Which is strange because I never considered you mature enough to be an adult, let alone have adult kids. they must be proud.
- anti-lame

Hmmmm why’s that? Because I’m not a sheep? Because I can process info I see and use critical thinking skills to form a likely outcome of a process? And because I call a spade a spade? Maybe you just don’t like what I say? And for the record everyone of my children has it ingrained in them this. And ye they are all successful not only in the traditional way but also not one of them is a sheep. And yes they all get that from me.
Army vet
Business owner
Nurse
Active army specialist combat medic and paramedic
Nursing student

And no sorry not sorry I don’t need or seek anyone’s pride. I was raised with true self worth and the opinions of others does not dictate my life

Yeah I take my time when in places like that. I look for all the detail. I saw the vet once my first trip to Philly. We stopped at parks first thing and looked around for hours. Spectrum was being torn down. Walked around vet some and walked the ramps as much we could. Looking through fences at field and seats best we could. Was at vet for like an hour. Can still mentally see and feel how it was looking around and picturing what it was like there and trying to compare to what I saw on tv. If that makes sense. So I can go to a place fluke reading terminal and just get lost in there. In that guy you see standing aimlessly that you say to yourself what the hell is he looking at. lol. People tend to not actually take it all in anymore. Next time you have time and in that area go in and take it in.
Yeah when I travel I only see a few things while I’m there. Pisses my wife off til no end. Always lets go when seeing something rushing me. She’ll be like it’s a ceiling beam let’s go but then I’ll point out things like how the beam is shaped. Color distortion or imperfections or how beams line up and fit wherever. Next thing you know she’s been distracted for 15 minutes over a ceiling beam.

But you eventually place feeling and connection between self and site.
- Stayin alive

The older I get the more I dislike crowds and loud noise and I tend to be a little impatient. I wish I could be a little more like you. I annoy my wife too. I can’t sit in a restaurant for hours or stare at a painting for a long time and standing in line for a sandwich makes me cranky. I do like to walk around a city when I’m visiting and I can appreciate a museum, but I’ve got to keep it moving.

I did a photoshoot in the old Vet. I think it was the first year Reid was coaching. Did shots in the stands, on the field and in the locker room. It was pretty cool to stand in the middle of the field and look up at the stands.

The older I get the more I dislike crowds and loud noise and I tend to be a little impatient. I wish I could be a little more like you. I annoy my wife too. I can’t sit in a restaurant for hours or stare at a painting for a long time and standing in line for a sandwich makes me cranky. I do like to walk around a city when I’m visiting and I can appreciate a museum, but I’ve got to keep it moving.

I did a photoshoot in the old Vet. I think it was the first year Reid was coaching. Did shots in the stands, on the field and in the locker room. It was pretty cool to stand in the middle of the field and look up at the stands.
- Dkos

I used to be same way. Especially in cramped spaces with loud noise. If you study things like the 4th and especially the 5th dimensions you can almost take a situation like standing in middle of vet and looking up at stands and see and feel it in a whole other way. That’s what I do when visiting places. Time will sort of get lost. So a hour will feel like minutes. And can actually calm you down. In sports related think of when a player describes how a play seemed to slow down to a crawl. Some this comes naturally and easy. Some need to work on it. But it is cool if you can kinda master it. It becomes something you do without thinking or trying. Side note… helps with a boring drive that takes awhile lol

Yeah I gotta do some hoagies. I’m lot a lover of hoagies but could be Buffalo area food. There’s only a few here I think are decent. Plus I’m assuming the bread if different in Philly.

See I kinda think that about wings here in buffalo. But then whenever I go elsewhere they just aren’t the same getting them.
Wings (buf) cheesesteak (Philly) just different there. So when I go places here and they have Philly cheesesteak I always go oh Philly steaks I’ll take a wiz wit and I get looked at side eyed confused. I just say oh these aren’t Philly steaks oh ok I’ll take a steak and cheese sub lol.


And when I have a craving for wings I get the best. Appreciate the cheesesteak. You may think it’s maybe not the best compared to other foods but if you get a craving for one sometime you have the best of them. It’s always nice to have in the back pocket
- Stayin alive

I have a lot of friends in Buffalo. They've turned me on to Bocce Pizza which is really good, imo. Also, I love those wings that are maybe basted with whiskey and grilled, i think. I ca never emeber the name of that bar that preps them that way. pretty delicious.

