Quick trip to Philadelphia

Monday was a day off for me and I went to Philadelphia with my friend, Margie. She had a gift card to Anthropologie and it was a good excuse to visit with Mary Ellen, a former student at our school, who is my eldest son’s age. Caroline, another former student, came along too.

It was a beautiful day – a little cold, but it’s January and to be expected. We walked from Mary Ellen’s apartment to Rittenhouse Square, had lunch at Di Bruno Bros., and then walked across 18th Street to the flagship store of Anthropologie, housed in the old Fell-Van Rensselaer House at 1801 Walnut.

 

Taken standing in the center of Rittenhouse Square.

 

One of the urns that stands at the entrance to the park.

 

We walked through the park and so much caught my eye. There’s a really cool HDR photo of this little kiosk {here}.

 

The Evelyn Taylor Price sundial, near the southwest corner of 18th & Walnut. The bronze sculpture was created by Beatrice Fenton, a Philadelphia sculptor. I want to go back and take my time and really explore this park.

 

I have no idea what these little birds are – some sort of sparrow, I imagine – but they were quite tame, letting me come right up to them with my 18-70mm lens. There was a multitude of them chirping away in the sunshine as they perched on top of the bushes that lined the park along Walnut Street.

 

What sweet little birds.

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And tomorrow, I’ll show you a few photos I took inside the old mansion that’s the home of the Anthropologie store. Very cool place. Emily – why did you never tell me how cool this place was when you were working there during your college years? Or maybe you did and I just was too self-involved to listen to you. Bad Aunt Katy.

 

Here’s a small peek.

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Hope your day was a pleasant one. We’re so busy at school, entering grades into the report card system, along with everything else that has to be done at this time of year. But busy is good sometimes.

Until tomorrow, my friends . . .