Sunday, August 14: A Day at the Gallery and Phila Magic Gardens

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Greetings brave warriors of the heat. Today is another hot day in mid August 2016. Part of the weekend heat wave. The 2 hottest days of the year. I got up around 830 and decided to skip the

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At Home

clubhouse and then just ease out of the house. I was greeted by a tweet about the gallery and one of my

Flowers Delivered 2 Sharon

paintings and then a Facebook post about it a couple minutes later that made me very please so I

Next to Bishops 

alerted anybody who knew my name about it. It was pretty exciting. I did a little bit blogging and ate

8th Street to Gallery

some breakfast. I cleaned dishes for Sharon. He's not feeling so great last night and this morning.

Another HOT Day!

I then headed out toward South Philly to that da Vinci or no I am for my gallery sitting shift started at

Along 8th Street

1 PM. I was heading towards the rally café which is about a block away from the gallery. Callan met

Jefferson Hospital..I Think
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me there and we talked and I charge my phone and got some decaf Americano. We were chatting

Catching the 47 Bus

away and it was pointed out to me that it was 12:55 PM so it's time to leave the coffee shop. Well I

More Construction

came in to the gallery and figured out how to turn on all the lights and the two freestanding air-conditioners

Meeting a Friend @ Rally

that were in the building he walked around and checked out the the paintings and seem

Hell Yes! It's Hot!!

to like them. I didn't try to just catch up on my previous days blog and then folks came in. To the women

Panoramic View of the Gallery

were friends of one of the artist I think one was married to one of the artist. The one with Mary to the

"Second Language" at Da Vinci Art Allience

Talking with a Muse

you other people came in for the total people wander Denver to about seven and I did mark that

Philadelphia Magic Gardens

down on the sheet. The dude that was due at 3 o'clock came right on time and we decided we go to the Philadelphia  Magic Gardens. It's on South Street near 9th. They

Philadelphia Magic Gardens

have a whole system set up to be admitted. It would and I'll hit mission for each of us

40th and Chestnut

and it was really cool I got some decent pictures and saw my first  gender neutral bathroom in person

Dinner

it was pink or a mauve  colored sign. Next went to West Philly to eat some Indian buffet. It had

Uber

been a while since I've done that. It was pretty tasty. After that she drove me home to get myself

Setting Up

ready. I talked to Sharon and I was glad I went back home to talk to her she was not feeling great. Then

I Made Coffee

I went back to the Trinity and made my first coffee for a group.

Tuesday August 2: Work! Gallery and Vacation Prep. Going Greyhound

Outside My House

This morning I woke up a lot more rested than yesterday. I decided that I needed the extra hour sleep to

Waiting at 23rd Street

get through what I expect to be a rush rush day. I went straight to the Vinci I was able to use the key to get in the building and give

Cool Old Building DEAD!

my 3 pieces for the exhibit that starts tomorrow night at 6.

Husband in Waiting on 48

I think up to work about 10 minutes late and proceeded to try to get my stuff together. Not as many clients

8th and Market

showed up which is a good thing. A couple of them were very high maintenance. I was

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able to get to all my alerts except five autumn. I asked my alternate to schedule them for me while is

Yay! That Time of Year!!

gone. I'm sure it will be like 25 more when I get back that's just how it is. Well I left at 3:45 PM

Nice Window Dressing

to go to my 4 PM appointment. I was 10 minutes late but I did have a good session. I then put the

Before Installation

21 bus out to West Philly and picked up my laundry at the You Do We Do Laundromat. I didn't

7th Near Coffee Place

decided to not take any chances and caught a cab from 42nd St. to Fairmount. There was a bit of a

I Want My Stuff There!

hold up at the art museum when I got home around 6 PM. I called Über just before I jumped in the

Computer Died Today

shower. I felt  a lot better and the driver honked and she waited for me for about a minute and a half while

Rally for a Better Contract

I finished off my smoothie that Sharon  made for me. Very very nice of her to do that for me. That smoothie

was very good.  We rolled along  the New Jersey Turnpike and there was no traffic jams👍🏽 It was pretty

Catching the 21

nice evening. The weather definitely cooled off today.  We should be in New York by 9:15 PM. I have

Penn Students

a 3 hour layover in New York. That should give me time to see some sights in Manhattan. I am

Cool Uber Diver

going to grab something to eat for dinner. Last time I went to New York by Greyhound,  I went to

Philly Greyhound Station

a place called Pie Face. They made the most delicious  quiches ever created. It was hole in the wall.

The Infamious Roundhouse

I had hung out with a nice woman and we hung out. It was very nice.  It was May 2013 and I was

I-95 From the Bus

a greyhound Portland Maine for my friends wedding http://bit.ly/2b15ENt

Nice sunset on the

Gas and God

Jersey Turnpike!! . It was near cranberry New Jersey. I got some  nice pictures. 

It's 8:16 PM. It's getting dark.

Sunset on the NJ Turnpike

We're now heading towards New Brunswick. I once lived in New Brunswick for a month or two when I was canvassing for the PIRG. This was way back in January 1986! My plan is to eat and fill myself up

Not a Casino but NYC Bus Termanial

Trump is a Baffoon

and then sleep while the bus drives to Syracuse. Well we arrived at the port at Dority bus terminal little

Looking to Eat

before nine. It's nice and cool out here today. I'm now walking around killing time looking for a place to eat. 

I Ate Here

A yummy place I went to in NYC 3 years ago closed. It was called Pie Face!

Now I had to find another place to

This is What I Ate

get some half decent  food. I arrived here @!9 PM. I now have to be back around

99Cent Slice

11:55 PM for the next Syracuse which will arrive in Syracuse New York at 4:30 AM

West 40th at 8th

I am eating some food at a place called Desi  Grub.  They  delicious rolls I finished one   already😃😃 I went

Line at Terminal 61

walking around time square and get a Facebook Live post as well. At one point I almost turned my

Odd

ankle and fell down. Nothing happened fortunately. Well I trapsed along the big apple for a while and went back to terminal 22 which ended up being wrong place. Terminal 61. This bus was REALLY packed

Shared a Seat.

My Route

We left NYC @ 12:30 am which means I'm 24 hours to my destination.