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Archive for July, 2007

  • silly-clown.jpgWhat a surprise I had waiting in my inbox over the weekend! I received an email from someone I met while in high school … and he’s doing something WAY cool!

  • harvest-table.jpgA few days ago I was having a bad day, so I decided to go berry picking with my six-year-old friend, Willow. She held the bucket of fresh fruit while I maniacally untangled myself a series of thorny branches. After discussing the pros and cons of jumping into prickly foliage, I found myself falling into adult-mode, and decided to draw a moral out of our adventure.

  • poker1.jpg…I finished off my beer and went into the back room where a friend was playing poker. I didn’t want to interrupt, but Anthony, the guy in charge, had another plan, yelling “Hey Nick, you have room at your table for this chick?”

  • lunch-options.jpgLet’s face it – lunch is recess for us working stiffs. So, where can you go to make the most of those precious lunchtime minutes? West Chester has a fabulous lineup for lunchtime options, especially during the warm months. Here’s your guide on where to go, no matter your schedule or budget…

  • icecreamneon.jpgOn days when I feel overwhelmed, down-in-the-dumps or just a bit lost, I tend to do what any normal person would do…I go to the grocery store.

  • april-margera.jpgWest Chester’s April Margera, cookbook author and proud mother of local skateboarder and prankster Bam Margera, loves West Chester dining almost as much as WC Dish. Read on for some tidbits about April’s dining preferences, her favorite places to grab a bite in West Chester and Bam’s restaurant ventures.

  • snail-runner.jpgThis past weekend I ran a 5K in my hometown, and it was quite an experience! Here are a few tips to help make your next 5K as delicious as mine was.

  • tzatziki.jpgBeautiful blue skies and arid weather remind me of one of my favorite places on the planet—Greece. When I was a college student studying abroad in Europe, I had the extraordinary experience of traveling to this amazing country for a week. Naively, I didn’t think I’d do much eating on the trip. Boy, was I wrong…

  • plastic-bags.jpgPlastic bags—they’re everywhere. They line the ends of almost every grocery-store checkout in America, stacked and ready to be handed out in mass quantities. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States uses 380 billion plastic shopping bags annually. It’s easy to choose these readily available bags at the grocery store, but this WC Disher is trying her hardest to make amends and urges you to do the same.

  • Mary's Daily Dish

    Windows

    July 12th, 2007 by | 7 Comments

    Window at NightI love to look in windows. Does that sound creepy? I don’t linger; I just like to catch a quick glimpse of people’s lives as I wander the streets of West Chester …. What really interests me is to get an idea of what others are eating…