Philladelphia

We spent the weekend in Philladelphia for Andreea's birthday. It was a lot of fun, and great seeing andreea, alexis, rob, scott, and eric....but it would have been a lot more fun if i could have talked. Yes, thats right. I have no voice. its gone and i spent the weekend writing down what I wanted to say, which should be interesting since I have to give a presentation tomorrow am (previously scheduled for today).

We did a little touristy stuff like the liberty bell and independence hall. The most fun was going to the Yards brewery where they have found some of the founding father's old recipes and replicated thier brews. The weirdest one is Ben Franklin's "old spruce" which at first smell, smelled like cleaning fluid, and then upon tasting it, it tasted exactly like a spruce tree. I would not buy it.

We went to dinner at Lolita, and after a 2 hour wait we sat down to my first byo meal. We brought a bottle of patron for the virgin margs they served, and some beer, and a pear cider. I however, mainly drank warm tea trying to bring my voice back. Unfortunately there was only salt on the table for the margs, which i mistakenly took for sugar and dumped in my mint tea. Gross. I drank it anyway b/c i figured it was good for my throat.

Two other good drinks i had were 1. Angostura, champagne, and a cube of sugar creating lots of bubbles. Surprisingly good! 2. I tried apricot lambic (served in a champagne glass) was so delicious.

Next time I go to philly I need to go to brunch at Moshulu! its a giant boat restaurant with the most extravagant champagne brunch and I want to try it.