Philadelphia Freedom, 1 of 2

My last week in Philly was crazily eventful, and in the chaos of moving back to Santa Fe on Sunday I can't find all the right cords and cables and things to get pictures from once Kate was back. It was a wonderful week, though. Highlights included:

A pub quiz with a belligerant drunk Irishman Quizmaster and a pretty tough team of Good Looking Bastards (US Edition) Adam and Cameron did College Bowl back in the day, so their trivia was pretty incredible. The bar was chaos and the poor quizmaster had no mic, leading him to get rowdier, drunker, angrier, and sounding more and more like Forrest Gump as the night went on. Gave me Auld Alliance nostalgia, but was a great night out.

Fruit Picking and Emu/goat petting with Brody and Megan! We picked blueberries, blackberries, peaches, and rasberries. The blueberries, though prickly, were just gorgeous. Another highlight was definitely the hayride. I agree with Megan that the hayride could have been much longer and we would have stayed very happy.

Next: Night on the town with Joanna, featuring ice cream at an old-fashioned ice-cream place! Joanna and I have been leading fascinatingly parallel lives for the last, mm, lots of years? Lately she's been into the Buy Fresh Buy Local campaign which is striking my fancy so I'll be off to the farmer's market Saturday. She also shares my taste in Snape and general other men. She understood that I would find the employees of this ice cream soda shop incredibly attractive in their bowties and suspenders. I miss her already.


I miss Philadelphia already.