Hard hat or hard headed? Never sure...

Hey, look what I got!  It's my own hard hat for when I visit the construction site.  Yeah.  How fun.

Let's see.  It's been a whirlwind

We opened our second show of the season, had a 25th anniversary concert, had a hurricane, a nor'easter and an election. Not bad for a two week span.

Luckily, the city of Philadelphia - at least the downtown area was spared everything but the wind by both Hurricane Sandy and the nor'easter.  Did that one have a name?  There was plenty of damage to go around in the surrounding areas, however, and that was more than a bit scary.  How ironic to have left Miami only to be faced with a super storm up here.

I’m assuming the election has been all talked out by now but suffice it to say I am still stunned by how sane people can believe such very different things when looking at similar circumstances.  That's me being diplomatic.  Cool, huh?

Winter is certainly on its way.  Temps have been down even into the 30's on some nights and that is a change no matter what I tell myself. My self-declared opposition to socks may be tested by my move up north.  We'll see.  I have nothing but linen shirts to choose from in the mornings...shopping might be in order. I think there's some fashion rule against wearing linen in November in the north.  I don't think I want to break any fashion rules… I think I live close enough to the edge of that sort of thing.

I decided that I wanted to try a new spot every week.  This weekend it’s going to be Federal Donuts.  This is a Philly establishment in South Philly.  They just opened a new one downtown and it caused a full out tizzy amongst the foodies.  So I want to try it.  Obviously, they sell donuts but interesting flavors like pumpkin, maple bacon, Turkish mocha, and PB&J.  Yum.  They also sell fried chicken with interesting sauces but I’m unclear on the level of funkiness.  I will report back.  Being an explorer is a hard job, but someone has to do it.  I am up to the task.

Come visit and explore with me.  Until then, your intrepid reporter.  I’m off to sleep. There’s shopping to be done.  And, well, we did good this week. We did. The next four years won’t be easy, but they could have been much harder.  Cheers.