Philly

Wow it’s been three weeks already. We went to visit my brother who is living in Philadelphia right now. It was an awesome trip and we easily could have spent a lot more time there had we not been interrupting his normal life. Below are a few shots of the charter school he works at (1), us (2), him (3), his friend & housemate Joe (4), and a couple of cool paintings in their house (5 & 6).

I love this guy. Can’t wait to have him back in Cincinnati.

We also did some of the traditional tourist-y things. Watching people taking tourist photos for money in Love Park (1), checking out crazy old statues (2), racing up the steps at the Museum like Rock (3), buying awesome fruits at Reading Terminal, their farmers market (4), posing with the Rocky statue (5), gawking at crazy shrooms (6), checking out a really old church named after 2 of the apostles (7), snapping shots of my beautiful wife (8) and wandering inside the earlier mentioned old church (9).

Seriously it was a great trip. If you ever go, head to North Philly and get a cheesesteak at Lee’s. Plus some water ice or custard at Rita’s. Also there’s this awesome Chinese restaurant in Chinatown that has the word Rivers in the title. Great food, and tea! We’ll also stopped in NYC to visit some other friends. Those are a-comin!

Hair

My brother is home from Philly for a bit. If you’ve seen him around his hair is massive. It ranks somewhere between the Hindenburg and the Titanic, without the major catastrophes. His beard is about 3 months old which is great if we’re talking about the age a nice cheese. But for a beard, well, that’s a pretty long time, and it’s starting to jut out vertically like a shelf. We figure soon he won’t have to use plates. And his hair, well that’s fifteen months in the making. He cut it right before our wedding and man was it huge. He could ride a motorcycle without a helmet on ice and be completely safe.

So I thought you’d enjoy a progression of his hair. Several people have asked and without further ado:

Phase 1: Jan 2007

Phase 2: Sept. 2007

Phase 3: July 2008

Phase 4: Sunday Dec. 21st

Phase 5: Monday Dec 22nd

 

 

Wondering if he looks more like the Predator or Iron & Wine.