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Philadelphia: 5 Favorite Kid-Friendly Activities
Blog: Ciao Bambino! - 4 November 2009
I was born and raised less than half an hour outside of Philadelphia. I grew up going to Phillies games, watching “Rocky” movies and eating cheese steaks and soft pretzels. It’s easy to see why I loved Philly as a kid. Now, as an adult, I love taking my kids. As a parent, if you want to take your kids on a city vacation, it’s easy to forget about Philadelphia. Think about the competition. There’s New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, just to name a few.
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Video Edition: Fairmont Water Works
Blog: Tales from Technomadia - 11 August 2009
A meshing of civil engineering and ecosystem art, the Fairmont Water Works interactive center gives a peak back in time to when water distribution throughout Philadelphia allowed the city to survive and thrive. Located at the base of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, spending some time at the interactive center is well worth your time – [...]
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North America: the scorecard
Blog: Justin and Lauren's travels - 9 August 2009
Camping at the Jersey Shore- We went to a traditional Jewish dinner to mark passover, sang "Let my people go" and listened to Hebrew prayers.
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Video Edition: Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens
Blog: Tales from Technomadia - 8 August 2009
As you wander throughout downtown Philadelphia, particularly around South Street, you’ll notice a lot of buildings decorated with broken mosiac murales. These are the artwork of Isaiah Zagar, and you can tour his huge installation at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens at 1020 South Street. We first stumbled upon this place by sheer serendipity, and were instantly enchanted [...]
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Travelogue: Philadelphia, DC, Appalachians & St Louis
Blog: Tales from Technomadia - 31 July 2009
Time Period: June 30 – July 29 Miles Driven: 1904 We had no plans for how to spend the summer. We had toyed with the idea of finding a nice campground in the Smokey Mountains and parking for several weeks to catch up on some work projects. We had toyed with ducking into Canada and getting [...]
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Video Edition: Comcast’s Largest Television Screen
Blog: Tales from Technomadia - 20 July 2009
The Comcast Center is Philadelphia’s newest and tallest skyscraper, and within it sits a very impressive 83′ x 25′ (that’s feet.. not inches) television screen. It’s claimed to be the world’s largest TV, and it’s free to visit in the lobby of the Comcast Center – open day and night. When we first got off the [...]
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Pheelin it in Philly oh yeah!
Blog: Justin and Lauren's travels - 30 May 2009
Here's a taste of life in Philly:Philadelphia is a different city. Spring has arrived, there are leaves on the trees! People are out and about! There are cyclists everywhere! In the evenings, people just hang out on their front door steps, and on the weekends, people crank up their barbecues in the streets. Everywhere, people can be seen drinking iced coffees and heard saying "Oh, its nice out!"
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The spy who shunned me
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 12 April 2009
Okay, DC must officially be the museum capital of the world. There’s ruddy loads of them and they are huge too, you could spend weeks in some of them and still not cover it. DC is also probably the most tourist heavy place I’ve ever been to, as it was heavy rain for the [...]
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Head up brother
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 8 April 2009
Is what another old timer Philly cool cat said to me as I stumbled on down 11th Street this morning. I’ve not been having such a good day, though things started to look up when one of the worst hangovers (not fun with a 65 litre bag on your back, I reckon I’ve squeezed 80 in [...]
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Mellys
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 7 April 2009
Had a right stress this morning when I realised that all my Amtrak train bookings had been cancelled because I didn’t take the first one from NY to Philly. After lots of messing about and research the upshot is that I’ve had to make alternative arrangements for my next 2 trips and then all is as [...]
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Adriannnn!
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 7 April 2009
A bit of a quiet day today folks. As I write this at 21:10 EDT I have just awoken from a power nap. That’s right, it’s all go go power rangers. I arrived in Philly at lunch time after a rather pleasant 2 hours on a Megabus (and not an annoying Owens Park student in sight/ear [...]
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Living in the belly of the beast
Blog: Justin and Lauren's travels - 29 March 2009
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