Showing posts with label Eastern State Penitentiary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eastern State Penitentiary. Show all posts

Friday, July 01, 2016

Friday July 1st: Awake and Working. Ready for the Holiday

5:20 AM
After a really good night of sleep, I rolled out of bed in the shower and I'll see if I get ready to walk to the clubhouse  @ 7:15 AM. I got there about a
Waking Towards 20th St
minute late after getting a cup of coffee. Afterwords
Eastern State Penitentiary 
I went to 19th and Fairmount and use my key card for the first time. It work without a problem twice and
First Day with KEY Card
now it's 9:05 AM and I'm just getting off the L and going down the steps. It's not too hot. Well I got to work and
PACKED Bus
proceeded to tackle the alert and send off to people that were paid for me that really were not for me.
Lots of Commuters 9AM
I want to get two packets of my alternate asked me to do but I didn't get to it but I did clean of 90% of the
View of 46th and Market
alerts that I had listed. A bunch of people for July 12. I also found out that I have for units going to be out on Tuesday, July 5 due to the holiday vacation. I don't really
On Her Own
need to worry about that now at the
5:15 PM
start of the holiday that's for sure. While I was walking away women were talking and the skies were
opening up with several heavy thunderstorm. But it got pretty humid today. I made out good 4 lunch! First off, my friend gave away 3 yogurts, I drank the rest  of
Storm Leaving

Clean for the Dems Convention
my ice tea.  I had a couple of granola bars and a banana as well The lunch was light enough that I wouldn't
Free Kind Granola
get food coma and, get all tired. On my way managed to open up a medical case right before I had to leave and decided I would go to first Friday with Larry and Veronica. I then had to take care of a big
Scratch
At the 5th St Branch
errand and rustle up cash for July's rent. If his latest paper pavement. I waited a week to see if I had
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any money. But it worked out. After all this I thought entitled to get an iced coffee at a coffee shop
Where I Was Blogging
I found one place instead of the normal want to go to an old city. So I'm going to catch up on my blogging and then go to Larry's. When I went to Larry and we met at the chiropractor right near the coffee shop where I was drinking coffee. We had pizza and then drove around for first Friday in old city. What nearly as crowded as normal. That was because of the weather we have with a bunch of thunderstorms rolling by. We enjoyed it nonetheless. After that we went back to Larry's Larry 
went  smoking at his smoke shop. Meanwhile Veronica and I thought it was a movie. It was called
Met Larry Here
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Haunted. It was sort of a "B" grade movie but it was pretty creepy. It was mildly entertaining. Very clean
Arch Street Near 3rd
home we hung out for a bit and I went out to catch the 48. It was still massive crowds from the prior
1st Friday
work. Fireworks were pretty good we actually saw those before and watch the movie. My phone
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died so I got a couple of photos and I bid you a little bit of it. I thought about going to walk up March
12 40. While I was talking to Amy but it magically showed up for street I got home quicker than
24th Street
I thought I might. When I came home and it look like they're fixing some power lines her phone line. There
Selfe for a Friend
was a big truck or two walking 24th St. She reported no problem and go upstairs and crash. Good night all. 

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Friday, May 13: Busy Day Then Fun With Cool Friends

I
24th Street
Happy Friday the 13th to everyone  out there in blogger land. Is a Nother typical May 2016 count today. It overcast cool and cloudy. I decided to get up and go to the newly formed Fairmount
Eastern State Penetentry 
Heading to New Meeting
Clubhouse meeting this morning. It's something different and it's close to my house. Headed
Yum Cookie
headed to go to fresh grocer little bit earlier than usual and get my yogurt and a bottle of water to get me through the Friday. I plan to leave early because Amy's getting
View From EL
haircut with Sharon today. But
56th Street
before that I shall listen to Eric Clapton cheesy top 40 hit called "rock 'n' roll heart.". I'm hoping
Fresh Grocer
to actually write a sanction packet today God willing. Well I took her unfinished business but I got 12 more of those alerts today it's really really steady rain right now at 12:52 PM. A Coworker and I are at the Popeyes @ Lancaster Avenu to get from beans and rice for lunch. Well I did 11 of the 12. And I thought it I had enough at 4 PM.
So I signed out early and also put in my time for my Canadian adventure. That adventure begins Thursday morning at the crack of dawn.
Lunch on a Rainy Day
Well  the rain has stopped but it's very moist and humid outside. I'm hoping Amy and Sharon
Where I Work Hard
will still be there when I arrive. Got lucky. I caught the bus right after I got off trolley! 😎 I am riding the bus from 22nd St. now. Well I made it back m about 7pm.  Sharon & Amy were there and she looked really
Here Comes the 7 Bus
YAY!!
fabulous!!🤓.       
We hung around and talked for a while. I also gave a gift that I want to give for a while.
Blue Cake
That was gratifying. We then decided that we take a walk down Fairmont Avenue. We looked at at a pottery
Pretty Cool
gallery right on Fairmount Avenue. With people that owned it showed how they renovated the place
Pottery Studio
starting in 1990. They completely overhauled the place. We thought that Tara and I are thinking

of taking a pottery class later in the summer. That should be in. Next we went to mug shot at him
Pottery Studio
and early dinner. Sharon liked it a lot better than the OCF coffee house. The food was ok and the refreshments were quite good. It was so fun hanging out with my 2
Pottery Studio
favorite women in my world 😊😊. We then walked back towards the house. We walked Amy's car and
Yummy
she had it out for home. Sharon I went in and I went upstairs to relax and take the night off. It was very nice
At Mugshots
out. Overall a really decent day for this blogger. I got a few pictures taken by Sharon Amy my phone
Nice Sunset
battery died a couple of them came out really well especially the one of me and Amy I was looking away
After the Rain
from the camera. We sure do look good together that's for sure😊






Monday, April 11, 2016

Sunday, April 10: A New Day w/Sun

RyBread
Good honey fun day to all who inhabit Philadelphia and the great beyond. I got up at 8:30 for the 930 at the courthouse. I got downtime with my coffee. I
OCF Coffee House
quickly became really tired going to a meeting.
Eastern State  Penitentiary
I was having dreams everyone my eyes closed. I quickly went home and crashed from 11:00 AM
to 12:30 PM. I went back to sleep an and did not awake until 2:15 PM. I got out of bed around three. I talked to
3rd Floor
Sharon for a bit we made plans for next week for her stop. I then I got a call from someone from the
Let's Talk
POF. We talked for an hour and 45 minutes and it was very engaging I must say. We talked about
Heading to Pat's
object dating and miscellaneous other things. We agreed we talk to each other again. With the
Near Penn at Chestnut
possibility of next weekend meeting up. Identified it I wanted to go to West Philly and meet up with Pat.
Ranstead Street
If I don't meet up with Pat I'll get something to eat and play on the Wi-Fi at his house. Pat was
His Own Man
home but he was sleeping. We ended up ordering vegetarian platter at Kabobbish. Pet treatment to most
Getting Dinner
of the cost. I appreciated that. We been watching airplane disaster movie what happened in her room
Diagram of Plane Crash
in 1998. After that I split for Center City to meet Larry and Veronica@ Saxby's. We hung out for little while. We then went to the 60 minutes and that
At Saxby's
was not too bad. Have to meanie I hung out with Larry and then walked
48 with Lens Smudge
with him and Veronica and then caught the 48 at 22nd and Arch. I ended up seeing
Bishops
Sharon at the bishops and hung out with her for a little over an hour there. She's in much better spirits
Butters in My Room
literally and figuratively. Inside taking a nap I stayed up with her when we got home as she give
Ant- Choice Advocates
me some ideas and talked about what you thinking about.