The Pickle: Volume 34

Spend more time appreciating what you have in life cause you never know when it’ll be gone.

For example, right now we have amazing beautiful fall weather in NYC.

But it won’t last forever and soon it will be gone.

And it will be cold and snowy, and tech pickleball won’t there every Friday anymore. (NOOOOOO)

So better take advantage while you still can.

And show up and show out tomorrow by prepare yourselves for an epic day of Tech Pickleball tomorrow morning!!!

As they say, nothing beats fall in NYC.

And there’s no better way to start your fall friday morning in NYC.

Cause it’s pickle pickle pickling time. Oh baby oh baby let’s brine it up.

You always know what’s up.

Blah blah blah, 7:30-9:30, free bagels + coffee and the best community in the world.

Cya bright and early tomorrow.

Time for what you really came for.

🥒 Pickle fun fact of the week

The Great Pickle Drop of Dillsburg, Pennsylvania

🎉 What It Is

Every New Year’s Eve, the small town of Dillsburg, Pennsylvania (population ~2,500) doesn’t drop a ball — they drop a giant glowing pickle.

It’s the town’s signature event and has been running for over 25 years.

• The pickle is a giant papier-mâché gherkin, about 9 feet long, nicknamed “Mr. Pickle.”

• It’s suspended by a crane and lowered slowly as the countdown to midnight begins — just like the Times Square ball.

• When it reaches the ground, a “pickle kiss” is given (usually a ceremonial smooch between locals), and the crowd erupts in cheers.

🏙️ Why a Pickle?

• The town is called Dillsburg, named for Matthew Dill, a settler in the 1700s — not dill pickles.

• But locals leaned into the pun hard, creating pickle mascots, pickle parades, and eventually, the New Year’s Eve Pickle Drop in the late 1990s.

• It’s now the town’s biggest tourist draw — thousands come out in freezing weather to watch the pickle descend.

🧂 Bonus Traditions

• The day includes “Picklefest,” with food trucks, live music, and pickle-themed games.

• Local shops sell pickle-themed merch: “I Got Pickled in Dillsburg” shirts, pickle ornaments, and even pickle-flavored fudge.

• The pickle is lit up in green lights and dropped twice:

  • Once at 7:00 p.m. for kids.

  • Again at midnight for adults.

**everything is incredible about this and I now wish I was getting Pickled in Dillsburg

And that’s all that for the week!

Short, sweet and simple.

See you crazy pickleheads tomorrow!

Ps, know anyone who might be intereste in partnering with Tech Pickleball?? Hit us up! We want to find more creative ways to expand and grow this community through awesome partners 🙂

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