Sunday, July 31st: Walking Center City and 3 of My Photos are Selected!!

24th Street

Well after going to bed late and waking up a lot due to having the heat the call of mother nature I slept until 11 o'clock. I didn't got a notice that my

At Bus Stop

friend with meeting me at noon at 17th and JFK

Ready 4 Action

Boulevard. I bound get out of bed and a good morning to Sharon and we talked a bit. I had my

Blogging at 17th and JFK

quickie bowl of cereal and work on my way with my ice tea in my old Saxbys cup. Well I stopped

A Little Visitor

at the corner bakery at 17th and JFK and sat and decided to do some blogging over there Wi-Fi. My friend then

Sansom Street

showed up and we hung out there. Then the rain started. We thought it was going to really be pouring outside. We then went to the  Rite

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Aid to get her Sudafed. Now you have to sign for it to get it. There was

Saxby's

some good sales on various things. I got myself 2 portable chargers $.99 white out and lens cleaner

Cool Sign

that was 75% off. After that we walked down 20th St. all the way down near South Street. We then

Built in 1860

went up to 21st St. and walked up a couple sidestreet such as Delancey Place. We saw the

Checking Out Cool Houses

Rosenbach museum and the Murray spandex house. He think I wrote "where the wild things are." The

Famous Lawyer

day got sunnier  and hotter as it went along. This was after I threatened rain that came around 1 o'clock.

Fresh Shave

We then decided that we were getting a little bit hot and cited we go back to coffee Joe. We would

Nice Window Display

both cool off and I would get the recharge my phone little bit. I got small ice coffee.  We hung

21st Street

out for a little while and cooled off in the night air conditioning at the Coffee Joe. We walk to Suburban

Rittenhouse SQ

Station and then she caught the train. I managed to catch the 48 bus fairly quickly and I got home by 4:00 PM I came home and something to drink and then I cooked up some pasta for dinner. After chowing down I

Positve Chaulk Art

The Artist

went upstairs to grab a nap I got up in time to catch the seven bus down town and meet up with Larry, 

Veronica, and Darlene at Saxby's. We hung out and talked for a while. I was the speaker and I was

Coffee Joe

extremely nervous. The crowd was a little bit bigger than it had been at the Sunday night meeting. One woman share

Love This Building

JFK Blvd

with the pick early thoughtful and kind. We had a business meeting and I am supposed to make

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coffee starting next month. found out  ALL  3 of my photographs were ACCEPTED in the current

The Fall Campaign Begins

exhibit coming up in August atthe Da Vinci gallery. I was just shocked and amazed all 3 of them

21st and Hamilton

made it. I got two of them already framed and now I have to get the third one printed and framed.

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I put the third one is a throwaway
not expecting it to make it. It's a picture of my computer logging

Heading Towards Saxby's

on with

JAVA. I couldn't wait to tell people. I fortunately

21st and Ranstead

found the email that I sent to enter my photographs so I have my description of each. Amy told me

21st and Chestnut

they're called mission statements. I was pleased with my statement. They probably helped. Anyhow

Strolling Along

I came home finished off the rest of my pasta and talk to Amy for a while. I will have to wire them

20th and Walnut

up and get the pick the other one up at the photo lounge tomorrow. I really didn't expect the third one

Friends at Saxby's

to get accepted.

It was a good day for photos. I got them taken before the meeting

Heading to Speak

and before I met Larry at 21st and Ramstead. I'm going to have to miss the opening night because

After Speaking

my bus leave Tuesday night at 7 PM of course I can postpone it a day but that probably wouldn't

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help all that much. The opening is Wednesday night the 3rd from 6 to 8.  I'm going to have to

Going Home Happy!

inform Da Vinci that I have to unfortunately miss it. I was listening to the Who's "Sell Out" when I got the wonderful news of my 3 photos making the cut.

Sunday, September 27:The Pope and the Parkway

Last Day of Pet Sitting

Well let myself sleep in till 8:30 AM since I was exhausted. I did my stuff with the animals and then took Uber to Front and south. I stopped into the

South Philly

bar none. I'm going to have to leave early since I've got this meet

I-95

Larry and then meet Bob sometime a little after 12 noon. I heard on the TV news last night that this

More National Guard

was the biggest operation the Secret Service is ever conducted. Bigger than the inauguration. Well after the bar none I headed towards Larry's house. Once

Bridget Foy's

there I had breakfast of bacon and then I'm left.

