Wonderful Weekend In Philadelphia With Grandson And Historic Townhouse

The hurricane had just knock the power out at out home in Tallahassee. So Friday - we hopped on a plane and escaped to family and familiarity. My son - Keith - and his wife - Liz - were attending a wedding at Penn's Landing. Our assignment was to take care of Max.

Friday - one of my best students - Steve Simchak stopped by to visit. My lifted a cold one at the Wooley  Mammoth. I bored him with two hours of old stories - and hearing about his adventures.

Saturday we enjoy walking to the Liberty Bell - Independence Hall - Carpenters Hall - the Firemen's Museum - the First and Second Banks of the United States. We enjoyed Philly Soft Pretzels - hoagies - pizza. We haunted a few playgrounds in South Philly.

I had chicken potpie at the Amish counter in the Reading Terminal Market. That market has the best selection of food in the world for me. I could eat every meal there for the rest of my life and die early at 500 pounds.

This morning we went to the the wedding breakfast at the Hilton - then ubered to the airport after picking up our bags back at the townhouse. As always - it is hard to leave everyone behind. It took us less than 30 minutes to go from Hilton to our townhouse - to the airport - security - and at the gate. Plenty of time to type this - and post the video.

Side note - I always loved the tune "Forget you" - the FSU band is always playing it. In the Uber cab - our driver had it on the radio - I saw the name on the screen. I quickly downloaded it to my iPhone. I have been playing it all the while I am typing. I never knew it had lyrics :-)