Things to do with $5 in the Lehigh Valley
by Craig Constantine

You can:

  1. see a movie at the AMC Tilghman 8
  2. take four friends to the Plaza 2 theatre
  3. buy a tank of gas and drive to the State Theatre in Easton
  4. go to Yocco's and have 3 classic Yocco dogs
  5. have a BK Broiler, large fries and small soda ($4.99 with tax :)
  6. visit the Trexler State Game Preserve
  7. follow the covered bridge tour (and use the five bucks for something else)
  8. bet on the horses at the Downs on Airport Rd.
  9. get a pile of "atomic" buffalo wings at Bridgeworks in Bethlehem
  10. buy three different kinds of coffee beans at the Coffee Grinder in the Lehigh Valley Mall.
  11. buy a book at Encore Books in the Village West Shopping Center
  12. rent a movie (and get popcorn) at Blockbuster
  13. go shopping at the open-air mall on Hamilton Street (the five bucks is for parking.)
  14. go to the Lehigh County Velodrome for world-class bicycle racing
  15. have your car hand-washed at the Sumner Avenue car wash
  16. have two incredible garlicpretzels at the Pretzel Gourmet
  17. hear the Allentown Symphony Orchestra
  18. pay your cover at Godfrey Daniels for great live music
  19. buy a banana split at Ice Cream World
  20. have fresh coffee and pie with live local music at the Hava Java on 19th street in Allentown
  21. pay your admission (during the months when there is one) and spend the day at the Hawk Mountain sanctuary and preserve
  22. take a ride on the Kempton steam railroad
  23. skip the five bucks thing and watch X-files on Friday
  24. buy a lot of pizza from Little Ceasar's (if everyone chips in their five bucks)
  25. buy the pasta, sauce, cheese and bread for an excellent pasta dinner from the Giant supermarket
  26. buy a cd during a midnight madness sale at Toones on Hamilton Blvd.
  27. find another dollar-fifty in the sofa and see The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the General Cinema Theatres
  28. choose from John Wannamaker's magnificent collection of CHOCOLATE (north, exterior entrance at the Lehigh Valley Mall.)
  29. pay your cover and have change for beer and the cd jukebox at the Tally Ho' in Bethlehem
  30. see the Liberty Bell Shrine in Allentown
  31. have a huge basket of shaved, batter-dipped, fried onions at Wertz's
  32. buy a dozen fresh bagels at the Bethlehem Bagel bakery on Main Street
  33. buy a paperback in the Moravian bookstore in Bethlehem
  34. go midnight bowling (11pm-2am) at Jordan Lanes in Allentown
  35. have your car valet parked at the Lehigh Valley mall and window shop all afternoon
  36. have an "awesome blossom" at Chili's on Grape street in Whitehall (its a huge onion sliced vertically almost all the way to the bottom, spread open, battered dipped and deep fried--cholesterol death but delicious.)
  37. take the change from the AMC Tilghman 8 theatre and go to the Trivet for coffee--they're open 24 hours a day
  38. go dancing at the Freight Yard in Allentown
  39. get pizza, all the garlic bread you can eat and free wine at "Pain and Vino" on Shoenersville road in Bethlehem
  40. visit the Rose Gardens in Allentown (its free but you can use your five bucks for postcards)
  41. shoot pool at Buzzy's on Union Boulevard
  42. stock up on trail mix and hike a section of the Appalacian Trail
  43. visit Josh Early candies on Tilghman street
  44. go to the Great Allentown Fair
  45. spend the day at Musikfest taking in the sights and free concerts
  46. have a bowl of Confetti Cafe's famous split pea soup
  47. drop by the Chicken Lounge for wings, beer and live music on Fridays and Saturdays
  48. vist the Orang Julius stand in the Whitehall or Lehigh Valley malls (they make a delicious whipped/blended fruit drink that comes in various fruit flavors)
  49. go ice skating at the Ice Palace on Hanover Avenue
  50. go roller skating at Skateaway (north on MacArthur past the malls)
  51. spend the day sailing/picnicing/tanning at Lake Nockamixon (40 minutes south of the Lehigh Valley, its the closest lake-- no motorboats, all fishing and sailing)
  52. go to a ski-demo day at Blue Mountain ski area
  53. tour Stroh's brewery
  54. see a play Lehigh University's Wilbur Drama Workshop
  55. take a tour and taste test of the Clover Hill vineyards
  56. tour the famous Martin Guitar company
  57. enjoy a spring Pennsylvania evening (ok, so this is seasonal) at a drive-in theatre.
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