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| Me and my friends Micah and Nicole |
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| This really cool mural outside of Bob and Barbara's - this local bar in Philly |
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| On our way to the beach! |
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| At the beach with my friends Jacquie and Kat |
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| You can't go to the beach without funnel cake! |
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| Note the creeper in the background! Just kidding it's my friend Kat's husband :) |
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| D.C. |
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| My aunt and uncle's newest kitty! |
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| Skyline |
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| Cuddle time! It was so cute he was like posing for the pictures! |
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| Me and my friends Cathy, Lauren, and Beth Ann being weird haha |
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| Goodbye/hangover cure breakfast |
So I
definitely didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked, but my
main focus was just to relax, enjoy, and have fun! So here is a little
break down of what we did:
Day
1: Arrived in Philly at like 6 in the morning without sleeping on the
plane at all haha so much for the red eye being a good idea :p After
taking a much needed nap at Kat and Ken's our friend's we were staying
with house, we went and met up with my friends Micah and Nicole. We saw
Nicole's new apartment (which is super cute! her bedroom had an exposed
brick wall which I absolutely LOVE) walked around the city and grabbed a
bite to eat at this awesome restaurant near her place (of
course I forget the name...) I had the fried chicken and it was
ridiculous beyond belief! Then we went to Nicole's favorite local bar
Bob and Barbara's. After that we headed back to Kat and Kenn's where
she cooked us ridiculously good barbecue and we just hung out with some
friends.
Day 2/3: We woke up at a surprisingly reasonable hour considering the night before,
and headed to the back with Kat and Kenn and my friend Jacquie and her
fiance. We proceeded to lounge and eat a lot - no surprise there! Kat
and Kenn had to head back that night, but we stayed two nights and
beached it up! We even had a room with a hot tub - which when I booked
it said fireplace and whirlpool which I was pretty skeptical about but
it turned out being really nice! Funny story: we went to play some
mini gold on the boardwalk and the lady that ran it was like insane. We
were going to jump to a different hole because there was people at the
first one and we didn't really care if we went in order or anything and
the lady came over and was like freaking out at us in a really passive
aggressive manner. She was telling us how she only lets smaller groups skip ahead if they are smaller then the
first and asked my bf if he was a "golf ranger" What is a golf
ranger??? It was pretty hilarious!
Day 4: After the beach we headed to D.C. to visit my
brother. When we got there it was so hot out!!! I forgot how hot it
gets on the east coast already! He took us out to this restaurant
called Founding Farmers. They had amazingly good cocktails and food!
Then we headed back to his place and pretty much crashed.
Day
5: We headed from D.C. to the Lehigh Valley to visit my aunt and
uncle. Had dinner with them and had some great family/animal time :D
Day 6: Headed from the Lehigh Valley to New Jersey to
see my bf's grandma, she took us to this chinese buffet that had awesome
sushi and hibachi all in one! Then we headed back to Kat and Kenn's to
crash again.
Day
7: Pretty much relaxed during the day then went to meet up with my
friends Cathy, Lauren, and Beth Ann (and their bfs) for dinner at
Elephant and Castle - this pub type place. After dinner we headed back
to Kat and Kenn's to have a little goodbye hurrah since we were leaving
the next day. I did take pictures, but they are probably better left
unseen if you know what I mean hahaha
So this was quite the wordy post, but I had such an amazing time. I missed my family and friends so much and it was so good to see them again and be around those I feel most comfortable around. While I miss them all so much and was even tempted to move back hahah it also reminds me that moving out to the west coast is a new experience, and that I am out here for a reason to accomplish some things while I am here. After that who know where the wind will take me :)
