Friends,
Since I've stayed in Pennsylvania a lot the past couple months, I thought it was appropriate to recognize my two favorite things about the Keystone State. As some of you may know, I'm a huge fan of soft pretzels. Not the SuperPretzels you buy at a baseball game, but the genuine, bakery-fresh twists of salty dough you can only find at your local pretzel shop. Lucky for me, since I'm in the pretzel capital of America, there are bakeries like this everywhere. Back home in Dayton, we had a pretzel shop downtown and they provided the local schools with pretzels once a week. I still remember pretzel days on Wednesdays being one of the highlights of my elementary school years. ...Pathetic, huh? Anyway, long story short, this weekend while in Lancaster, PA, I sought out a pretzel shop and got my soft pretzel fix.
The next Pennsylvania contribution I will miss is Sheetz gas stations. Though I've never even filled up my truck's tank at Sheetz, I've eaten here countless times this year! They have a unique system that operates leaps and bounds better than any other gas station convenience store out there. They have an automated, touch screen order-taking system that eliminates humans from the transaction. You just walk up to the kiosks (shown in the picture) place your order, then the people in the kitchen make your sandwich. The stuff is quality. These places are all over PA, and they're trickling over into NE Ohio and down the east coast. It's fast. It's cheap. It's tasty.
Anyway, that's my pitch on what I like about Pennsylvania.
This week I'll be in Lancaster through Tuesday, then heading North to Hazleton, PA. Thursday I'm in Danbury, CT and I'll finish the week in Long Island, NY. Friday afternoon I'll be flying out of JFK to spend the weekend in Charlotte.
To all the mothers reading this blog, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!
Thanks for reading and I hope you all have a great week.
On the road,
Matt
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