Bits Of My (previous) Weekend
Because my film photos are split into two different weekends, I thought I’d split the posts up too between today and tomorrow, so as to not overwhelm you with 23 photos all at once. Plus, the weekends were so incredibly different it’s too weird to combine them. I used a different film, Fuji X-TRA 800, than usual (Fuji Pro 400H) because I wanted a faster speed since I knew I’d be taking a lot of indoor photos. I’m not super crazy about the results. The higher speed barely helped the low light, the contrast is a little higher than I like, and it did strange things to the color in shades of light. But, I’m not unhappy with them at all. Anyway, here’s last weekend!
24 hours in Philly is not enough. But then again, 24 hours is a perfect little trip, and we got most of Sunday to relax and not feel overwhelmed by going back to work Monday. We took a crazy cheap Megabus ride, which was an incredibly pleasant experience (I braced myself for a similar horrid Chinatown bus to Boston trip I had once), and stayed in a great little B&B that was super affordable. We ate oysters (and fries, and clams, and and and), hand-made ice cream, and downed delicious cocktails*. We walked and walked and WALKED and gawked at beautiful old buildings, and did a marathon-trip through the museum of art. We barely skimmed the surface, and I wish we could have seen more, but there’s always next time. And of course, I bought a bottle of SNAP. Which, who am I kidding, is the main reason I wanted to go to Philly.
*We basically planned our itinerary around the Num Num Girls‘ trip to Philly. I trust Caroline and Lisa with all my food eatin’ heart.
September 21st, 2010 at 10:59 am
I love the surreal qualities of the picture of Billy in all the firearms, for some reason this photo immediately caught my eye and is quite stunning to me…
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September 21st, 2010 at 2:42 pm
I’m a Philly girl, and it always makes me smile when people have a great visit to my hometown :-)
Also, Wendy is just the cutest.
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September 21st, 2010 at 3:15 pm
I always look forward to your bits of weekend. You did not disappoint. I think you pics are great and can’t wait to see next weekends.
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September 21st, 2010 at 4:34 pm
agreed. that chinatown boston/nyc bus is horrifying. i did it years ago. upon entering nyc the bus was going so fast we hit the rails of the exit ramp on a turn. too much.
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September 21st, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Philly is one of the places on my list of possible cities to move to after college, so it makes me happy to hear you liked it so much!
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September 21st, 2010 at 7:17 pm
I would love to be able to spend the weekend in a different city, especially Philly. Must have been awesome! I love the photo of the helmets :)
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September 21st, 2010 at 11:34 pm
SNAP sounds like a very good motivation for a trip to Philly! Luckily there’s so many great things to do in Philly once you’re there.
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September 22nd, 2010 at 3:17 am
Love those popsicles! The second picture’s really cool too. Your persona’s framed in firearms!
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September 24th, 2010 at 3:27 am
Wait, can we talk about the disembodied knight helmets? The Hovey sisters must have curated the Medieval Armory Wing.
And ease up on the new film. These are rich and intimate and I love the over-saturation. A gorgeous tribute to a good weekend in Philly. (And if you’re up for some good fiction get your hands on Jonathan Franzen’s “The Corrections;” besides being the best book I’ve read recently it’s a great portrait of the New York vs. Philly/ Big City/ Little City schism. And yes, I just used the word “schism” in a comment. BOOya.)
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September 24th, 2010 at 5:56 am
I just found you from You Are My Fave – very cute blog! I can’t wait to go back to Philly to check out these things we missed.
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