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Weekend in NJ
One of my birthday presents from my sister this year was a ticket to see The Killers (one of my favorite bands!) in New Jersey this past weekend. Sunday morning, I drove down to NJ where my sister’s boyfriend Brian lives, since we were staying with him. It was my first time driving so far out of state, and honestly it wasn’t that bad! I was a tad nervous at first but the drive was smooth, minus some minor traffic on the NJ turnpike. 3.5 hours later I was in South Jersey. After I got there, Brian drove us to Philly (only about 20 minutes from his house–they live on…
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Philly’s South Street
After driving a little over four hours, yesterday Chris and I arrived in Philadelphia, PA! Chris has a conference here this week so he brought me along with him to explore. We are staying in Old City, which is the historic part of town. Does this guy’s name look familiar? Yes, the twin bridges in the Capital Region are named after him! I knew his name looked familiar! Anyway, after we checked into our hotel, we went for a walk to South Street to check things out. Interesting fact for those 90s kids (like me) out there: Boyz II Men’s video for “Motown Philly” was filmed on South Street…Interesting! First…