Friday, July 31: off to Wildwood

Coffee at Earth Cup

Well after coming back from pet sitting I crashed and then woke up around eight to get ready for a quickie beach trip to Wildwood New Jersey.

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We had some coffee and then off we sped off to the rental place.

The Route to Wildwood

At the rental place, we got a Fiat. Cute little Fiat it's really cool. We got it at the enterprise rental car at

19th and Chestnut Street. That was a good location since I was running around Thursday night getting

It's Summertime!

my photos for the gallery delivered. We took Route 55 to Millville and Cook 47 and Millville when I

Nice Sandcastle

showed Suzy the world that I lived in very ears. She seemed to like it. We arrived at Wildwood crest within

walking distance of the boardwalk in the beach. We met up with Rosie and her granddaughter and went to the beach. It was quite a 

hike. The beaches are really really long in Wildwood. We went

The Roller Coaster

swimming hung out and then took the tram car back-and-forth for a quickie tour of the Wildwood

The Street in Wildwood Crest

boardwalk.

A Play on a Name

I got to rest since the sun really beat the energy out of me. We then came back and had a delicious dinner

at her friends house in Wildwood crest. Wildwood crest is with the boardwalk and in the civilization began.

The Boardwalk

Well after the lovely dinner we went out to the boardwalk with the four-year-old child. We went to the

Nice Ferris Wheel

kitty part of Wildwood which is fine and put on steroids. I just went with the flow and enjoyed it enough.

The Cool Little Fiat

After we saw the fireworks and the Ferris wheel we headed out. I found out I did not have to go back to do the dog. That was cool we then went to a hotel and find one and crash there.

Mothers Day May 11th

Gathering His Stuff

Good morning. We have now reached midnight and it's time for humidity and heat. Spring was good for the two weeks that we had. This is just normal for Philadelphia

Sunday Morning View

over the last 10 years. Today as you know is Mother's Day I'm going up to Horsham today and I have to be there by 11 AM. I got up extra early around 7 AM so I have time

A Good Idea!!!

to straighten out Larry's place and get my stuff together I now need to figure out when I've got to catch the buses and trains to get the Horsham by 11 AM. I have choices on how I wish to proceed. I can take the EL to Market East and take the 9:10 Warminster train to Hatboro and

The Sunday Paper

walk 1.3 miles and get to Mom's by 10:17. I could take the EL or the 33 bus to Suburban

Starting My Trip Towards Horsham

Station and take the 9:16 Lansdale/Doylestown train to Glenside.  From Glenside I walk to Easton Road and Glenside Ave and catch the 22 bus to Blair Mill Road and arrive at 10:45.  Oh well its time to get some coffee and get moving.

City Hall on a Sunday

Before I set off I have  good news for you dog owners out there this Summer. Wildwood is to let dogs and their owners frolic on the beach in a block and a half area 190 yards wide. There needs to be a final vote

Race for the Cure was Today

on the measure.  This will be the first time that a Jersey Shore beach has allowed dogs an area on the beach. Well I took the option of taking the train to Warminster. I missed the other option because the bus

Suburban

the 33 bus that is almost took me to north Philly instead of 17th St. This is because today

On the Warminster Train

was the race for the cure". It's that pink walk for breast cancer that's really big. Digg this!!!!! I'm on the train to Horsham and my mom called says "Mark we're going down

Meeting Mom at Hatboro Station

to  Media. So I'm going up north to go back south. But at least my mom will have  company on our way down! :D

We got the days and they weren't quite ready so I just

Media Near My Brother's

chilled with my mom gave her her gift. Nice T-shirt with the Philadelphia logo saying happy Mother's Day". We then walked to the

The Italian Place We Ate

main street of media and went to this Italian restaurant. We've been here probably since 30 and works we just finished our entrées

Waiting for Lunch

and are waiting for our entrées. My friend's running late as well. It is now 2:01 PM at this point I guess I'll be leaving here around 3:30 PM. Well as close to 4:00 PM I'm ready

Cole Hamals Gets Out of 4th Inning Jam

to catch the 4:05 train to 30th St. then I'll switch trains and take the chest not mean to warn more Mr. train to Elkins Park mean Melrose Park which

My Neices

will be about 530 in between weights I will make contact to see if she is Israel have me over.  It's now 4:30 PM. We are at the angora station we are scheduled to be at suburban station

Media Train Station

at 4:49 point I'll be calling or texting to find out if I continue on to the Melrose Park. This train crews really hustling to leave the stops posthaste. Will definitely be on time. The sun

The News as of 4:30pm

is stayed out doesn't look like it's going rain. Fact they're expecting warm temperatures till midweek. I was using my phone as a Wi-Fi hot spot to do some editing on this blog while I was on the

Yes, Its a Train Station

train for 40 minutes. The flogging bank Benghazi over and over again. I'm in University City and at suburban station I'll be getting off time to Log-off the hot spot. I just realized I left my earphones somewhere

My Reflection from the Chromebook

at my brothers house. 

