My sister’s flight finally came into PHL Friday night around 11:30, so by midnight we were taking 76 through the city to head back to my apartment. I had planned on pizza that evening, but arriving back around 1AM left us with the options of a local diner or Wawa. Wanting her to have the “Philadelphia Experience” we headed over to Wawa and touchscreen-ordered ourselves a couple hoagies.
Yesterday we slept in a bit and eventually made it out the door around 11:30. First stop was right down 422 a few miles to wander around the Philadelphia Premium Outlets. The temperature was still nice enough to walk around the open mall, but by 1PM it was getting warm and we hopped back into the car to head down to the blissfully air-conditioned King of Prussia Mall. We snagged a quick lunch and spent the rest of the afternoon there. Around 4:30 we decided to head back, with a quick detour to hit the grocery store and a salon to get our eyebrows waxed. I can’t remember the last time I’ve had such a girly day.
Once back at the apartment we settled down in front of the TV to play some MarioKart on the Wii! She had never played, but being the cruel sister I am I threw her in the deep end and we logged onto WFC to play a match against some friends. I was quite pleased with how quickly she picked up the controls and after a couple hours of playing she was really holding her own in the races (read: beating me). We then played a couple little games from Wii Play and ordered a pizza. The rest of the evening was spent with movies.
Today we’re heading down to wander around Philadelphia. It’s going to be another hot day, and the chance of showers this afternoon isn’t particularly impressing me. But we’ll throw caution to the wind and wander around South Street and Penn’s Landing anyway :) Plus we’re meeting up with a friend who is in town visiting from San Francisco, he used to live out here and knows the city far better than I do, so my sister won’t be stuck with just clueless me for a tour guide ;)
So far the weekend has successfully kept my mind mostly off my unfortunate inability to go to UDS. Still, reading about everyone’s travel plans has made me mope a bit! Hopefully I’ll get to go to the next one.