Philly Phan

So I'm officially in love with Philadelphia.  Even though it's so close I've never visited and now I'm not sure why.  After just a few hours, I was already planning my permanent move to a loft appartment in the middle of the city and finding a job at a local pre-school, and the art store below and probably a few more jobs too just to finance my new Philly life. 

I'm not sure if this is true of the whole city or just the area of town I stayed in, but it seems to be a really artsy crafty place.  We were staying at the Hyatt Bellevue in the middle of the Arts Institute campus and about a million other theatres and art spaces.  It was in this neighborhood that I came across my new most favorite place: Blick Art Materials.  It's like a crafty mecca.  The store front is above ground but when you walk through the door, you take a whole flight of stairs down before hitting the basement store area.  It was HUGE with aisles and aisles of every art supply known to man.   I could have spent a fortune but I decided to be good.  That just gives me a reason to go back.  From there we grabbed dinner at the Good Dog Bar.  After seeing it on TV, and then giving it a shot, I've come to attest that everything looks bigger on television.  This space was TINY, but a really cool little place.  And the food wasn't bad at all.

Unfortunately, because of the crappy weather, we didn't get to see much more of the city, or get a chance to try a Cheesesteak. So that means of course I will definitely be returning some time soon.

These shots are from the most amazingly beautiful Macy's you will ever see.  I have no idea what the building used to be but in the center of the store was a 5 storey open atrium with a pipe-organ and pipes that took up 2 floors.  Gorgeous!

 

 

 

City Hall

Market 

 

 

 

 

William Penn

 

Good Dog Bar 

 Bruce at Phillies Field