Wednesday, August 24: Work at Liberty and A Date

View from Bus Stop

Well I got up a little after seven and allowed myself to have some breakfast before heading out towards West Philly to walk dogs. Well I got to the

Good Relationship

dog and believe it or not they did not make ungodly

On Trolley

mess this morning. That was quite a relief chittering what had happened before. I was going to take

THe Pups

Uber from where I was to 46th and Market but the driver was a little slow. I I canceled over and

Flowers Everywhere

took the 64 bus to 46 & Market before taking the EL. I might be taking the EL and get to the Huntington Station so I had to go to the other side and get off at the first stop. Once I got into the

The EL at 46th Street

Part of My Partial

liberty district, I was met by the district in a minute straighter who was standing outside waiting for

Old City

stragglers to come in. I was one of them. I was about 20 minutes late. I didn't got escorted to a desk that

Our Temp District

had a computer. Well the screens wouldn't come up on the screen so someone had to

Fixing Computer

come by and up date the Java programming language. After that go completed I get

The Liberty Dance Floor

hooked up to a printer nearby. It was 1030 and I was then able to embark on getting my work

Near Liberty District

completed. Well I got most of what I could get done completed. I then headed on down towards the Huntington EL stop and headed toward 8th Street. I met a friend at a coffee shop call Le Pain Quoadianz It's a nice little coffee shop chain in philadelphia. I'm not sure located anywhere .

The EL

else but I know there's at least two in Philadelphia that I am aware of in Center City Philadelphia. Well both of us arrive around the same time after work We then sat in a window seat and ordered a nice meal. We split the meal which was good because the portions are pretty big the menu also said it was "perfect for

sharing." We talked for

Meg and My Work

a while and the meal was light yet it was tasty. We didn't hop the bus to the gallery and hung out there

Resident Artist Reception

for a while it was it was fun she got to see my photographs upfront and personal and she enjoyed

Upstairs at Da Vinci

it. There was a party at Judy angles gallery and we checked it out. It was pretty cool We then

Sunset at Da Vinci

decided to stroll down eighth Street. We walked down to Washington Square, Park which was a nice relief

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from the sun since it was cool. We sat on the bench at the bus stop at eighth and market. She would then

Old Lit Bros Building

catch the 44 of us on this bus stop. We hung out and talked some more and then the bus eventually did

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show up and take her home. I then went to JFK Boulevard and caught the 33 bus back home to Fairmount and home

Wednesday, August 17: A Normal Day @ Work. Meeting a friend at Gallery and Hanging with Pat

Me

I got up early this morning and thought the meeting was at the clubhouse but alas it was not it was downtown. I stayed to have coffee and mellow

Fairmount Ave

out for a bit. That was good because I needed it.

Heading to OCF

I got to work on time after getting off at 52nd St.EL stop by mistake. I brought leftovers from my Indian

OCF

food trip last night. I ate half a bowl and I'll eat the rest tomorrow. I have also brought a whole bunch

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of change thinking I could go to a change machine and get money for it. Only problem is TD Bank doesn't

33 Bus to EL

do it anymore so I have to go to Republic Bank. They'll do it for non-customers free. Well least they

2nd 33 Bus

did several months ago. I only saw one client for AMR form the rest of the day was trying to clean

On the EL at 48th Street

up and schedule people there tomorrow scheduled approximately 22 to 23 people. I know I'll

52nd Street

get a half decent rate of people showing up since some of them are re-schedule from earlier in the month.

56th Street EL Stop

I did get some phone calls it added a little busyness and strap. Some of them are rescheduling couple

Lunch

were just a lot of questions.  It's now 5:32 PM I am at 56th & market. I took the L down to eighth and

Leaving Work

Market and then walked up to 8th Street to Walnut to Starbucks. I'm gonna play it safe and get coffee now

and then catch the 47 to Catherine Street I got a large decaf them on a condo and I'm gonna hang out

Starbucks at 8th and Chestnut

at the small Starbucks. It does have a little padded seat area.  It's a lot nicer out here that it has been

View at Starbucks

over the last week..

So I ordered a decaf iced Americano and completed to blog post.

Getting My Iced Americano

Erika arrived about 15 minutes early to the gallery so I left around  6:45 PM.  I noticed the flag and the

Got It

board worn out to announce the gallows open. So I helped a young woman take care of that and Erika

Blogging

enjoyed the show.

It was a nice time with Erika.  She saw my photos @ The gallery

Entering the Gallery

and then we hung out at the Starbucks at 9th and South. She then drove me to 13th and Market so I

Meeting My Friend

so I could kept the EL to 40th St. to 40th St. to meet with Pat.

While I was making

@ 40th Street EL Stop

this message I walked the wrong way towards 39th St. 😁😁 well I ended up going to the

PACKED at 9pm @ 40th

7-Eleven and converting a big bucket of change to $23. I then withdrew a 20 and all was good. Pat

Counting  $23 in Change

and I had Indian and then we watched a story about the Philadelphia experiment and I went to sleep.

Finally Home

Got up around 2 AM and took Uber home

Saturday, August 13: Hot and Motivated! I See "Second Language" Exhibit

Fairmount Ave

Good day all you heat seekers. You have arrived! I got up after a really good night sleep despite having to get up about 4 times to get the head. I waited for

Uber

the bus for a little bit and I am 10 minutes I called Über

2nd Street Waiting 4 Uber

and went with Uber hair. This driver was really slow but I got there.I met my friend Marissa at Old City Coffee.

Cool Old Building

We then went to the 10 @ 1030 and then decided to take Uber to the Da Vinci Art alliance. The show is

Da Vinci Art Alliance

called second language and as you all know I have 3 of my pieces there. Let's put it this way it is so hot

Folks Gallery Sitting

out here. I am not exaggerating it is absolutely impressive really humid. Let's put it this way, if you

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like you're in standing on hot air vent. Yes the kind of shitty air blows hot air and homeless people sleep

My Photos and I

on in the Winter. It is a kin to Dante's inferno but with more humidity!! 😩

I am drinking

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liquids like they're paying me to drink. What we want to the gallery and I really like the positioning

Some Work at Da Vinci

of my 3 photos. First they are all next to each other and they are next to 2 award-winning photographs

Folks Leaving Gallery

as well. The fact that it's in the center of the galley not in the back is also good stuff.

At Rally Cafe

I had a very decent day I hung out with a couple of the fellow artists there. I talked to a retired temple

professor who shows his work here at the da Vinci. He give me some recommendations for places to submit for juried shows.

I took the 47 in a cab to 2nd and Arch and went to a photo

The Cab

At 3rd Street Gallery

photo show at the 3rd St., Gallery   I'm at 3rd and Arch and I just hopped on the 48. I went  home & met Sharon made a quick treat of German meat and eggs. It was quite tasty! she just had a ride from Aldi and got some food such as yogurt and a light there. Is really

The 48 Back Home

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good of her to cook up something hot especially in the content heat that we're having. For that as

Nice Late Afternoon Snack

I was walking home, I met up with her friend Carol and Jean. They're fun couple who live around the

Butter is Happy

corner from Sharon. They were talking as I was approaching the house. Later on in the evening Sharon

Dinner

cooked up some German dogs they were very tasty