Amish Parking Garge

You will see these buildings in the parking lots of most grocery store in Lancaster County (even at Walmart).  Its a parking garage for Amish horse and buggies.  The "English" are very courteous and leaves the spaces open (I have never seen a car parked under one - no matter how full the parking lot) so the horses have shade while their owner shop.

September Farms Cheese

September Farm Cheese makes and sells National Award winning cheese.  They are located on RT 23 in Honey Brook PA. If you want to watch them make their cheese you have to visit them in the morning.  Their store has a lot of free samples, a deli style restaurant and some delicious looking homemade ice cream in gourmet flavors.  Try their cheese curds - they are excellent.  Webpage

The Amish Mafia Sites

The Amish Mafia has been caught filming all over the area for their Season Two which is beginning in August.  The authenticity of this "reality" show is such a joke.

The filming was done in the following places:

• East Lampeter beer distributor
• At a party staged near Strasburg
• A vacant apartment building on the corner of Grant st and Brimmer Ave in New Holland (pic below)
• The New Holland Livestock Auction, 101 W Fulton St, in New Holland
• Choo Choo barn in Strasburg
• Farms on Bowman Road in Strasburg and on routw 741 between Strasburg and Gap

Looks like they are keeping the cast and crew on the run!

The New Holland Livestock Auction

Local farmer bringing calves to the New Holland Livestock auction.  This auction is an interesting local place to see many horse and buggy Amish and Mennonites.  The horse auction is on Mondays.  It is also rumored that they used the New Holland Livestock auction in the Season Two reality show THE AMISH MAFIA which begins in August 2013.

Sulky Racing

On a back road in New Holland, tucked behind 2 farms, is a Sulky Training racetrack. No betting is done here, most of the horse owners and trainers are Mennonite and have never been to a racetrack. The horses are 2 and 3 year old Standard Bred either starting their racing journey or brushing up.

Lancaster PA Spring Quilt Show 2013

The Lancaster PA Spring Quilt Show is beginning on March 13th this year and lasting until March 16th.  It will be held at the Host Resort in Lancaster PA.  This sounds like an awesome show, starting with Guided Gallery Tours giving you the "rest of the story" of the quilt exhibits and having all the other amenities of a first class show.  It will be a great time for all.  Click here to sign up for classes.

Lancaster County Amish Mafia?

Is it real?  I have a business that sells items made by the Amish of Lancaster County so I have quite a bit of dealings with them,  enough that I believe they trust me.  I have asked all of them if there is such a thing as the Amish Mafia and all have answered no, not that they know of.   So sorry folks, I have to say that the reality show call the Amish Mafia on TV is acting at its best!

Now, I can not answer for the Amish of Ohio.  I hear there is some breakaway Amish in Ohio that are spending the next 15 years in prison for cutting off other Amish men's beards, maybe this is where they got their story line.  The Amish of Lancaster County are peace loving people that pay their taxes on time, go to church on Sunday and have old fashion values.  They are good people.