We're here at Stroud Fest, watching all the vendors come in and get set up, with lots of activity happening. This is going to be another huge event in Stroudsburg! And it's gorgeous weather here today!  It's a nice cool 66 degrees right now, and the day will warm up! We're going to be sunny all day, with temps in the low 80s. Grab the family and swing down to enjoy food, vendors & entertainment all day! Leave your sweatshirts at home because it's going to be a beautiful, warm day in Stroudsburg! Here are a couple shots of vendors getting set up now!! 09/05/2009

StroudFest will be taking place this Saturday, September 5th in Downtown Stroudsburg from 10am-6pm. Come by for some great entertainment, numerous craft vendors & tons of fun for everyone... 5 Stages of Live Music, Dozens of Crafters & So Many places to eat it will make you dizzy... Also the United Way's Community Yard Sale & LAANEPA's Latin Festival... The weather is looking to be in the lower 80's so you can come down & relax during the last weekend of summer... Parking for Stroudfest is Free!  All metered parking throughout Stroudsburg, the parking deck, the Borough garage and parking at Stroudsburg HS (including free shuttle bus) are all free. Main Stage by Courthouse ~10:30 Nancy & Spencer Reed               ~11:15 Jazz Juice ~12:30 Bobby Syvarth Combo               ~1:45 Bad Apple... 09/03/2009

I hope you get a chance to make it to the Poconos over Labor Day Weekend! It's right around the corner, and we have so much to offer here! Saturday, September 5, is the Stroudfest right in downtown Stroudsburg on Main Street! With 6, yes SIX, stages of entertainment all day, two dozen places to eat, including food vendors and local restaurants, arts and crafts vendors if you feel like shopping, and just the uniqueness of our quaint town, there is something for everyone! Don't miss it! It is such a simple ride off Route 80 to get here, too! If you'd like more information or if you'd like to see the photo galleries of all the fun that's been had in previous years, head to Stroudfest.com! Have a great time! 08/27/2009

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Summer and ice cream. You can't have one without the other.  A delicious place to find homemade ice cream is Sweet Creams Cafe, located on Lower Main Street, right in Stroudsburg. The sweet treats they have will fix anyone's sweet tooth and the ice cream will cool you down on the hottest of summer dog days! Enjoy a small table outside and people watch, or sit inside this historic Stroudsburg building. Sweet Creams Cafe also makes great sandwich creations, huge baked potatoes, and a great cup of coffee. Enjoy Main Street, Stroudsburg and grab a bite or dessert (or both!) at Sweet Creams Cafe! 08/06/2009

Three RE/MAX Approved Suppliers - First American, HMS and American Home Shield - provide a variety of home warranties that RE/MAX Associates can suggest to their clients when selling or buying a home. Home warranties not only protect the buyers and sellers in a transaction; they also assist everyone in getting to the closing table more quickly and smoothly. Here's a look at some tips and advice these Approved Suppliers provide to help you explain the benefits and convey the value of purchasing a home warranty: Give buyers peace of mind "When agents offer their buyers a warranty, the value goes beyond protecting systems and appliances; it helps manage unexpected expenses in today's difficult economy," says Douglas Stein, General Manager of HMS Home Warranty. Most warranties, Stein says, ... 07/22/2009

The Poconos first NASCAR race of the season is this weekend! There is always a lot going on to support the Pocono Raceway. The newest event to the line-up is the first Pocono Raceway Festival right in on Main Street in Stroudsburg!  There will be lots of NASCAR race cars, remote control car races, give-aways, racecar driver, race simulators, food & retail vendors and live music!  There is also a kid-friendly activity station at the Driebe Freight Station. In addition (yes, there's more), a FREE concert by the Marshall Tucker Band is happening on stage on Main Street! Come on out as the community honors NASCAR and its drivers. NASCAR president Mike Helton will be on hand with other invited guests to accept the award. Admission is FREE! 06/04/2009

