Sunday remember 15: leaving Lancaster and Resuming Philly

I Well I slept pretty well and I got up around 7:30 AM this morning. I had some French toast and coffee. After that, people got to speak on what  inspired you this entire weekend in Lancaster. I was feeling

Delicious French Toast

Eating Breakfast

a little under the weather in the beginning but by the end I thought a lot better. There's some good

Entrance to Host Resort

comments made. I got my stuff packed up and ready to leave since I did get a ride back to Philadelphia.

DCM 

That was really cool. Next we listen to folks make five minute presentations till about 1130. Some are

Cool Effect

very very very good. After that, we did our final paying off the hotel and packing our stuff in this woman's

Volkswagen and we headed out.  The drive was really pleasant. All three of us talked and hung out.

High Tech

The sun was out and we got to look at cool looking farms and smell  horse manure. I knew I was not in Philadelphia

A Good Weekend!

anymore but in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. I'm definitely considering going to another one of these on December 13. The good thing about this one it's only a day trip and doesn't

cost money.

Cruising along the Schuylkill

Plus they serve you lunch so I'm there. I was then dropped off and just wasn't in the mood to do anything

Nice Drive along Kelly Drive

except sit and watch Sharon cut hair for this woman with some of the nicest hair and longest hair I've seen.

Butters

She dry she drove from suburban Washington DC to get her hair done. I can see why cause

Another Satisfied Customer

she has really long hair. I was told most people would bleach it till it turned orange. Anyhow later

A Friend Visits

on I'd lie down for a bit but only got a half-baked nap. We then decided we need to get some things.

Sharon and Lindsey

 Sharon and I went shopping for necessities at the a.m./ p.m. We then went 2 Bridget's.  I hung

out with her & Lindsay for a little bit and then I had a go Coke and I'm waiting for the 48 bus to come.

Getting 7Pm Coffee

Oh my God it's here. Yes it came right on time at the normal bus stop. I got off a block late but that's OK.

New England Beats Giants :)

I hopefully have time to sort out my things I'm gonna talk about real quick at the meeting. Larry said

Just Very Funny

to be there by 715 I should be there by seven. Well the meeting was pretty raw and

decent. I took care of some business. got to turn in my receipt. It was an eventful conference for sure. so hopefully I will get reimbursed soon. I'm on my catch 

How to Get Downtown

the route 7 or 48 bus trek. It'9:44 PM I just caught 48 bus heading home. I found out the Eagles choked against the Dolphins. Dallas and the NY Giants also lost so the Eagles had a chance to TIE for 1st Place. Well some are pissed off at Coach Chip Kelly. The Eagles are like the state budget man! They are a mess! Well I cooked some pasta and stayed up too late. Gonna pay for this one.

Wednesday, November 5: I am 53 Years Old

My Neighborhood

Greetings. Today I woke up early to catch the Warminster train to the funeral home. I managed to catch all the public transportation I

My Route to Funeral Home

am on time and arrived at the Willow Grove train station. I walked about a mile in my shoes and thankfully

Tired Folks on the Train

to the Motrin I am not in foot pain which is always a good thing. I got there right after Dave and Debbie and Alice.

Willow Grove Train Station

Mike showed up and found out he had Whooping  Caugh. The folks from the Lynch Holmes showed

Pointing in the Right Dirction

up and Merlot very nice to be there and gave information. It is for Trillium mild day with no rain. This cub reporter

Easton Road

is reporting it's gonna rain tomorrow and then be cold and freezing again just like last weekend😖😝 I hope to run

My Year of Birth

into Wes and Stewart later on today at  Otto's where were having our   luncheon. I met up with Wes and

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

Stewart as well. Service was nice and then we need at Otto's and hung out until about 2:30 PM. Stuart

Family Plot

and Helen drive me back to my place for me to get changed and unwind from the eating. Speaking of eating

Mike and I

I had the for the flounder which was pretty good. After that Stewart Helen and I went back to my place and

Dave

got changed into some more comfortable clothes . We then went to the Eastern State penitentiary in which

View from Kelly Drive

is three blocks from my house. It was pretty damn cool! Stuart treated me and we went in before then

Eastern State Penitentiary 

I was told but since I live in the neighborhood I can get a free membership for year.

Prison Cell

After Stuart and Helen and I went to the prison one back to my place and called Wes. We were going

We Enjoyed our Tour

to come to his place but Amy wasn't feeling well so we decided we'd meet Wes at the Abyssinia Ethiopian restaurant. We had a nice time there the service was pretty quick and we went our separate ways. Stuart and Helen went home to Maryland and Wes drove me back to 24th Street. Overall a day I will not soon forget.  Tomorrow its back to work for the first time in 3 weeks.

Sunday June 15:

View From Kitchen in South Phill

Good day reporting from South Philly this morning. Got up checked up on the cats and then I'm eating breakfast and editing my previous day's blog.  

I plan to go to bar none which starts

My South Philly Office

soon but first I have to go home and deliver some goods that I promised Dean. There is good news on the transportation front. Pres. Obama signed order for the regional rail

Near Franklin Field

workers to go back to work for at least 240 days while he tried to hammer out a contract.  I wasn't sure there were going to do that

12 Steps

until people suffered a little bit. But it's a good thing when politicians serve the public interest. Well went to the bar about 10 minutes late. I'm now cooling

At Milk & Honey

my heels and milk and honey fixing up my blogging and people watching. I will have to leave in 15 minutes or so. well I arrived easily through

Kelly Drive

Kelly drive. Could not apply for unemployment because the 24,000 happened yet. And

World Cup Action. Ecuador vs Sweden

she certainly up some delicious food and I'm so old pictures from 19 9392 which will be scanned is a big project bike and get my scanner to work. So we're talking and hanging out a popular if you're around three

Nadine and I at her Place

because the car is due by 5 & my friends coming at 6pm. I will be leaving at 3pm. I had to re-edit this blog again.  I really enjoyed my time here in East Falls.  I then drove my car to spot turned it is a very good wife. Then met up when my place to Abyssinia Ethiopian. Very we then went to the green line

Howdy Neighbor

across the street and chilled out over some coffee. Gwynne talked about life stuff. Her life is a  complicated situation with four kids etc. Gwynne  then drove me  to the meeting. I was about 20 minutes late but

Yum

ran into Larry and we talked a little bit. We met up with this wife and then I got a phone call. I had 1% on my phone but managed to keep my phone alive. I purposely left my

Had Coffee Here

backpack back in West Philly just because I didn't want to bring it all going out to eat. Well

Going Home

I met up with Larry and talked on the phone and now it's time to go to bed