philadelphia, pennsylvania

December 2017

In December 2017, I was staffed to a project near Philly with Sequoia! It was the middle of winter and we managed to get in before Philly was hit with a snowstorm. They started to cancel flights right after we landed.  One of my friends, Luke, lived in Philly for work so we had a mini reunion.

Philadelphia International Airport had this little display of bikes through the ages. I'm not sure if it's still up. Anybody know??

The first thing we did when we got into town was meet up with Luke at Jim's Steaks on the corner of 4th and South St. I only got one but probably could have eaten a second. With all the walking around we did later, I probably should have had two. 

We went to go see the Liberty Bell and passed a lot of other historical sites on our way there (we passed the first fire insurance company! 🙀) We also wandered over to Betsy Ross's house and the remnants of Ben Franklin's house. 

We took a quick snack break at Franklin Ice Cream. I'm lactose intolerant and didn't have my lactose pills on me (story of my life), but I was still able to enjoy ice cream in the middle of winter since they had non-dairy options.

Later, we popped on over to the River Park area, they had some winter fest going on. It was a cute little area with an ice skating rink, firepit seating areas, and a lot of decorated Christmas trees. 

Oh! We also found three cute little snowmen! Very fitting for our little group.  

And being in Philly, we definitely had to go visit the Rocky Statue and Rocky Steps.

Ok confession: I've actually never seen the movies! It's on my list! I'll get around to it! I didnt watch a lot of movies growing up! #excuses

Anyway, I didn't take a lot of video when I was there but here are a few snippets. 

Until next time, 

SC