For anyone who has had to use a Hospice Service you know how wonderful (or not so wonderful) they can be.   This past week I spent many long hours in a Hospice Center that I have to let people know about.  For those who don't know what Hospice is, it is a specialized care for the terminally ill in their final hours or days.   My father in law was diagnosed with liver cancer last year and actually over the past year did very well considering what a terrible disease that is.   Last week we went to visit my inlaws because it was my mother in law's birthday and had a nice visit although we could see my father in law Michael was starting to deteriorate.  He was weak, didn't want to eat and wasn't talking much.  I suggested to my mother in law that maybe it was time for a nurse.  The followin... 05/10/2009

    A great, fairly new addition to the downtown Stroudsburg area is Venuto's Old World Pizzeria. The feature great thin crust pizza in a variety of styles and they are named after some great Italian artists. The pizza and calzones are a work of art themselves. I had a made to order calzone that was so huge I couldn't believe my eyes! My wife had a pizza topped with buffalo mozzarella and basil and it was delicious. It is roomy inside and a very nice staff serves you. I highly recommend you take the entire family out to downtown Stroudsburg and enjoy something far from just ordinary pizza. 04/11/2009

Easter is just around the corner, and tomorrow,  2 organizations in the Poconos will be hosting breakfast and an Easter Egg hunt! These two events are both in Stroudsburg, and below are some details.  Please enjoy! Breakfast with the Easter Bunny 4/4/09 - 8 to 11 a.m., hosted by the Women of the Moose at Moose Lodge 1336, Stokes Mill Road, East Stroudsburg. Games and prizes. Event to benefit the Moose Lodge children's trip to Knobles. For information, call Martha at (570) 421-1973. Children's Easter Egg Hunt 4/4/09 - 2pm, at the Knights of Columbus, 212 E. Bryant St., Stroudsburg, for the children of Monroe County, ages 1 to 10. For information, call (570) 421-6226. 04/03/2009

Saturday, June 6th is the day before the first NASCAR race at Pocono Raceway this season.  This year, Stroudsburg is hosting a Pocono Raceway Festival from 12-8 on June 6th! It will take place right on Main Street, with the biggest headline being THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND FREE CONCERT!!!  Additionally, the event will feature: •·       Multiple Nascar race cars •·       Race simulators •·       Remote Control Car Races •·       Nascar Hi-def videogaming •·       Nascar drivers •·       Other regional race cars featuring quarter midget, late model, street stocks, and 4 prose •·       Local Boy Scout Pine Box Championship Race •·       Additional Live Music all day on Main Street •·       Food vendors •·       Craft and retail vendors Stroudsburg and the Pocono Mountains continue to support... 03/31/2009

MTV is filming a performance Thursday night at our very own Sherman Theatre, located on Main Street in Stroudsburg. The performance is from hip-hop emcee, Asher Roth.  The doors open at 7pm, and the show starts a 8. There have already been 800 tickets sold!!! The theater's executive director, Rich Berkowitz, collaborated with East Stroudsburg University to produce this big-ticket show.  A promotions class at the college is in charge of putting on the show, and Mr. Berkowitz allowed them to use the venue to show the class what it takes to put on a real-life concert. Because the show is a mile or two off campus, there will be bus service from the Dansbury Commons area of the school to the theater starting at 6 p.m.   03/25/2009

How will YOU celebrate St. Patrick's Day in the Poconos? There's always Siamsa Irish Pub, located on the corner of 7th and Main Streets right in Stroudsburg.  It is an authentic Irish Pub in a Stroudsburg historic building.  The Bar was designed by Irish Designers, built in a Factory in Ireland, shipped to Stroudsburg and assembled by Irish Craftsmen.  So you can expect a great party tonight!  On the schedule is THE BIGGEST ST. PADDYS PARTY EVER! With Irish Dancers, 6 -8 Acoustic session with Zac Lawless and 9-2am Valley of the Giants. Two Floors Of Irish Entertainment!  For more information about Siamsa, visit their website at http://siamsairishpub.com.  And don't forget about the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg! It's Sunday, March 22, and begins at 1pm fro... 03/17/2009

