2018.09.21 - Philadelphia

Not Philadelphia but putting it out there... I really want to visit Cincinnati's Contemporary Art Center to see Swoon's installation!

Right so back on track - planning a day trip to Philadelphia. It is a city that is relatively close to Maryland and the drive is not terrible at all - what I thought was about 2 hours + traffic is actually more like 3-4 hours.

I have usual places that I tend to visit and explore and drag people to discover for their first time.

Collections:
I love the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Admission is pricey at $20/$14 students. I feel like I walk through my art history textbooks when I walk through their galleries. I love it!

I have been wanting to visit the Mutter Museum. I just found out that Lisa Nilsson has is displaying her quilled paper art Tissue Series. admission is $18/$13 students. So we decided to make this our first stop. This collection is amazing! It was one of the strangest places I have visited. I really appreciated the collection of skulls. I could not look at some of the displays. They were very graphic. We did not stay for too long since our journey began later than I expected, I underestimated the length of the drive, and we had a limited timed parking spot. I really liked it and I saw a fragment of ALBERT EINSTEIN'S BRAIN!

Cuisine:
After our successful arrival and field trip to the Mutter Museum, we were very hungry. In the past, I have driven to Philadelphia solely for cheesesteaks. I've tried Pat's, Jim's, and Ishkabibbles. They
say go to South Street for food and the Magic Garden is right there. The Reading Terminal Market is also another really cool place to explore and try food. We did not have a plan prepared but we were also told to get shwarma in Philadelphia and visit Saad's Halal Restaurant. We were very hungry and decided to each order a platter. We were surprised to receive so much food for what we asked and had plenty of leftovers to eat after. We planned on visiting South Street to get a cheesesteak before we left but never quite got hungry after our meal from Saad's.

Music Venues:
I considered going to the Electric Factory for a show. I had visited Philadelphia in the past and seen the Mars Volta perform there back in 2008. I found a Burlesque show for that night. We visited La Peg for a Fringe Arts Performance: Burlesque-N-Beyond Philadelphia!: SUGARHUSTLE.

Random:
We managed to get a little bit of the sunset at Bartram's Garden in their meadow and then had a surprise situation and had to visit the Hospital of the University of Philadelphia.

WOWstopover.

WOW Air Stopovers in the future?

https://wowair.us/magazine/see-the-northern-lights-in-iceland/
https://wowair.us/magazine/reykjavik-s-street-art/