Have you heard the buzz? Honey Bee Café is reopening! They are back open for business on Friday, July 15th from 10-3 and Saturday 9-3! The new hours for the café are Tuesday-Friday 10 to 3 and Saturdays 9 to 3. If you’re visiting Sugarcreek, you have to stop in and treat yourself to their […]
When I write a book, it’s important to me to create a setting that readers can connect with—a place, a feeling, an aura that enables them to create an image in their heads (with help from my words) so vivid, they actually feel as if they are wherever the main character happens to be in […]
Don’t you just love the title of this blog post? It’s on the brochure of the place I’m chatting about today and reminds me of home cooking done right! If you want an authentic Amish bakery experience, Miller’s Bakery is for you. It’s located between Berlin and Charm close to Guggisberg Cheese (read my post […]
Hi Kathy, welcome to Destination Amish! Can you tell us about Honey Bee Café and Bakery? Honey Bee Cafe opened July 2015 in Sugarcreek, Ohio as a local eatery & coffee shop. In 2016 we added the bakery and began baking all of our baked goods in house from scratch. Some folks may not know […]
One of our favorite ways to unwind from the long work week is taking drives on the backroads of Amish Country. We just hop in the car and take the first right turn we see. That’s always my husband’s directions: take the first right. Simple. Besides an occasional huge pothole or road that’s so narrow […]
Have you ever been to an Amish Bent and Dent or Surplus store? If not, you need to put stopping by one on your to-do list when visiting Amish Country. We LOVE these awesome stores and you will too! Why? Because they sell slightly imperfect or outdated goods (sometimes nothing is wrong with the item […]
Because I enjoy exploring Amish history and rooting my stories in situations the Amish wrestled with in the ways they interact with the outside world, I find myself drawn to tidbits that are “firsts” in Amish history. Here are the first ten entries into a list I suspect will be ongoing. 1. 1564: First publication […]
The Alpine Hills Museum by Kelly Kuhn, Museum Curator and Director The Alpine Hills Museum and Sugarcreek Information Center should be the first stop on any visitors list of “to-dos” in Amish Country. Our quaint village is set off of State Route 39 down in what feels like a valley from a Grimm Brothers fairytale. […]
A hint of spring is in the air! Winter in my neck of the woods was mild, but I know many of you farther east are literally digging yourselves out of the deep freeze. One of my favorite signs of early spring is the blossoming apricot tree in my backyard. The tiny pink buds are […]
I guest post once a month over at Not Quite Amish and today I am sharing summertime pictures with readers. Maybe you will want to take a gander at my post…HERE…it’s titled Livin’ in the Summertime. These boys are for sure livin’ in the summertime. Look at them throwing caution to the wind and cruising […]