Philadelphia, PA (Part 1) – 09.12.14
-Hippie Jim next to his beautiful ’47 Ford Pickup. We met him as we drove from Connecticut to Philly when we stopped to admire his vintage car collection.
-First stop in Philly… Pizza Brain!
-Rainy day festivities.
-Fishtown has become one of our favorite areas to visit in Philly.
-South Street.
-First months travels on our new 1940’s USA puzzle map.
-This is Raymond, check below for details on his story.
-Our friends Mike Lerner and Matt Vogel came to the campground for dinner and s’mores.
-We saw a unique visitor.
-Toni attracts the cats.
-Elfreth’s Alley, the oldest residential street in the US.
-Mütter Museum. Creepy and awesome.
Philly gave us the necessary friend time that we were looking for. It started off with our tradition of going to Pizza Brain which seems to happen every six months or so, the best part is that several good friends live down the street and were able to join us this time. Most of our days consisted of hanging out with our friends Matt Vogel and Mike Lerner, both are great photographers so it made for interesting adventures. We went to the movies on one of the rainy days but otherwise were #blessed with great weather and beautiful locations. We cooked dinner, helped Mike make his first s’more and went on many walks with our cameras and Willow.
One of the days that friends were busy, we just drove in random directions trying to see what we could find. We ended up in Gibbstown, NJ at a rusted out warehouse which we thought had a great texture for photographs. As Dan was running away from a group of wasps, we noticed we were being laughed at by one of the neighbors. We took this chance to get to know this man and learn his story. Raymond was a Naval Officer for ten years and spent two of those years in Korea. He noticed our Massachusetts license plates and told us all about living at the Navy Yard in Charlestown. He also told us about his girlfriend at the time, Suzy Walker, who wrote to him while he was in Korea. Upon his return after two years, she was engaged to another man and never spoke to Raymond again. This was a perfect opportunity to photograph another character on our journey for an ongoing portrait series. Interesting guy….
Philly continues to be one of our favorite cities in the US as we’ve now been here 4 times in the last year and a half. We hold it dear to our hearts and can’t wait to come back.
Stay tuned for Part 2!!
-D&T
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