by Barb Bottitta | Feb 13, 2012 | Entertainment, Family, Featured Stories, Region
The Lehigh Valley is full of Valentine’s Day specials and things to do from the romantic to the casually fun. Whether you are looking for a place to go to dinner, a way to spend the whole day, where to getaway for the weekend, if you are single, a couple, or...
by Barb Bottitta | Feb 6, 2012 | Entertainment, Featured Stories, Region
The Lehigh Valley is home to a variety of beautiful romantic getaways, fine dining locations, and special things to do with your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day. Whether you want to stay close to home or don’t mind traveling a short distance, the Lehigh...
by Barb Bottitta | Jan 27, 2012 | Featured Stories, Home Ownership
Changes in Home Design Trends for 2012 Watch on your mobile device >> As we welcome in 2012, I wanted to take a look at some of the newest design trends that we are seeing when it comes to home style and decor. Many people are focused on renovating their existing...
by Barb Bottitta | Jan 23, 2012 | Entertainment, Family, Featured Stories
The Lehigh Valley is home to many annual events attracting both locals and visitors to the area to partake in the fun that happens here! Coming up on February 3-4 is the 6th Annual SnowBlast Winter Festival, the coolest family friendly event of the season. Come out...
by Barb Bottitta | Jan 20, 2012 | Featured Stories, For Buyers, Home Ownership
Credit is one of the largest aspects of the home buying process and can also be the most confusing. We found a fantastic article where experts explain how to best understand credit, credit scores, how it plays into the home buying process, and how to be more credit...
by Barb Bottitta | Jan 16, 2012 | Entertainment, Family, Featured Stories, Outdoors, Region
The Lehigh Valley schools provide kids with a variety of days off during the winter; some for holidays, some for snow days, and even some half days for teachers to have meetings. As parents, we want to make those days off special for our children, not only keeping...
by Barb Bottitta | Jan 13, 2012 | Featured Stories, For Buyers, For Sellers, Home Ownership, Region
Hi and Happy New Year! Let me start my first Lehigh Valley (LV) newsletter of 2012 with some good news. The current inventory of homes for sale in the Valley is around 7 months, down from 12.5 months last year at this time. This means our local market is moving in...
by Barb Bottitta | Jan 9, 2012 | Featured Stories, Region
Do you need help with the laptop or desktop computer you got for Christmas, or maybe the one you’ve had for too many years to count? Do you live in the Lehigh Valley? If you answered yes to both of these questions, then we’ve got the answer for you! The...
by Barb Bottitta | Jan 2, 2012 | Entertainment, Family, Featured Stories, Region
Downtown Allentown of the greater Lehigh Valley is ringing in 2012 by having their first ever Restaurant Week, with 9 restaurants participating to give locals and visitors alike a taste of great food for a portion of the regular prices. From January 9-15, 2012 every...
by Barb Bottitta | Dec 30, 2011 | Featured Stories, For Buyers, For Sellers, Home Ownership, Region
As 2011 draws to a close and we are ready to ring in 2012, home buyers and sellers are wondering how the real estate market this year compared to last year. Are we better off than this time last year as a whole? Were home sales up over last year? Were more first...
