Finally, someone is asking the important questions.
The Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to launch today and will see 100 times more sky than Hubble in a single snapshot. This will help scientists map billions of cosmic objects and investigate the mysteries of dark matter.
Meanwhile, I remain focused on a deeper mystery: Who designed the intersection by the Oxford Valley Mall?
Anyway, as promised, more fun history!
Our backyard amusement park
Before Chalfont was Chalfont as we know it, it had Forest Park. A full blown amusement park that could pull in 10,000 visitors on a summer weekend.
There were rides, entertainment and a giant swimming pool. Harry Truman even made an unannounced visit in 1948 and Mae West performed there.
So yes, there was a time when “What are we doing this weekend?” in Bucks had a very different answer. I guess Sesame Place will have to do now.
Rallying around a tragedy
When a house fire destroyed the Ferrari family’s Wrightstown home, parents Sharon and Nicholas and their three young children were suddenly facing the daunting task of rebuilding from scratch.
Then the community showed up.
Wycombe Tavern held a Night of Giving, opening its dining room, loft and patio while neighbors organized a meal train and GoFundMe to help the family get back on their feet.
A terrible situation, met with a pretty incredible reminder that “neighbor” is still a verb around here.
Choose your own breakfast adventure
I love to give a good food rec but this week I decided to turn this into a Sunday brunch adventure. I’ll be curious to see which you choose.
Go peachy: Karlton Cafe’s Peach Crumble Pancakes come with roasted peaches, cinnamon streusel and sweet cream. Basically, August decided to become breakfast.
Go berry: Haddie Mae’s Raspberry Stuffed French Toast layers rich cream cheese and raspberry filling into the kind of breakfast that makes a perfectly reasonable case for dessert before noon.
If you’re like my family, you’re spending today prepping for back to school this week. And the chorus of your home sounds something like: Do we have stuff for lunches? Did you do your homework assignments? Yes, you have to turn it in. Where’s your backpack? Omg, where are the lunch snacks?
Yeesh. My thoughts and prayers are with you. See you Tuesday for a dose of good news!
May the homework actually be in the backpack,
Cait, From Bucks