Philly adventure

So, instead of celebrating lame-ass, commercial, phony, forced, corny, cliche Valentines Day this year, V and I went away to Philly for the weekend. V got this awesome deal on priceline for a really nice hotel downtown right on Market Street and we split it as our gift to each other. Then he upgraded us to the 25th (top) floor. The view was nice, the bed had pillowtop mattress and seven thousand pillows, and a complimentary package with ear plugs, sleep mask, lavender linen spray, and a meditation CD to help you fall asleep.

Unfortunately, all of our plans were snowed out by the blizzard Saturday night! But, we did get to catch the Maryland game (V) and eat at a Chinese vegetarian kosher restaurant(me), yes hard to believe something like that exists, but true! We walked like a zillion blocks through the snow to get there. It was very pretty, big fat fluffy flakes you can catch on your tongue. City Hall in the snow at night in the glow of the street lights was amazing- it was an image straight out of Gotham City.

The crazy thing is, that very weekend, they were filming the new Rocky at the Philadelphia Museum of art (where the stairs from the first Rocky are)! You could be an extra! We didn't make it there, but anyway, why are they making this movie, is it going to be a comedy? Can he even make it up the stairs anymore? Who wants to see an old man get pummeled? Things that make you go...Hmmmmm......

This was cool: loud frightening tearing noises echoing between the buildings as giant ice and snow chunks detached themselves from the tops of the skyscrapers and plummeted down, down to the ground, the people below looking up into the sky in terror and running for cover, like some sort of B-disaster film! Awesome.

Sunday when we left, everything was closed so we didn't get to go to South Street and get cheese steak(V) or go to Mutters Museum of Medical Oddities(me), so I guess we will have to make a day trip when it warms up to get to do those things. But, it was so awesome of V to find stuff he knew I would dig like freaky museums and vegetarian restaurants!

In summary, while it wasn't a 'romantic music, massage by candlelight, flowers and fancy dinner' Valentines day, it was a 'relaxing, movies and room service and hanging out' weekend adventure where we got to spend a bunch of time together instead of just a couple of hours. And, I got a Vday heart-shaped box of chocolates, and a pair of earrings, so it wasn't totally the 'un-valentines day', (although I still would have liked a massage)!! I think it was way cooler, even with the weather disaster ruining everything!


(TV) Quote of the day: "Stop looking at my vuh-jay-jay!"