52 Places to Go

xoxoxoBruce · 01-13-2015, 05:42 PM

NY Times Travel Section has a list of 52 places to go in 2015.

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"Untrammeled oases beckon, once-avoided destinations become must-sees and familiar cities offer new reasons to visit"

Squeeee, tell me, tell me quick before I swoon.

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# 3 The making of an urban outdoor oasis.

A series of projects has transformed Philadelphia into a hive of outdoor urban activity. Dilworth Park, formerly a hideous slab of concrete adjoining City Hall, reopened this past autumn as a green, pedestrian-friendly public space with a winter ice-skating rink (and a cafe by the indefatigable chef Jose Garces). Public art installations, mini “parklets” and open-air beer gardens have become common sights. The Delaware River waterfront was reworked for summer 2014 with the Spruce Street Harbor Park (complete with hammocks, lanterns and floating bar) becoming a new fixture, following the renovation of the Race Street Pier, completed in 2011, and offers free yoga classes on a bi-level strip of high-design decking and grass. The city’s other river, the Schuylkill, has its own new boardwalk. To top it off, this spring, Philadelphia will get its first bike share program, making this mostly flat city even more friendly for those on two wheels. Nell McShane Wulfhart

Um... nevermind.

glatt · 01-13-2015, 07:02 PM

Free yoga!

footfootfoot · 01-13-2015, 07:09 PM

Can't wait to trammel oases.

Carruthers · 01-14-2015, 06:50 AM

On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia.

monster · 01-14-2015, 10:18 PM

Just Philadelphia?

BigV · 01-14-2015, 11:53 PM

I hear it's always sunny in Philadelphia.

Carruthers · 01-15-2015, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

Just Philadelphia?

W C Fields

BigV · 01-15-2015, 07:08 PM

Please forgive me if I'm being... insensitive, Carruthers, but are you dead?!

footfootfoot · 01-15-2015, 07:33 PM

I got it Carruthers.

Carruthers · 01-15-2015, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

Please forgive me if I'm being... insensitive, Carruthers, but are you dead?!

As it is 3.30am and I'm posting here, I suppose a reasonable response would be 'only from the neck up'.

Thanks foot x 3. There's a cheque in the post.

monster · 01-15-2015, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Carruthers

W C Fields

ITV

footfootfoot · 01-15-2015, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Carruthers

As it is 3.30am and I'm posting here, I suppose a reasonable response would be 'only from the neck up'.

Thanks foot x 3. There's a cheque in the post.

My dad was diligent in my humor education. I was reading W.C.'s biography at 12.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-16-2015, 12:22 AM

I got it too, right away, first reading, where's my damn check?

Carruthers · 01-16-2015, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I got it too, right away, first reading, where's my damn check?

Please refer your enquiry to your local USPS office.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-16-2015, 09:24 AM

Nah, the USPS posts bullshit on their website like they tried to deliver a package handed off to them by UPS at 6:15 PM and couldn't find a secure place to leave it.

First of all, there's a large mailbox they find secure enough to leave first class mail in six days a week.
Secondly, Not only was I home for many hours before and after the time the lying bastards said they were here, if they knocked rather than ring the bell, I had a guest who can hear much better than my admittedly poor hearing.

01-13-2015, 07:09 PM	#3
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Can't wait to trammel oases. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-14-2015, 10:18 PM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Just Philadelphia? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-14-2015, 11:53 PM	#6
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I hear it's always sunny in Philadelphia. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-15-2015, 07:08 PM	#8
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Please forgive me if I'm being... insensitive, Carruthers, but are you dead?! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-15-2015, 07:33 PM	#9
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I got it Carruthers. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-13-2015, 07:02 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Free yoga!

01-14-2015, 06:50 AM	#4
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia.

01-16-2015, 12:22 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I got it too, right away, first reading, where's my damn check? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-16-2015, 09:24 AM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Nah, the USPS posts bullshit on their website like they tried to deliver a package handed off to them by UPS at 6:15 PM and couldn't find a secure place to leave it. First of all, there's a large mailbox they find secure enough to leave first class mail in six days a week. Secondly, Not only was I home for many hours before and after the time the lying bastards said they were here, if they knocked rather than ring the bell, I had a guest who can hear much better than my admittedly poor hearing. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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