Showing posts with label frigid weather. Show all posts
Showing posts with label frigid weather. Show all posts

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Thursday, February 11:The Cold Begins

5 am
Good morning. Winter's making a large landing today and for the weekend. It was 23° and windy this morning. This is just the beginning of the fun. I
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waited for the 48 bus but it never showed up so I
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kept walking and walking. My phone died because of the freezing cold. That it never happened before.
Cold February
The topic of the meeting was pretty good but then it really quick because I showed up 30 minutes late. So I
Spring Garden Street
went to Saxbys the warm-up. And I'm listening to people talk about crowd funding start ups
19th Street at Chestnut
and the light. They sound like really intelligent people but I don't really understand what they're
The Media Praising itself!

actually doing. I saw an interview on one of these stupid morning
shows. Interviewed Richard Engle who is it
Saxby's
who is a reporter who reported in the rack. Boy did he have a $300 
haircut. Well I caught
The Bus to Work Today
 the 21 bus with all the charming Wharton students in toe. I got distracted and ended up getting off at 60th St. Not good bus karma today.
My Work Computer
Well I got to work in about 15 minutes late but I didn't really matter that much. I just went ahead and did
Sunset at 56th Street
Lucy get newborn and after that no one else showed up. It was a 50% show 
rate. Anyhow I left for downtown to see if I could find my charger that I left at sunrise and to get some coffee. I was going
Getting Scrips
Got Them
to blog but I was so damn tired I just ended up falling half-asleep. Wyland coffee Joe I got up at
An Explosion Caused This
7:45 and went to the church and didn't find my charger. Next, I  took the L out to 40th St. Good
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thing I didn't take the 21 because Walnut Street was closed at 19th due to a transformer explosion underground at 21st and  Walnut.
A Cold Day
The grapevine meeting was pretty mellow there's about six of us

there. I then went towards Pats and since he wasn't home got a bunch of food at the Kobbobeesh. I got home and Sharon was heading out the door to go to the Bishops collar to chill. I decide to stay
Indian Food for Cold Weather
Next Dem Dabate was Today
home and Chal down. I ended up however going to the Bishops collar and sharing some of her food and talking. I then left early because
At Bishop's
I need to get home and Jott on my food and talk on the phone. It was a pretty good day. Do it do it do it do it do it baby

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Monday, January 18: A Day off in the Cold

Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Today definitely  feels like mid January. It is 1:30 PM and I'm walking along Fairmount Avenue to meet Bob and Lisa
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Early this morning I got up and played around on
Windy and
YouTube for a bit and then I talk to Sharon for a little while. I was going to go rent enterprise car when
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Bob and Lisa called me just now or ago. Oka Rent-A-Car at 1:15 PM glad I didn't push the trigger and
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commit myself. I do have a dentist appointment at 4 o'clock but I have to go to obviously. I'm putting
My Path
on the crown for the root canal I had done it in November. Well see if it was way too crowded so I
Mugshots in Fairmount
moved over to the mugshots coffeehouse two blocks up on Fairmount. There's barely enough
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room here but luckily for take 15 minutes longer than they said so I'm going to just sit here and do some
The Yuppie Man of Today
blogging. To take up some time. It's mostly the same crowd that that comes to the OCF. Well it turns out Bob showed up by himself because Lisa went another way so basically it's now 2:43 PM so I already have to start walking downtown. Bob said he would walk with me that that bean burrito was very good so I totally stuffed my face
Walking to Suburban Station
and I felt good. Well we walk to suburban station and I dropped Bob off. I then walk towards Walnut Street and checked out the site. First I went to the The
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dentist where I got a crown placed on top of the root
Arch Street Church Surrounded
canal had done the end of November 2015. After that I next went to the Apple Store to ask couple
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questions. The genius seemed to be somewhat irritated person there. He needs to chill. I then walk to coffee Joe and ran into someone
I know before the meeting. The meeting was a little odd but wasn't
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bad. I then was invited to dinner with Dean. He moved once again to the strawberry mansion
Apple St
section of the city basically he live where the 48 and the 32 and near 29th St. and Allegheny Avenue.
She is NOT Cold!!
He cooked a very good   dinner his house was really warm and his roommate seem pretty nice as well. When it was time for me to go I caught the bus but Google maps didn't
To Dean's Place
realize there was a holiday schedule so
Main Course
I ended up freezing my ass off for 35 minutes out at the bus stop. I then went home straight to bed
Watching Law and Order
under the
heater. Boy oh boy I've not been that cold since  last year! Donald Trump is still leading the Republican field with Iowa and New Hampshire coming up in 3 weeks. 

Sunday, February 15, 2015

Sunday February 15: Coldest Day Yet!

