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Jan. 15th, 2008 10:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Hey everyone,
Just got back from Philadelphia. I had very limited internet access while I was there, and what I did have I had to use for work, so don't be surprised if I comment on something from last week.
Philly was pretty fucking awesome. I had a really hard time getting used to people actually being polite to me, and to traffic signals actually meaning something. We ate at a few badass restaurants, the most notable of which was this tapas-ish place that has a whole page of different cheese selections, and all sorts of fancy-ass beer. I also got to spend some time wandering around the city taking pictures of interesting things. And here some of them are, below the cut...

This is an old Masonic Temple, which is all giant and badass and Moorish-looking.

Closeup of the Masonic temple arch.

Where's your god now? This is the most evil Santa Claus I've ever seen.

Some weird castle-looking thing on the inside of City Hall plaza.

Random building plus neat clouds.

For some reason this made me think of Monopoly.

(Insert Rocky reference here) While here, I saw at least 3 different people running up the stairs and/or waving their arms like retards.

Statue near the Rocky stairs. This chick is totally tweaking her nipple.

I have no idea what this is doing here.

They put the chocolate mice next to the chocolate human ears. I hope that was intentional.

Even Mennonite shopkeeps like John Vanderslice.

Bigass ceiling. Big what? Ass ceiling.

Statue in the 30th Street station.
Just got back from Philadelphia. I had very limited internet access while I was there, and what I did have I had to use for work, so don't be surprised if I comment on something from last week.
Philly was pretty fucking awesome. I had a really hard time getting used to people actually being polite to me, and to traffic signals actually meaning something. We ate at a few badass restaurants, the most notable of which was this tapas-ish place that has a whole page of different cheese selections, and all sorts of fancy-ass beer. I also got to spend some time wandering around the city taking pictures of interesting things. And here some of them are, below the cut...
This is an old Masonic Temple, which is all giant and badass and Moorish-looking.
Closeup of the Masonic temple arch.
Where's your god now? This is the most evil Santa Claus I've ever seen.
Some weird castle-looking thing on the inside of City Hall plaza.
Random building plus neat clouds.
For some reason this made me think of Monopoly.
(Insert Rocky reference here) While here, I saw at least 3 different people running up the stairs and/or waving their arms like retards.
Statue near the Rocky stairs. This chick is totally tweaking her nipple.
I have no idea what this is doing here.
They put the chocolate mice next to the chocolate human ears. I hope that was intentional.
Even Mennonite shopkeeps like John Vanderslice.
Bigass ceiling. Big what? Ass ceiling.
Statue in the 30th Street station.
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Date: 2008-01-16 12:48 pm (UTC)I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. :)
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Date: 2008-01-16 04:09 pm (UTC)I'm surprised no one has yet blurted out with the oh-so-obvious Church Lady exclamation:
"Could it beeeeeeeee... SATAN??!!!" XDDDDDDDD
That said, looks like you had a great trip! :D
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Date: 2008-01-16 04:47 pm (UTC)Yeah, I really like Philly. Would go again, etc. PA is actually one of Heather's potential job search targets, so we may end up living there eventually...
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Date: 2008-01-16 06:13 pm (UTC)John Linnell - Pennsylvania
Tom Waits - Chocolate Jesus
I've never seen Rocky, so I would have not "gotten it."
"Where is your God now??"
"Oh, he's in chocolate form, next to the mice and ears."
Re: im in ur blog, makin u sountrax
Date: 2008-01-16 06:58 pm (UTC)I hadn't heard any of John Linnell's solo stuff before. It's interesting.
Good call on the Chocolate Jesus thing. Y'know, this entry soundtrack thing may be the best idea ever.