Prelude to a Wedding!

Matt and I at His Job.

This is the blog entry about this weekend just before the wedding of Matt Strobel and Tanya Kelly which is today at 8 PM

Matt and Tanya

I've landed in Portland Maine at the Portland Maine Greyhound bus terminal. Its located on St. John Street and some other intersection. It is at least 15° colder  than in Philly I am really glad  I brought my warm clothes and not my shorts!! I must say the bus trip was long and kind of miserable because I was ill. I had to blow my nose all the time and 2 out of the 3  Read more here.)  At least the last bus wasn't packed!! I had all this room in the bus  and it was just cool man.

Goth Night

buses were PACKED!! On the bus from New York to Boston, I was the LAST person on the bus and the driver left 6 minutes EARLY.(

Tanya and her friend Cindy are picked me up and we grabbed a bite to eat and coffee at a coffee place in town.  Cindy drove us though downtown and then we met up with Matt who was working. He was in the middle of mowing the church lawn.  the adventure begins hope you get some coffee
Joke of the day-

Thai Tea!

and some food    I am for now in the land of lobsters.

What is the difference b/t a hillbilly wedding and a hillbilly funeral?

One less drunk at the funeral.

OK. The bride and groom are getting last minute stuff for the wedding. I am in the Jewish ceremony. We had a fun nite at this

nightclub's Goth night. It was not hard-core so I could mix in a bit. I did do some dancing around like a white man can do. Some of the folks had some funny costumes..eh clothes on! One woman was dressed

in a 50's country outfit doing the Rockabilly look and some dude had HUGE  aviator

Wadsworth Statue in Downtown Portland

goggles on and hitting on various women including the Rockabilly woman. I was the old dude at this gig. My friend could not believe I had fun there w/o drinking. I just said it was practice! 

Arnold Palmer Iced Tea!

We all crashed at 2:30 and I slept in till 11:30 this morning. If I get this blog done I am going to walk to downtown Portland or I might nap for awhile. You know what?? I did NEITHER! Ha!!! Ha!! I am listening to the Beatles, lying on a couch, charging my phone and computer. I am writing this blog as well. Of course I am checking out the email and the Facebook. It is a cool sunny day in Yarmouth Maine today. 

How are you this weekend in Philadelphia?  You know something. It's pretty chilly here this early afternoon. It's already 4 Pm and Matt and Tanya are

The synagogue

My Blogging Station

going to be back in 20 minutes.  Its been a long time since I have been to a wedding. In 1994 I went to 5 weddings including my very own. Boy life has changed. I mean I was at Matt's first wedding back in the year 2000 and now they expect 40-50 people there and all (except a few of us) are friends that Tanya and Matt know in Maine. Well got to fly now and shower cause they are going to running around and showering and getting wedding nerves.

A Personal Thought

No Fear No Envy No Meanness.

Its been a long time since we saw each other. Now  my life,

I hope this finds full of life.I mean this time.

Going to move back. I plan to come back, hope we can get together.

Eager to see to make it though the times though.

Found out but that is OK with me. Going to the support of time,

a Godsend. I will have much to be.

 I go though more gain, yet remain the same.

Fun and On the Bus

/Cruising Down Market St.

I Left My Scripts Here!

Its Thursday May 16th Now lets see. I worked welfare and it was mellow. I used my earphones to good effect and tuned out. I do however think my Supervisor is a wearing of my hyper self.

I then went to group and it was LARGE. I got to share and it was good. I was a we bit disturbed when a young woman seemed to cut me off. Then again she just continued where I left off. I also made another a bit nervous but I just went my way on the 21 bus.

This wedding trip to Portland ME should be a trip W/the Luggage. HA..

HA!!

Yeh, it's gonna be funky up there. I feel closer to the the bride then the groom. I have known him since 1987 but i spent the last 8 months making a new friend w the the bride. Plus I do not know anyone. I hope there are some flirty women. I think a meeting may be good!.

Well a funny thing happened on the way home for my 11pm bus to Maine.

Man!! Left  my 2 Scripts at Le Bec Fin!!

Chillin in the Sun

I just realized it as I was going to Pats for dinner. Pat saw me freaked our and thought I was drunk. Well turns out that he is meeting a friend at Ortleib's Jazz House.

 Pat was getting ready to ride his bike and I got a quick ride back to Le Bec Fin and got my stuff. I waked in the place and it was

11PM at Greyhound

like a movie set. I was just breathless!! I took a video to document this split moment in time. It's 9:34Pm and I was lucky to catch a Rt 21 bus with our a wait. I am now on 40th where a wheelchair is being strapped in. So I guess I will have 30 min to blow my nose and pack. I may have tine to have Pat's leftovers.

Sheila

I am now riding on the Greyhound bound for New York. I will eventually end up in Portland ME around 11am  EDT tomorrow, Friday May 17th. I am sitting next to a young woman who from the Dominican Republic but has lived in New York most of her life. She manages a restaurant called Pie Face. A couple owns this franchise.

