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Your Guide to Romantic Getaways, Antiques, Galleries & Restaurants
voted ‘best new business of the year 2011’ by the river reporter
Serving affordable meals since 1966 SEVEN SPECIALTY SHOPS
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570-296-6831
Your neighborhood shop for local foods, craft beers, gourmet chocolates and baked goods, coffees, soaps, home accessories, and more! 3344 Route 97 Barryville, NY 845-557-5000 regiongeneralstore.com
Lisa’s... Not Just Antiques!
355 Beach Lake Highway Honesdale, PA, 18431 570-352-3500
lisasnotjustantiques@gmail.com Open 7 Days 10 a.m. to dark
TWO BUILDINGS FILLED WITH:
Antiques, mid-century-modern, and useful household items. Wine glasses, pots and pans, lighting, tools, whimsicals, and collectibles. Something new every day, with a daily furniture special and a LARGE 50% OFF ROOM! find Lisa’s Not Just Antiques on Facebook photo courtesy of Brandi Merolla. Visit www.ScenesFromTheAttic.com. 2
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The Little Mermaid TARZAN Sleeping Beauty
Charcoal Chuck·s BBQ
Smoked Meats Open Pit Grilling Fresh Cut Steaks Beer, Wine & Cocktails Available Indoor & Outdoor Seating Entertainment Playground Area Horseshoe Pitching
#1 Chili 2 years straight Wayne County Chamber & River Reporter’s Best Barbeque 2136 Lake Ariel Highway (6 Miles South of Honesdale)
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ottage Rentals overlooking beautiful Beach Lake. Picnic area, beach, row and paddle boats, pool, volleyball, horseshoes, bocce ball and much more.
A beautifully restored craftsman lodge
Out of town guest wedding etc accommodations at a special rate in spring and fall
NOW AVAILABLE: New 3-bedroom unit with private deck
25 Milanville Road, Beach Lake, PA 570-729-8522 • Call for rates www.pinegrovecottages.net
4 Main Avenue, Hawley, PA 570-226-2993 • 800-833-8527 www.thesettlersinn.com settler@settlersinn.com
By Delaine Fine Home Goods by American Artisans Opening Memorial Day Weekend Judy Delaine Knight 44A Main Street Narrowsburg, NY 845-252-9986 www.bydelaine.com 4
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A unique Pocono Mountain hotel destination that combines architectural history, natural beauty and hand crafted eco-conscious design in every detail. Experience the beauty, relax in the serenity and enjoy the hospitality of Ledges Hotel.
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120 FALLS AVENUE | HAWLEY, PA 18428 | 570-226-1337
512 Keystone Street, Hawley, PA
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Ledges Hotel & Glass Wine Bar & Bistro
Welcome! Perched under puffy white clouds and sparking blue skies, the fresh air and sunshine are endless, and the location spectacular! Enjoy peaceful wilderness, yet be within walking distance to small-town shops and restaurants.
70 MILES NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY IN THE ROLLING, WHISPERING HILLS OF WURTSBORO, NY
PERFECT FOR VACATIONS • GATHERINGS • FAMILY REUNIONS • MEETINGS
LODGING Select from a relaxing room in our remodeled lodge or one of our cozy, newly renovated cottages. Lined in natural knotty pine, the cottages have private bathrooms with eat-in kitchens and bedroom air conditioning.
BANQUET FACILITIES Planning an event? We specialize in family reunions, parties, showers, pig roasts, corporate meetings and more. Valley Brook can accommodate up to 75 guests in our banquet hall and up to 110 guests for lodging.
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Comfortable, cozy home away from home. Friendly hosts and hearty home-cooked breakfasts. Beautiful gardens, antiques, relaxing atmosphere in a quaint little village. Rated among the best places to stay.
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421 Wayne St., Bethany, PA
570-253-5573 570 253 5573
www.jamesmanninghouse.com Hosts: Warren and Janet Heinly • Open year-round
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Gallery Hours: Wed - Sat -- 6:00 p.m. Store Hours: Wed - Sat 10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Gallery Hours: Tues thru Sat10:00 11:00 6:00 p.m. Sunday 12selected -4 Selected Call for S-M-Tues Hours Selected Sundays 12p.m., - 5 p.m. or ByHolidays Appointment (570) (570)253-2525 253-2525 www.thehansongallery.com www.thehansongallery.com
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Miss Elly’s Antiques & Such OPEN inside Miss Elly’s
A Friendly Multi-Dealer Shop Great Selection of Antiques Smalls to Furniture
The Village Bath A line of Bath, Body & Skin Care Products
518 Church Street • Hawley, PA 18428 • 570-226-7513 • www.missellysantiques.com
Affordable Antiques Home Garden Gifts Cut Flowers in Season DOMESTICITIES & THE CUTTING GARDEN
4055 Rte. 52, Youngsville, NY • 845-482-3333 • www.thecuttinggarden.org
NEW! Yet already considered the fastest growing flea market in the area! Open Every Saturday & Sunday Through November Orange County Fairgrounds Parking Lot 100 Carpenter Avenue, Middletown, NY Many Vendors Selling:
Antiques & Collectib Collectibles, Arts & Crafts, Baskets, Books, Comics,, Dog Accessories, Furniture, Glassware, Garage Sale Items, Jewelry, Furnit ry, FR Adm EE Sports Sport Memorabilia, Tools, Toys, And Much More! ore! -5PM M A issi 8 r e h t FREE on Bargains Barg and Fun for the Entire Family! y! Wea tting i Park ing Perm Additional Vendors Welcome!
