east coast big city tour, part one: philly

We spent the third week of August in Philadelphia with Mr. Galore's sister, her husband, and the aforementioned, ever-adorable Niece Galore. (Said Mrs. Galore's coworker: "Wow. I got pregnant just looking at those photos.") By the by, Niece Galore thinks we are one person and generally uses "Adu-Saah" to refer to either one of us. It is pretty darn cute. If you want to see 7 bajillion photos of Niece Galore, we would be happy to make you a slideshow. But it's about time we showed off Sister-In-Law and Brother-in-Law Galore, because they are pretty cute too.

Mrs. Galore was telecommuting the whole week that we were in Philly. Mr. Galore wasn't working, so he got out in the city more and has some photos of historical Philadelphian things. But your current blog author doesn't really know what they are (except ooh, look, the Liberty Bell!). Perhaps Mr. Galore can work the historical sites into the separate food-focused blog posts that he has promised to do for the East Coast Big City Tour, since approximately half of our pictures are of food. Preview: The Philadelphia food post will include veggie cheesesteaks and a ridiculous amount of gelato.

Considering our usual crazed schedule in Seattle, it was nice to spend calm evenings making dinner, putting Niece Galore to bed, and watching the Olympics. (Non-sequitur photo alert: At right, Friend Danny shows the Olympians a thing or two.)

We were also able to visit Friend Ryan, who is an old friend of Mr. Galore's (not that Mr. Galore is old) and whom Mrs. Galore is forever grateful to because he once armed himself with an ice axe in her defense. And we were able to spend an afternoon with Aunt, Uncle, and Cousin-and-Girlfriend Galore too, as well as Friends Heiki, Mark, James, Conrad, and, um, Conrad. Some of those folks make a cameo in the pictures we posted earlier. And last but not least, Mrs. Galore tried to rekindle her torrid love affair with Charles Dickens, though he played it cool and didn't return her embrace since they were in public.

Philadelphia is pretty awesome. Mrs. Galore expressed desire to move there, but she does that for pretty much every new city she visits (including Saskatoon, to give you some perspective). But the old architecture, walkable dense neighborhoods, giant in-city park, row houses, running trail along the river, and delightful Galore-in-Laws are mighty enticing.