Well I landed at 30th St. Yes,  we talked and she had a rough day dealing with personal stuff. We had a good conversation I came home it was time to nap after a very

At 30th Street Waiting...

long early day of being a family guy. Then I'll get up and watch Law and order and have yogurt.

Talking on the Phone

Tonight was different I started being productive help Dean out and really help somebody I really care about that was really nice. So I'm tired but I'll sleep well good night.

Sunday April 13:Back to Philly

I

Leaving Motel in Wildwood

left the motel at eight after got picked up by Joe. We then drove to a place called H Mart  in Cherry Hill to pick up Korean food. I never heard of the H Mart. But there's several

Aisle Sign at H Mart

of them around including one in Elkins Park. I bought some stupid stewed tofu and a aloe vera drink that had Kuava flavor it's the olives serious of juices that they have at

Japanese Tea House

that  store.

Instead of going directly to the Cherry Blossom Festival with Joe, I decided I needed to go home to rest. I charged my phone and unloaded my stuff. I ended up sleeping for about

New Friends at Cherry Blossom Festival

2 hours and then I talked on the phone till about 2pm.

 I then set off going to the Cherry Blossom Festival. 21 bus to the 40 bus. This bus is

Spring is Here!

really packed and I just realized I forgot my hat.

The Cherry Blossom Festival was  pretty fun. Joe flirted with

Getting Ready to Leave

a young woman who knows Chinese like Joe  I just enjoyed the sun and the pretty trees and other visual delights.

I went home and hung out with Dean. He got my script for me since I could not get home by 5pm. CVS Parmacy closes at 5 on Sundays. We  watched Law and Order, then I went to the meeting

Sunset over Chestnut

with Larry. I probably wouldn't go to that one but dinner was fend fun sitting outside of Saxbys enjoying the warm weather. A gentleman

who works for Saxbys working exchanged for dollar bills for 2 two dollar bills.  He remembered me wanting a two dollar bill because I never

/A $2 BILL!!!

see them in circulation. It was pretty fun Speaker had a very intense story that's for sure.

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I watch three things of law and order and fuck finished filing my taxes and apparently so far so good this time. Let hope I got my refund!

Saturday April 12: A Full Day at the Roundup

Greetings from Room 10 at the Royal Court Motel here in sunny Wildwood NJ. Its a pretty morning to start my 2nd Day at the AA  Roundup. I am waiting for Tom to contact

Fun

me so we can get some coffee and head to the 9AM beach meeting. There are 2 other beach meetings today. One is at 2pm and the

other is at 6PM.
As you know Stephen Colbert is taking over the reins of the Late Show since David Letterman is retiring. There is lots of speculation in the news. Here is just one in today's Philly Inquirer. It should be interesting how this all shakes out.

Cool Poster in Hospitality Room

Well, my ride is coming.

There are so many people here on the beach. FANTASTIC!!

Well the beach meeting this really cool. It was

Cool Address

so many people there and the weather just want up where I had to go back and a T-shirt. It's 10:20 AM and I'm chilling in the hospitality

Going to Beach Meeting

 room or the reading room. This is where they have coffee and snacks so I had a coffee and I had fresh milk. I bought a little milk at Wawa so I was able to have fresh milk rather not

Waiting for 6pm Beach Meeting

powdered stuff. I then gave away the rest so didn't go to waste.

intergroup meeting at 10:30. After that I plan to go outside because it's SUCH a nice day out today at Cape May!

Went to the

Speaker

beach meaning to other more practical meetings now. 

After the business meetings I went to an old timers meeting people 20 years or more spoke. Is very well done. Saw a few friends as well.  Some

Chillin and Having Fun

came up for the day.The beach meeting was a lot smaller because the banquet was going on the same time.

Well and up going to more meetings and then going to get pizza with Joe. Took us a while to find

Beach Image

a place. The fact is map maps program let us to place it wasn't there. That was funny after that I got really tired and got a ride home fairly

early from Joe.  I realized when I got got back from the motel that I've gotten some sun on me and I didn't sleep all that well. Was good time I'm glad I went.