Saturday, August 26th - Sights & Sounds of Philly

What a great day!!!

Started off with a quick trip down to South Street in Philadelphia, a trip of about 30 miles each way. South Street is a very eclectic area that was made famous in the song of the same name. Who recorded the popular version? Was it the Orlons? At the corner of 4th and South Street, is Jim's Steaks, a local cheesesteak shop that MA & I came to love when we lived here. In our opinion, Jim's is tastier than the better known and touristy Pat's Steaks.

Look at this movie clip from Jim's

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8954444470336219408

We returned to Chester County and went to the cinema to see Invincible, a story about Vince Papale, a bartender in Philly who tried out and made the Philadelphia Eagles football team in the mid-1970's. We are sitting in the movie with Jim & Sue Gearhart who are die hard Eagles fans forever and, of course, they knew the whole real-life story.

Went to dinner at the Eagle Tavern, a centuries-old establishment in Eagle, PA. Had a wonderful dinner hosted by Sue and Jim (and son Thatcher, in abstentia).

This is MA & Sue waiting in the line to get into Jim's.