June weekends

This June, we've spent our weekends staying local. And we've had a great time!

We finally got back to Center City for the First Friday Gallery hop...since our first one last February when we first moved. 75 degrees and sunny was definitely preferable! There were a ton of people out and about shopping and viewing the art at the many galleries. Really fun to see everyone out for the event! We had dinner at a new restaurant for us, Fork. It was spectacular! It never ceases to amaze us the fabulous dining options we have in Philly.

We also spent a day driving up to New Hope - upriver on the Delaware River on the PA/NJ border. Its this charming little river town. Such fun! On the way we stopped at a huge antiques market that we just stumbled upon. We even managed to find some treasures we now call our own.

We also went to the Philadelphia Zoo with friends and their two year old son. We had always heard that the zoo here was top notch, and it really did live up to it. We had a great time and ended up spending nearly 5 hours there. Some highlights were the hippos, the roaming peacocks, and the monkeys. Especially interesting was a new feature of the zoo which is basically sky ways for the animals to roam around the zoo above our heads. Never had a lion walk above me before!

Petting zoo with the toddler...pretty fun!

Grrr!

Hippos!!

It's been a beautiful June for weekend weather, so one of our other favorite things to do is enjoy the fabulous pool at our apartment. It is nearly always packed, and its been fun to catch up with some of our neighbors we haven't seen in a while and to meet new ones too!