reflections on Easton, PA

Easton, PA is a mid-sized city on the eastern edge of the state. Like many Pennsylvania towns, Easton has a little history, some nice architecture, and a classic main street with small boutiques and reasonably nice people. I stopped in Easton for lunch on my way from Bangor, PA to Morrisville, PA a bit more than two weeks ago.

Little did I know that Easton is home to two locations of cultural import:

The Crayola Factory, a factory/museum, provides opportunities for youth info-tainment with a little consumerism thrown in. Tempted to check it out, my enthusiasm to learn how crayons are made was tempered by the $9.50 admission fee. Some things are meant to remain a mystery.

The Easton Museum of Pez Dispensers (differentiated from all other Museums of Pez Dispensers) sits across the street from the Crayola Museum. Less a museum, the EMPD is more a room where someone keeps a lot of Pez dispensers. Next to this room is another room, where someone sells lots of Pez-related "souvenirs." The excessive entry fee of $2.50 dissuaded me from literally going behind the curtain (separating the 'museum' from the 'gift shop').