Wow, was Philly a welcoming surprise!
We had a five show weekend, which pretty much means we do not have a lot of free time. However, we were blessed with a Golden Day on Monday. A Golden Day is the term we use for a completely free day. No show, no travel. They are few and far between, let me tell you!
Philly is WONDERFUL!!! There is so much to do and see there. And tons of places to eat too! When we arrived, we of course had to go get a Philly Cheese Steak. With cheeze wiz (that is how you are supposed to eat them I guess) and onions. It was so good! However, one was just fine for me for the weekend.
Our theatre was called the Academy of Music, and it was built in the 1700's. It has of course been renovated. It used to be the home of the Symphony, but they moved next door. We were there for the weekend, and Rent came in on Tuesday for a six show run. We happened to all be staying in the same hotel on Monday night, which was fun for the cast members because a lot of them knew each other.
The shopping there is... wow. It's like a mini NYC or Chicago. Dangerous! I put myself on a budget because my New Year's resolution was to stop shopping. But is was Philly. I spent three times my budget, returned 1/3 of it the next day, and wound up two times over. Not bad, if I do say so myself. :)
The best part of the weekend was that a few old tour friends came to visit us from NYC on Sunday and Monday!!! Our really good friend Nick came Sunday afternoon, and stayed until we left on Tuesday, and our (quite a character) friend Jason came in on Sunday afternoon and left on Monday morning.
Sunday night we went to a few bars Jason knew of, the second of which was a piano bar. Everyone had so much fun singing, and I enjoyed watching them all from my perch at the piano. I was perched at the piano due to my previous blog about my cute shoes that made me want to cut my feet off.
Monday (Golden Day), we decided to be full-blown tourists. My grandfather taught me that if you only have one day in a city, find a hop on hop off tour. And that's exactly what we did! We found a trolley tour of the whole city for $27. We actually only got off twice. To run the stairs at the Art Museum from Rocky (the video deserves its own blog), and to eat lunch in a funky little part of town. But we learned soooo much. There is so much history to Philly, I couldn't believe it. Some of their architecture blew me away.
At the end of our tour, we went and visited Freedom Hall, the Visitor's Center, and the Liberty Bell Center. Then we went to an Irish Pub for $2.00 beers. Then we went to a funky restaurant for dinner where we all shared little plates, and the chairs hung from the ceiling. What a day!
I would definitely recommend Philly to anyone for a long-weekend trip. You would enjoy it, and never get bored!
We had a five show weekend, which pretty much means we do not have a lot of free time. However, we were blessed with a Golden Day on Monday. A Golden Day is the term we use for a completely free day. No show, no travel. They are few and far between, let me tell you!
Philly is WONDERFUL!!! There is so much to do and see there. And tons of places to eat too! When we arrived, we of course had to go get a Philly Cheese Steak. With cheeze wiz (that is how you are supposed to eat them I guess) and onions. It was so good! However, one was just fine for me for the weekend.
Our theatre was called the Academy of Music, and it was built in the 1700's. It has of course been renovated. It used to be the home of the Symphony, but they moved next door. We were there for the weekend, and Rent came in on Tuesday for a six show run. We happened to all be staying in the same hotel on Monday night, which was fun for the cast members because a lot of them knew each other.
The shopping there is... wow. It's like a mini NYC or Chicago. Dangerous! I put myself on a budget because my New Year's resolution was to stop shopping. But is was Philly. I spent three times my budget, returned 1/3 of it the next day, and wound up two times over. Not bad, if I do say so myself. :)
The best part of the weekend was that a few old tour friends came to visit us from NYC on Sunday and Monday!!! Our really good friend Nick came Sunday afternoon, and stayed until we left on Tuesday, and our (quite a character) friend Jason came in on Sunday afternoon and left on Monday morning.
Sunday night we went to a few bars Jason knew of, the second of which was a piano bar. Everyone had so much fun singing, and I enjoyed watching them all from my perch at the piano. I was perched at the piano due to my previous blog about my cute shoes that made me want to cut my feet off.Monday (Golden Day), we decided to be full-blown tourists. My grandfather taught me that if you only have one day in a city, find a hop on hop off tour. And that's exactly what we did! We found a trolley tour of the whole city for $27. We actually only got off twice. To run the stairs at the Art Museum from Rocky (the video deserves its own blog), and to eat lunch in a funky little part of town. But we learned soooo much. There is so much history to Philly, I couldn't believe it. Some of their architecture blew me away.
At the end of our tour, we went and visited Freedom Hall, the Visitor's Center, and the Liberty Bell Center. Then we went to an Irish Pub for $2.00 beers. Then we went to a funky restaurant for dinner where we all shared little plates, and the chairs hung from the ceiling. What a day!
I would definitely recommend Philly to anyone for a long-weekend trip. You would enjoy it, and never get bored!
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