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vacation to the land o’ corn

Posted on July 18, 2012 by phillynikongal • 4 Comments

Well, it was sort of a vacation.

Mr. Fox and I recently returned back to Philly from a visit to Indiana to surprise my parents for their 40th wedding anniversary. Unfortunately, I am not the best at surprises, and it didn’t end up being one. Originally, we were going, and they knew about it. Then we had to cancel the trip, and then we were able to go again, so we weren’t going to tell my parents we were coming. However, my dad got the idea to go to go to Chicago, so we had to tell him not to tell my mom. Needless to say, she was on to me the whole time, and we didn’t make it out of Pennsylvania without her knowing.

But I digress.

Our “vacation” of sorts was just spent seeing my parents and some friends we left behind. All in all, we had a good time. We ate at a few places we don’t have in Philly (Noodles & Company, The RAM Brewery, Scotty’s Brewhouse, Al Basha), went to some stores we don’t have (Fry’s Electronics, Meijer, Kroger), and just generally took some time to relax. We also got to see Dr. Greg and take some new pictures for his website.

I am hoping that the planets align so that we won’t be making any trips to Indiana any time soon. Don’t get me wrong. Indiana is a lovely place, but after living there as long as I did, I have no desire to be back there. I’ve just had too many not-so-savory experiences while there, and being there this past week made me remember them all. However, I got to see my parents and my best friend, so I am not complaining by any means. I just hope that our friends will be able to come out here to Philly to visit us the next time. That would be nice.

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indiana road trip vacation friends parents wedding anniversary

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#reverb11 and #resound11 day twenty three – travel

Posted on December 23, 2011 by phillynikongal • 0 Comments

Today’s #reverb11/#resound11 prompt comes from the folks over at Geekin’ Hard:

Travel - Did you visit anywhere new this year? Any plans to travel next year? 

Because of the nature of Mr. Fox’s job, we never got a whole lot of time to travel anywhere. Husband would get paid time off according to his hours at work, and we’d take off when we’re able.

In 2011, we went to Philly 3 times. The first time we went, we stayed at this really neat loft-style hotel near the airport called The Aloft. It was pretty snazzy, and certainly one of the more interesting hotels I’ve stayed at. Since it was at the airport, it was pretty much far away from everywhere we wanted to go. But we made do, and it was fun. The second time we went to Philly, we stayed at an extended stay place in Plymouth Meeting near where I used to live. It wasn’t as nice as the Aloft, but we had the ability to make ourselves breakfast in the room, and keep snacky stuff in the refrigerator. Most of that trip was spent running around.

Our third trip was the deciding factor for our move. We didn’t stay at any hotel, we got to stay in our house! And rip up carpet. It was a wonderful time. I got to meet some of Mr. Fox’s friends from high school, and hang out with some others. We also got to see some of my family that I haven’t seen in a few years. It was fun!

On a spontaneous note, when Mr. Fox and I got our new car, we decided to randomly go up to Chicago for the night. He had never been to Chicago before, so I took him to my favorite deli up there, Manny’s of Chicago. Since we went for the day/night, we didn’t get to do much, but that was okay! We stayed at the Aloft up there, and we went to IKEA, so I’d say it was a pretty fruitful trip.

As of right this moment, we don’t have much planned for 2012 yet. We’re planning on taking a trip at some point to Colonial Williamsburg, though I’m not sure exactly when. I know that I want to go down to Disney World for my birthday, and we’re going to try and go to St. Augustine to visit my brother John’s restaurant, Meehan’s on Matanzas. Here’s hoping our schedules permit!

reverb11 resound11 day twenty three travel vacation

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