Diary of a Dental School Wife: Days 1&2 of S&K's Philly Adventure

Now that my fantasy line-up is set (though this week does not look good), I have some time to blog about Stacey and Kate's Philly Adventure.

The adventure began last Wednesday when we picked Stacey up from the airport. Of course, the best way to introduce her to West Philadelphia was to take the route home that goes through the hood. Although she was not as fortunate as my mother who saw a man dealing drugs with a boa constrictor around his neck (no lie), it was still interesting for her to see what most people think all of West Philly is like.

When she arrived, she met Buster and I went to work finishing up dinner (remember, I am all domestic now).

Back in California, we lived in the same apartment building for over a year and she'd often come over to have dinner and watch some guilty pleasure TV. So we, of course, had to do the same here. We started with a Makenzie episode of Toddlers and Tiaras (she's our fave)...

And then watched some Dr. 90210...

Like I said, guilty pleasure TV.

Thursday morning we headed to Old City where most of the historical sights in Philly are located (Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, etc.). We had heard late Wednesday night that the government shutdown had ended, so expected to be able to get in to see the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. Alas, neither were set to open until *maybe* noon (we couldn't get a firm answer on anything) and since Stacey could see the Liberty Bell through a window she said she didn't need to wait around for either to open. We can always do them next time (she's coming back in the Spring!).

Instead, we checked out things NOT controlled by the feds.

Like Christ Church and its cemetery:

The Betsy Ross House:

and Elfreth's Alley:

We took a break from history for a little shopping and I got a fabulous new coat and some fun booties from Burlington. That store really is more than great coats ;)

After shopping, we headed to LOVE Park so we could see the famous Philly Love sculpture. Though they have a reproduction on the Penn campus that I've seen, I hadn't yet seen the original. It was awesome!