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

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

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

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