Saturday, February 20: Warm Day with Lots of Waiting

Getting Out Late

Good Saturday everyone. I got a text from Larry  at 8:30 and I was really really tired. This stems from yesterday when I was really tired as well.

Here Comes the 7 Bus

I managed to get up and catch the 7 and 125  bus. I then caught the EL to 2nd

The 2nd Bus @ 22nd

Street. I met Larry at Old City Coffee & we mostly talked about what he was up to with this job

15th Street EL Station

hunting. Going to 10 at 10:30, I found myself really really tired. And made it through.

Christ Church

On the way home I went to the photo lab see if I can pick up pictures. I then found out that Amy expected

At Old City Coffee

me to come up and see her at 1 o'clock I did not know that. I was caught by surprise and I knew I was so tired

Old City

that I would not be able to come up. I took a nap for an hour and that really helped out. Eventually work myself to shower and also shaved. Sharon just awoke after she had canceled her 11 AM

Walnut Street

appointment she was also tired but also she didn't feel well at all. I decided to take a pit stop at Luigi's Pizza Fresca. To relax and have a slice. I caught up on Thursdays and yesterday blog and fix them all up. I got today's blog started as well. It is now 4:13 PM I'm going to head out towards Center City and try to save my data from going over. That's gonna be a tall order since I have about .8 gigs left in my

plan and there are 4 days left. It's a very

Taking a Cab Back Home

pleasant day outside. I'm glad I have this downtime to try to deal with my tiredness that I had in

Luigi's Pizza Fresca

the last 2 days. I'm supposed to meet my friend at 6 PM at Starbucks. They have to do an errand they

Finishing Up at 4:30pm

might be a little late but I'm gonna take my sweet time getting downtown. I hope to pick up more photos from the photo Lounge.

Well I got to the photo lab Chad in and it up being closed. So I decided to take a leisurely stroll down Walnut. It was very pleasant since it was so nice and mild outside. Contrast that

Heading Downtown

with a week ago today when it was 9° outside. It is really nice and crowded on the streets. I do like to

Dancing

see that. It's now 5:40 PM and I'm waiting for friend to show up meanwhile, I can listen to some dude next to me talk really loudly about going to London. Anyhow I'm just going

Festive Rittenhouse

to sit & enjoy my coffee and wait for my friend to show up around 6pm or so.

Never Noticed This Mural Before

Believe I can still talk to the phone with all the people

Building Boom

here and a really loud to my immediate left . In news outside my finish any bubble Hillary Clinton

folks Here are folks on a Nice Afternoon

barely beat Bernie Sanders  in the Nevada caucuses

 Had Clinton lost this contest, there would have been full-scale panicking

Decaf Americano

in the Clinton camp. Here is juggling in Rittenhouse SQ

It is now 7:21 PM I remain here at Starbucks 16th and

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Walnut watching people go by. I'm sure that they're bad traffic on a Saturday night at Broad Street

Outside Starbucks 7:21pm

and Walnut Street it's contribute to my weight. I have made this Americano last a long time. It's 7:27 PM

My View

and I decided to move out of the seat I've been in since it's a lot less crowded in here. I'm near the door facing Walnut Street instead of facing 16th St. Well it's 52° outside. Still pretty mild outside and I'm in a more comfortable chair or bench shall I say. 

Well Donald Trump won the South Carolina primary.
NYT Now: Donald Trump Wins in South Carolina, Solidifying Lead in G.O.P. Race.

 I think most people calling it for him but Cruz and Rubio

KILLING TIME

 are running very hard against him. I'm occupying myself by updating my blog in writing back to people

Updating My Blog

on my phone via Facebook messenger and texting. I just texted my friend at 7:53 PM. Here are some photos I took. I have been here since 5:30. I was thinking that my friend would be here by 7pm at the LATEST but here it is 8pm and they are "on my way" I think I started losing

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my patience around 7:21pm.  

We could meet at Chili's at 12 and Filbert. Lo and behold it was close for renovations. We then

The Chilli's Renovations

went to a chichi pizza place. We ordered a pizza with prosciutto cheese and leafy greens on top. I like to

Nice Idea but Closed

leave the greens on top but my friend didn't really appreciate it so I  wolfed down a

Funky, Tasty and Expensive

lot of greens with this overpriced. It was OK but overpriced.

If that was done rent a

How to End a Date

enterprise car share and dropped her off at our house up towards Wyoming Avenue near Adams

Returning Rental

Avenue way up there. I think came home exhausted good night. I think I am closer to a 6 month moratorium that I have been thinking about ever since I read the NY Times. They feature nice successful young couples and how they met each other. One groom got good advice from a pastor.
To be continued..............................

Feeling It

Walking down Broad Street towards South today was a pretty normal day I like it the fact that the woman who sits across at work and talks about her family on and on!!

So it's  really quiet on the most part. The  group was very intense & lasted a half hour longer than normal. Those are the best meetings as far as I am concerned.

Breakfast!

Some of the topics were as follows: finding your own voice, what a bottom is,  and  having someone tell you to stay away from them(Male/Female). One of the most bizarre and sad  was the woman who

Creating New Mural on South Street

shared that she was  at a club of some sort. While she was there having fun, she saw this

Taking a Pit Stop on South Street

dude wearing a T-shirt that referred to RAPE as SURPRISE SEX!!  That is f$#ked up thing to wear. Dude has a problem and it was pretty intense.
Its hot but I got a nice complement on one of my photos and my gratitude is flowing nicely. 2 friends went out to eat at a Middle Eastern place on South and then walked up to about 18th where we parted ways. I came home and installed my window air conditioner and now will shower and go to bed after listening to some Bob Dylan

Cool Breezy Sunday

Good morning it is sunny cold and windy out today I went to the satellite lounge to meet a friend after I finished up my blog about yesterday. I saw Mike Watson as well. It was cool and we had some laughs I walked from 50th and Baltimore to 44th and Baltimore where I caought the 34 trolley to 30th Street. I got the   EL  to 5th then the 57 to Bambridge .  We were to pick out fabric for my place.

Hair Cut

An Old Friend

I made it and met up with Drew. Drew met an older Ethiopian lady and looked at the fabric shops and they were ALL closed.  We went to Starbucks with Ethiopian woman in tow. I  registered my Starbucks card we hung out then for awhile since Drew was awaiting a visit from a friend. we walked up South Street and a woman from the consignment shop  said there was a place called Fleischmanns Fabrics which is open and sells fabric.

Mural on North 52nd Street

We browsed for 10 minutes and checked out the prices. It was going to get pricey and we could not really decide. Drew then  came up with a great idea!! The ideas was to let Dean pick out the fabric and pay

Friend from ICA

for it. We both really liked the idea. Drew will drop off the wire at my place Tuesday. We chilled in the

Fliceshmen's Fabric

brilliant sun and then then went our separate ways.  Since I had a date in Ardmore, I went to the chop shop got my haircut and I caught  the 40 bus from sixth and Lombard to 42nd and Market which

Walnut Street Waiting for 21.

is about a block from Pat's home. I  took some pictures of a baby sketch and then went home showered and shaved and took the bus to 69th St terminal and JUST missed the 105 bus. The next bus was at 6:00 so had to take a cab to be there on time to meet her.We had a nice dinner and she then had to go straight back home. I caught a 44 bus which ended at city line Avenue and now I got the 52 going to Market Street. I got the El then the trolley to 19th street and went to the Sunday night meeting.