The Poconos is getting a new restaurant, The Olive Garden, opening Monday, March 23! It is right on Rt 611 in Stroudsburg, just north of the Stroud Mall.  It is the newest Tuscan Farmhouse design restaurant, and will only be open for dinner the first week beginning at 4pm.  Monday March 30, it will open its doors at 11am and serve lunch daily.  Nearly 165 jobs are being created, which is also great news!  If you're looking for a new place to try in Stroudsburg, head to the new Olive Garden!! 03/13/2009

  Our daughter Emily will be 13 years old on Tuesday so we had a Birthday party for her last night with some family & friends...I wanted a special cake for her special birthday so I searched the internet for specialty cakes (like the ones I see on TV)... I found Merry's Cakes and was happy to find that they were close by and actually made nice looking cakes... We ordered the cake from Merry's Custom Cakes in Stroudsburg and it was beautiful & delicious... I have never had a cake from there before but let me tell you I will order from Merry's cakes again & again!!! I had no idea that this shop even existed but everyone at the party now knows where to find them because the cake was great!! The shop is built into the front of their home & tucked away off of Shafer's Schoolhouse Road, she h... 02/22/2009

We recently attended Floyd Wickman's Master Sales Academy Conference in Chicago and it was a wonderful time to meet up with friends from all over the world & also to learn something that would help us in our business of Real Estate... If you would more info on Floyd Wickman, Please CLICK HERE!! To get more information on Floyd Wickman Training Programs, Please CLICK HERE!! His training Programs & Coaching have really made our business go to the next level by holding us accountable & giving us the necessary tools to get the job done!!          02/19/2009

                                          I love Pizza & when I was a kid living in Philly we had Santucci's Pizza across the street and they had some of the best pizza I had ever tasted!! I miss being able to run over & pick up a Philly Cheesesteak that would leak out of the bag by the time I got back home... (but that is whole other story)  We just got back from eating at Venuto's Old World Pizza on Main Street in Stroudsburg, Pa.... This place has been open for the last few months but we have never had time to run in & see what they had to offer...well I have waited TOO LONG!! Great Pizza with many choices & just the way they made it years ago..I guess that would make sence since the name is Old World Pizza!! They have Signature Pies named The Michelango, Giotte, Leonardo, Bellini, R... 02/13/2009

Everyone is meeting people, blogging & talking about Real Estate all the time but are we doing it in the way that would bring us more business or is it costing us business???              SO....Who is The Bad News Realtor??          Well hopefully, not you!!  They are the Realtors that all they do is talk about how the market stinks, nothing is moving, prices are falling, nobody is buying, it is the slow time of year, negative, negative, negative.... They go negative on their blogs, websites, emails, listing appointments & will tell who ever will listen to them...  (but who really wants to listen to that).... Who wants to work with a depressed, negative Bad News Realtor?? My husband has been on multiple listing appointments where the previous Realtors have been so negative & down at the... 02/06/2009

       Currently, there are 197 homes for sale in Stroudsburg on the Pocono Mountains Multiple Listing Service at the time of this post. Because Stroudsburg has a downtown part as well as some rural areas, you have a larger concentration of homes that are not in a development. Many times, a person looks for a home that is not in a development because the do not want to deal with community rules and regulations or does not want to pay the dues associated with a HOA (Home Owners Association). There are some nice subdivisions in Stroudsburg such as Arbor Woods and Cranberry Heights that offer a closeness of a community without amenities or dues. The downtown area of Main Street is always bustling with stores and restaurants that feature everything from home decorations to modern staples li... 01/27/2009

Look Who's "Going Green"!The BOBHAY.COM Team, which includes yours truly, is pleased to announce its affiliation with Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates (BHGREWA). This move is designed to re-position ourselves in the rapidly changing real estate environment and offer our clients enhanced exposure and expanded services which they need, deserve and expect from their real estate professionals.Some of the benefits of this move include: A highly recognized brand name with a fresh & attractive contemporary look (see BHGRealEstate.com) The convenience of 8 offices in the Greater Pocono Region... Click here to read more and to see the blog re-design! 11/06/2008