Hmmmm why’s that? Because I’m not a sheep? Because I can process info I see and use critical thinking skills to form a likely outcome of a process? And because I call a spade a spade? Maybe you just don’t like what I say? And for the record everyone of my children has it ingrained in them this. And ye they are all successful not only in the traditional way but also not one of them is a sheep. And yes they all get that from me.
Army vet
Business owner
Nurse
Active army specialist combat medic and paramedic
Nursing student

And no sorry not sorry I don’t need or seek anyone’s pride. I was raised with true self worth and the opinions of others does not dictate my life
- Stayin alive

😂

I have a lot of friends in Buffalo. They've turned me on to Bocce Pizza which is really good, imo. Also, I love those wings that are maybe basted with whiskey and grilled, i think. I ca never emeber the name of that bar that preps them that way. pretty delicious.
- Briere

Yeah pizza is subjective. Depends on style someone likes. A good specialty wing is nice but for me duffs is my go too. For traditional wings

Yeah pizza is subjective. Depends on style someone likes. A good specialty wing is nice but for me duffs is my go too. For traditional wings
- Stayin alive

days inn by the airport has awesome wings

Yeah pizza is subjective. Depends on style someone likes. A good specialty wing is nice but for me duffs is my go too. For traditional wings
- Stayin alive

I make a good basic hot wing. Just dry the wings off. Deep fry. Drain. Salt and pepper. Toss them in a mixture of melted butter and Crystal hot sauce. Serve with cut up carrots and celery and some good blue cheese dressing. I tried baking them, but you just don’t get that crispy skin and juiciness.

Italian market is mostly food based. Fante's is a great cookware shop and there are a couple good mexican places too. It's worth a look for. sure. DiBruno's for cheese and Italian specialty items is pretty great.
Dinic's in Reading Terminal has seriously good roast pork sandwiches. Just don't go from say noon to one or so. Lines will be insane. Reading Terminal is one of the country's great communal food markets.
Cheese steaks are honestly over rated. I like them and eat them but they arent the best sandwich in philly. any hoagie from a from say Angelos, Lil Nick's, Liberty Kitchen, etc are a better. Just my two cents.
- Briere

I'll second this. It's almost worth it alone as an excuse to fly into the city from down here (wish I could say the same for going to see a home game).

I'm probably biased with this, but I think the best cheesesteaks' aren't in Philly, but across the river. I grew up eating Gaetano's and I consider this the gold standard for cheesesteaks (though I also don't consider myself a cheesesteak freak).

And when I lived in Philly, whenever I was down, I'd always take a walk to RTM to cheer myself up.

days inn by the airport has awesome wings
- hello it's me 2050

Duffs on Richard road is like a 3 minute Uber ride from airport. Go there

I'll second this. It's almost worth it alone as an excuse to fly into the city from down here (wish I could say the same for going to see a home game).

I'm probably biased with this, but I think the best cheesesteaks' aren't in Philly, but across the river. I grew up eating Gaetano's and I consider this the gold standard for cheesesteaks (though I also don't consider myself a cheesesteak freak).

And when I lived in Philly, whenever I was down, I'd always take a walk to RTM to cheer myself up.
- Bendecko

Personally I think I can make better cheesesteaks than what you may find out. Then again what I may make is not cost effective. Even with a London broil it’s pretty easy to make a good cheese steak.
With that being said I prefer smoked Gouda. I don’t that much time to make my own rolls so I go to a local bakery if the occasion is warranted. Otherwise fresh store rolls have to do.

Personally I think I can make better cheesesteaks than what you may find out. Then again what I may make is not cost effective. Even with a London broil it’s pretty easy to make a good cheese steak.
With that being said I prefer smoked Gouda. I don’t that much time to make my own rolls so I go to a local bakery if the occasion is warranted. Otherwise fresh store rolls have to do.
- bird_dog_pa

I head over to Bringhurst Meats in Berlin and pick up a box of their chip steak and a 12 pack of Amorosas rolls. You can get about 12 good sized steak sandwiches out of it and all for about $25.

Definitely cost effective. And half the Sandwich shops in my area get their meat from them anyway.

Carmen's Deli in Bellmawr has a great steak sandwich. Best I've had.



Best Wings are The Pic-A-Lilli and its not close.

