![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beansideGreetings from Philadelphia! Despite all the rain, we made it to the City of Brotherly love right around 12:15, and were in our room by 12:30. The Windsor Suites is a very nice hotel, with two restaurants, both of which we've used. We went to lunch at the Asian restaurant, which had a really good General Tso's chicken. A little spicier than I've had in other places, with this perfectly fried light batter that was just so tasty. Jess had the Thai curry, which was also spicy and excellent.
After that, we relaxed and watched Roadhouse on Amazon Prime. It was a thoroughly fun movie, and fortunately, bore so little resemblance to the original that my brain didn't even try for a comparison. It set things nicely up for a sequel, which definitely wouldn't hurt my feelings.
Then, we met up with a friend and went to the Franklin Institute for Art of the Brick, which was a very cool exhibit of lego sculptures. The artist was very talented, and two of them were especially eye catching for me. One was a replica of the Rose Window of Chartres Cathedral that was made with iridescent bricks that just seemed to glow in the spotlight. It was really beautiful, and I kind of loved it. The other was a big diorama that made me go "dude, you okay?" about the artist. It was a room sized piece, with red hands reaching up from a sea of red legos, and people flying above them. As I said to Jess, it brought me in mind of the damned reaching their flayed blistered hands up to try to snatch the falling angels from the sky. It was seriously cool, and weird to thing that it was all made with legos.
After that, it was time to come back for dinner at the other restaurant, Con Murphy's Irish Pub. The food was really good, but it was very loud in there. I know I missed some bits of conversation that slipped right through my auditory processing issues.
All in all, it's been a nice break. The drive up was a little annoying with all the rain, but we made it just fine. Soon, it will be back to reality, though we may stop on the way home for brunch somewhere, just to prolong it slightly.
Tomorrow, my real training begins, which I'm looking forward to, and nervous about. I apparently have another four weeks, as I won't be solo until the last week of April. It's fucking hilarious that Hopkins has a longer training period than 911 did.
Okay, I'm going to consider pants, since I kind of want to go down and get real coffee when the restaurant opens in 30 min. The in room keurig does not have a "strong" setting, so my coffee is annoyingly weak.
Everyone have an amazing Sunday!
After that, we relaxed and watched Roadhouse on Amazon Prime. It was a thoroughly fun movie, and fortunately, bore so little resemblance to the original that my brain didn't even try for a comparison. It set things nicely up for a sequel, which definitely wouldn't hurt my feelings.
Then, we met up with a friend and went to the Franklin Institute for Art of the Brick, which was a very cool exhibit of lego sculptures. The artist was very talented, and two of them were especially eye catching for me. One was a replica of the Rose Window of Chartres Cathedral that was made with iridescent bricks that just seemed to glow in the spotlight. It was really beautiful, and I kind of loved it. The other was a big diorama that made me go "dude, you okay?" about the artist. It was a room sized piece, with red hands reaching up from a sea of red legos, and people flying above them. As I said to Jess, it brought me in mind of the damned reaching their flayed blistered hands up to try to snatch the falling angels from the sky. It was seriously cool, and weird to thing that it was all made with legos.
After that, it was time to come back for dinner at the other restaurant, Con Murphy's Irish Pub. The food was really good, but it was very loud in there. I know I missed some bits of conversation that slipped right through my auditory processing issues.
All in all, it's been a nice break. The drive up was a little annoying with all the rain, but we made it just fine. Soon, it will be back to reality, though we may stop on the way home for brunch somewhere, just to prolong it slightly.
Tomorrow, my real training begins, which I'm looking forward to, and nervous about. I apparently have another four weeks, as I won't be solo until the last week of April. It's fucking hilarious that Hopkins has a longer training period than 911 did.
Okay, I'm going to consider pants, since I kind of want to go down and get real coffee when the restaurant opens in 30 min. The in room keurig does not have a "strong" setting, so my coffee is annoyingly weak.
Everyone have an amazing Sunday!
no subject
Date: 2024-03-24 12:48 pm (UTC)I've been to Con Murphy's pub and the food was good, but it can get loud.
no subject
Date: 2024-03-24 03:06 pm (UTC)