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Lisa Popa, who operates Lisa’s Not Just Antiques on Beach Lake Highway near Honesdale, PA, began her career in the music industry. A native of Vineland, NJ, she had her own business for 33 years called “Cabaret Connection,” selling albums for cabaret and theater artists. She first got to know the region when she brought singers and performers up for the evening cabaret shows at the Bradstan Country Hotel in White Lake, NY. What prompted a full-time move to the area? “Sadly,” said Popa, “the final prompt was the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. The life that I knew ended after that. “It affected the city in so many ways. The theater district and cabaret clubs were suffering, because no one was coming into the city. There were times when, for a show the Algonquin, maybe six or eight people
showed up. People just weren’t visiting.” One more trend in the music industry changed the business, said Popa, and that was the onset of downloading itunes and electronic music. It became difficult for artists with CDs and albums to make sales. Popa opened her first upstate shop on Main Street in Narrowsburg, NY, called Narrowsburg Antiques. After that, she managed the Antique Junction above Peck’s Market in Narrowsburg for a little while. She came upon her present location during a job search, when she was on “a wild goose chase” for a job interview and happened to see the “For Rent” sign on Beach Lake Highway. She knew right away that it could be a good fit. Popa opened Lisa’s Not Just Antiques a year ago, on May 1, 2011. “This year,” she said, “it has really taken off.” She was able to acquire space in a second building that used to be a hotdog stand. “I
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have furniture in there now, and my sale items, tables, odds and ends.” The shop is noticeable from the highway for its “yard sale look.” Ninety percent of Popa’s merchandise comes from house cleanouts and estate sales. “The idea is to have serviceable, usable items: dressers, sheets towels, kitchenware, lamps.” She also has artwork, furniture and collectibles. “My fifty-percent-off room is always well stocked,” said Popa. “Right now, it has baskets, pots and pans, soup tureens, kitchen utensils, artwork, notecards, vintage handbags, curtains. Anything I get tired of looking at, or I think has been around too long, goes into the fifty-percent-off room.” She keeps a big “free” pile as well of items that are too good to be thrown out, but not quite saleable. Popa got to know folks in the area when she used to manage yard sales. “Lots of people
know me from that,” she said. She has a special connection to artist Brandi Merolla, who created her sign. “Brandi used to be in the music business too, designing record album labels. She is one of the most talented people I know,” said Popa. Merolla often finds her quirky statuettes and other items used in her artwork from Lisa’s shop and sales. What is the special appeal of Lisa’s Not Just Antiques? “One thing that endears people to the store is that I am always negotiable on the price,” said Popa. “The store has a welcome feeling to it, too, and there is something for everyone. Even for husbands, I have tools, hunting gear, knives. It’s an across-the-board kind of place.” And when you visit, you can be sure that Popa will have cabaret and theater music playing.
ONESDALE, PA 18431 | 570/352-3500 | lisasnotjustantiques@gmail.com THE INNKEEPER
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19th Festival Season “one of the finest music festivals in the world” - Pianist Magazine of Great Britain
M U S I C F E S T I VA L
2012 SUNSET CONCERT SERIES “Two Evenings Of Chamber Music” Saturday, August 4 at 8 PM Featuring
Arman Alpyspaev, Viola Cullan Bryant, Piano
Thursday, August 9 at 8 PM Allen Yueh, Solo Piano
Tuesday, August 7 at 8 PM Featuring David Requiro, Cello “First prize winner of the 2008 Naumburg International Cello Competition.”
Cullan Bryant, Piano
“Outstanding technique and maturity of interpretation.” - Times Herald Record
Saturday, August 11 at 8 PM Antioch Chamber Ensemble “one of the finest professional choral music ensembles in the United States.”
Thursday, August 16 at 8 PM Saturday, August 18 at 3 PM International Artists of Shandelee – Solo Pianists “Award winning young artists chosen to participate in the 2012 Shandelee Music Festival.” THE INNKEEPER
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