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Philly Photos

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

We had a great time in Philly last weekend. Thanks for all of your suggestions.

As I already mentioned, the Kimmel Center is an amazing venue. We had cheesesteak at Tony Luke’s, hung out (and got my shoes shined) at the Reading Terminal, and somehow managed to get free tickets to the auto show while we were there. Best dinner we had in Philly was at a little Italian-ish BYOB bistro called Mercato. We spent some time in Old City, too. We didn’t get to the art museum or to the Italian Market. I also wanted to take a tour of the city’s murals, but they only offer those in warm weather. Next time. Best part of the trip was the tour of Eastern State Penitentiary, a beautiful, gothic monstrosity of urban decay that’s an amateur photography buff’s dream. I have a second set of photos just from there that I’ll put up later.

In the meantime, click the photo below for more shots of Philadelphia.

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5 Responses to “Philly Photos”

  1. #1 |  ChrisD |  February 16th, 2009 at 10:51 am

    Glad you had a good time.

  2. #2 |  Brian |  February 16th, 2009 at 12:22 pm

    TONY LUKES!!! We’ve been through this already, Balko, Tony Lukes is for “cheesesteak hipsters” who want to pretend they know something everyone else doesn’t.

    If you want the real Philly experience it has to be Pats (wiz wit).

    Now you’ll have to go back and do it again.

  3. #3 |  Marta Rose |  February 16th, 2009 at 11:25 pm

    you were a block from my church at sassafras market– i’ve spent way too much money there on hoagies, snacks and coffee! glad you had a good time. the photos are great.

  4. #4 |  digamma |  February 17th, 2009 at 11:10 am

    Eastern State is where the mental hospital scenes from 12 Monkeys were shot.

  5. #5 |  GL |  February 21st, 2009 at 11:32 pm

    I’m happy you enjoyed Philly! I’m a little sour on it right now since I can’t a job, but I’m still happy people can visit and find it worthwhile.

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