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The weekend started on Friday night when Joe and I went to see “Live Free or Die Hard”. The movie was amazing. Nonstop action and classic sarcastic one liners are delivered by Bruce Willis throughout the film. Quite a few times, the entire theater burst out laughing. The action sequences are equally as amazing. This movie is basically one long series of “wow” and “haha” for anyone watching it. It kicked ass.

Saturday was our first trip on our quest to visit as many Major League Baseball stadiums as possible. Obviously, we went to Philadelphia, PA to see the Phillies play at Citizens Bank Park. The stadium is beautiful. It’s all open meaning you can see the field even when you go to get concessions. Seeing how great it works, I’m very anxious to see the new Yankee Stadium as it’s supposed to incorporate the same concept.

Citizens Bank Park isn’t the only beautiful part of Philly, though. The area near the Philadelphia Museum of Art is equally as breath taking. Unlike NYC where things are a bit spread out, all the cultural destinations such as the zoo and museums are all in one general area. One of the roads we would up on actually runs along side a small river. Along side the river is a beautiful walk way and statues throughout that walk way. It really is beautiful.

One of the most striking things about the city, to me, was how quickly the scenery changes. You can literally go from beautiful big city to smaller urban area (think Park Slope for you New Yorkers) in a matter of 2 or 3 blocks. I guess I’m just not used to a small city like that where everything happens so quickly.

On a side note, I’m glad Joe didn’t have a camera when that crazy ass bug flew into the car. When a bug is that big and that loud and can fly, I don’t tend to have some of my proudest moments.

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