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AND 30 MPH Winds
Good morning all you pack wearing patchouli smelling winter warriors. It is now 8:45 AM. I am inside feeling the effects of 30 to 50 mile an hour gusts and it's now 10°
Note the American Flag!
outside. I think I'm going to be in a venturous warrior and go outside and hit the barn on 10 AM with
Catching the 48
the real coffee. I just added another layer and put on my long johns. Well I walked up to 2448 after waiting
My Path to Bar None
maybe 30 seconds. I was extremely lucky on that one. Now I hope to catch the 57 bus on time
A Fellow SEPTA Passenger
to actually make this meeting on time at 10:00 AM. Where walked from fourth and market to fourth and Locust when the 57 showed up at 9:53 AM. I got to fourth and South 9:55 AM. I'll probably make it just as
4th and South

In the Morning
the meeting starts. I grabbed a route 40 bus which help me get here by    9:58 AM. 11:06 AM & there's
Collage of Snow
been a change of plans for 1 o'clock. I now I'm going to try to get my haircut done since and out of time.
Cute Pup
I'm at milk and honey in the playing everything from Foreigner to the cars. It seems to be classic rock
4th & Lombard
thing for the young girls to play behind the counter. I'm having a banana banana bread and OJ and I'm
Milk & Honey
gonna play in this blog until I hear if I can get a haircut done today at the chop shop. There are people
A Scene

from the meeting and a couple yuppies talking while I type and wait. Some guy is sharing his adventures of
Life Begins
adopting a child from woman with a harsh economic background. And the procreation continues.
Talking Adoption
Him and his boyfriend to get the kids. The pregnant woman nearby said to the nice white man: "You will make a great father." I leaned that children of trans-racial families are more likely to have teenage pregnancy.  Well I am gonna have
At Chop Shop
to get out of here. I really had enough of this conversation. I left my my earphones at work. GOOD NEWS.
2nd and Fitzwater
I have a haircut apt in 20 minutes. When I got my haircut done promptly and then a friend who lives at 2nd
Helping A Friend
 & Fitzwater Streets.  She asked me to help her little bit with moving stuff out of the moving van that she has from the U-Haul. I also I'm
My Friend's Moving Van
going to meet somebody at 4P 4:30 PM at the Chestnut Hill coffee shop which is right at the end of the Chestnut Hill local. It's a balmy 16° outside as of 2:30 PM. I'm in the van waiting for my friend to get her vapor pipe fixed at lovey on fourth Street. Meanwhile snow is on the way. We're in the area of the 3 to 6 inch variety which will fall tomorrow
Snow is Coming
afternoon and evening I believe. She's bringing her son there as well. Well I got to the train station in
4th Street
plenty of time. Well I'm now at the Jefferson Station formally called market east. I am waiting for the
Driving North on 3rd
3:45 PM Chestnut hill west local to the end of the line. I'm going to call Larry pretty soon to let them
Going To Jefferson Station
know what the story is here. I expect I can be back by 6pm depending on the train coming back. I found
Chillin and Chargin
a plug here at the Jefferson Station to charge my phone. It's now 23%. It's 3:49 PM now we are leaving
Getting Ready
suburban station. It's still pretty cold out there and I'm looking forward to going somewhere I never
Route to Chestnut Hill
go which is Chestnut Hill. The fact that the train is right next to the coffee shop is a real bonus for me. I
Warm and Comfy
think I'll call Larry now. I'm also glad the wind died down since it's going to stay below 20° for the remainder of the
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day. Wow! I got a really nice view of the Schyukill  & the art museum in the window of the train. I think
A View from 30th Street
I got a good one and posted on Facebook. Well I met at the Chestnut Hill coffee. Actually walked
Going to Germantown Ave

by the place it's very subtly blending in with the rest of the stores there. It was very drafty and cold but
Arriving at Coffee Shop
we had good conversation. And talked about different things she is a massage therapist now but
Pizza Shop
she was in TV programming it one    point. Anyhow I went to a local pizza place and got a slice and some pomegranate lemonade
Coffee Shop Closes at 6pm
. Couldn't stand long since the train was skipped to leave at 6:23 PM. I think I'll get off at 11th and then go
Catching the 6:23 Train
to Larry's. Yes the Netflix marathon going on. He also has a fireplace. So I want eat my slice up and drink up my Lemonaide Pomigranite Jucie ASAP.
Back to Center City
It is now 12° outside as of 6:31 PM we are at the Carpenters Lane station. Back the politics for a minute Republican-controlled diamond legislature is again proposing to about was the state store system.
Snack on the Train
 http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2015/02/if_you_thought_obamacare_was_c.html   It all sounds nice but they've never been able to do it even when they controlled all three
Blogging on the Train
branches of government in Pennsylvania. Now this local political hack they only May is saying that liquor privatization is complex. Let's see. I just got to Larry's and was watching 60 Minutes about Bradley Cooper who is favored to win an Oscar for "American
At Larry's
Sniper". I was browsing the Meetup group called Philadelphia Bloggers. I saw this boomer blogger. She is quite well-off is a lawyer who married a doctor. She like to to lots of activities. She has a son who also writes a blog and has travaled all over a the world and
Market Frankford EL
about that. Its now 6:53 and we are just leaving 30th Street Statiion.
2nd and Market
A Good Marrage

Getting Ready for Spring