A day in Philadelphia

FriendsDavidson Cruise It was the gap after grading the exams and before giving the grades, so I decided that it was time to spend a day in Philadelphia with DrLen. ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230076 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230077 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230078 whose neighbor had a good bumper sticker and license plate ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230079 as DrLen got in his car ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230080 and we drove to South Philadelphia where we parked in front of the cigar store that had this Indian (whoops!! Native American) ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230081 in front of it so that we could eat at Marra's. ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230082 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230083 where they had good pizzas ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230084 on their menu ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230085 It was even better when it came ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230086 Afterwards, we stopped in the facilities ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230087 to work off the diet cokes we'd had in preparation for our trip to Italiano's ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230088 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230089 where they serve water ice and invented the gelati ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230090 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230091 I had the out of towners version ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230092 while DrLen's was more traditional ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230093

Next we went to visit Joel ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230094 and Diane ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230095 who took these pictures of her garden ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230096 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230097 and we headed off to South Philly where they put McDonald's ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230098 in front of painted murals on walls. We stopped at this park ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230099 because it was opposite the original Levis building ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230100 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230101 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230102 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230103 while this gentleman obliged for the obligatory phone booth picture ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230104 at the plaque ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230105 for W. E. B. DuBois. He kept talking ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230106 even as I took the piercing pictures ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230107 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230108 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230109 and pondered getting one as DrLen met his former helper ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230110 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230111 whose name I forgot.

On we went towards the tattoo parlor ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230112 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230113 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230114 and met the chef people. ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230115 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230116 and then the police ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230117 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230118 who didn't seem to mind me taking their picture but DrLen ducked in here ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230119 Gentle viewer, perhaps you remember why I took this picture... ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230120 as we headed to Rodeo Kidz ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230121 by the stop sign ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230122 while DrLen checked out the windows ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230123 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230124 and I shot a picture of another mural ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230125 by Adler's Fabrics ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230126 and the whole street scene ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230127 at the corner with the nicely painted facade ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230128 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230129 looking out at the Stop Sign ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230130 not to mention the beautiful pottery ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230131 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230132 Then we met an old friend ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230133 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230134

Again the street scene was very colorful ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230135 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230136 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230137 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230138 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230139 as Larry ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230140 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230141 watched over the next corner ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230142 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230143 with the Haagen Dazs emblem ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230144 hanging down as we saw another pioneer ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230145 food establishment and a great cigar sign ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230146 with boxes ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230147 and seltzer bottles ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230148 at gargoyles ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230149 The sparkplug ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230150 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230151 inspired DrLen ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230152 and the trucks ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230153 and this inspirational message ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230154 led us to Isaiah Zaigar's work ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230155 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230156 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230157 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230158 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230159 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230160 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230161 and we headed further down the street ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230162 past the narrow street ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230163 the directional sign ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230164 and the natives ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230165 to the car. On the way home, we saw this bus sign ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230166 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230167 that reminded us that Judy was working, Our very last stop was to admire Wilt's mural ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230168 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230169 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230170 ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230171 and take a picture of these guys ../../../Sabbat/05.23.01DayInPhilly//P5230172