It's finally warm out and the next few months leave plenty of time to be enjoyed as you enjoy the outdoors or just enjoy running around town. 

Central Pennsylvania is a great place and whether you're just visiting or you've lived here all your life, there are plenty of things to do.  Sometimes we forget about places that are local simply because we don't see local stuff as "fun".  So if you need staycation ideas, day dates for you and your friends, or just something to do on your own, here are 25 things to do in Central Pennsylvania this Summer.

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Cars & Coffee at Faulkner Alfa Romeo Maserati of Mechanicsburg [RECAP]

Over the weekend I attended a car event with the hubs and since he's into cars he's always attending all kinds of events in the Harrisburg area.   This time it was Cars & Coffee at Faulkner Alfa Romeo Maserati of Mechanicsburg. 




At this type of event, guests are invited to bring their car and share their enthusiasm for cars with other enthusiasts over coffee and breakfast.  The Facebook invite even said that test drives in Maseratis and Alfa Romeos would be offered for those interested!

Food was provided by Helena's Chocolate Café & Creperie in Carlisle.











It was really cool to see all the nice cars that the dealership had as well as the cars driven by all of the attendees.







The lot is very well maintained and the staff were super friendly to all of us in attendance.  There were all types of cars there for the event which was really neat to see and the breakfast spread was delicious!

So yea, I casually enjoyed macarons while shopping for a new car (Yea, right!) and taking pictures as if I knew what I was doing.




If you guys happen to be in the market for a nice car, definitely check out Faulkner Alfa Romeo Maserati of Mechanicsburg!

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Fashionable Fitness + Athleta Harrisburg Grand Opening

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This week I was invited to attend the grand opening of the Athleta store in The Shoppes at Susquehanna in Harrisburg, PA.   I was so stoked because Harrisburg really needs a great fitness apparel store like Athleta.

One of the things I've learned about working out is that you are less likely to keep up with it on a regular basis if you don't enjoy it.  And one of the best ways to enjoy doing pretty much anything in life, is to look good doing it because you generally feel better. 

I absolutely love layering fitness apparel in the fall.  Not only will it keep me warm when I'm on my runs outside, but it's fun to lounge around in it and if I have to run out on errands I don't look like a hot mess.

When I went to the Athleta Grand Opening event there was a huge line of people to get in.  I was glad I got there early because they could only let a certain amount of people in at a time.  The store was really nice and I absolutely LOVE how everything was set up and on display.  The store's very organized too and everything's really easy to find. 

So What I Wore:
No Sweatin' It Sharkbit Top - Athleta; Hullabraloo Bra - Athleta; Fast Track Tank - Athleta; Triangular Be Free Tight - Athleta; Women's Pheehan Running Shoes - Reebok.

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Central PA: Enjoy FREE Ice Cream at Adventure Park on August 2nd

That's right.. FREE ICE CREAM!  And you are officially invited!

What:  I'll be handing out FREE Turkey Hill All Natural Ice Cream for kids and adults to enjoy!  

Where: Adventure Park Playground at 1775 Lambs Gap Road, Mechanicsburg, PA. 

When: Saturday, August 2nd beginning at 6:00 PM.



The event is free and I'll also be giving away prizes which include:
-FREE Turkey Hill All Natural Ice Cream Coupons
-A Grand Prize Pack including one TH Ice Cream Scoop, one TH Magnet, a TH Hat, 5 FREE TH Coupons all in a TH Container.

I hope to see you there!

Turkey Hill All Natural Ice Cream Taste Test Event #TRKAmbassador

My table set up and my first group of taste testers!

I recently became 1 of 20 people chosen nationwide to be a Turkey Hill Ambassador for the next 6 months. I'm super stoked because I love ice cream (who doesn't?) plus I love local companies and Turkey Hill is based out of Lancaster.

So when I received my first mission as an ambassador I wanted to make the most of it.   This mission was to hold a taste test of some Turkey Hill All Natural Ice Cream flavors and see what people had to say.  

Their All Natural line flavors include:
Chocolate
Vanilla Bean
Cherry Vanilla
Coffee
Mint Chocolate Chip
Salted Caramel
Vanilla Bean & Chocolate

Me and Merlot Mike from The Vineyard at Hershey handing out samples and explaining the pairings.

The event was a taste testing AND competition with the Vineyard & Brewery at Hershey.  We wanted to see which drink (wine vs. beer) went best with 3 different flavors of ice cream!  

The pairings were:

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream with Twisted Kiss Wine

vs.

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream with Sap Sucker - Maple Porter Beer

 

Chocolate Ice Cream with Cocoa di Vezzetti Wine

vs.
Chocolate Ice Cream with MILF Chocolate Brown Ale Beer

 

Salted Caramel Ice Cream with the DeCider Wine

vs.

Salted Caramel Ice Cream with Mean Cup of Stout Beer

To promote the event I set up a Facebook event and spread the word on Twitter and Instagram!

After participants tried all 3 pairings I asked them to vote on a ballot sheet I had made up.  During the sampling I paid attention to everyone's input about each flavor.  So many people were pleased to learn that the samples were from Turkey Hill's All Natural Line because they were health conscious and very strict with the types of food they put in their bodies.

 

Counting the ballot sheets was quite a task!

Such a fun and busy day.  There were at least 115 participants over a 5 hour period!

 

Ice Cream in the cooler!

People are so used to eating ice cream by itself but after the DeCider and Salted Caramel ice cream and the Vanilla and Maple Porter pairings, people were saying what a great idea it would be to make a float out of the two! This would be a fun idea for a get together with friends, especially when it's warm out!

It was amazing to see how many people thought that the taste of the ice cream WITH the drinks made it so much different than just wine alone, beer alone, or ice cream alone.  In fact, most participants agreed that the combinations made them enjoy the ice cream even more because it spiced things up!

When it came to the most raved about pairing, the Salted Caramel Ice Cream with The DeCider was in the lead.  The DeCider is a peanut butter caramel apple cider.  It's delicious on it's own and they use REAL PEANUT BUTTER to make it!

 

Everyone was in such a great mood for the taste test and they were even more excited when they received $1.00 off coupons for the Turkey Hill All Natural Line!  The event even reminded some of them that they still need to check out the Turkey Hill Experience!

When it was all said and done the flavor of ice cream that taste testers loved the most was Salted Caramel.  

They also enjoyed the pairing of Salted Caramel Ice Cream with The DeCider.  In fact it was the overall winner of all the pairings! A large amount of participants even said that they would love to have The DeCider be an ice cream flavor.   I couldn't believe how delicious the pairing was when I tried it myself!

As for the Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, it went best with the Sap Sucker Maple Porter.  It had a nice breakfast taste!

The Chocolate Ice Cream went best with the Cocoa di Vezzetti Wine.  Someone said they wanted to make a shake out of it!

So it's 2 to 1. The Vineyard won against the Brewery with pairings!

And if you didn't get a chance to make it to this fun event, don't worry because I'll be holding at least 2 other Turkey Hill Ice Cream events over the next few months! 

Thanks to all who came out!