On My Way To Schrute Farms -- When T.V. Meets Reality?

I consider myself to be some what hip when it comes to pop culture...besides, for many years it was my job to deliver pop culture and sports news to morning audiences with my own sassy twist. I worked with three LOUD sports announcers and I had no choice but to speak a million miles a minute to get my point across. Anyway, about two weeks ago it was a very cold and dreary Saturday evening...my husband and son were sound asleep and I had one of those very rare but much needed alone moments. I decided to start researching additional areas near our future home that we have never explored. As you can already tell...I love adventure and discovering new places...so with a fabulous glass of red wine in hand and an 1803 candle burning in the background (as a side note: 1803 candles are the absolute best soy candles I have ever encountered. My favorite scent is the grandpa's trees and I love the fact that my purchase supports a farm in the midwest). I started my search on Google...Honesdale seemed like a good place to start. I found all these fabulous links about future spring/summer events to look forward to, upcoming writing seminars and the cutest european bakery. Finally, I came across a travelocity link to Schrute Farms. It convincingly stated, "Schrute Farms is the number one beet-related agrotourism destination in Northeastern Pennsylvania."


In reading further, I discovered that Schrute's had table making classes and beets wine. Heck....I love a good glass of wine so beets wine was just up my alley....sign me up I thought. I'm a city girl who would certainly be willing to trade in my stylish shoes for a new country experience.

I innocently started reading the reviews...and little by little started to get a sick knot in my stomach. There were reviews about ghost wailing at night, cousin Mose "watching" over the guests (he was the unwanted roomie that never left the guest rooms), only one primitive bathroom and who could forget the infamous optional story bed-time package with cousin Dwight.

Although I am not British I thought to myself..what in bloody hell is going on here and why are they getting so many 5 star reviews?? Of course by now, those of you who are fans of the NBC show The Office know that this is virtual marketing at its best. The characters of the show went to "Schrute Farms" and I believe there is a pending wedding with two of the popular characters. Since I don't watch the show it took me a wee bit longer to catch on. For those of you looking for a good laugh...here is the link to the travelocity reviews click here.

I guess you can say the joke was on me or was it? So much for being a pop culture diva :>).....

Enjoy!!

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