#11. I love places like this
- Stayin alive

Some more random recommendations on the theme of cheap and somewhat below the radar. (For more mainstream, you can always use review sites etc).

1. You can get a pretty good view of Liberty Bell from outside, and skip a 1 hr line. Bring a pair of binoculars and you will be golden. Use the saved time to go to one of the two large beer gardens half a block from there. (Search for them).

2. At the Curtis Center 1 block away, you get the inimitable Maxwell Parris mural Dream Garden. Featuring an entire wall, handcrafted from Tiffany glass, one shard at a time. Free, and the building is magnificent too.

3. Franklin Fountain is one of the main tourist draws in Philly but 2 doors down, there is an quiet chocolate shop the same people run. Its called Shane confectionery, they serve old fashioned chocolate (1920s and before!), and apparently it is the oldest chocolate shop in the US. At the back of the store, in a little alcove behind a curtain, they serve the best hot chocolate in the world. (Not quite the weather but hey ..).

4. Your soldier sons might like the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Wash Sq. Park nearby, which is probably the prettiest park in Philly.

5. Speaking of soldiers, they might also be interested in the Gurkha regiment in the UK Army. The Gurkhas are from Nepal. Anytime the British need dirty work done (Falklands, AFghanistan, etc), the Gurkhas go in first. The best fighters in the world for a long time now. On that theme, we have a good Nepalese restaurant now in Philly: https://www.nepalimomokitchenmenu.com/

5. Some of the best local baked goods, especially baguettes and croissants and the like are made by a Vietnamese shop in South Philly. https://www.instagram.com...bakeryphiladelphia/?hl=en

It has acquired legendary status. Lines start before it opens and lots of main things sell out in 30 minutes or else. So, this is breakfast fodder and you need to go early.

6. Even more random, if you like architectural quirks, we have a long time journalist who covers architecture in Philly. Her name is Inga Saffron. She goes around the city pointing out interesting details. You can view them vicariously and/or visit a place or two yourself:
https://www.instagram.com/inga_saffron/?hl=en

7. Finally, The Melrose Diner has closed long ago and the building has been torn down. However, you can get scrapple from the Amish, also in RTM.

Some more random recommendations on the theme of cheap and somewhat below the radar. (For more mainstream, you can always use review sites etc).

1. You can get a pretty good view of Liberty Bell from outside, and skip a 1 hr line. Bring a pair of binoculars and you will be golden. Use the saved time to go to one of the two large beer gardens half a block from there. (Search for them).

2. At the Curtis Center 1 block away, you get the inimitable Maxwell Parris mural Dream Garden. Featuring an entire wall, handcrafted from Tiffany glass, one shard at a time. Free, and the building is magnificent too.

3. Franklin Fountain is one of the main tourist draws in Philly but 2 doors down, there is an quiet chocolate shop the same people run. Its called Shane confectionery, they serve old fashioned chocolate (1920s and before!), and apparently it is the oldest chocolate shop in the US. At the back of the store, in a little alcove behind a curtain, they serve the best hot chocolate in the world. (Not quite the weather but hey ..).

4. Your soldier sons might like the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Wash Sq. Park nearby, which is probably the prettiest park in Philly.

5. Speaking of soldiers, they might also be interested in the Gurkha regiment in the UK Army. The Gurkhas are from Nepal. Anytime the British need dirty work done (Falklands, AFghanistan, etc), the Gurkhas go in first. The best fighters in the world for a long time now. On that theme, we have a good Nepalese restaurant now in Philly: https://www.nepalimomokitchenmenu.com/

5. Some of the best local baked goods, especially baguettes and croissants and the like are made by a Vietnamese shop in South Philly. https://www.instagram.com...bakeryphiladelphia/?hl=en

It has acquired legendary status. Lines start before it opens and lots of main things sell out in 30 minutes or else. So, this is breakfast fodder and you need to go early.

6. Even more random, if you like architectural quirks, we have a long time journalist who covers architecture in Philly. Her name is Inga Saffron. She goes around the city pointing out interesting details. You can view them vicariously and/or visit a place or two yourself:
https://www.instagram.com/inga_saffron/?hl=en

7. Finally, The Melrose Diner has closed long ago and the building has been torn down. However, you can get scrapple from the Amish, also in RTM.
- PT21

thanks Clark