A Tale of Two Phillies

Sean had forgotten we were supposed to be staying but he still took us in as promised when he got home from work. He has a cool place about ten minutes from downtown Philadelphia which is where we headed after we got the introductions out of the way. When he told us about a bar called Tattooed Mom's we knew that we had to go there.

The walls of Tattooed Mom's have writing and art all over them, all drawn by patrons of the bar who were mostly a lot cooler than us.

We met a couple who had just been to see the newly formed Philadelphia Union MLS team, talked about the origins of Sean's collection of tattoo's and general life in the town. Next we popped to a dance bar, laid down twenty minutes worth of style and returned home.

The following night was the Phillies game who were to take on the LA Dodgers. It was a little scary to see that the game was sold out but we managed to negotiate a tout down from $75 to $50 for good seats by the third baseline. We had an hour to kill before the game so we returned to the Prius for some informal tailgating with a few warm beers we happened to have in the car.

With Phil $20 in front overall he selected the home team for our wager as we entered the ball park. We then had our obligatory Philly Cheesesteak which was probably the best thing we've eaten the entire trip. The Dodgers led 9-2, before deciding to lose 10-9 in the ninth much to my dismay and cost.

We headed back to Sean's prior to the two hour drive to New York the next morning, we considered a detour to Atlantic City but surprisingly sensible budgeting won the day.