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February in PhiladelphiaIt was incredibly cold but that didn't stop us from having a fabulous weekend of fun with Suzanne & Bill! We saw the indescribably impressive Barnes Collection (conservatively estimated at SIX BILLION DOLLARS!?!?), ate and drank incredibly well, and walked throughout beautiful Center City Philadelphia. We visited some of Bill's old haunts around Camac Street, including the beautiful new Kimmel Center, the performing arts center several blocks from where he used to live. It houses multiple theaters under a glass dome. We didn't get to see a performance but the architecture itself was fantastic! |
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Zippers are important on such cold days! |
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Beautiful view from our hotel room |
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Another view |
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Our room! Wow! |
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Bill's old Philadelphia kitchen! (All 7 square feet!) |
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On the steps in front of Bill's old apartment |
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Enjoying dinner |
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Yum! |
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Ok, put the camera away already! |
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Detail outside the Barnes Collection (no cameras allowed inside... imagine hundreds of Cezannes, Matisses, Soutines, Picassos, and an occasional Miro) |
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In front of the Barnes |
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In front of the Barnes, but closer to the camera |
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Posing with the dancing Bookbinders' Lobster |
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Cool old sign. |
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Camac Street, all four feet wide of it! |
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Avenue of the Artists? Camac Street's gone upscale! |
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Cool mural that blends in |
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Opera Mural |
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First view of the Kimmel Center interior |
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Observation level of the Kimmel Center |
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Amazing structure |
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Cool |
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Whoa. |
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Goofing around |
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Happy |
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Silly |
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Bill could take pictures like this all day! |
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Group photo |
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Surveying the construction next door |
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Battery's dying... |
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Last Kimmel photo |
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Heading to City Hall |
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City Hall |
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A former Oklahoman Listening to tunes from Oklahoma on the trombone |
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Dancing to the tunes |
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Sitting near the Liberty Bell |
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Group photo |
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Column and a Plane tree |
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Walking down a cobbled way |
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Back to Giselle & Bill's Photo Album |
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