You might want to skip the last part of this entry if you're not an Office fan.
For our first Saturday in the area, Brian and I got up early and headed to the Lancaster Central Market, which is recognized as the oldest farmers' market in the country. Housed in an old red brick building that was built in 1889, it has more than 60 vendors selling fresh fruits and vegetables, meats and tons of yummy Amish baked goodies! We got fresh sweet corn, peaches, broccoli and a couple of incredible donuts. I'm planning on shopping there as much as I can, because not only is the food fresh and delicious, its also pretty cheap!
The market is located down the block from the corporate headquarters of Auntie Anne's pretzels (which started in Lancaster). Brian made me stop to take a picture because I LOVE their pretzels!
Saturday afternoon, we decided to head north to Scranton, which is where The Office is fictionally based. It's about 2.5 hours from here, so a little bit of a trek, but we figured it was worth it because we will probably never have the chance to go again. Secretly, I think we were both hoping to run into Jim and Pam, or even better, Dwight.
Getting closer...
They recently took the original "Welcome to Scranton" sign down and put this one up it its place. The original one is now on display at the Steamtown Mall (yes, we went to see it, keep reading).
Here's the original sign on display at the mall!
At the mall, we discovered that we had JUST missed seeing Kelly Kapoor in person! She had been at the mall promoting the show and the city's "fun run" that was that morning - she left less than an hour before we arrived! We were so bummed!
Huge Office display in the center of the mall. Note the Dwight bobble head on the elevator.
So, although we didn't get to meet Jim and Pam, we did walk out of the mall with Gamestop's last copy of MarioKart for Wii, which we have been searching for since we got our Wii last month. As one of Wii's most popular games, it's pretty tough to find. We were very excited to find a copy in Scranton of all places! After leaving the mall, we drove around downtown Scranton and saw some of the other buildings that are shown in the opening credits. All in all, a great day!
We're heading to Philadelphia this weekend, so stay tuned for some more pictures!
4 comments:
That's too funny! Lee and I are obsessed too and definitely would have forged the 2.5 hr drive in hopes of seeing Dwight :-) Glad y'all are having fun seeing the sights around!
Yea! I've been waiting to see pics...Lea and I HEART The Office...it's the ONLY show that we watch regularly! :) When looking for tickets to come see you guys, we realized that we are out of dates before the baby comes...yikes! We were bummed b/c we wanted to experience Lancaster with you two. :(
Looks like you had a great time in Scranton! Glad to hear all is going well with you guys. :-)
Hi Emily!
This comment is coming to you from the Auntie Anne’s, Inc. Corporate Headquarters. We recently came across your blog and wanted to take the opportunity to welcome you and Brian to Lancaster. It is great to have more fellow pretzel lovers in the neighborhood and we appreciate your enthusiasm for Auntie Anne’s! If you would like to stay up to date with the exciting world of pretzels and also receive coupons, please log onto our website www.auntieannes.com and subscribe to our monthly e-mail service; Twisted News. Also, please email me at GinnyP@auntieannesinc.com with your contact information so we can personally welcome you to Lancaster with a gift card! We hope you have a pretzel perfect day and enjoy your time in the Red Rose City!
Ginny Payne
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