 In Philly!!! ING has a cafe! |
 The skyscrapers and old buildings in Philly are very pretty!! |
 Like a statue I saw in Chicago! |
 See Kathy in the picture??? |
 See Kathy getting eaten by a dinosauer?? |
 Museum of Natural History |
 Butterflies! |
 Outside the museum |
 Bright gold memorial! |
 and the description! |
 At the Franklin Institute, a statue of Franklin! |
 Inside the atrium! |
 You stand in front of a screen and your outline is filled with random images! (me left Kathy right) |
 See how pretty against the sky! |
 I liked this image |
 and this one with Kathy's back! |
 Snaps of buildings! |
 The building in the back is new; the one in the front is a hotel I've stayed in before! |
 7:30 a.m. Sunday morning fire alarm went off.........surprising how many dogs were staying in the hotel! |
 Around the corner was a waffle place that made these strange, dense, semi-sweet yet alluringly gummy waffles |
 Kathy in the cold in Philly |
 New and old! |
 Kathy at the Four Seasons lobby! |
 Statue in front of the Free Public Library |
 Civil War memorial |
 Description of the memorial |
 The Rodin museum |
 One of the animals in the large statue outside the Museum of Art |
 See, we're here!! |
 Look closely at these characters -- very, very bizarre |
 Looking back down the 'Rocky' steps! |
 artsy photo from inside the museum |
 Sconce inside a very ornate room |
 Amazing valance in the same room!!! |
 Saw several Van Gogh's, including this out of focus one depicting rain |
 See the guy in the Rocky pose behind Kathy? |
 We saw at least a dozen churches...all closed |
 knock knock |
 Architecture |
 In the main library stairway |
 Study of a statue made with the impressions of keys |
 Here's where I stood holding our cameras while Kathy went in! |
 Strange placement for an interesting piece of sculpture |
 Hey, its WHYY, source of many of the PBS shows we enjoy! |
 The Philly Chinese arch |
 Inside the Macy's -- which used to be Wannamakers |
 The organ in the atrium of the store!! |
 You'll see that large eagle again in a minute |
 Large eagle from below (no sign to tell where it came from) |
 Fascinating little balconies |
 Architecture |
 Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ice cream..... |
 We thoroughly enjoyed sitting in Rittenhouse Square watching all the dogs walk by! |
 our view from the park bench |
 What? |
 In Ireland, I bought a small bronze statue of this |
 the lobby of the Museum of Art again |
 the lobby atrium |
 Tiny little streets in Philly |
 VERY nice use of witch hazel! |
 Independence Hall |
 You'd think there'd be more in here other than a gift shop, snack bar, two small theaters, ticket sellers, and bathrooms.... |
 The Bell!! |
 The new view from the bell to Independence Hall; nicely done, really! |
 Looking back across a mall area |
 And here I am!! |
 Kathy in front of Ben Franklin's grave! |
 Franklin's grave |
 Interesting statue |
 Old buildings |
 Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo |
 (to the tune of Shapoopee): Chihuli, Chihuli, Chihuli, In Philadelphia!! |
 Christ Church where big things happened |
 The outside since they're renovating the inside.... |
 Kathy enjoying the scenery |
 And dancing thru the crosswalk |
 Different kinds of flax seeds! |
 Architecture |
 The bathroom at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse |
 The view from our hotel room! |
 Eeek! Three eggs on a lentil loaf with challah toast with a coke -- breakfast of champions! |
 Kathy's more demure oatmeal!! |
 Interesting steps |
 Architecture |
 Architecture |
 The back of a synagogue |
 Inside the synagogue |
 The windows were brilliant and stunning |
 The front window |
 In the Art League building |
 Look, its a Rouge, just like in Bury St. Edmunds!! |
 The ceiling of Anthropologie, where they have preserved the building's better features! |
 Inside of a church where we listened to a delightful lunchtime jazz concert! |
 Some structure!! |
 Architecture |
 Tower |
 Loved the clouds and the skyscrapers |
 Kathy by the Art Institute |
 We say goodbye to Philly! |