Here are some pictures from the rest of the week.
Saturday night, we (Amy, Shane, and I) went to South Street to look around and see what there is to see there. It was a really cool street. It was very eclectic and had a ton of really neat stores and shops. The stores were decorated with beautiful murals and mosaic art. The first picture is a random window that is decorated with mosaic glass tiles. it really is beautiful. The next pic is of Amy and Shane beside a wall that is a mosaic mural made of glass and mirror pieces. It is incredible. The beautiful thing about the street is that you are just walking along and a beautiful mural ust pops out at you from all directions. I know its not a great pic, but the last pic on the first row is of a storefront that is decorated by murals. I know I keep going on about it, but the artwork on this street really is amazing.
The next picture is of Shane and me at the South Street bridge under a sculpture. If you look closely in the next picture, you will see a large sculpture of three people that is over the bridge. If you walk onto the bridge, you have to walk under this giant sculpture of three people holding hands. It is a really great concept dipicting walking in unity. I really liked it. Sorry that it is not a great pic. I will try to get a better one.
We ate at a great place called Jon's. This was the "birthplace" of Larry from the Three Stooges. Apparently, when he was a child, his dad was melting gold near his crib and Larry reached out and spilled it into his crib which severly burned his arm. As part of his physical therapy, he learned to play the violin, which then led to his role in the Three Stooges. The restaraunt is now in the house that he was born in. It was a really great place to eat and has a great atmosphere. we really had a good time.
After we left the restaraunt, we walked around the city and just looked at different things. Prince Charles and Camille were in the city for the weekend so there was alot of activity in Old City so we went to walk around and enjoy the excitement. The next pic is Amy and me hanging out with a sculpture. I am actually in the sculptures lap and was falling off his lap when the pic was being taken.
Sunday after going to the gym, we tried to go to Christ Church, which was the first church in the country and George Washington, Betsy Ross, and alot of other famous people went there. However, we missed the bus twice and it was then too late to go to that church. We decided to go to the Italian Market which is the market the Rocky runs through in his movie. Because it was a Sunday, the market was not its usual hustle-and-bustle (or so Ive heard). We definitely plan to go back because it looked like it would be really neat. We did see several stands of fresh produce and meat (including fresh fish heads) at the market. It was awesome because they had fresh pasta which was handmade and fresh cheese at different stores along the way. I cant wait to go back!!! For lunch, we ate at Ralphs which is the oldest family-owned and operated Italian resaraunt in America. It was incredible. I had the best lasagna I have ever had in my life! It was sooooo good!. It was a really neat place and we will definitely be going back. The first picture above is of Amy and I at a horse hitching post. The next pic is of the restaraunt and the sign explaining the restaraunts history. The last 2 pics are of a horse watering hole and a human watering hole. The human water fountain is on the back of the horse watering hole so you and your horse can drink at the same time. For some reason I thought this was hularious. Its an old fashioned gas station!
Wednesday night, we did a really cool "Philly" thing. This week was restaraunt week in Philadelphia. Most of the restaraunts in Philly participate and offer a minimum of three courses for $30. The cool thing is that most of these restaraunts are very high end and not places that we would probably ever go. We all decided to go to valannis which is a latin-mediterrainian restaraunt. It was so good!!! For an appetizer, I had lamb-stuffed grape leaves which were actually REALLY good. Shane had corn aspadas which kind of looked like little pizzas with different things on top. Amy and Ted also went with us. Ted had brie (really good and fancy cheese) and Amy had fiery potatoes. For entrees, Ted and I had red snapper, Shane had duck, and Amy had tuna steak. It was all incredibly good. Dessert was also great. Shane and I had apple caramel bread pudding, Ted had oreo burginetts (not sure if I spelled this right, they looked like donut holes and tasted like a funnel cake with oreos), and Amy had pumpkin creme brulee (which was FABULOUS!!!). I am really glad we participated in restaraunt week. It was alot of fun and gave us a chance to try foods that we normally would not have eaten. We really enjoyed it. The first pic above is of Shane and me at the restaraunt, then outside the restaraunt, then Amy and I. The next pic is of Amy being Amy (see why we get along so well??). You cant see it that well, but the next pic is of me, Amy, and Ted standing under the Valanni sign. The last one is of Amy standing beside the sign for Ted's restaraunt. We tried to get Ted to get his picture taken there, which was the whole point of taking a pic of the restaraunt, but he wimped out on us. So, Amy had hers made with the sign. (You probably had to be there!).
These are just some pics we took at our house that night. I had gotten my hair cut that day so Shane wanted to take a picture of just me with the new hair-do!
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