Rowhouse Living

Rowhouse Living http://16thandgreen.com/rowhouseliving/ en Copyright 2009 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:55:24 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification The Constitution or Cheese Fries?

In Philly you don't have to choose! This Saturday we had both. Family was suppose to come visit, and because our niece and nephew are studying the American Revolution in school we thought it would be great to take them to the Constitution Center. It's got some really great interactive exhibits. You can see whether you'd be able to vote in a given state and year, you can wear Supreme Court robes and decide famous cases, and you can be sworn in as President. Plus, they have one of twenty original printings of the document.
]]> http://16thandgreen.com/rowhouseliving/2009/02/the-constitution-or-cheese-fri.html http://16thandgreen.com/rowhouseliving/2009/02/the-constitution-or-cheese-fri.html Food History Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:55:24 +0000 We're back - with another post about the awesomness that is Philly!
But before we get into the serious stuff, the cycle of life and all that, we thought we'd start with a little piece in keeping with the initial purpose of this blog: all that is good about Philly.
]]> http://16thandgreen.com/rowhouseliving/2009/01/were-back-with-another-post-ab.html http://16thandgreen.com/rowhouseliving/2009/01/were-back-with-another-post-ab.html Baby Sports Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:51:49 +0000 The Romance of History: Ben and Betsy Get it On

Photo by J. Smith for Greater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing Corporation

In Philly, everything Betsy Ross and Ben Franklin reigns supreme. Take the Betsy Ross or the or the Ben Franklin bridges to get here. Visit the Betsy Ross house (we actually did visit Betsy's residence and learned that she was pretty darn kickass!) or the Franklin Institute (who have recently renamed themselves The Franklin and have just opened an exhibition on pirates--kickass!). You can see, hear, learn and read about these two just about everywhere you turn in Philadelphia.

And this week, you can attend their wedding.

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If you're wondering what to do for the upcoming NYE, read on and learn why you should be planning on ringing in the New Year in Philly!

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and courtesy of our good friends Liza and Chris we get to up the ante via the adorable Desmond opening wide for an american wit' onions and peppers. After all, having friends in town is always a welcome opportunity for us to visit our favorite cheese steak joint, Jim's Steaks. (Consider that a strong hint to those of you who have yet to make your Philly travel plans...)

]]> http://16thandgreen.com/rowhouseliving/2008/05/cheese-steak-mmmm.html http://16thandgreen.com/rowhouseliving/2008/05/cheese-steak-mmmm.html Food Philadelphia Wed, 21 May 2008 00:31:54 +0000 The City of Brotherly Love is the City of Pedestrian Disregard PW Cross Diagram.jpg

Let it be stated, for the record, and for those who don't already know this, I love walking. Shoe, weather, and distance permitting, I will always opt for my feet as my favorite mode of transportation. And I'll permit many shoes, some crazy weather, and a whole lot of distance before I even think of not walking somewhere walkable. And of course, my definition of walkable, is to some, questionable. And to further hammer home the point of my love for walking that knows no boundaries, in sixteen years of working and three cities of residence, I've never had a job I couldn't walk to and it's not a track record I ever plan to break. Suffice it to say, a city's treatment of pedestrians is of extreme importance to me.

]]> http://16thandgreen.com/rowhouseliving/2008/05/the-city-of-brotherly-love-is.html http://16thandgreen.com/rowhouseliving/2008/05/the-city-of-brotherly-love-is.html Wed, 14 May 2008 01:05:58 +0000 Talkin' the Walk (MS)!

Despite predictions of thunder storms, Gigi’s two hours worth of nightmares from 6-8AM concerning how best to dress for precipitation and low temperatures, and Stu’s anxieties regarding the warmth of his sweatpants and their lack of back pockets, we couldn’t have asked for a more perfect morning for our first MS walk ever.
]]> http://16thandgreen.com/rowhouseliving/2008/05/talkin-the-walk-ms.html http://16thandgreen.com/rowhouseliving/2008/05/talkin-the-walk-ms.html Mon, 05 May 2008 01:27:58 +0000 Meet Our New Mayor!

One of the inevitable things that happens when you move is that you compare the new against the old, the unknown against the known. We were here twice before we actually moved and both of those times we were way too caught up in the issues involved with moving across country to make any kind of assessments about the city itself. But once we had officially moved to Philly the comparisons began to run amok at an almost breakneck pace. "Where the hell is all the coffee?" "Ohmigod, look, it's an actual transit system!" "I wonder if the Schuykill river is cleaner or dirtier than the Tualatin? Will I be able to smell it from a good distance on a hot summer night like the legendary river of my youth?" And while there is the distinct possibility that unnecessary or unfair comparisons could be made as we evaluate our new home, I do think that the process is both unavoidable and highly important. Let's face it, where we were framed so much of what we thought we knew and now that whole framework has changed. The key is to make sure that this learning process is a non-judgmental exercise that accepts all the distinctions between the old and new homes equally. And as Gigi and I write about our new home and what sort of trouble we're getting into here I hope that we'll always adhere to that notion. Except for this post.
]]> http://16thandgreen.com/rowhouseliving/2008/04/meet-our-new-mayor.html http://16thandgreen.com/rowhouseliving/2008/04/meet-our-new-mayor.html Moving Philadelphia Politics Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:44:20 +0000 Philadelphia Freedom

(Our obligatory first post, wherein we also explain the blog's Red, White and Blue theme)

A little over eight months ago we set out across the country in our beat up white Subaru station wagon to move from Seattle to Philadelphia. The journey itself was awesome, and we'll probably do a post or two on some of its more interesting aspects, but the really crazy part was the destination, and we recognized this long before we got there. During those long hours in the car we would enter into a rhythm that involved long periods of silence. It wasn't a problem; it was more a by-product of two people who already knew each other really well settling in and enjoying a journey. The silence was not complete, however. Every couple hours one of us would invariably feel the need to shout out, "Philadelphia? Really?". Or, in our more lucid moments one of us might make a more nuanced statement: "I can't believe we're fucking moving to Philadelphia!"

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