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I just sold the largest piece of furniture in my apartment and I’ve concluded that having a frieght elevator in the building in a big city is at the top of my priority list. When I first moved in here, I didn’t realize the benefits quite so much. Looking back, moving my things from the [...]

I just saw an early edition of tomorrow’s (Sunday’s) edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer and a front page story confirms what I already suspected: Philadelphia International Airport is the nation’s worst in terms of ontime record. Almost two years of experience flying into and out of here has left me numb to how bad it [...]

Several days back I mentioned that I liked some of the prepared foods at Wawa (notably their Hoagies). Well apparently the place is popular with local celebreties, too. I just came back from my neighborhood store and who was walking out as I entered?: former mayor of Philadelphia and now governor of Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell. [...]

This post will be on ongoing effort to document some of the things I enjoyed most while at Wharton.
Exercise

Take a stroll along Walnut from the Schuylkill to the Deleware
Walk to Rittenhouse Square Park, find an open park bench, and sit a spell
Run up to Falls Bridge in Fairmount Park along East Kelly Drive (much more [...]

The weather seems to have finally turned for the better (or at least not quite as chilly). Trees are in bloom and the parks are starting to see more maintenance. The fountain in JFK Love Park is almost always in these days and we’ve been seeing some bright sunny skies over the past week. Here [...]

Trick or treat? Neither. It’s for real this time and not really a treat for anyone. SEPTA went on strike at midnight. I figured this would happen so I woke up early and walked to school. It takes about 45 minutes at a pretty good clip. Round trip I have about a two hour “commute” [...]

Just a quick review of last night’s dinner at Fork. It was a birthday dinner and about 14-16 people were at the table at any given time. The staff was very accomodating for such a large (and loud!) party. We all had a great time and it was enhanced by the delicious food (well, two [...]

Today for lunch I journeyed down to Old City to see what new places I could find. I’d seen several Middle Eastern restaurants along Chestnut so I ventured that way after walking along Market to 2nd. Right past a Belgian place called Eulogy (which looks good as well) is a very authentic and small place [...]

I had big plans for today and ended up accomplishing only the small, but important, items on my to-do list. I started by taking a relaxing morning cleaning around the apartment. I’ve also been doing laundry all day since I’m gearing up for a short trip tomorrow.
The first item I checked off was to pick [...]

Today is one of those days that’s better spend inside with nothing to do other than eat soup and watch TV. But then again, today was the last day of Quarter 3 classes (and the last classes before Spring Break!). Both are good reasons to journey to school and get it out of the way. [...]