I went to Trader Joe’s again yesterday morning right at 9:00AM when they opened. I was anticipating a line, and sure enough, there was one, stretching around the corner into the alley. It turned out that they had already opened and this was the overflow line, waiting to get in after some others came out. … Continue reading Joey
Philadelphia
The Further Adventures of Carmella Jacquinto
Carmella Jacquinto On Tuesday Carmella Jacquinto was elected to the Court of Common Pleas along with six other Democrats. Carmella Jacquinto, you may recall, was the prosecuting attorney in a trial where I was a juror. I wrote about it in my blog post, The Trial, plus a few followup posts. If you don’t recall … Continue reading The Further Adventures of Carmella Jacquinto
Directions
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but I don’t think I’ve written it up on this blog.In November of 1994 when I moved into a condo in the Old City section of Philadelphia, my parents came to help me with the move, as was their wont. Toward the end of the afternoon, when … Continue reading Directions
Mark Reed
Mark Reed was apparently quite a character.He was my great uncle on my mother’s side, my grandmother Tillie (Reed) Zellers’ brother. View fullsize Philadelphia City Hall And here’s the thing. I don’t know if I remember him or not, as he died when I was not quite three years old. They used to tell me … Continue reading Mark Reed
Bartók
This afternoon I attended a performance of the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. I don’t have a subscription this year, so this was the first concert I went to this season. It was a mixed bag.The last few years that I had a subscription I had box seats that were in the Second Tier … Continue reading Bartók
The Dinosaur Place
So I was walking along the Parkway this morning on my way to the Reading Terminal Market when a fellow wearing a Ron Paul cap asked: "Do you know the way to the dinosaur place?" I assumed he meant the natural history building, but I couldn't even remember the name of Philadelphia's natural history … Continue reading The Dinosaur Place