philadelphia freedom
this past weekend, we took a little trip down to philly to have a surprise dinner birthday thing for my dad, who's turning 60 later this month.
our hotel was in the historic district a couple of blocks from independence hall and the liberty bell, so we were pretty much in the center of it all. loads of fun wandering about the old city. of course, my first meal in philly was a lunchtime cheesesteak, 'cause you gotta, right? walked past the national constitution museum and the liberty bell but went into neither -- lines were too long at the liberty bell, and too many other things going on to get to the constitution museum.
friday night, we took a walk to south street and then to penn's landing before settling for dinner at ristorante trattoria by 6th and south. as we were eyeing the menu and deciding to go in, a nice guy in a plaid hat commented "good choice."
"oh, yeah?" i inquired.
"definitely. a lot of great options -- you'll spend 15 minutes just looking at the menu!"
"nice! thanks!"
i wished he was still in the vicinity as we left the restaurant so i could tell him how right he was. we both opted for a simple linguini and meatballs dish, and the pasta tasted homemade. the staff was very nice, and my merlot was delicious. everything was awesome, and the portions were good, too. too often restaurants feel the need to give you so much food that you need two more meals to finish it (vinnie t's, anyone?), but these portions were perfect. we were so stuffed that we had to get some cannolis to go, but by the time we could've eaten them we were falling asleep.
saturday, we met up with my brother shortly after touring the betsy ross house, which had several costumed historical re-enactors. the betsy ross claypoole actress was particularly good and quite engaging to the kids we saw. then we walked over to elphrim alley where we met up with my sister, munk and munk's son trey.
the dinner later that night was fantastic and our dad was extremely surprised and pleased. afterwards, we all went back to my parents' house for cake before lexi and i had to get back to the airport for our return flight.
it was a quick trip, but it was nice to see everyone. and of course it was awesome to be there for dad's surprise bithday dinner. i'll have a gallery of some of the photos from the trip posted soon.
our hotel was in the historic district a couple of blocks from independence hall and the liberty bell, so we were pretty much in the center of it all. loads of fun wandering about the old city. of course, my first meal in philly was a lunchtime cheesesteak, 'cause you gotta, right? walked past the national constitution museum and the liberty bell but went into neither -- lines were too long at the liberty bell, and too many other things going on to get to the constitution museum.
friday night, we took a walk to south street and then to penn's landing before settling for dinner at ristorante trattoria by 6th and south. as we were eyeing the menu and deciding to go in, a nice guy in a plaid hat commented "good choice."
"oh, yeah?" i inquired.
"definitely. a lot of great options -- you'll spend 15 minutes just looking at the menu!"
"nice! thanks!"
i wished he was still in the vicinity as we left the restaurant so i could tell him how right he was. we both opted for a simple linguini and meatballs dish, and the pasta tasted homemade. the staff was very nice, and my merlot was delicious. everything was awesome, and the portions were good, too. too often restaurants feel the need to give you so much food that you need two more meals to finish it (vinnie t's, anyone?), but these portions were perfect. we were so stuffed that we had to get some cannolis to go, but by the time we could've eaten them we were falling asleep.
saturday, we met up with my brother shortly after touring the betsy ross house, which had several costumed historical re-enactors. the betsy ross claypoole actress was particularly good and quite engaging to the kids we saw. then we walked over to elphrim alley where we met up with my sister, munk and munk's son trey.
the dinner later that night was fantastic and our dad was extremely surprised and pleased. afterwards, we all went back to my parents' house for cake before lexi and i had to get back to the airport for our return flight.
it was a quick trip, but it was nice to see everyone. and of course it was awesome to be there for dad's surprise bithday dinner. i'll have a gallery of some of the photos from the trip posted soon.
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