Stephanie Kalina Metzger

Premium tequila rises in popularity and Patron partners with Lalique to make limited edition $7,500 bottles.

When it comes to setting goals and joining the workforce, some students lag behind their peers for a whole host of reasons.
Perhaps they lack role models, or are wary of the unknown. Quite often it’s simply the fact that no one has taken time to offer them guidance on how they can begin planning early to create the future they desire.
The organization Big Brothers Big Sisters, or BBBS for short, recognized the need for corporate mentoring and rose to the challenge by creating a country-wide “...

Few restaurants make it past the 10-year mark. The fact that Scalles has been in business for over 30 is clear proof that they must be doing something right.
The restaurant, located at the East end of Carlisle near the intersection of York Road and East High Street in Carlisle, was constructed between 1867 and 1870 by Carl W. Ahl, a partner in the Carlisle Iron Works, the Big Pond Furnace and the Katherine Furnace, all located in Boiling Springs. The industrious individual was also president ...

My mother was an expert seamstress.
I have a picture of her posing proudly for the local newspaper in an outfit she created at the age of 13. Why then am I all thumbs when it comes to sewing?
The mother/daughter team at Smile Spinners thinks they can help me out. And, if they can help me, they can help you, too. To them, there’s nothing that a few classes—and a few well-placed stitches—can’t fix.
A Crossroads
The desire to help people is just one of the reasons that Cathy Queitzsch and Jessic...

I'm a big fan of Valentine's Day, mainly because requests that are shot down during the rest of the year have a better chance of making it past the "absolutely not" stage. I have to thank my husband for his indulgences in this area and for recently treating me to an item that was on my bucket list--a dinner at TÈ restaurant at the Inn at Leola Village located in Leola, Pennsylvania.
TÈ is located within an hour's drive from me in Lancaster County and is particularly special because it is one ...

When it comes to setting goals and joining the workforce, some students lag behind their peers for a whole host of reasons.
Perhaps they lack role models, or are wary of the unknown. Quite often it's simply the fact that no one has taken time to offer them guidance on how they can begin planning early to create the future they desire.
The organization Big Brothers Big Sisters, or BBBS for short, recognized the need for corporate mentoring and rose to the challenge by creating a country-wide “...

When I arrived during the lunch hour, I was struck by the steady stream of people coming and going as I scratched my head and pondered over the size of the establishment. It turns out that the restaurant is much larger than it appears from the outside. I found out later that it seats approximately 300 and spans 9,000 square feet.
The first thing we laid eyes upon when entering were two attractive waterfall walls and an attentive, smiling employee who greeted us and led us to a seat in a room ...

By the middle of the century the number of Americans 65 years and older will nearly double, according to Census Bureau statistics.
This article describes why behavioral health is important in the elderly population.

Operating a restaurant is nothing new for the couple that opened Valley Bistro at 4520 Valley Road in Hampden Township this past fall.
Steve and Jacqueline Ferentinos previously owned a restaurant in Baltimore and more recently operated the Brick City Bar & Grille in Midtown Harrisburg. Jacqueline’s father, John Mallios, owns the Keystone Restaurant in Harrisburg, where she helps out on weekends, so you can say she’s more than a little familiar with the restaurant business.
The Bistro is tuck...

I'm always amazed at people who enjoy winter. To me, there's not much to like, from the frigid temps, to the all-too-short days, to the fact that many historic destinations close down for months. I often feel like I'm racing against the clock as fall winds down.
Just a few months ago, a friend and I made plans to visit the Hans Herr House and Rockford Plantation and it crossed my mind that they may have already closed for the season. Thankfully, they had not and we were able to arrange a quic...

If it weren’t for a certain series of events, Yianni Barakos may not have had the knowledge, or the impetus, to open the Mason Dixon Distillery.
He peppers the story with humor as he harkens back to his childhood describing a trip to Greece.
“I visited my grandparents’ village as a kid, and I like to say that my heritage is hillbilly because you build what you need and you fix what you have,” said Barakos.
The boy became intrigued as he observed his coppersmith grandfather tinkering with the ...

Those of us who grew up with Italian grandmothers know what it’s like to live in an environment where food is an expression of love.
We’ve seen firsthand the smiles a good meal elicits. So, it’s no surprise that, as adults, we, too, are interested in creating a similar mood.
As a child, Christian DeLutis observed his grandmother creating praiseworthy meals from simple ingredients and soon learned that he was happiest behind a stove. His passion led him to the Pittsburgh Culinary Institute and...

Good chefs know when they have a winning recipe and while they may tinker around the edges, they recognize the importance of keeping the dish as close to the original as possible.
Such is the case with the Lehigh Valley Restaurant Group. The group, which operates 21 Red Robin restaurants across eastern and central Pennsylvania, recently named a new CEO to take the place of former CEO Jim Ryan, who retired. For Mike Axiotis, it will be business as usual, for the most part anyway.
Axiotis bring...

Matcha--A Healthy Trend

When you mention the "winter doldrums," almost everyone gets it. The "summer doldrums" are practically unheard of, that is, unless you're a Pennsylvanian. We toughed out a long winter thinking that dry, sunny days would make an entrance around June. Unfortunately, that didn't happen this year. In fact, we survived the wettest summer on record and almost every plan was scuttled by pesky precipitation. As I made plans for a winter getaway, I learned that St. Petersburg, Florida enjoys an averag...