Saturday, April 16: Art Supply Store, Flaming Grill and Collingswood

Leaving for the Day

Hey there. It is spring I mean spring happened in March but now it really does feel like spring weather

Simulation of Asteroid Hitting Earth. SCARY

out there today. It's the first day I did not wear my winter coat. It's still chilly in the morning but the

Delicious

temperatures were rebound very nicely. I got up around 8:15 AM and told Larry I would be there around

24th Street

930. I caught the seven bus is rolling up Fairmount Avenue. The detours are very confusing these days.

Fashion Street

One moment the buses I have to be caught on piping Avenue and the next and catch them at

She is ALL OVER SEPTA

the corner where the Sunoco is located. I got the seven bus got off at 21st and walk down to

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19th St. where I quickly called a trolley to 15th and then look for Mac market Frankford line to 15th and got off at 2nd Street.

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I met Larry at his house. I assisted him with framing up a souvenir he got from his trip and the Panama

At Old City Coffee

Canal. He took that trip last month. Wearing I went to the old city coffee. Marissa came later

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and we all hung out at some coffee and caught up. We then went to Christ church. Larry left

At Art Supply Store

early and I went to a art supply shop with Marissa. It's a cool little funky place on 3rd &  Market.  Next

The Flaming Grill

I went to Larry's house.  We all went to brunch at six in Oregon to a place but change its name to

At the Flaming Grill

something barbecue. It's basically the same place with a different name plate and a few

renovations to the interior. The food was very good. It was really good since I was extremely hungry

A Portable Scale

by the time I ate.

I came back to Larry's and they want to do errands and I took a nap and charge my phone.

Well I got a call and my trip to Collingwood

Some Funky Stuff

was postponed it out. So I watch lawn order watch the news and mellowed out. I love the fact that it's

Here Comes Summer

still sunny outside at 6:30 PM. I've noticed now there are tons of clinical commercials on the air.. Let's see

Old City 6:45PM

Hillary Clinton, Joe Sestak, & Pat Tomey. We also had 3 commericals. Well it's supposed to be really nice tomorrow but first we have a very chilly evening

At 2nd Street EL Station

starting around 11 PM till 8 AM tomorrow. We're

2nd Street

gonna have nine straight days of no rain up till next weekend. It's going to feel more like June then

Fun Couple

April this week.. That's pretty cool after having snow  2 weeks ago. It's 645 got a head out. Well I got

Waiting After Breakdown

the EL in good time. The PATCO high-speed line well, that's a whole different story. The 7:12 PM train was broken down as we sat in it.

Sunset Over Philly

We then had to wait 20 more minutes for the following train to

Sunset Over Camden

come back on the other side. On the passengers and his girlfriend told me how PATCO it's going

Sunset at Collingswood Station

downhill in the last four years. They had track work done it started in 2012 it just ended last December.

At Boardman Fire Exinguisher

Gee whiz I'm glad I missed that. So I eventually got the Collingswood I met my friend. We took a nice walk up and down the main drag of Collingswood. It was fun. There were some very unusual stores.

Note the Menorah and Dradel

One store was a museum a sports memorabilia. The guys were really

Funky Store

militaristic and hostile.

Checking One of the Places

You had to pay a $10 fee just to walk around to get a tour. We quickly left that place. Next there was

a  store that's old fire extinguishers and other fire prevention items. The display had a bunch of fire

Taking Photo

trucks and other fire prevention stuff along with a dreidel and a menorah. We found that really amusing.

My Dinner

We then finally went to eat after the crowds up somewhat subsided in this nice Mexican place.

