well, so much for blogging while i was on travel, huh--here i am back home in San Francisco. i'm glad to be home, but i have to say that this was probably one of the best trips back to Philly, since moving here 4 years ago.
day 2
here's the thing--when visiting Philly, we tend to fall into this routine of just eating at the places we used to eat and going to the places we used to go. so yeah, we had a cheesesteak our first night. and afterwards we went to doobies to meet our friends over drinks. but the next few days we decided to try new places, at our friends's recommendations. i think it really made the trip much more fun.
lunch with helen and bryan--aren't they ♥cute♥?
the next day, we had lunch with helen and bryan at Smokin' Betty's. my favorites were the small plates: cheesesteak springrolls and riblets. the chrispy chicken salad was also very tasty. but mostly, i was just happy to see the two of them--since helen was scheduled to fly out the next day to Australia, i knew we were unlikely to see more of bryan while we were in town. (at least i got to see the kitties, bon-bon and patrick!)
local favorites!
afterwards, adam needed to do some work, so i wandered around the city a bit. inevitably, i found myself standing in front of Loop and Spool. i was very tempted to buy hanks and hanks of lorna's laces, but i resisted them and everything in the sales bins. (so hard!) i did buy a pattern for baby things to sew for my brother's baby girl--we're expecting her any day now.
day 3
saturday dawned cold and rainy--like, icy rain--but, we warmed up over brunch with jim and abby at a lovely restaurant in old city, Farmacia. their grilled cheese sandwich was delicious!
jim, abby, and adam. can you tell who's not used to the cold?
that night, we went out to New Hope for a party with adam's extended family. it snowed the entire time we were there. in fact, i think it's snowed each time we've attended this party. here's the view from our cousin's back porch:
straight up, a winter fantasy.
well, i hope i'm not boring you with the details of my trip. i'm sure you're all wondering if i'm still knitting at all... i am!
fingerless mitts with bobbles!
i started these on the flight to Philly and almost finished them on the flight back home. almost.
happy knitting!
Comments (3)
Man, I am so upset I missed seeing you while you were in town. Nathan is all about me not seeing friends and not blogging, sadly. He's so controlling for just being a tiny toddler. :)
Posted by Kitten | December 10, 2009 7:43 PM
Posted on December 10, 2009 19:43
It was great to see you guys while you were here! You're lucky you got a chance to knit on the way back.... I very nearly got my knitting confiscated on the way to AU! The flight attendant told me he wouldn't have to take it if I put it away immediately, but now it sounds like I will have to check it for all my other flights. :(
Posted by Helen | December 10, 2009 11:25 PM
Posted on December 10, 2009 23:25
Sounds fun, Sophy! But I'm glad to hear you're back. Are those Friends of the Forest Mitts? Aren't they fun?!
Posted by Hilary | December 11, 2009 7:34 AM
Posted on December 11, 2009 07:34