With shows like Auction Hunters and Storage Wars gaining such popularity, I thought it might be interesting to see if their “reality” is legitimate, or just made for TV.  If you are planning to try bidding on storage unit auctions for yourself, then maybe this essay can answer some of your questions.  Here is...
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With the grand opening of Upper Merion Swim and Tennis behind us, and summer officially beginning this afternoon, I want to finish this story. As this story unfolded, I had the privilege of visiting some very nice facilities, and to speak with some wonderfully dedicated individuals, and even get comments from some good folks...
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I Think I’ve Been Profiled! Part of the job of being the head Archivist for the Tredyffrin-Easttown Historical Society involves getting dirty.  I don’t mind digging around in dirty places, and I dress accordingly.  Lately my colleagues and myself have undertaken a project in concert with the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair, to...
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As I look back upon 2010, and prepare to ring in 2011, I cannot help but think what a wild and crazy year it has been.  The stagnant economy, the lack of jobs, the rise and fall and rise and fall (you get it!) of the stock market, and the uncertainty that is ahead...
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Happy Ram-Han-Kwanzmas!  There, did I forget anyone?  We all good?  Now, isn’t this silly?  It seems like every year some group or another wants to get in on the act by demanding to be added to the celebration, or worse, spoiling the celebration for others, so I’m including everyone, just so you know. Ok...
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My Dear Friend, Dino My first recollection of Dino Pronchick would have to have been from art class at the Upper Merion Junior High School (ok, the Upper Merion Area Middle School, sheesh!), which would make it 1966.  Back before they turned all the Art Rooms and Chem Labs into classrooms, one would sit...
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I’ve been told that my chili is pretty good, but this was the first time I had ever entered it in a contest.  So it was with great anticipation and about the same amount of fear that I filled out the application to enter the contest on November 13, 2010. The last day of...
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Whatever Became of…. Whatever became of those wonderful old objects from our past?  You know, those things you looked at all the time and took for granted when they were here, but now that they’re gone you wish you could see them again.  Many are gone for good, victims of weather, neglect, and progress....
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If you are a follower of Philadelphia Magazine then you probably saw the monstrosity of cookie-cutter underachievement they tried to pass off as their “Design Home 2010”. Allow me to elaborate. So I don’t sound like the nutty professor teaching “Design 101”, let me just say that more of the same is just getting...
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Bruce William Stewart is a lifelong friend.  He was probably my closest friend growing up, and we still keep in touch.  He left Upper Merion to attend college in New Orleans, and never looked back.  He has a keen sense when it comes to current events, a trait that he probably acquired from his...
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