A Rough Weekend Ends

Today Dee and I visited Pity-ville, population 2. Pity-ville is a land where people who have been transplanted to the northeast have decided they want to go back to TX. I've been having a rough weekend and she, living in CT, has been having a rough time too being away. She calls this afternoon and declares she's ready to go back to TX. Me too. Today I've just had it with rude people, stores closing at 6 PM, Rita's closing for the winter in 15 days, being confined to a carless 2.5 mile radius of life, and an overall general lack of familiarity. To cheer me up I had a Gelati at Rita's Ice. It was really good. A gelati is composed of custard (frozen yogurt) in a cup, then a layer of flavored ice (I chose strawberry), and another layer of custard on the top. SO good. My first Gelati. Normally I get the Misto but the gelati was a great choice.

We went to church with Kara (our Aggie friend) today. She drove us to Church of our Savior in Wayne, PA. It's about a 30 minute drive. There is so much beauty around Philadelphia. All the historic towns and cities, the countryside is beautiful. All the trees...I was so amazed, like I was in a different land that I didn't know existed out there because I'm stuck in a city-island. Church was nice. I liked it because it kinda reminded me of 1st Baptist back in Houston. We were all craving Mexican food as we left and we ended up going to a little Mexican restaurant dive in our neighborhood. It looked sketchy & run-down which meant, to us, that it had a good chance of being slightly authentic. I got some fajitas that were good. Although the concept of free bottomless chips and salsa was a little foreign....where is Pappasito's when you need it! And Freebird's! Pico de Gallo (the restaurant) would have to do for today. (Kara and I below)

Kyle and I just discovered a show called Cold Case that is on CBS. It is set in Philadelphia and there are a lot of shots in the show that are near where we live. Maybe that's what the TV cameras and filming on Broad Street was about yesterday?? Anyways, it's our new favorite show because we recognize places.