Showing posts with label baseball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baseball. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Donatiellos' visit, part 2 (due, in Italian)




We started Sunday at the 2nd Street Festival in an up and coming hipster neighborhood in northeast Philadelphia called Northern Liberties.

Had some brunch, people watched, shopped the tent vendors, and enjoyed a couple local brews (well, the other 3 members of our party did) before we decided to catch the end of the Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park.

With Ben's stellar negotiation skills, we were able to watch a few innings for only a couple of dollars each, and then celebrate the win at the attached bar, McFadden's.

Jenna, lovin' on Franklin Chloe


Aron and Jenna
Although he would prefer Wrigley,
professional baseball is still fantastic
on a Sunday afternoon.

Dinner at Jose Garces' AMADA.
There are not words to describe how delicious 
each and every tapas dish is at this place.
-fantastic service, amazing food, good Spanish wine-

(we were really bad at photo-documentation for this portion of the adventure)

Before they left, we had to stop by corporate Philadelphia for the LOVE statue, 
City Hall, and the game piece statues.

And the Comcast Center.
Yes, one of the most impressive things to see in Philadelphia is 
in the lobby of an evil cable company headquarters.
(I will give them props for being the nation's second tallest green building)

Lunch at Reading Terminal Market (like Reading Railroad from Monopoly, except we all pronounced it incorrectly unless we were from PA.  It's "rehdding" not "reeding") 
and off to the airport!

Thank you for coming!



Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Fun in Philadelphia with my Father-in-Law


What is a trip to Philly without a trip to Citizens Bank Park?
The best baseball stadium in the country for vegetarians.

 And check out this awesome pic of our mascot, the Phanatic!

No doubt in deep discussion about which team is worse this year,
the Cubs or the Phils.
See how nice Rick is to wear the hat that his son bought for him?

a legacy of logos





And what trip would be complete without an authentic cheesesteak?
There is surely a battle between Geno's, Pat's, and Tony Luke's.

I can confidently say that they all have cheese fries and hot sauce (yum) 
and that the hoagie bread is the most delicious at Tony Luke's.

I'll leave the any other judgements up to people who enjoy eating cows.



We went to check out University City and find
the Sigma Chi house at the University of Pennsylvania
It was really pretty.  Sadly, no one was there to let us look around inside.

And then, with the help of a college student that Rick befriended on the street 
(like father, like son, eh?) we found a really good burger joint.
(of course it was an Iron Chef restaurant.  Thanks, Bobby Flay)
Again, allegedly good burgers; I had a salad.
And a very delicious (seriously) non-alcoholic beer.
Which was exactly what this pregnant lady needed on this triple digit weekend.