier …

Great City Project

I like it when I hear about projects aimed at improving the quality of life for the people of Harrisburg. And it seems like – despite the problems the city encounters – there are many projects that develop with this …

Harrisburg’s Finances Getting into Shape?

It seems that there has (finally in my opinion) been an attempt on the part of my city to finally fix up its disastrous finances. Harrisburg recently hired John Campbell, allegedly a 23-year-old financial whiz, to sort things out, earlier …

Whoa! A Chocoholic’s Dream

You won’t believe what’s happening today…right here in Harrisburg! It’s the 17th Annual Chocolatefest! Now first, that means this event happens every year (I’ve only been here 8 months so I wouldn’t know) and second, it’s chocolate and lots of …

AirTran Airways Bids Farewell to Harrisburg

Of course, it doesn’t really affect me because it’s not like I’m a business traveler or anything. But the news that AirTran Airways is going to stop flying to and from Harrisburg airport, will be affecting my parents who try …

Where Shall We Go Tonight?

So Dani and I are meant to be getting together for dinner tonight. Only problem is, I just found out that Harrisburg hasn’t had an official restaurant health inspector in more than 6 months! I didn’t know that until now …

Kids Missing Snow

Despite the fact that I felt like the boys and I had all had a fun weekend, when they got back to their mom, they discovered they’d missed the snow. In Beaver Falls (where they live most of the time), …

Farm Show Freebie Fun

The kids were with me over the weekend which is always a little bittersweet. I mean, of course I look forward to seeing them, but I usually get a bit stressed before they come as I worry if they are …

The Harrisburg Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

So I just heard from an ex-colleague that a couple of days ago it was the 10th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In commemoration of this event, there was a breakfast with a full program at the Harris-Pruett …