If you prefer warmth to chill, tranquility to speed and the great outdoors to concrete-and-steel canyons, the Pocono Mountains offer plenty of diversions to keep you entertained, warm and happy.
Imaginative entrepreneurs are reclaiming and repurposing old buildings to create micro-communities of artists, craftsmen, tech wizards and sustainable food professionals.
When a group of women gather at their retirement home to prepare kosher soup for homebound seniors, Barbara Clippinger serves as head chef. Never mind that she isn’t Jewish — she ensures that her fellow volunteers follow the rules of kashrut.