Painting of Pear Resembling Tuchus Spotted In Lambertville NJ

This painting of a pear shockingly resembling a tuchus was spotted recently in Lambertville NJ in a gallery window on North Union Street.

Around the corner on Bridge Street, another gallery, another tushyesque pear. What's up with this?

Do the gallery owners over in Bungtown (the old name for Lambertville among locals) suddenly decide one crisp morning, "It's fall, move the pears, figs, pomegranates and any other lewd fruit to the front window, gaudy over sized flowers to the rear!"

Lambertville NJ was recently crowned victor by the Times Of Trenton in the age old rivalry between that town and New Hope PA for title of most prominent art burg, at least as measured by number of art galleries. New Hope is still recognized as one of the premier craft destinations in the country.

Sunny Fall Days in New Hope PA

Left over weekend decorations blow like Tibetan prayer flags in the balmy wind of a warm West Mechanic Street day in New Hope, PA.

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Sunday, 4:05 p.m.: Traffic gate gets stuck again in down position at New Hope & Ivyland Railroad crossing, Stockton Ave. and W. Ferry St. after train passes.

Auto traffic backs up until a few more daring drivers move around the obstacle. Recent repairs to the track a few hundred feet down involved?

New Hope PA Store Owner Feels the Heat for Being Honest

The owner of a God Save the Qweens, a punk themed clothing emporium on West Mechanic Street in New Hope PA, had the courage to speak the truth and is taking some heat from local bigwigs who accused her of the apparently unforgivable sin of "being negative."

What store owner Michelle, who has a local reputation for candor (along with a penchant for frequently-changing hair color themes) has been chastised for is having the nerve to poke fun at New Hope's parking problem by creating a humorous t-shirt that is selling at an apparently brisk pace.

It is rumored that complainers include a member of New Hope's Borough Council and another individual associated with the local Chamber of Commerce. Never mind that some of these critics voted recently to spend a rumored $45,000 for a "study" of the very parking problem whose existence they might like to deny.

Meanwhile, Michelle seems above it all, happy to have created something that visitors to New Hope are identifying with, and buying, in a big way.

God Save the Qweens is located at 13 West Mechanic Street in downtown New Hope PA, 215-862-2696.

Upsurge in Bucks County UFO Sightings

A UFO sighting this past Saturday night in Buckingham was the latest in a purported upsurge in recent sightings in Bucks County PA.

A Buckingham man and his wife were walking their dogs in the area around Upper Mountain Road and Forest Grove Road at around 8:00 p.m. when "they looked up and saw a bright light in the sky. The light itself was emitting a conical-shaped beam of light toward the ground," reports the Bucks County Courier Times.

"This thing was stunning. It was scary. My wife wanted to get right in the house," said the Buckingham man.

Full Courier Times story: http://bit.ly/35pufn

Other UFO sources recently have said that the reported Saturday sighting in Buckingham was part of a luminary phenomenon witnessed by numerous individuals on the Eastern seaboard and was caused by a U.S. military missile test.

Another local rumor is that 5 individuals were recently smoking outside in Doylestown and witnessed a glowing rectangular object in the night sky.

Whatever the ultimate truth might be, one fact cannot be denied: reported sightings of UFOs are on the rise these days in Bucks County, PA.

Who's Your Sugar Daddy?

A smiley, bristly Jim mans the counter for a spell at Sugar Daddy's, a candy and ice cream emporium in the Four Seasons Mall, Main Street, New Hope PA.

On his breaks, Jim also runs the Affordable Art gallery just across way. This guy knows how to keep busy and has somehow managed to stay in business over many years....a rarity, especially these days!

Things Not to Do in Lenape ("The Quarry") Park in New Hope PA

An expensive-looking sign tells visitors what not to do in controversial Lenape Park on Ferry Street in New Hope PA.

Along with no pets, smoking, or evening strolls, the treeless, virtually grassless rock pile of a park provides little in the way of family fun. No swings for kids; this is a park made for speeches at the gazebo by local politicos, not recreation or communing with nature.

Estimated cost of this taxpayer-paid boondoggle? Rumor has it in excess of $600,000, but who knows? One local who saw the initial plans said the goldfish pond alone cost more than $32,000.

Money that could have been spent on strengthening the local economy, creating jobs, and helping support local art.

Any guesses on what that overbuilt, tax-wasting sign cost?

Is this Dragon Super Kind? Let's Hope So!

Creepy Cuties by Queen Morbid

Local gonzo artist and photographer Queen Morbid has her latest line of disturbing and twisted dolls currently on display at craft gallery Mechanic Street Mugs, 10 W. Mechanic St., New Hope PA.

They are well-made, original and decidedly creepy. Only in New Hope!

Ricky's Beautiful Garden Along the Canal

New Hope PA Recession Lunch Special

Click on the photo above to enlarge, and you'll see that at the low-end of the lunch price spectrum is a hamburger, sans cheese, for $13.50. There's also a "Kobe Burger" for $18...last I checked, those come from fatty, tortured Japanese calves, but what do I know?

With culinary bargains such as these, small wonder tourists are flocking to the nearby variable $5 -$20 per space parking lot (depends on owner's mood each day).

Think I'll go upriver to Dilly's Corner on Route 32.