Philadelphia, Day One

Well, we arrived safe and sound yesterday, late afternoon. We are officially in Philly. Home of cheese steaks. Philadelphia Freedom. Streets Of Philadelphia. TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia). "The City Of Brotherly Love".

Well, whatever floats your boat...

We're here for the annual National Society Of Newspaper Columnists conference. We decided to arrive a few days early for this one, missing all but one hour of the the last one (Boston), due to weather.

After registering at our hotel, the first order of business was real food (anything other than the triple-priced crud that passes as sustenance in airports).

We hit a little joint just down the block from our hotel - "Little Pete's". Right out of an old detective movie. Loads of character, and AWESOME food. Best chili dog I've had since leaving Winnipeg!!

On a side note, we flew with fame. We ended up on the same flight as...

The Amazing Kreskin!! Watching him struggle with the automated check-in at the airport, maybe not quite so amazing these days....

But way cool anyhow!!

I do note that while taxiing on the runway, after about twenty minutes I was worried that we were DRIVING to Minneapolis, to catch our connecting flight.

Just sayin'...

And, speaking of fame, King Tut is here! That's right, the Egyptian pharoah (former - now mummy) made famous in a Steve Martin song!! We may try squeezing him in...

More to come!!

Chow for now!