March 23, 2008

  • philly, part one.

    friday night. i shouldn't have gone out but i couldn't resist... and the night ended a bit more crazily than i anticipated. i appreciate that as a result though, i know where i stand with a particular person. and vice versa. anyhow, i went to philly on saturday morning for a weekend girl's trip (hence, i shouldn't have gone out... i met up with my gal pals to drive up to philly after 3 hours of sleep. yikes!). as soon as we got there, we checked into our hotel down on the waterfront. from there, we went to the philly museum of art.


    yes. the philly museum of art would be where that infamous rocky scene takes place and he runs up the steps. coincidentally, one of my gal pals (pictured above) whose name is adrienne received her name as a result of the inspiration her parents felt after watching the rocky movie. she's never watched it.

    these would be the place where the rocky balboa statue used to stand in front of the museum. thankfully, it's been moved ot the side. the footprints below commemorate the statue's old place. was he really wearing converse in the movie though?



    we checked out the frida kahlo exhibit at the museum. it's interesting where it's showing - it opened in minneapolis, and then came to philly, and then goes to the SF MOMA next. nevertheless, it was a great show. i usually don't do the audio headsets at museums but i am glad we did for frida - i learned a lot about her that i didn't know. two pics i was able to sneak in while there: 




    her relationship with diego rivera - fascinating. also interesting is the divergence between what she really looked like and how she painted herself. i wonder if we all are a bit that way too.

    the museum had a small modern art wing. i liked these jasper johns pieces a lot:




    following, we fell upon a rodin museum. i was so pleased! i learned a bit more about how rodin pieces are created - and that there are 61 statues of "the thinker"! this pic was taken outside of the rodin. the pose was not intentional... but fitting.



    the gates of hell, outside of the museum:


    one of the many sculptures inside the museum - check out the facial expression:


    following the museums, we went for dinner at xochitl where we had plenty of sangrias to kick the evening off. in my hand would be a nice white wine sangria we had (+ gal pal, B):



    following xochitl (pronounced so-cheet), we hung out in the 2nd street and society hill neighborhoods. where specifically... well, it's kind of a blur. today started with more of the same though. i must say... beer on a lazy sunday is great. i felt much better than i looked here:



    more pics later. my battery died in the morning, and i have to say - it's exactly what bothers me about canon cameras! no battery meter! wah.

    more to say later as well. i've found myself in the midst of what seemingly are head games. i am starting to finally see it for what it is and just can't help but to scoff.