Eliza Starbuck, Day 20

Philadelphia Story

Today, I took a little jaunt to Philadelphia, to get out of NYC’s heat for a day and to absorb some American history. We spent the afternoon in the part of town called Old City, which is one of the oldest areas in the city, and took in the sights. This building was particularly amazing, it’s the second oldest bank in the USA.

We walked by Benjamin Franklin’s house, and the building where the Constitution was signed. There were lovely summer showers and sunshine coming and going through the day, so I picked up this vintage style umbrella at one of the local shops. But the rain did not stop the Historical Reenactors, who were busy recruiting new troops for the Revolutionary War. I thought some of the troops lined up here looked a tad bit young. But they were excellent at calling out, “Yes Sir!” when they were prompted.

Wearing a scrap of fabric as a bow on my head. It had been the bow on the gift a friend had given me the day before, and is probably on it's fourth or fifth leg of reuse if I know her.

We ended the day at The Franklin Fountain, where all the ice-cream is made fresh in house. There were so many delicious flavors there that I foolishly ordered 2 scoops, but I had no idea they would be so large. The peach was my favorite.