Pie Face in NYC

They started in 2003 in Austria. They have 15 company owned and 60 I am told its a chain from Australia that just came to New York about a year ago. There are 4 in New York so far with a new one opening next week.

PIE FACE was SUPER! I hung w a woman named Sheila who was going to Hartford for an antiques show. We got separated since my bus was COMPLETELY full. I hop she did not miss her bus.! Almost missed my bus to Boston. Bus driver left at 3:24! 6 Min Early!!

I  bought Rush "Moving Pictures" from 1982. 

I heard it from those cool dudes. One was a drummer and he LOVED Neil Pert. A stoner album that ain't the Dead or Pink Floyd. What does FC/ Khuna sound like??

Here is the Joke of the day-

You might be a hillbilly if: the exterior of your home has plenty of decorative license plates and hubcaps. Your vehicle, sadly, has neither.

Well back to the non-joke world that I walk though.

My battery on the computer is dying and I do not have access to the plug since I am sitting in the aisle seat next to the biggest man on this bus to Boston. Its now4:32am

May and its Okay

I got to work and saw lots of folks  but it was not too bad at all. This cold has spread to my  nose. I might have to miss Sunrise again tomorrow to catch up on sleep. 

On the the way to Shopper's Special. I am going to be 15 min late. I am then going to 19th and Walnut at 7 to meet a friend at the 8 pm meeting.

Give up the Joint

Last but not least is a Dr apt at 9:45 tonite. Then I suppose it's going to time to sleep.I made it to both my meetings and I went home for the phone charger for my phone and then I'll now I'm on the way to the doctors via the cab since I  was running really late okay over and out 10 o'clock. I got home at 11:30 and it is time to sleep. My trip to Maine starts tomorrow at 11pm.

Tuesday Tea

Today Tuesday, May 14 I have ended another day at the Welfare Wakka. I am

Earth Cup where I got my Tea

went to the cat job on 45th St. and I'll then I was hoping to hit gratitude and then go to Pats. I skipped Gratitude  but I feel I am catching a cold so I went to the Earth Cup and had some homemade tea with ginger. It was pretty good. I had dinner with Pat and watched airplane disaster shows on YouTube.  The worst one EVER was the Tenerife airport disaster on March 27th 1977. The jerk pilot of the KLM took off without permission and hit the Pan Am plane. It was real bad!! It's a nice day outside and it was a quiet at work since i did not have to see hardly anybody and I got this report done that is due tomorrow  That is a

Dawn Baby and Boyfriend

 good thing for sure.

Cute Pussycat

Went to Earth Cup and got some tea. Think I am getting a cold so not going back downtown. Tomorrow I have a 9:30 Med check apt so I should hi the rack fairly early. I hear its going to warm up tomorrow. The wedding is on!! I am considering a cross-country BUS trip to the West Coast in October or November. It's $258 Round Trip. I did find a cheap airfare of of $240 Round Trip on Cheap-O-Air. Most of the really cheap fares 

Yuppies in the Wild

require a train trip from Newark Airport but hell, that is CHEAP. Now I have to decide how much time I want to take off. The bus is almost 3 days. I want to find out if Greyhound has a "See America Fares." I know that I can not see Canada for sure!!

Hungry Pussy

Had a good day at work no drama. I will be over soon to chill.
 I just read on Facebook late last night that Dawn had her baby. All I can say is Congratulations.
I am now running late for work and the AES just called about my student loan. I think I am a month behind. This is why I must be a cheap traveler.

Bye

Sleepy Monday

49th and Walnut

Photo Shoot.

Good afternoon today May 13th. I was just tired. i got up at 6 am and and went back to sleep. Peter and I were the only people at work today in our unit. I saw few people but not too many. I faxed something to jury duty thing that I am not good to be able to make it and I got my greyhound tickets to Maine printed out I am going to see chart my rabbits today at five and have a coffee and go maybe it's in AA meeting. I think it's at seven tonight it was sunny with big puffy clouds. A bit cool for mid-May.

Pat's Sketch

like young girl did the meeting but it's chilly out here but sun is still out so it's not too bad. I'm gonna go Pats and get Sorts  for him and mom I'll be crashes place and go to sleep very usual today yet so really nothing to say because I really really very blog last night so much

Up...Up... and Away

Yes today's the day you don't roughnecks think.  I do think vainglorious and you will see it on my blog tonight later on when Larry calls me to remind me to go to bed and me trying out to get up at 3 AM like it did yesterday.

Artist at Work

Its now Tuesday morning and I slept in and will go to a later meeting. I will see my Dr tomorrow at 9:30pm. Its a sunny morning and I am listening to the Velvet Underground w/ Nico. I can not believe I did not download this before.  Well I am just made myself late for work again by reading Robert Christgau's reviews. I am thinking of getting Blondie

Mother's Day Weekend 2013!

Cleo the Cat!!

