Lena and I in front of our presentation room. Woo hoo!
"Smile like a dork!" "I've got this."
Aw, they're cute. Erin and Marisa
The first courtroom
The signing room.
Some blue stairs ;)
A draft of the declaration
We have it in our power to begin the World over again. And so they did.
Marisa getting sworn in as President of the U.S. in the same spot where George Washington stood.
One of these two is not like the other.
Peekaboo. Creepy much? Thanks Lydia... :)
Peekaboo. Creepy much? Thanks Lydia... :)
Some bell with a crack in it. I tried to take a picture of me gluing it back together, but I look terrible; so you'll never see it. Plus, the cops were getting pretty close by the time we took the picture, and it's not flattering of them either.... They're weird about you trying to fix stuff.
Go Lydia!
These things were really yummy. I wasn't brave enough to try the Cheese Whiz that's supposedly the best, but I did get mine pizza style with mushrooms.... It was awesome.
"On this spot stood Sylvester Stallone filming the great motion picture ROCKY. Nov 21, 1976"
The instructions for ordering. "Step 4" is repeatedly listed at many of the famous restaurants in Philly.
Two dueling Philly Cheesesteak places just across the street from one another.
Iiiiiiin West Philadelphia, born and raised; on the playground is where I spent most....
So, one of the coolest parts of the city was Reading Market just outside the convention center. It was packed full of amazing little booths/shops with beautiful glorious food. Yummy!
State capitol building
BEST CHURRASCARIA EVER. So yummy.
An original copy of the Book of Mormon. Second one I've held and seen in my life. Wonder how many I'll get to handle?
"Pretend I'm holding a bow..."
Best line of the trip: "He's got hunting and fishing covered. He must be the patron saint of rednecks" -Marisa
The view from the Museum of Art
Runnin' like Rocky...
I am the thinking man. And don't worry, there's the po-po.
Here's where we went to make our phone calls, outside the hotel.
And then, NYC.
I called up Paul Lambson and asked him to show us a hole in the wall restaurant that tourists didn't know about. The Burger Joint in Le Parker Meridian is where he took us. You walk into this 6 star hotel, swerve behind what appears to be the wall covered in lush red curtains, and you appear at the end of a hallway leading to the picture (below) of a burger. Upon which you enter a tiny graffittied room (above)
It was exactly what I was hoping for. We all loved it. Amazing. Thanks Paul!!!
We went to see Mary Poppins in a really old theater with a ton of history. The little aisle guy told us all these wild stories about how it was abandoned so there was a tree growing out of the orchestra pit. Then someone turned it into a movie theater and he was here one night when someone in the front stood up then people in the back started shooting at him. All in all, it taught me I was glad I never came to NY in the 80s....
Oh, and the restored version of the theater was beautiful.
HI! MY NAME IS BRITTNEY AND I'M ON THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE!
That's America for ya, being held together by duct tape.... :)
Walk like an Egyptian..... (in the MET)
Hey! When were you in Philly? I was there over Easter weekend and took basically all of the exact same photos, except the bell and the phone booth. :) Next time you're on the East coast, you should make it down here to DC! :D
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