Hella

After the race and an attempt at a nap, I decided that I wanted a nice hearty dinner. I’ve been to Fredericksburg a couple times before and have tried two local restaurants. My favorite is The Auslander so I decided to make the 80 mile trip around 4:15 in the afternoon. It was on the [...]

Well things were growing this time (grass, trees, flowers) … and so the city grows on me just like everyone said it would. Instead of sewer and smoke in the air, there was actually the scent of blooming trees, honeysuckle, and wisteria. A trip up to the Art Museum area and Fairmount Park really helped [...]

I was in the mood to try another local place for dinner on Sunday night so I headed over to this place near 17th and Walnut. I was originally attracted to the place because they have a limited amount of bistro type outdoor seating. I got seated right away in the main dining room directly [...]

After Wharton Welcome Weekend was over, I went for a Sunday brunch at this Belgian Cafe and Beer Emporium. Several people I’d met had mentioned they wanted to try it and one even stopped in only to find a 45 minute wait on Friday night and went elsewhere. At around 11:30 on Sunday morning, though, [...]

After exiting the PATCO station, I headed directly south on 9th Street. Since I’d read about Ryan’s recent cheesesteak taste test, I was anxious to see what it was all about for myself. Many (10-15?) blocks down the road, I spotted the big Geno’s neon signage and knew I was almost there. Soon after passing [...]

I decided to make a quick trip over to Atlantic City today and caught an early train on the PATCO over to Lindenwold. From there, I caught a transfer onto the NJ Transit Atlantic City Line and to the final destination. From the convention center, a free Jitny bus takes eager gamblers over to the [...]

I’m back in Philadelphia again. I got in yesterday afternoon after a pretty smooth couple of flights up here. Septa, of course, had to find a way to trick me. Instead of confusing me with the peak/off-peak charges on the R1 (the airport is always peak, no matter what), the train decided to arrive on [...]

I can’t say that I’m ecstatic about moving to Philadelphia, but my trip there last week certainly got me thinking about things I’ll miss about Texas. Here is a short list of things that stood out as memorable during my visit. Instead of taking the bus to and from Center City and campus, I can [...]

I’m finally here. There was a bit of a delay in DFW, but other than that, the flight was pretty good. After exiting the airport in PHL, I quickly found the R1 Septa Train, but the ticket machine didn’t want to accept any sort of the redesigned currency. There was a change machine that spit [...]