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Candace Janidlo
Due to a perfect storm of adjusting to a new sleep/wake schedule (a perpetual night owl takes approximately two months to adjust to early morning waking), shuffling the scheduling of two kids (new school, new responsibilities, still only 24 hours in a day), illness (almost an entire month - all four of us sick [...]

Food allergies are scary. Wilson Elementary sixth-grader Lake Ille wants to make them less scary and better understood. He’s taking that message to Washington on September 30th when he’ll join eighty other students in giving a presentation to Congress.
Lake has a severe peanut allergy. His personal experiences and concern for himself and other [...]

You can’t miss the signs as you drive along State Road between 5 Mile and Clough Pike.  El Coyote wants your business back!  They’re advertising 45 dinners for under $16, and giving an extra 20% on top of all gift card purchases.  El Coyote’s parking lot is still packed on most Friday and Saturday nights, [...]

Two surprises here.  First, did you know that Anderson Township has its own winery?  I didn’t until a reader forwarded some information about Anderson Winery.  The second surprise is that it’s really good!  Don’t take my word for it.  I don’t know much about wine except that I guess I like the grape kind.  Check [...]

The hangovers must have subsided at the Anderson Government Center, because township leaders have approved not one, but two more Parties on the Plaza over the next two months.
Party on the Plaza will feature Bluetip at the September 22nd event. This will be the third of four concerts held at Anderson Center that are [...]

The Miller-Leuser Log House is less than a mile from my home, yet I’ve never visited.  That is likely to change on Saturday and Sunday 9/26 and 9/27 as The Anderson Township Historical Society holds it’s 40th annual Country Store at the pioneer-era building.
Visitors to the Country Store always enjoy the setting of the Log [...]

Beer, bling and booty will take over the Anderson Center once again for Party On The Plaza II: Playaz In Da Club on Tuesday night 8/18.  This time, it’s wilder and later with the party starting at 5:30pm and rollin’ all the way until 9:30.   Admission is free!  Weapons are strictly prohibited.
If you didn’t attend last [...]

Candace Miller-Janidlo writes about food for Around Anderson when she’s not experimenting in the kitchen or chauffeuring her kids around town. Email her at candacejanidlo@yahoo.com.
If  your cucumber plants have taken over the garden or if, like me, you found an unbeatable bargain at the farmer’s market, try making refrigerator pickles. They’re easier to put together [...]

The fun begins Friday night at 5pm!   The 11th Annual Greater Anderson Days is this weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 7/24-26 at Beech Acres Park.  You can learn much more at the Greater Anderson Days section of the Anderson Township Parks District web site.
Hours are Friday and Saturday 5pm until 11pm, and Sunday [...]

I’m thrilled to announce the newest contributor to Around Anderson.  Candace Janidlo is an accomplished chef and an Anderson Township mom (she’s also my neighbor).  Candace knows good food and she knows what busy families love on the table.  You can email her at candacejanidlo@yahoo.com.
I love to cook. I love it so much I pursued [...]