Back From Philadelphia
My Amtrak 1142am Metroliner train to NY was cancelled to do the system problems, so downshifted to a regular, very full, train that was fine. Even with the cell-phone idiots.
On the way out of the hotel, the enthusiastic, maybe new to the job bellman asked me where I was going, and for my last name. I said 30th Street ( train ) station. He asked me which airline I was taking. I said it would be Amtrak, not an airline. Then, as the door closed on the taxi he said " Have a good trip Mr. Amtrak ", then started to correct himself.
Philly's ok. Intend to learn the city a little better. A big, tough, cynical place with a fair amount going on.
Philadelphia's City Hall is immense. Walked through it twice yesterday, to and from meetings on either side of Market Street. Saw a plaque on one side devoted to the Irish signers of the Declaration of Independence, and to John Barry, the Irish-born Philadelphia man who founded the American Navy. http://www.ushistory.org/more/commodorebarry.html
On another wall, a plaque from the St. Andrews Society of Philadelphia, http://www.standrewsociety.org/index2.htm
honoring the Scottish born men who served as architects for the building and as the sculptor of the statue of William Penn.
Hot in NYC today, 88 degrees.
On the way out of the hotel, the enthusiastic, maybe new to the job bellman asked me where I was going, and for my last name. I said 30th Street ( train ) station. He asked me which airline I was taking. I said it would be Amtrak, not an airline. Then, as the door closed on the taxi he said " Have a good trip Mr. Amtrak ", then started to correct himself.
Philly's ok. Intend to learn the city a little better. A big, tough, cynical place with a fair amount going on.
Philadelphia's City Hall is immense. Walked through it twice yesterday, to and from meetings on either side of Market Street. Saw a plaque on one side devoted to the Irish signers of the Declaration of Independence, and to John Barry, the Irish-born Philadelphia man who founded the American Navy. http://www.ushistory.org/more/commodorebarry.html
On another wall, a plaque from the St. Andrews Society of Philadelphia, http://www.standrewsociety.org/index2.htm
honoring the Scottish born men who served as architects for the building and as the sculptor of the statue of William Penn.
Hot in NYC today, 88 degrees.