Heading Home

After dinner we walked back towards the train station and set our goodbyes. Was overall a very pleasant

Patco Station

evening. I think will teach other again. Good night everyone

Tuesday Oct 12

At the PATCO Station 6:45pm

Center City around 8am

Yesterday, was back to the grind and the  1st time since last Thursday. I was cited at work for not following the chain of command at work since I had a disagreement with a big manager about a case. The insubordination

8am waiting for the El

charge was dropped. Maybe next time I will get a large tattoo on my arm. Then again lets just drop the whole thing. It started to rain during the Rt 408 bus ride but by

A non descript building

at 11th Street since that was the ONLY place that takes credit cards. Its AMAZING that at most SEPTA ticket windows, you have to use cash. Lets get real, credit card machines are not high tech. This is just so backward, but I guess that is just SEPTA. Work was slow and tiring since I was put back in my place. Oh well, lets hope that is over.the time I got to West Philly on 40th street the sun was  blazing. I had to get SEPTA tokens

A woman's cloth bag 

After work, I took PATCO from 8th Street and met Carolyne in Collingswood at the non-descript building that she takes her yoga certification classes. She was observing another class. The Collingswood PATCO station is just a big parking lot. Its such  a sweet commuter town  and you would NEVER know how close you are to Camden. They must have a good police force keeping the Camden dregs and heroin addicts away from the nice crowds at the tony restaurants. Well got to go catch the bus now. BYE

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Columbus Day 2010: Comments from the Peanut Gallery

Today was quite warm for sure. I had stayed up late last night so I slept in till almost 11. Oh my..Read the Sunday paper and did a few things around the house. Saw folks and talked  about the state of the Arts District during  a recession and the future opening of the Levoy next May or June. The director of the  RRCA may resign soon, there seems to be a search for a replacement when her contract ends. Of course the MDC and the politics of that came up.   After that we walked our pups and went

to Bogarts books to chill.  I got a lucky break when the dentist office called and told me they had an opening at 3pm. I went and it was ok but the best part is that I do not have to arrive at work 3 hours late to work on Wednesday. I do plan to take off the week of  Veterans Day to do stuff and take a break. This weekend weather was just about perfect for any activity. Dog Walking, political gossip, having a beer, watching the Phillies and Eagles and watching Masterpiece Theatre.

Blogging at the Collingswood Library

 I am now in Collingswood NJ. I am killing time at the Collingwood Public Library. A friend of mine who I was talking to suggested I hit the

library and go on the computer. I just happened to be parked right near it and as a "visitor" I have 1 hour to stay on this computer. I am now down to 25 minutes and it is now 6:14pm. Collingswood sure looks nice on an Indian Summer Day, that's for sure.
I am browsing the Millville News and see on Friday Oct 8 Michelle Post sent in a Jeer to the City of Millville for attempting a SLAPP suit and a cheer to the judge who dismissed it.  Not being privy to the the decision to dismiss the Trackracket suit against the city, I can not say for sure she is correct in her assessment. Her accusation is serious since it implies that the City of Millville purposely was stifling dissent. That I am not in favor of. I wonder if the judge called it as such? If the judge did not then her charges are political hyperbole. If the judge did thent its the same political hardball that did in Jane Geletto back in 2005 and 2006 when I first moved here.
Oh I must comment on the LATEST political smear job by Big Lou and his minions!! Last  Thursday when Jane Jannerone asked GOP head Bob Greco to resign because of domestic violence charges that recently came to light through anonymous mailing she said it has nothing to do with the upcoming freeholder election. WHAT?? Is she WHACK??? She must think I (we) are numskulls and buffoons like her. Come on! How do you expect anyone to want to be involved in Cumberland County politics when you attack someone on their personal lives. Its even worse since it the Democrats are doing this bogus stunt. We all KNOW its Lou pulling the apron strings with Ms. Jannerone. Come on Ms. Jannerone grow up and stop being a puppet for Mr. Magazzu. I think the public deserves better then this. Jannerone fiddles while the county burns!I have 4 minutes left on this computer. I will will have to continue this when I get home AFTER I eat something. Its now 6:33pm

Its now 11:07 pm and the big story on Action News and Channel 10 news is that 6 boaters were found. Yup when you have this kind of news while the country is mired in high unemployment and ready to elect some right-wing bozos to powerful positions. Its little wonder that many folks listen to talk radio and the FOX news channel. The faux news is not FOX. Its really the local news broadcasts that titillate, tease and talk about nonsense for half of the broadcast and have the weather for the other 11 minutes. Its new capitalism. Give the people what they want

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