NYTimes: Philly in 36 hours

[Mellyrose]

For all you haters out there....my wonderful hometown.

http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/t ... ei=5087%0A (http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/travel/26hours.html?em&ex=1164603600&en=69d4310c4928dec8&ei=5087%0A)

[mirrodie]

My philly favs...


Maggianos...excellent Italian food.

The Loews Hotel....Great corner rooms.

The Rodin Museum

The Philly Zoo

Reading Terminal market

and my ultimate 2 favs....


seeing boathouse row at night and rowing on the river during the day.

[Mellyrose]

I've stayed at the Loews once, in a corner room facing southwest. I had a perfectly level view of William Penn atop City Hall facing west and the lit up sports complex when looking south.

One of my favorite things that I miss the most is driving down Kelly Drive on a nice mild spring day....right when the hustle bustle of crew/rollerblading/bicycle/picnic season starts. It's like racing on a Gran Tourismo course. Love it. :)

I also miss the Franklin Institute and IMAX theatre. Man, we really need to plan a trip. :(