[personal profile] inflammatio wrote an entry about her love for downtown seattle, and i commented, saying how sad it made me. Her reply, which had some good sound advice, encouraged me to think about the good things in Philly.

So, this morning, i was driving mystery to school, and we drove down Kelly Drive, which runs next to the schuykill river. it's the river where Eakins painted all the rowers. for some reason it is unchanged since those turn of the last century paintings. even the stone bridges look the same, more like amsterdam than the united states. even this morning the rowing teams from all the colleges were out practicing on the water. it looked just like an Eakins painting. along the side of the road is fairmount park, the largest outdoor park contained within a city in the united states. bigger than golden gate park or central park. the tree trunks were dark brown, almost black with morning dew, and the sky was battleship dun, and the trees themselves were aflame with foliage, sugar maples, oaks, many others, with their bright fall coats and mufflers on.

on the radio, WHYY's Radio Times was taking caller reactions to the Democratic win for Governor, and a self professed "dyed in the wool Republican" called to say that she had voted for the Democrat, because Fisher, the Republican, had the nerve to suggest that shops in Pittsburgh made better sandwiches than shops in Philadelphia. "I couldn't in good conscience vote for the guy," she continued, "seeing as he was clearly an idiot."

maybe philadelphia isn't all that bad.

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