Sunday February 15: Coldest Day Yet!

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AND 30 MPH Winds

Good morning all you pack wearing patchouli smelling winter warriors. It is now 8:45 AM. I am inside feeling the effects of 30 to 50 mile an hour gusts and it's now 10°

Note the American Flag!

outside. I think I'm going to be in a venturous warrior and go outside and hit the barn on 10 AM with

Catching the 48

the real coffee. I just added another layer and put on my long johns. Well I walked up to 2448 after waiting

My Path to Bar None

maybe 30 seconds. I was extremely lucky on that one. Now I hope to catch the 57 bus on time

A Fellow SEPTA Passenger

to actually make this meeting on time at 10:00 AM. Where walked from fourth and market to fourth and Locust when the 57 showed up at 9:53 AM. I got to fourth and South 9:55 AM. I'll probably make it just as

4th and South

In the Morning

the meeting starts. I grabbed a route 40 bus which help me get here by    9:58 AM. 11:06 AM & there's

Collage of Snow

been a change of plans for 1 o'clock. I now I'm going to try to get my haircut done since and out of time.

Cute Pup

I'm at milk and honey in the playing everything from Foreigner to the cars. It seems to be classic rock

4th & Lombard

thing for the young girls to play behind the counter. I'm having a banana banana bread and OJ and I'm

Milk & Honey

gonna play in this blog until I hear if I can get a haircut done today at the chop shop. There are people

A Scene

from the meeting and a couple yuppies talking while I type and wait. Some guy is sharing his adventures of

Life Begins

adopting a child from woman with a harsh economic background. And the procreation continues.

Talking Adoption

Him and his boyfriend to get the kids. The pregnant woman nearby said to the nice white man: "You will make a great father." I leaned that children of trans-racial families are more likely to have teenage pregnancy.  Well I am gonna have

At Chop Shop

to get out of here. I really had enough of this conversation. I left my my earphones at work. GOOD NEWS.

2nd and Fitzwater

I have a haircut apt in 20 minutes. When I got my haircut done promptly and then a friend who lives at 2nd

Helping A Friend

 & Fitzwater Streets.  She asked me to help her little bit with moving stuff out of the moving van that she has from the U-Haul. I also I'm

My Friend's Moving Van

going to meet somebody at 4P 4:30 PM at the Chestnut Hill coffee shop which is right at the end of the Chestnut Hill local. It's a balmy 16° outside as of 2:30 PM. I'm in the van waiting for my friend to get her vapor pipe fixed at lovey on fourth Street. Meanwhile snow is on the way. We're in the area of the 3 to 6 inch variety which will fall tomorrow

Snow is Coming

afternoon and evening I believe. She's bringing her son there as well. Well I got to the train station in

4th Street

plenty of time. Well I'm now at the Jefferson Station formally called market east. I am waiting for the

Driving North on 3rd

3:45 PM Chestnut hill west local to the end of the line. I'm going to call Larry pretty soon to let them

Going To Jefferson Station

know what the story is here. I expect I can be back by 6pm depending on the train coming back. I found

Chillin and Chargin

a plug here at the Jefferson Station to charge my phone. It's now 23%. It's 3:49 PM now we are leaving

Getting Ready

suburban station. It's still pretty cold out there and I'm looking forward to going somewhere I never

Route to Chestnut Hill

go which is Chestnut Hill. The fact that the train is right next to the coffee shop is a real bonus for me. I

Warm and Comfy

think I'll call Larry now. I'm also glad the wind died down since it's going to stay below 20° for the remainder of the

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day. Wow! I got a really nice view of the Schyukill  & the art museum in the window of the train. I think

A View from 30th Street

I got a good one and posted on Facebook. Well I met at the Chestnut Hill coffee. Actually walked

Going to Germantown Ave

by the place it's very subtly blending in with the rest of the stores there. It was very drafty and cold but

Arriving at Coffee Shop

we had good conversation. And talked about different things she is a massage therapist now but

Pizza Shop

she was in TV programming it one    point. Anyhow I went to a local pizza place and got a slice and some pomegranate lemonade

Coffee Shop Closes at 6pm

. Couldn't stand long since the train was skipped to leave at 6:23 PM. I think I'll get off at 11th and then go

Catching the 6:23 Train

to Larry's. Yes the Netflix marathon going on. He also has a fireplace. So I want eat my slice up and drink up my Lemonaide Pomigranite Jucie ASAP.

Back to Center City

It is now 12° outside as of 6:31 PM we are at the Carpenters Lane station. Back the politics for a minute Republican-controlled diamond legislature is again proposing to about was the state store system.

Snack on the Train

 http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2015/02/if_you_thought_obamacare_was_c.html   It all sounds nice but they've never been able to do it even when they controlled all three

Blogging on the Train

branches of government in Pennsylvania. Now this local political hack they only May is saying that liquor privatization is complex. Let's see. I just got to Larry's and was watching 60 Minutes about Bradley Cooper who is favored to win an Oscar for "American

At Larry's

Sniper". I was browsing the Meetup group called Philadelphia Bloggers. I saw this boomer blogger. She is quite well-off is a lawyer who married a doctor. She like to to lots of activities. She has a son who also writes a blog and has travaled all over a the world and

Market Frankford EL

about that. Its now 6:53 and we are just leaving 30th Street Statiion.

2nd and Market

A Good Marrage

Getting Ready for Spring