Tools of the Trade

Second in a series on the family bakery....



Inside of Haegele's bakery, one certainly captures the sense of history.
The bakery, started 80 years ago by two German immigrants,
purchased tools that still find themselves useful today

Who needs digital?







The oven





Climate control



Dishwasher a la elbow grease





Check out this cake stand



I did not have the wide angle lens attached and this is as much of the mixer I could capture



Check out these beaters!



Interesting?



Rolling pins



Tools for the artist






Baking sheets



Put it all together and this is what you get

My son's favorite...
Butter Cake



Cookies galore





For the chocolate lovers







Next time you're in Northeast Philly,
check the place out and tell them Mark and Becky sent you.

Haegele's Bakery
4164 Barnett Street
Philadelphia, PA 19135

215 624 0117

Haegele's Bakery

Tucked away on a corner in the Mayfair section of Northeast Philadelphia
is a small family run German bakery
dating back 80 years!



Haegele's Bakery was started by
my husband's grandparents,
German immigrants,
August and Helen (Gildein) Haegele



Today, this bakery is run by my husband's cousin,
Glen Haegele and his wife Cheryl
although Glen's parents
Richard and Jeanne still have an active roll
at the bakeshop.

Today, we stopped in for a visit.
Glen was in the middle of decorating a cake.



What Glen can do with sugar is amazing
you should see his Wedding Cakes!







Then Glen gave Joanna's boyfriend John
decorating lessons on my son's birthday cake



The store got a little busy
so Glen took off the decorating apron and lent a hand





In the store

Mmmm....



Yum



Looking at an album of old Bakery photos



The Haegele Cousins: Glen and Mark




Glen has a way of always making you feel welcome
and bringing joy to your day.



Next time you're in Northeast Philly,
check the place out and tell them Mark and Becky sent you.

Don't forget Faschtnacht Day!
(Doughnut Day, 2/17/2010)
It's the next big bakery event.

Haegele's Bakery
4164 Barnett Street
Philadelphia, PA 19135

215 624 0117

For another bakery post check out Tools of the Trade

Christmas Unwrapped

Over the river and through the woods
the cousins came to visit...



Another Christmas Dinner
easy enough to just reset the table with the clean dishes
from 48 hours earlier



And more presents



And lots of laughs



Above - A most interesting tissue dispenser
should be a college dorm hit

Below
Cousin Glen, the baker
We will visit Haegele's bakery tomorrow



And my gang for our annual Christmas photo in front of the tree



My son has not taken that PSU hat off since he got it,
not even to sleep.
Oh, maybe for his showers.
His birthday is New Year's Eve
I have to get in gear for another celebration.
Whew, I'm tired.

MWBs: Blue and White

I wanted to take some shots for Heather's Group Blog,
Soaring Through the World in Pictures.
Since I got a new lens for Christmas, it was a good excuse to play with it.
( I got the Canon 50mm 1.8)

The theme on Heather's blog this week is blue and white...
and if you are from PA
Blue and white means one thing...

"WE ARE...PENN STATE"
(especially if you are married to a varsity athlete alum.)
Yes, even the dog is named Nittany and barks the answer:
"WE ARE..." "WOOF, WOOF"
Really, he does!

So I set things up and bribed my son to pose for me.
He likes the idea of charging me per shot.
It sort of ends up being that he charges me but then I let him use my laptop in exchange.
Or tonight I set the table while he used the laptop.



But it seemed that Nittany wanted in on the action
and he doesn't charge me.









Well it seems Nittany got his way afterall.



Got some blues too?
Link them below.

Our Christmas

We celebrated Christmas Eve by going to church
then to my sister's house to exchange some gifts.
We came home late
and our son fell asleep in the car -
and he isn't a toddler anymore!

Knowing he was tired
he didn't want to sleep too late on Christmas morning,
so he set his alarm clock for 7am.
After he fell asleep
we set his clock back an hour to gain an extra hour of sleep for all of us.

We always start by seeing what Santa left in our stockings...

A warm hat that the dog seems to like.



How did Santa know both girls needed wiper blades?



The PSU hat was wished for and Aunt Debbie came through Christmas Eve



Then hubby made buttermilk biscuits


Next we exchanged gifts with each other
Guess who got this? Oh yeah.........



And the only boy in 7th grade not to have a cell phone...
well, now he has one.



And our Penn State gal, now has Penn State gear



Playing a little Mario Cart



And somebody can't keep his eyes open anymore
Notice his whiskers are white on one side and black on the other,
interesting, isn't it?



After lunch my husband's family comes by
Aunt Sharon and Uncle David



Stephen, the film maker



Carter, the runner with our son the PSU fan



And Memom and Pop



Oh, and where is sleeping beauty?
Sleeping of course.
(She had two glasses of wine.)




My husband and I
I - recovering from a migraine, :(



After dinner we exchange gifts
Look! Sleeping beauty has awakened!



Boyfriend of daughter #2, the PSU gal



Aunt Sharon



PSU gal...Pretty apron,
I hope she cooks!



Christmas isn't over yet...
on Sunday my husband's aunt & uncle
and his cousin & family are coming
for another round!