I see that I have inadvertently taken a summer vacation from the blog. My apologies, classes got the best of me and then I moved to a new place around Society Hill and have spent the rest of the summer reading and catsitting in exotic locales (like New Jersey).
I did, however, get to deal with [...]
Posts Tagged ‘apartment’
New semester
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apartment, beginnings, Drexel, the future on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Christmas in Philadelphia
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apartment, music, nothing to do with libraries, philly, pictures on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, not really Christmas. Yesterday the roommate and I went to Rittenhouse Square to see the tree-lighting. The promise of booths and fun was sort of ruined by the rain – there ended up being about two booths, 50-odd people, and a somewhat disappointing tree, although there were some good times had thanks to free [...]
The Inevitable
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apartment, complaints, learning experiences, omg wtf roommate?, philly, pictures on September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, it’s finally happened. Real life has encroached upon our untouchable haven of an apartment. I emerged from the shower to see a MOUSE run into my closet. Growing up on a (non-working) farm, I’m not wholly new to this kind of thing. But there, I had two good mousing cats who’d take care of [...]
New Food Sensations?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apartment, culinary adventures, curiosities, discoveries, omg wtf roommate?, philly, silliness on August 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
During a recent politeness-scrimmage over who would have the last Oreo, my roommate shocked me in a way I never expected….
Smearing brie defiantly over the oreo, she shoved it into her mouth and said it was delicious! Then she put even more brie on it!!! Truly scandalous!
Pub Crawl
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apartment, philly, silliness on August 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The roommate, a friend and I attempted to do a pub crawl tonight. However, we had a hard time finding acceptable pubs (not filled with frat boys, not empty, not overpriced). We wandered into the City Tavern in Old City, thinking it looked quaint and authentic. However we didn’t realize just how… authentic it would [...]
Lists
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apartment, learning experiences, philly on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A visit to the famous Di Bruno Bros. (mostly just to drool over their cheese selection) left the roommate and I with some nice Brie and sparkling lemonade (we know how to live it up). I made some french fries from the potatoes I got at one of the local farmer’s markets, and we had [...]
Relaxation
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apartment, natural wonders, philly, silliness on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend brought the end to our towering pile of cardboard, and with the presence of a new sofa, the apartment looks like an apartment at last. My roommate and I celebrated by watching Blackadder by candlelight. Here you can faintly see our Household God (a wooden rabbit statue) dimly illuminated by our sacrificial candlelight:
What I Learned While Moving
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apartment, philly on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When moving into an apartment with no easy parking and no elevator, hire movers.
My calves and arms may no longer work, and my stuff may be sitting in my livingroom covered in drywall dust, but I have a bed and a shower curtain and I have a room of my own (with a slight gap [...]
A Pictorial View of Philadelphia on the 4th of July
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apartment, curiosities, philly, pictures on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For your patience with my lack of updating, faithful readers, I present a pictorial version of my 4th of July. Updating will be more frequent and consistent once I have internet, which is now less than a week away, provided nothing goes horribly wrong between now and then!
(For a larger version of an image, just [...]
Anticipation
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apartment, manuscripts, philly, pictures on July 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After a nice, much-needed long weekend, I’m back at work. I finished up three manuscripts already today, two of which were particularly difficult. One was a lovely folio with some great illuminations by Petrus de Braco. It even included the rare poem he did (which totally disses the Papal court and especially the cardinals) called [...]
