Ange and I made a return trip to Philly last weekend to see dead people. We visited the Body Worlds exhibit there, which consists of actual corpses whose blood has been replaced with plastic (let’s see if they notice the difference!). And then their skin, musculature, and innards are disected for all to see. It was actually pretty interesting, and not too disturbing except for the guy that was carrying around his hairy skin like a coat. I learned some new words that will come in handy next time I am impersonating a doctor.
After that, we met up with high school buddy D.A. and chowed down on some food at Monk’s Cafe. Here, a religious order painstakingly prepares hamburgers and beer for your consumption on the holiest day of the week. And you don’t have to know any Latin. It was good catching up and great food too.
Next, AC and I headed to a gelatto shop whose name escapes me. I haven’t had gelatto before, but let me tell you, one day this thing is going to be big. I had something made with coffee and she had something with sweet potatoes in it. Even so, they were both delicious.
Finally, we capped off the day in the Eastern State Penitentiary. This is where I finally got my camera out and managed to snap a picture or two. Eastern State was the birthplace of the Pennsylvania System (a plan to rehabilitate prisoners), and ultimately a model for how not to treat criminals. Some say the Pen is haunted. And by some, I mean Steve Buscemi. But whatever. On evenings in Fall you can pay extra and be guaranteed to see ghosts – for they host a haunted house after hours around Halloween. We, however, just did the historical tour because we had to head back.
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