Farewell philly!

After a calm then whirl wind of a morning, we're heading back to la with the newly weds 2 hrs ahead of schedule. Yes its another cramped, movie-less US Air hell hole, but its heading home. Though I'll miss you, dear NE penn, I've got lots to remember you by... Stay tuned!
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The hottest spot in wilkes

Is tgi Fridays. Oh yes it is. Where we downed yengling beer - a PA original (that's just ok...) But luv this place, I've been carded twice!
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Hello Tunkhannock!

Merediths childhood home is ah-mazing. A beautiful lake surrounded by trees. In the middle of the PA wilderness. I die.
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Mmm doughnuts

Pit stop! Dunkin doughnuts stop on the hours long drive to Tunkhannock - home of the Post's for the "Post" wedding party.
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Congrats M!

Introducing the new Mrs. Kintner!

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Down town Wilkes-Barre Plaza Square

So I thought it was going to be like the town sq in the gilmore girls or like in back to the future... It was more like Boston china town complete with some shady individuals. BUT we're ate at this little pizza place that was quite good! Mino's... I had the most delicious (and interesting) apple cheese pizza. Mmmm!
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Hello Wilkes-Berre!

Wow. What a town!
Meredith, the bride, was kind enough to create the cutest gift bags filled with things all about her and her finance. Most notably Swedish fish (from their time abroad and Tunkhannock water... The hotel is a fairfield and is new and pretty and clean! And we went to the adjoining tgi fridays upon arrival and coincidentally enough we got to party with the groom!
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Hi philly, bye pilly!

Transfersing in philly to a very mini plane for the 30 min flight to AVP. There was no time to do anything worthy of ben franklin... Val, my travel pal, and I had to breeze past a very cozy looking airport joint that was serving beers and some good looking cheese steaks to catch our connecting flight to Scranton. See val on our tiny plane...

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Bye LA

90 degrees and waiting behind a MILLION people. Gotta love that US air shares a terminal with South West - the biggest cow heard of ALL Airline.

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Philly, fluffy clouds, and french onion soup

Hello! I am back from my weekend in Philly. I went there primarily for a wedding and secondarily to indulge in cheesesteaks and other delicious foods. Both objectives were accomplished successfully!

As you can see, I wore what I said I would wear - the poofy red and black dress. I paired it with black patent leather no-name pointed-toe ankle-strap sandals, and no purse (because I didn't feel like packing one). The funny thing is that the wedding turned out to be a pretty traditional Hindu wedding, and the bride looked beautiful in bright oranges and reds, so it would have been perfectly appropriate for me to wear the light pink dress after all. Nonetheless, I think the red and black was the best choice!

We stayed at the Sofitel, which was located smack dab in the center of Philly, near all the good restaurants and shopping. Of course, since we were in Philly for less than 36 hours, we were not able to indulge in either fully, but it still remains one of my most favorite hotels...because of the feather bed, which, as I read on one review site "is like the bastard child of a fluffy cloud and a marshmallow". In fact, it was so cozy and comfortable that we slept for 12 hours the first night and close to 10 the second night. Hey, what are vacations for?

Gastronomie-wise, I also discovered that Philly as perfected the art of french onion soup (a delicious example at the bar in the Sofitel the first rainy night we were there). Not only that, but the next day for lunch at the Continental I discovered somthing called "french onion soup dumplings" which turned out to be reduced french onion soup, wrapped in chinese dumpling wrappers, placed in an escargot dish, and baked with melted gruyere on top. It was the most amazing dish - I ate all six of the dumplings with a huge grin on my face.

For our last meal there - Sunday lunch - we grabbed cheesesteaks at the Philly airport, which turned out to be pretty decent and mighty tasty. Steak, processed cheese, french fries, and an icy cold Pepsi - you can't beat that!

Because our visit was so short, we left determined that we could come back soon, and visit Philly properly (and maybe even see the Liberty Bell next time).