A kind note about calling the hotel "just to be sure":People don't yet feel that what they are doing with their computers is a sure thing.
Please do not call your hotel "to be sure" until after 03/25/2012. Please understand that processing your reservations from the Housing Bureau into the Hotel system will take a few days. Rest assured that if you have received a confirmation number already from the Housing Bureau, the hotel will honor your booking. Thank you for your consideration.
I'll be in Philadelphia for a few days at the start of April. I have had a smidge of travel advice already, more is welcome.
On a nice day, if you are already going to the Waterworks, going down to Boathouse Row and watching the rowers go by is quite pleasant.
ReplyDeleteAlso too, skip the cheesesteaks and go for the hoagies.
It's likely that I will be unable to skip a cheesesteak, but a hoagie may be in the picture.
ReplyDeleteI'll be broadcasting live from Lost Wages in a week and change, barring problems.
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"Just to be sure" is a strange name for a hotel.
ReplyDeleteThe only time I was in Las Vegas was when I was delayed a day. It was hell, but it was funny getting off the plane and seeing passengers race to the first slot-machine they could find.
ReplyDeleteHell is other airports. At least McCarran has a Cinnabon.
ReplyDeleteOh, I made my way into town and to the strip.
ReplyDeleteNot for me, I think.
Claim to be an Eagles fan.
ReplyDeleteDon't bother making the same claim about the seventy sixers. Nobody would believe you...
I remember Dr. J and Moses Malone and Charles Barkley and Maurice Cheeks...and an onion on my belt.
ReplyDeletefish is ahead of me, there is much wisdom in that hoagie article. If you tell me your neighborhood I'll tell you where to get the cheezstake, the entire Philly area is spread out but has terrific potential for sammiches. One of the fellers in my band is from the burbs and will be here later this month, his knowledge of great lunches is encyclopaedic.
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna be right by City Hall, so I'm in a good position to walk anywhere. AND I WILL.
ReplyDeletePlease do not call your hotel "to be sure" until after 03/25/2012
ReplyDeleteNuke it from orbit... it's the only way to be sure
Also too, skip the cheesesteaks and go for the hoagies.
Yeah, try to find a place that does roast pork with provolone and greens. There's also a tiny little place off the big Southside Italian Market that sells great tripe sandwiches- the guy hands them to you through a tiny little window. The market is awesome as well.
Oh, and I'm totally jealous you will have access to an authentic Philly cheesesteak. Butthead.
ReplyDeleteI'm tellin ya, the cheesesteaks aren't all that. I mean they are fine and all, but the Italian delis are unbelievable.
ReplyDeleteTo be sure, the Internet is a big scary place where meanings get lost...so you never can be sure.
ReplyDeleteNeat song.
THE INTERNET MADE ME MESS UP! See? Internet cannot be trusted!
ReplyDeleteI'm tellin ya, the cheesesteaks aren't all that. I mean they are fine and all, but the Italian delis are unbelievable.
ReplyDeleteI am weak for fat plus Cheez Whiz. People elsewhere in the world keep trying to pick good cheese for the Philly cheesesteak and no No NO!
Wit wiz.
ReplyDeleteSeafood traditions are different there too. You don't see things like crab cakes an awful lot here.
ReplyDeleteBecause we don't have those awesome Dungeness crabs. The blue crabs are great, but a pain to eat (unless you have about 6 hours and a keg of beer) so we "pay" migrant workers to shell them for us and eat them in cakes.
ReplyDeleteThose get better about an hour and a half south in B'more though...
Also too, Old Bay Seasoning is the greatest thing ever in greatness.
ReplyDeleteStill, I recall being pretty happy with the crab cakes and mussels at some Italian place with a screen door...
ReplyDeleteTo me, this is the gold standard.
ReplyDeletehe blue crabs are great, but a pain to eat (unless you have about 6 hours and a keg of beer) so we "pay" migrant workers to shell them for us and eat them in cakes.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's a lot of work, messy work, for a little meat (though it's divine). I had a housemate who'd go crabbing and he'd bring back a bucketful of the suckers. We'd all put on grubby clothes and go to town on those crustaceans.
he blue crabs are great, but a pain to eat (unless you have about 6 hours and a keg of beer) so we "pay" migrant workers to shell them for us and eat them in cakes.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's a lot of work, messy work, for a little meat (though it's divine). I had a housemate who'd go crabbing and he'd bring back a bucketful of the suckers. We'd all put on grubby clothes and go to town on those crustaceans.