Throughout my childhood, one commercial ran almost constantly, for a place called “Mount Airy Lodge” located in the Pocono Mountains.  Mount Airy lodge was the height of 1980s tacky.  They had heart shaped jacuzzis in the room and also ones that were shaped like champagne glasses.  They were in the honeymoon suites and whatever happened in the champagne glass jacuzzi, stayed in the champagne glass jacuzzi.

Taking a cursory look over the Mount Airy lodge now, it looks pretty nice.  If I had the possibility to stay up there and probably the money, I’d probably take it.

The Poconos:

Another thing I always thought sounds kind of not glamorous, but those mountains turned out to be quite lovely.  And Camelback, the resort I visited, doubles as a water park in the off season.  I like the combo of the white snow with the colorful slides and the white snow.  Not to mention the brightly colored ski lifts.  All in all, it was a funny, quirky and quite nice.  See: