After that we walked up and down Chesnut and Market Streets for a while before going back to 30th St Station. Adam slept some a little on the ride back while I talked his ear off about the day and how much I want to go back. Philadelphia is so cool!
Last Saturday Adam and I took a train to Philadelphia for the day, for no particular reason except that I wanted to go and Adam wanted a cheese steak. Our first order of business was JFK Plaza, famous for the LOVE sculpture. Along the way I got us lost, but that's okay. We stumbled upon Logan Square first which was a pretty surprise. We visited the Masonic Temple, passed the planetarium and added that to our Philly to do list, and saw the flags of the world (well most of them). By the time we made it to JFK PLaza I was ready to take a swim in the fountain but Adam wouldn't let me. (There was a guy with his feet in the water. He was just chillin' on the edge of the fountain in normal clothes with a huge Starbucks drink. I was completely fascinated by him. He was perhaps one of the nerdiest persons I've ever seen, but he was being a total bad ass and he was totally aware of this juxtaposition of actions against his appearance and personality. The entire time he was sitting there he was looking around like "Hey look at me being my bad ass self". I was jealous.) After JFK Plaza Adam and I decided it was time for him to eat. Commence our 40 minute walk downtown to Pat's. Why didn't you take the Metro you might ask? Simply because it did not occur to us until our trip back that we could. But I enjoyed the walk. Philadelphia is a beautiful place to see on foot and that made the time pass quickly. The Metro ride back landed us back at City Hall across the street from JFK Plaza. I decided I wanted to see Rittenhouse Square so we started up Market St. Adam decided he was hungry again when he saw Cosi. We sat down to eat his second and my first lunch. After that Adam decided he had enough fuel to make it the next three blocks to Rittenhouse Square until we passed a gelato shop. I made him go to the square with before getting more food, he begrudgingly complied. A surprise met us at the square by way of an art festival. I had a great time walking through all the tents looking at the art and talking to the artists. Adam really enjoys oil paintings and I like the abstract works. We're about as opposite as they come. We made it back to the gelato shop where we both subconsciously decided to spend the next hour and a half. Adam got to cups of gelato and I ordered an espresso. This cafe is definitely a place I want to visit again. It was a little pricey but the staff was fun and upbeat the gelato superb (I stole some of Adam's). After that we walked up and down Chesnut and Market Streets for a while before going back to 30th St Station. Adam slept some a little on the ride back while I talked his ear off about the day and how much I want to go back. Philadelphia is so cool! Ciao!
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Mom
6/18/2013 02:56:28 am
Lovely! The post and the pictures - all very lovely!
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