Fall is coming

Two fun upcoming events that are part of our area's rich traditions:
"Denim and Diamonds" is the preview party for the Unionville Community Fair (if you want to sound like an old-timer, call it "The Farm Show"). Thursday, Sept. 30. The "new" location (third year, I believe?) is at Willowdale.
And the Pennsylvania Hunt Cup Races will be Sunday, Nov. 7, at Route 926/Newark Road. Great racing, a beautiful course, much socializing, Dubarry boots all over the place. Proceeds go to the Chester County Food Bank.

Politician in the House

We spotted Congressman Joe Pitts having breakfast at Perkins in Avondale on Thursday! I was too busy digging into my delicious "Magnificent Seven" special to report on what he ate or discussed with his companion.

Golly!

Hi Fran the Kennett Paper editor...
Thanks for reading my blog. Let me think about your extremely kind offer!
And I saw your stories this week about Blockbuster & Capriotti's.

TMI

I am not one for censorship, BUT I think the "Chester County Press" WAY WAY WAY crossed every possible boundary of taste, propriety, compassion and good sense this week in describing in gruesome detail the sex acts Mr. Ware is accused of performing on young boys. I mean, this is the newspaper that not long ago ran a p. 1 apology for the ad about "Porn Star Night" that they'd published the previous week.
To make matters worse, they practically named the victims.
YUCK.

This First Day

This Sunday, August 29, from 1:00pm - 2:30pm, our friend Bruce Mowday will be speaking at Old Kennett Meeting House about QUAKERS AND THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. This is part of the meeting's Tricentennial lecture series. The Friends suggest, "Join us for Worship at 11am, followed by a snacks at Noon." Old Kennett Meeting is on Route 1 east of Hamorton, just across from the entrance to the Hamorton Woods development.
http://www.old-kennett.webs.com/

Route 52

PennDOT seems to be moving right along on constructing the "new" leg of Route 52 between Route 1 and Route 926. They're cutting a path through the woods on Longwood's land just west of Hamorton.
I'm a little surprised that this project is finally happening: I've heard talk of relocating that stretch of road for absolutely years. But what's going to happen to the Indian Hannah marker?
Oh, and another PennDOT note: when they repaved Route 926 last week they smoothed out the CD-jolting bump on the little bridge just east of London Grove. YES!

MORE bad behavior

We know the Wares are big supporters of Boy Scouts; I wonder if any of this happened at Horseshoe? Yuck.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/breaking/news_breaking/20100819_Chesco_man_faces_200_counts_of_sexually_abusing_boys.html
Update: no, it was family members.