Krysten over at After 'I Do' did a fun blog post today. Hop on over to check it out and join in if you'd like!
Name: Angela
Blog: Angela Kolachny
Location: Philadelphia, PA
How long have you lived there? All my life! Born and raised a Philly fan:o)
What's the climate like? We certainly get a mix of all seasons, that's for sure.
From November through February/April we get winter snow...more than likely.
From late April through late May is the only time we really get warm Spring weather.
Hot Summer days start from June all the way through September in most cases.
Then late September through late October is our Fall season. It's very windy and chilly.
What are some of your favorite things to do on the weekends where you live? I work during the week and then one day during the weekends if our restaurant is really busy, so the last thing I want to do is cook. I love being able to go out to eat and not worry about what I have to make and clean up. However, Sundays I do cook for my family at my Mom-Mom's house:o) I enjoy going to the movies on a rare occasion but when the weather is nice I like to be outside. I live near a small lake so I will go there to take my dog to swim or kayak (if the water is warm!). Otherwise the weekends are time for me to catch up on things I didn't get done during the week such as cleaning, laundry, shopping, etc.
What are some of your favorite restaurants in your city/town? In Philadelphia my favorite restaurants are Steven Starr restaurants, especially Buddakan and Morimoto. Of course my favorite place to get a cheesesteak is Geno's:o) In my town, my favorite places to eat are Green Papaya (a Thai/Vietnamese restaurant) and Four Dogs Tavern (a place that only the locals know about!)
Favorite shops? Too many to name! But ones that stand out are Anthropologie, Initial Designs (a little monogramming gift shop near my house) and of course, the King of Prussia Mall!
Suggest some places for an out-of-town visitor:
Longwood Gardens
Valley Forge National Park
King of Prussia Mall
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Comcast Center
Boat House Row
30th Street Station
City Hall
Olde City Philadelphia
Edgar Allen Poe's House
Rocky Statue
Italian Food Market
Philadelphia Sports Stadiums
Tell us why you love your town/city?
Quite honestly, maybe I'm biased but Philadelphia is an amazing city.
We are the "City of Brotherly Love", meaning:
you will be treated like family as long as you are not wearing a hat or jersey of:
New York Yankees
New York Mets
Dallas Cowboys
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Penguins
Boston Red Sox
Boston Celtics
Historic Philadelphia (aka Olde City) is absolutely beautiful.
It's really neat to walk on the crooked bumpity cobblestone streets (except in stilletos!!) and think "wow, William Penn and Ben Franklin walked on these same streets". I'm a history major so I'm crazy for all of that stuff.
Anything else someone should know about where you live? I go to school in West Chester, which is about 40 minutes outside of the city of Philadelphia and its also historical. Our "claim to fame" in this small town is the show "Viva la Bam" and "Jackass" (sad, I know. Bam Margera has a house in town.) The movie Marley and Me was filmed in the area that I live, I got to see Jennifer Aniston running down the streets in West Chester for her snow scene. VERY cool:o)
Hope you're all having a wonderful Wednesday!!
Makes me want to come back and visit! Man, it's been a long time since i've been to some of those places!
ReplyDeleteI love four dogs tavern too ;) Hope you are having a good week!
ReplyDeleteI'm biased too. :) Yay for four dogs tavern!!! ;) And well, I know I was a very lucky girl experiencing a great month of April with so much sunshine and warm temps. :) Not to mention March wasn't that bad either. It stopped snowing and all that right before I came. ;) haha!
ReplyDeleteHave a great Friday girl.
xoxo