The Susquehanna Photographic

Indeed it is, indeed it is. 

We were thrilled to see so many people downtown last night for the Felice Brothers show at the Capitol Theatre. It was Cap Live's first ever sold out show, and the place was packed. Fans from all over gathered to rock out. If only it had been a bit warmer outside!

Meanwhile, another downtown business was busy behind closed doors: Maewyn's, the new tenant at the old Harp and Fiddle, put up their shiny new sign:

Maewyn's (may-wins) should be up and running soon and we're happy to see this downtown vacancy be filled once again.

We hope your weekend was as good as ours and that we can make February awesome!

On Wednesday, the Strand hosted a press conference for the 27th Annual York St. Patrick's Day Parade, which will be held Saturday, March 13. Community members, dignitaries, and the media all came out to hear the news.

Attendees were greeted by the lovely sounds of Cushla Srour on the flute.

Parade representative Sean Kenny happily announced that over 100 entries will participate in the celebration of Irish culture and custom. Planned acts inlcude Irish dances and several Celtic influenced bands.


Kenny also introduced this year's Grand Marshall: Paul Kilker, the grandson of two Irish immigrants that came to the states generations ago. 


Mr. Kilker has lived in York since 1987 and owns GGS Information Services- an endeavor for which he has earned much recognition. He has also co-sponsored the parade in past years, and can now add this to his long list of gifts to the community.

The parade will have a high tech spin to it this year: it will be partnering with My Y-fi to open the parade to those on the web. Bob Mock will be live-tweeting the event as well as uploading photos. 

We too will be at the parade and will be uploading some of our shots throughout the day. 

We are glad that we can give a nod to our Irish heritage by taking a part in this long lasting York traditon.

"May you have warm words on a cold evening,
a full moon on a dark night,
and the road downhill all the way to your door."

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We are a small company. Seriously small- it's just the two of us. 

That being said we are going to try and do as much as possible to help out with the Haitian relief effort. We've donated what we can and now we would like to encourage others to do the same.

If you donate $25 or more to the Clinton-Bush Haiti fund we will offer the same back in services. If you have a wedding, portrait sitting, or commercial job with us we will match your donation in a services discount. If you don't have anything planned with us, don't worry. We'll honor this as long as you save the email or printed receipt with your donation amount.

Sincerely,

Philip and Allison

Today Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa) joined Mayor Kim Bracey in announcing over $700,000 in federal funding to be divided between York City's two historic markets. 

We know that you come here for the photos, so you can read plenty more from city beat reporter Peter Mergenthaler over at the Dispatch. Below are some semi-exclusive shots of Sen. Casey arriving and greeting Mayor Bracey and Councilwoman Genevieve Ray.

The York restaurant landscape seems like it is ever changing.

This last week saw its ups and its downs as we learned more about the opening of Maewyn's and the closing of Agrodolce.

We learned Tuesday that the Harp & Fiddle, the sorely missed Irish bar that closed in 2009, will reopen soon under the name Maewyn's. Their slogan will be "Devoted to Friends".

Today came the much sadder, though not wholly unexpected, news of the closing of Agrodolce at 241 N. George St. The restaurant's last day of operation is tomorrow (1/16/2010).