{"id":423,"date":"2012-03-13T19:34:36","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T03:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/?p=423"},"modified":"2012-03-14T05:50:07","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T13:50:07","slug":"philadelphia-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/2012\/03\/13\/philadelphia-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We didn&#8217;t get down to Philadelphia as much as we usually do in 2011, what with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/slightest\/tag\/kawama\/\">moving<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/slightest\/tag\/31-and-pregnant\/\">baby stuff<\/a>, but there were a few Phillies games we went down there for, basically in May and June.<\/p>\n<p>We (or some of us at least) ate a Pork Scrapple slider at White Dog in University City:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/pennsylvania\/philadelphia\/west\/whitedog\/0105-07-11.jpg\" alt=\"Pork Scrapple Sliders, White Dog, 3420 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/slightest\/2012\/01\/22\/the-story-of-the-rock-n-roll-toilet\/\">we installed the toilet at Kawama<\/a>, and before we even ordered the toilet on Amazon, we checked out toilets at the Lowe&#8217;s in South Philadelphia. They want you to know that it&#8217;s not too difficult to install them yourself:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/pennsylvania\/philadelphia\/south\/lowes\/0105-07-11.jpg\" alt=\"Lowe's, 2106 South Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 7, 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just across the parking lot at IKEA (where we bought pulls for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/slightest\/2012\/02\/12\/theres-nothing-more-annoying-than-the-self-satisfaction-of-someone-who-peels-paint-off-a-bannister\/\">cabinets<\/a>) you get a nice view of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/outoftown\/pennsylvania\/philadelphia\/south\/ssunitedstates\/index.htm\">S.S. United States<\/a> from the Meatball Chamber:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/pennsylvania\/philadelphia\/south\/ikea\/0305-07-11.jpg\" alt=\"S.S. United States From IKEA South Philadelphia, 2206 South Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 7, 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/pennsylvania\/philadelphia\/south\/ikea\/0205-07-11.jpg\" alt=\"S.S. United States From IKEA South Philadelphia, 2206 South Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 7, 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/outoftown\/pennsylvania\/philadelphia\/south\/phillies\/05-07-11\/index.htm\">Braves-Phillies game<\/a>, we saw how much of the Spectrum was finally gone:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/pennsylvania\/philadelphia\/south\/phillies\/05-07-11\/0205-07-11.jpg\" alt=\"Site Of The Spectrum From Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 7, 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Later in May, I think I took this picture because I was surprised how expensive gas was. That seems reasonable today . . .<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/pennsylvania\/philadelphia\/northeast\/7265castoravenue\/0105-21-11.jpg\" alt=\"Sunoco, 7265 Castor Avenue, Northeast Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 21, 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/outoftown\/pennsylvania\/philadelphia\/south\/phillies\/05-21-11\/index.htm\">At the day game on the 21st against the Rangers<\/a>, it was just after the end of the world and everyone was still a little anxious:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/pennsylvania\/philadelphia\/south\/phillies\/05-21-11\/0605-21-11.jpg\" alt=\"AT&amp;T You Make The Call Seventh Inning Stretch Song Survey, Philadelphia Phillies vs. Texas Rangers, Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 21, 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/outoftown\/pennsylvania\/philadelphia\/south\/phillies\/06-12-11\/index.htm\">the game in June against the Cubs<\/a>, expectations about the season were sky high:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/pennsylvania\/philadelphia\/south\/phillies\/06-12-11\/4106-12-11.jpg\" alt=\"T-Shirt\/Pretzels, Sports Complex Parking Lot, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 12, 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of course we know how that turned out:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/pennsylvania\/philadelphia\/south\/phillies\/2011nlcs\/tickets.jpg\" alt=\"2011 NLCS Tickets\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We didn&#8217;t get down to Philadelphia as much as we usually do in 2011, what with moving and baby stuff, but there were a few Phillies games we went down there for, basically in May and June. 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