- 8:00 a.m. Awake (8 hours sleep)
- 9:30 a.m. Reading Terminal Market - Pearl's Oyster Bar
- Me: Special - omelet with asparagus and bacon, with grits
- Dawn: steel cut oats with rhubarb
- Guitarist Chris Hall outside (I think?) - love to hear his voice
- 10:30 a.m. One Liberty Observation Deck
- 12:00 p.m. Museum of the American Revolution
- 3:30 p.m. Starbucks at Marriot:
- Double shot espresso
- Brownie
- 4:30 p.m. PHL airport
- 4:45 p.m. Chickie`s & Pete`s (Terminal)
- Mediocre food (cheesesteak and chicken sandwich) and service
- 9:30 p.m. SFO airport
- 11:00 p.m. Home
- 11:30 p.m. Asleep
NOTES
- Driver from Marriott to PHL was Stevie
- Hearing aid
- Found someone else's phone in his van (they dropped it)
- Grew up on Pat's cheesesteaks and said he knew some of the guys personally
- Shuttle driver for 18 years; very safe
- Used to work in construction
- "They don't speak English" comment about ride-sharing drivers
- Gave history lessons:
- Reason why first post office doesn't fly the flag
- Saturday's the worst for traffic
- Two hours to DC, 90 minutes to NYC, ?? hours to Atlantic City
- Great port
- Cheesesteaks: "Cheese, 'wit." That's how you say it
- Museum of the AR was solid, but we only had a limited time; missed seeing Washington's tent by a few steps
- Impressed by book selection in the gift shop
- Hot again
- There's a guy busking outside Reading Terminal Market with an amazing voice
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