2nd and South

We then watch little pope coverage on the TV and I faxed the sandwiches that were bringing with us.

The Nice Sight of the Weekend

We took the EL from 2nd to 8th Street.

So I'm going to walk the rest away towards City Hall. We met

On Every Corner

a woman as we are walking from the Dominican republic. They were directing crowds to 20th and

Breakfast at Larry's

Callowhill Street. We started to go that way and Larry decided maybe we should just sit here and use the

Jumbotron. We were going to meet Bob and Lisa but they decided they would take the 22nd and Callowhill checkpoint that's how far gone the

Enjoying it 

 line is. I hope to get some pictures

The Crowds in Center City

from Bob or Lisa about how crowded it really is. It's now two or 2:33 PM where we're sitting near the water fountain at JFK is gotten really compressed and crowded

15th and JFK

since they've closed off the street so the police can have emergency vehicles I'm eventually coming home from here right now they're closed

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off JFK. The  Police are running up

An Arial View

and down the street like they're practicing some kind of formation. The pups not coming down

JFK this time probably. I believe it's because they want to burn see vehicles and VIPs to slip through. I'm glad the Eagles are finally winning. Yes Sharon

Callowhill Street

hibernated but she's hanging out with a friend but I

Cool Coffee Dude!

don't know whether going because she didn't respond. I got tired of being at 15th and JFK so I'm

Near Hamilton Street

walking around a big ass circle to a checkpoint so I can get close to home. Bob and Lisa up that way at 22nd St. Now walking north on 15th St.

Sharon and Butters

It's the ticketing area. I'm just going to go straight

At the Bishop's Beer Garden

the Fermount take a left and then go down any street that will let me cross. I did get home pretty

The Pope is Everywhere :)

easily and talk to Sharon for a little bit. She told me about the party she went to and that was cool. Friends

They were All Friendly

of hers were singing my name while buzzed. That was pretty funny!😜 I then

All Different Law Enforcement

needed to crash hard and I did. I crashed for about an hour until the doorbell rang and there was Bob.

Pope Francais Says Goodbye

He told me him and Lisa got a really find spot for the people mass that was held. So once I rouse myself

The Parkway Aftermath

awake we went down to the bishops collar to the pope beer garden that they had set up. We talked

The Stage Afterwards

for a while and decided that we had to get a particular T-shirt that spelled out "poop" in old Phillies

We Got T-Shirts There

insignia font. So we walked around the parkway looking at the aftermath of the pope and the staging in

front of the art museum and in the parkway. We went down to Doobies at 22nd and Lombard where the owner of the establishment was selling different

The Blood Moon Eclipse

styles of hope T-shirts. She did have the

Twas the Weekend

ones that Lisa and I were looking for. Geez I have not been into Doobies for 20 years I suppose. Amy

Having Fun

called and I talked to her while Bob and Lisa chilled out and had a beer. Next we walked on the open

Playing in Empty Streets

empty streets of Philadelphia. We decided to check out the cabin also 19th St. after trying to decide

Removing Barriers

where we are going to eat for 10 minutes. After a delicious chili, we foreground the middle of

Look Ma! No Cars

the street and Bob reminded us of the blood moon that was having a full eclipse peaking at 10:45 PM. We

Vine Street Expressway

are simply amazing the empty streets and took it all in. We knew that this would never happen again

The Parkway

except in a 2 foot blizzard. We didn't parted ways and I walked  through the morass of the parkway. I

saw more cases of water then I have her seen before. I came home and hung out with Sharon and gave her one of my buttons that I had bought

Good Bye Pope Francais

for a dollar. Larry stayed for the mass at 15th and JFK and ended

Lisa Took This

up going to eat Chinese after the mass it ended around 6 o'clock. Well my friend came home from the

Stretching on Chestnut Street

shore and said that she was mailing the check to my house. I have a feeling I'm really going to need

Blood Moon

that money because I really spent money like crazy man for pope T-shirts etc. But it was worth it since it was once-in-a-lifetime event and I want

800,000

to record it as I'm been known to do on occasion. Pope week will have ended.