Touring Easton, PA

Today was awesome! I got to see lots of neat places in Nadine Sedai's hometown. First thing in the morning we went to pick out her wedding cake. Nadine Sedai's Mom told me how it was one of the best bakeries in Easton, even though it is only this little tiny hole in the wall place. But sure enough when we got there, the place was jumping! Tons of people coming and going, picking up the bakeries home made doughnuts, or cakes. It was very exciting! And the lady, Mitzi who will be doing Nadine Sedai's cake was very friendly and really knew the business.

Here I am with Nadine Sedai outside Easton Bakery.




Next, we toured around downtown Easton. Nadine Sedai's Mom was really excited to show me around and was more than happy to take pictures.

First stop was the main tourist starting place, Two Rivers Landing, where folks can come and get tickets to go to the Crayola factory, a trolley ride through Easton, and other tourist attractions. And to prove why Nadine Sedai can be so stubborn, as is common for Two Rivers folk. *wink*



And here we are in front of the Crayola store. Nadine Sedai's Mom works for the company that makes the Crayola markers. She told me about how the barrels are made in molding machines, and then the ink is put in, and the tip, called a nib is placed in the top. Rather fascinating.



Then they took me around the back of the building and told me to stand in this one particular place. *blinks* Not sure why though...




Next stop was the famous clock outside of Bixler's jewelry store, America's oldest jeweler. They were established in 1785 and are celebrating 220 years of service!! Nadine Sedai told me that Bixler's has been doing the areas high school class rings, and that is where she got her's.




Then we went across the street to the Centre Square where the Declaration of Independence was read on July, 8, 1776, and where it is continued to be read every year on that date when Easton has a huge celebration, and downtown is shut down for a few days.




Then Nadine Sedai took me over to an alley off of the Centre Square to show me one of the dance clubs she used to frequent, called Mother's.




Down another alley a couple blocks up from the Centre Square, I got to see the famous ice cream shoppe, The Purple Cow Creamery! Yummy!



Down the same alley right next to the Purple Cow Creamery is the Pez Museum, which I found very interesting. To think one person collected enough pex dispensers to open their own museum. *blinks*




Then we went down to the rivers and saw the waterfall and I read some of the history of Two Rivers.




Nadine Sedai also showed me the State Theater in Easton. The theater has gone through a lot of remodeling and a lot of big names have been there including Bill Cosby and Jeff Foxworthy.




Right across the street from the State Theater is a little tattoo and piercing boutique called Pleasure and Pain, where Nadine Sedai got her tongue pierced.




Whew! What a busy day we had!