Kickball!

It's official: we're part of a Philadelphia Kickball league!

Mike is part of his office team, and I'm a sub. Our first game was last night. We lost, but had a great time with the team. And it brings back a fair amount of elementary school nostalgia!

Go Cereal Killers! (It's a team of people who sell cereal for a living. The pun is intended.)

St. Patty's Day Parade

A belated St. Patty's Day to everyone! Conshohocken takes their St. Patrick's day very seriously and holds the county parade. This year the weather was not great, but there was still a surprisingly large turnout. The parade was almost 2 hours. It included the standard bagpipe marching band, 3 or 4 Irish dance school performances, and what had to be every single fire truck in the county. There must have been 20 fire trucks. And of course, quite a few St. Patricks. The below was only the first of many.

 

It may have been sleeting out, but the beer did help keep us warm! It's hard to tell, but the group marching behind Mike was one of our favorite bands in the parade - they're all dressed up and having a ball!



Spring?

Last week Mike was accused of bringing MN weather to PA. Well, maybe they were right?

New apartment addition!

PS

I finally saw Rocky for the first time! Now we're ready to hit the Philly museums (the steps he runs up lead to the Philadelphia Museum of Art).

Catch up

We've had so much fun the last couple weeks that I've forgotten to blog, so now it's time to do some catch up!

Every first Friday of the month, the art galleries in Old City do a gallery hop. Mike did a great write up about it on his blog: http://www.relaxingthetravelitch.com/2013/03/gallery-hopping-in-old-town.html

We loved it! If you're going to come out to visit, they do it every first Friday - we'll definitely take you. We stopped at a Cuban restaurant for dinner - we really are spoiled by a wealth of great options here!

Next up: we went out of town about 30 minutes to Victory - a well known local brewery. They were packed! It was more pub than brewery. There were no tours, but lots of families ordering dinner and growlers of beer to go.

Mike was feeling under the weather last week, so I ventured out by myself for dinner with some of his co-workers. I drove to Center City and found street parking all by myself. With the help of GPS and some kind parking attendants, I found $4 street parking instead of $20 ramp. Yes: $20. For a weeknight evening. And we thought parking downtown Minneapolis could get spendy!

This past weekend we really enjoyed being able to enjoy the city. It was 50+ degrees and sunny, so we took a late morning train into Center City, and had brunch at a lovely French restaurant - Parc. We waited for a table on the sidewalk overlooking Rittenhouse Square, and it was so worth it! The city was busy with people walking their dogs, a farmers market, and apparently a pretty big St. Patty's Day bar crawl. Lots of green clad 21 year olds. We did a bit of shopping (H&M and Zara!) then met with one of Mike's co-workers and his wife. We enjoyed a bonfire in their backyard, and this Minnesota ranger was able to prove her fire making merit. :)

Sunday was too nice to stay inside, so we walked around Conshohocken. We haven't done much wandering in town for a couple weeks, so it was fun to get out. We found a fabulous cheesesteak place for lunch and a homemade ice cream shop within walking distance. We also heard more about the upcoming St. Patty's Day parade in town this coming weekend. We're looking forward to checking it out!