It’s been a really busy week here in Philadelphia. I’ve made a list of interesting (to me) accomplishments from over the last few days.

• rented yellow Mini Cooper from PhillyCarShare.com
• drove to Manayunk
• drank coffee and ate yogurt from Starbucks
• got haircut from newly single stylist Sona
• returned rental car
• ate at the Larry Fine birthplace restaurant on South
• fell off the fish-eggs-dairy only diet and ate chicken
• shopped on South Street
• purchased mojito supplies and wine from 2nd St. liquor store
• attempted to make mojitos (failed)
• rented maroon Prius and drove to Cherry Hill, NJ
• saw PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST (3 out of 5 stars)
• ate at TGIFs across from the theater (ate more chicken)
• returned to hotel and retrieved the vino
• drove to Conshohoken to see Kevin and Steve
• went to Conshy dive bar with aforementioned friends
• stayed up until 6 AM playing cards
• drove home and returned rental car
• slept til’ noon
• ate at Famous’ Deli on Bambridge St.
  

• visited Ben Franklin gravesite and Liberty Bell museum
• took 69th Street line to 40th Street
• bought more mojito supplies (limes, mint, sugar, sprite zero)
• returned to hotel and made lots of mojitos (finally success!)
• decided mojitos were more appropriately called Markjitos
• ate dinner at Hard Rock Philadelphia
• watched The Dead Zone at the hotel while imbibing more Markjitos
• crashed at midnight
• ate breakfast at Cafe Olay
• accidentally spilled coffee on Christina
• toweled down Christina’s wet knee
• laid out by pool for 30 minutes
• received phone call from The Daily Show saying I had tickets for the show that night
• took taxi to Chinatown bus and left at 1:30 PM bound for New York City
• took the (1) train to 50th street and walked to Daily Show
• barely got into show (we were the last 10 people in line allowed in)
• ate sushi at little sushi place in Clinton
• walked to Times Square and got Letterman tickets from Late Show intern
• visited Toys R Us and Hard Rock NYC
• returned to Philadelphia at 11 PM bus
• went to sleep
• woke up at 9 AM and got on Chinatown Bus for return visit to NYC
• went to SIRIUS studios but missed interview (no big deal)
• investigated NBC Tour (started too late)
  

• stood in line at Letterman (this time we were #4 and #5 in front)
• asked Late Show security guy where nearest liquor store was located
• got weird looks from Late Show security guy
• got picked by interns to sit in front row for the show
• watched Paul Reubens and Nelly Furtado perform live on Dave’s show
• went to nearby liquor store using security guy’s directions for more rum
• took (1) train back 34th Street
• toured the Empire State Building
• walked back to Times Square
• ate at Bubba Gump Shrimp Restaurant
• returned home to Philadelphia and made more markjitos
• slept
• Madonna preparation day! More to come…

If you have RealPlayer (which is a terrible product), you can
click this link and watch a highlight from the Letterman show (we are in this shot but you won’t see it clearly due to the poor picture quality). Still, it’s something. Dad taped the shows so expect a screen cap to hopefully appear on this site one day.