Suzanne Schaffer

Visited one of my college friends not long ago and we spent the afternoon in Lititz. Have I ever mentioned that decades-old friendships are the best? They're just safe and comfortable. Like no matter what, they are still going to love you. This is one of my favorites. While there we checked out a very cool vintage shop where I found this mannequin who is now my profile pic on FB. I adored her. Upstairs in the shop we found a plethora of vintage hats which we tried on and giggled over. We walked a few blocks down the street and stumbled on Linden Hall, a prestigious girl's boarding school. This is fancy-schmancy. Not unlike our own Grier School just down the road from me. Beautiful buildings. The oldest girls' resident school in the USA. Very cool. I would have loved to tour the buildings.

In the town of Lititz, PA there is a pretzel bakery. I'm all about hot pretzels. I quit eating bread several years ago (unless I'm at an Italian restaurant and they tempt me with garlic bread- and not that stuff at the Olive Garden, I'm talking real Italian garlic bread) because there's really no point in bread, all it does is make my thighs doughy. But I cannot pass up a hot pretzel. Some rules are meant to be broken. The hot doughy inside, the firm outside, the salt. Yum. I had no idea what I was about to experience when we walked into the Julius Sturgis Pretzel shop.  This is what we got. These are $1 each or two for $1.99 (that made me giggle) and they are given to you right off of the belt. Seriously, these were almost too hot to hold but I survived. The struggle is real. If you ever find yourself in Lititz (you should because it's lovely) then I recommend a stop at the Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery. You can take a tour (we didn't) ...

  Food Trucks are all the rage in trendy urban areas. I am not in an area where these are accessible so I gasp when I find a food truck. I really gasp when it's a cupcake food truck. Yes. Cupcakes.    Check out the offerings on the menu. Wayne and I shared a sweet potato pie cupcake. To die for. Our friends shared a toasted coconut caramel fudge one.   Even the back of the truck was adorable.  Sweet potato pie cupcake Toasted coconut caramel fudge cupcake Have you ever had the chance to grab something from a food truck? I love that my first encounter was a cupcake!