Philly, PA

Hi- Oh my goodness. Two posts in one night. I just had to tell you about my trip to Philly. As I said earlier, this has nothing to do with the Skinny Mission, its just a fun trip I took! Nikhil and Brian gave me their pictures of the trip so, we will have some nice visuals too. So, Nikhil was supposed to go to Philadelphia with a his class, but couldn't the weekend the class went. (Ultimately the class didn't go... but we went anyway) And my uncles live right outside of Philly and I hadn't seen them in awhile, so I thought "this is perfect I can go with Nikhil, and see the sights and see my uncles. What a nice weekend!" That really is what I thought too...sometimes I think in cheesy sit-comy ways.

So on Saturday morning we got on the Chinatown bus and for a mere $10 had the chance to smell a smell that is completely indescribable. (Horrendous, and vomit-inducing are two words that come close) and arrive in Philadelphia two hours later! I have to say it was great... other than the smell. I honestly don't know why I don't go more often- so cheap and so fast. We got off had a delish meal at Reading Terminal Market. We topped it off with a little mint fudge that we carried around all day- we even took the mini spoon they gave us to taste. Let's just say fudge eaten with a mini spoon tastes even better! Then we saw the sites. We went to the Liberty Bell....
And Independence Hall... (Unfortunately, I didn't find the special glasses for the treasure map on the back of the Declaration of Independence that I stole).
Then we met my uncles Dom and Brian at Gay Bingo. Gay Bingo a monthly event in Philadelphia to raise money for people living with HIV/AIDS and my uncles volunteer at it. I had so much fun. I can't even tell you. First of all, we didn't win anything- even though we came SO close to winning the $1,000 prize. And by so close, I mean we were still like 5 squares away, but I could taste it. We also got to go on stage and play charades with the Bingo Verifying Divas. Very very fun! Then we went out to drinks with my uncles and their friends. We went to a bar that was part dance club, part chill sitting bar, and part piano bar. MY DREAM! I requested that we sang "Good Morning Baltimore" at the piano...and I was in heaven.
The next morning we went to brunch and saw all the sites we missed.
And we went to LOVE Park. (This is Nikhil in the picture with me).
(Uncle Dom, Me, Nikhil and Brian at LOVE Park)

This is the highly summarized version of the trip but, I wanted to share the pics and give you an overview before my computer dies for good. Also, did you know that the Declaration wasn't actually signed on July 4th? The things you learn...

Have a great night guys! xoxo