Kickin' It Philly Style

I recently got back from visiting my SO's family in Philadelphia.

It's the first time that I had been in Pennsylvania for any amount of time longer then a weekend. Most of the week was filled by doing things with his family. That was a bit nerve wracking. It was mostly his mother's side of the family. I had met his father's family the previous year.

I think I was well received... I think. One can never be sure of how one is received.

Needless to say, we didn't have a whole lot of free time to explore. OK, well it would be exploring for me. He was raised in Philly and would give me tour of places he would go when he was a child. It was nice.

His family lives two blocks from the Philadelphia Art Museum. This is the same museum they filmed for Rocky. In front there's a statue of Sylvester Stalone in boxing shorts. It's a huge tourist draw. This was mostly noticed at how many people were at the top of the stairs doing the Rocky triumph pose. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures. I was trying to get a picture of Ben Franklin Parkway without people right in front of my camera.

All in all, we had a good time. We got see some friends who we don't normally get a chance to see due to the fact that they live across the country from us.

I think one of the most memorable things to happen was Wednesday, 31.December. It actually snowed. I was assured by many people that the weather's slightly colder then the San Francisco winter. Of course, that week it was bitterly cold.

Finally on Wednesday it got down to about 19-20 degrees out. I'm not sure how cold it was with the wind. As we were heading to the bus stop (we were planning on heading out to Old City), we noticed white flakes on the breeze. I figured it could be something like plum blossoms or some flower that blooms in the winter. But it started happening more often. By the time we got to the bus stop, I got a chance to look at what had collected on my jacket. It was very distinct snow flakes.

This took everyone by surprise.

I had to get a picture of this. So, once we got to Old City, I snapped a pic of my SO in front of Independence Hall with a light layer of snow dusting the grass in front of the hall.