My aunt Lisa came to visit from Illinois this weekend. While the wind and cooler temperatures tried to slow us down, Philadelphia’s hometown hero inspired us to brave the weather as we made our way across the city.
And our reward…
Lisa and Rocky
Lisa and Luke after running up the “Rocky Stairs”
How lucky am I to get smiles like these? Very.
We also visited Independence Hall, where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were written and signed. Here we paid homage to Philadelphia’s other hometown hero, Benjamin Franklin, and I left with even more inspiration for my Revolutions class next semester.
That’s really George Washington’s chair up there
Lisa, Luke and I ate a lot of good food, enjoyed delicious margaritas, and spent a lovely weekend catching up with each other. We are looking forward to another visit from her in the spring.
Delicious breakfast sandwiches before Lisa’s flight home
To round out the weekend, Luke and I curled up at home with giant bowls of popcorn and documentaries about the art world.
The Art of the Steal made us hesitant to visit any of the art museums in Philadelphia:
Alternatively, Waste Land inspired us with the power of art and humanity:
We recommend both.
A) Dude. That’s your neighborhood street market he runs through.
B) High waisted statue shorts are in.
C) As a middle aged man staging my own comeback, I am not sure the advice of having 100s of youth hanging out with me in my sweatpants still holds.
D) ‘documentaries about the art world’ melts my heart – Exit Through the Gift Shop
E) I miss you Philadelphia!
Thanks for recommending “The Art of the Steal.” We also loved “Exit Through the Gift Shop.” And good call on the sweatpants and minors avoidance plan. :)