Hello I just saw the earlier blog I would feel like I like that well anyway not feeling so great and Friday was kind of chill at work and  so at the last minute I decided I was going to Baltimore. I

I Remember Her!

went home, called pat, and charged my phone. The round trip is  $38.00  for the 7 PM bus.  I was to come back early Saturday but I soon learned that was not to be.  Saturday was raining off and on all day. The bus left the Greyhound station at 7:30 pm, so the bus is 30 minutes late. The bus was pretty crowded but I had more leg room then on the MEGABUS!

As I arrived in Baltimore,the rain became extremely intense.

Leaving Philly on Friday

While I was at the bus station waiting, I decided  it was time to take the cab to Pikesville but THAT was ridiculously expensive at $35.00. I eventually took a cab to one of the metro stations and got picked there at the station.
Once settled in we then ordered a small pizza at a place called Philly Style. My friend broke her tibia last Saturday so she was Saturday,  I  slept pretty well then I got  up at 7 am and had some breakfast and I met an ebony & ivory lesbian couple from Georgia who were going to the  graduation of a Son who was graduating from Howard University which is  in DC. We are in Baltimore but the travel site Travelocity told them that Baltimore was close enough for Howard University which we found funny!

SpaZ

limping along but in a good frame of mind.

Computer Central for the Weekend

The Cleveland kidnapping thing is been in the news on CNN. The crimes the man committed were REALLY gross but this morning. I was dropped at the Metro stop and and then search 3:10 pm and I went to my cat job at 2nd Street!

At Metro Parking Lot

for a route 27 bus or a cab. The city of Baltimore does not have enough cabs! I must have walked 2 miles around downtown Baltimore and I saw hardly ANY cabs so of course, I missed the 10:15 bus. When I went to pay $20.00 to pay for the next bus to Philly.  I was told the 1 pm bus was SOLD OUT and I would have the wait for the  the 2:45 bus. The lady at the counter stated that I could not catch the 1:00 pm bus under

Pat's Culinary Friday

any conditions. So I thought that I would  not be back in Philly until 4:30. I tried to pay somebody $20 to switch tickets but that went over like a lead balloon. I

Media Trolley from the Rear on May 12

decided to wait in line with the 1pm folks and pretend my ticket was a 1 pm ticket. When the man checked my ticket, he notice that it was NOT a 1pm ticket I had to plead my case! The man had me wait and was cool

The Metro Stop Near my Friend

since I DID pay my extra $20 bucks to change my departure time. I sat next to a young woman who is a vegan. She eats beans and rice,  stir fry and Chili!!Yum!   I just got off the bus at

My bags from Buffalo and my computer were still there since I

Broad Street Line Sunday 5-12

have been crashing  there.   I got pretty hungry, during the bus ride so I got a chicken cheese steak and ate it at Larry's. I got food coma and fell asleep till 6 pm. I then took the EL to 15th and  met a friend and we went at National Mechanics. IT'S THE OLD REVIVAL! Its a nice place that's not expensive. We went to see the movie NO! at the Ritz at the Bourse. It was not bad at all but we BOTH felt there was something missing. We both had fun last night.

Olney Transportation Center: Sunday

Remember Sugar Daddy?

Sunday, I got up at 6:30 since I need to get to Horsham with SEPTA on Sunday no later then 11 am. I first headed to 2nd and Market to take care of pussycat and eat some breakfast. 

  I took the EL to the Broad Street Line. Next I took it to Broad & Olney Street where I caught the  Route 55 bus all the way to Horsham!! I am having Mother's Day Brunch at 11 this morning!

Mother's Day Brunch!

Escalator of Life at the 46th Street El Stop.

We interrupt this blog for a SPECIAL News Bulletin!! My friend may be canceling his Wedding ! I just got a message on Facebook !CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? I almost have to laugh..,.but I did not since its sad really for both of them. Now back to your current blog entry already in progress

I made it to Horsham. We went to the restaurant. It looks like a Nice place casual place not like a stuffy old persons place like we've gone before.  David Lydia and Heidi managed to make it Debbie is campaigning for Judge in Media.  

I then took the Media Trolley to 69th Street and then took the EL to 2nd street where I met Alicia

The ROUTE 55

and we walked around the Penn's Landing area. We went to eat at the same place that I ate Saturday night called National Mechanics. This place is where Revival used to be be in the 80's and  early 90's

5-11 Outside Starbucks

I had a nice weekend and a relaxing Mothers Day with family. Stay tuned for this coming week where I try to get out of jury duty since I was JUST called last September 19 and I have a date for this Tuesday May 14th. The week ends with a wedding in Portland ME in which should be fun and be a must-read blog entry or 2 that will blow your mind.
Well, its now Monday and I just got up from napping and missed the Sunrise meeting. Its 8:45 am and I have to get ready for the new week ahead.
I did most of the creation of this blog entry on my iPhone and the Blogger app. I really like the fact I can blog on the go. The results are not clean and generally need for me to go on the laptop and do some serious editing to Here is the blog when I first got home to add, edit and place more photos on.  You can see that the writing does not go around the photo and there are misspellings galore. I use the Dragon Dictation App on my phone to write and it works but does not know punctuation. Take a look!!

Side Street Near My Place

make the page look decent.
Its time to conclude this weekend edition, so have a great week.