the city that loves you back...

after work yesterday, since my coffee plans with jenn got postponed until today, i decided to go for a nice long bike ride. so i rode into center city, down west river drive to the falls bridge, back up kelly drive to the art museum, and then tooled around center city for a while. why? because few things fill me with more sheer joy and frustration than riding my bike around center city philadelphia.

nevertheless, as i was biking up the ben franklin parkway, towards center city, i happened to look to my right, then quickly doubled back and skidded to a halt next to a little community of alexander calder sculptures! friends, i worked on the grant that got these guys here way back when i was a grant writer at the philadelphia museum of art! this was very exciting to me. it's just one more thing to add to the list of why my post-law school life should exist in philly.

also, i'm currently obsessed with finding a new bike. well, not a NEW bike, because i certainly can't afford that, but a new-to-me road bike that will be lightweight and won't creak when i ride it because it's so goddamn old. i love my bike -- we've been through a lot -- but it's time to upgrade to a faster set of wheels. advice, anyone?