Top Ten Tips for Saving Gas on Vacation
One of the hardest parts of coming out to Amish Country (or just traveling in general) is filling up your tank to make the trip, especially right now! A lot of traffic comes through Berlin, so local gas can get pretty pricey here, so here are 10 tips from Smarter...
What to do in Amish Country this Spring
While it may not always feel like it, every cold winter comes to an end. Pretty soon the suns gonna come back out and remind us all what it’s like to desperately need a fan running. March is just about here, and just like that Spring is just around the corner! Got...
The Wedding Spaces of the Berlin Resort
So you’re getting married, and you’re at one of the most important steps of the wedding planning process; finding a venue. This is the part that can determine how many of your wedding dreams will be coming true, and how exactly they’ll be able to happen. This step...
3 Wedding Planning Tips to Reduce Stress
Wedding season is just around the corner, and plenty of us have given or received a shiny new engagement ring (or are planning on it next month). The next step is clear, but daunting: How on Earth do I start planning a wedding? As someone who’s just been through...
Things to do in Amish Country this Spring!
The ice has melted, things are getting just a bit more green, and the sun is starting to shine once again! We’ve finally finished the victory lap of winter and spring has finally stepped in. We’ve all been sheltering from the icy winds long enough, so I’m sure that...
Safe and Simple Valentine’s Date Ideas
One of the things I like the most about Valentine’s day is how there aren’t really any cultural expectations surrounding it, unlike most other holidays. You don’t have to make a big dinner, gather a ton of people from all over, or anything else like that. It’s just...
How to Stick to Your Resolutions
New Years’ resolutions are a fun cultural staple, and self-care is wonderful, but let’s be real here... Every January gyms across the country fill up with hopeful people putting in the hard work to improve their health. However, we all know that this huge...
How the Amish Celebrate Christmas
If you’ve checked out one of our previous blog posts, then you’d know that the Amish already celebrate Christmas on a different day than most other people. The Amish Celebrate Old Christmas, which falls on January 6th, due to the history of calendar differences, so...
Old Christmas
You may have heard people mentioning how the Amish celebrate “Old Christmas,” but what exactly is this alternate Christmas that the Amish Celebrate? This question has multiple answers and requires a little knowledge of history and a bit of Christian liturgy.
Mrs. Yoder’s Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
This recipe is a fall family favorite. When the colorful leaves of Amish Country start to drift off the trees, I get frequent requests for these muffins. Since they are easy to make and the clean-up is a snap, I don’t mind making them at all. Sometimes, I get an...
Fall Leaves
One of the best and most beautiful parts of fall, and one of the things I look forward to the most every single year is watching those leaves change color and tumble down to the ground. I’m sure you’ve been told why this happens; trees let go of their leaves to hunker down for the winter, but how does this happen?