Play in the City 2013

1. In the newspaper the "marketplace" ads attracted me

2. I google "market philadelphia" and found this

http://www.farmtocity.org/FarmersMarkets.asp

3. In the list I found Bryn Mawr Farmer's Market, and remembered that I've actually wandered there.

http://brynmawrfarmersmarket.blogspot.com/

4. Good Spoon Seasonal Foods    http://www.goodspoonfoods.com/

5. In the side list I found Sunday atHeadhouse Farmers’ Market   

http://thefoodtrust.org/farmers-markets/market/headhouse

6. And there's this volunteer activity

http://thefoodtrust.org/contact/volunteer

The Food Trust

One Penn Center, Suite 900

1617 John F. Kennedy Blvd.

Attempt 1:

Step 1: I tried to follow the article "Decades later, still standing against abuse"

Step 2: The article listed their website, www.womenagainstabuse.org. They have a lot of events, and there's actually a "Men-can" rally on the 5th, but it wasn't something I really wanted to do.

Step 3: I kept trying to wander around, but eventually decided to take on a different article.

Attempt 2:

Step 1: Read the article titled "'Gliders' allow look into Ocean's depths," which is posted here: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/science/20131001_Sweeping_project_allows_look_at_depths_of_ocean.html

Step 2: The article mentioned a website, http://www.ioos.noaa.gov, which redirected to an error message about the government shutdown.

Step 3: The other website mentioned in the Inquirer article is http://maracoos.org/blogs/main/ which has really cool pictures of the kinds of information that the gliders are collecting.

Step 4: Trying to connect this cool coastal article to something I could do in Philly, I googled "Philadelphia Delaware River area"

Step 5: Went to http://www.delawareriverwaterfront.com/ and clicked on the events. I found out that there are a lot of concerts, as well as yoga on thursdays, and a whole bunch of museums and activities.

1. I read the article entitled ''Gliders' allow look into ocean's depths.' It didn't have much to do with Philly, but it looked very interesting. I'm interested in water and people's interactions with it, so I used that idea to connect the article to Philly.

2. I googled "research activities on the Delaware River," curious to see if there are any research projects going on around the Delaware. Apparently, there's some research on shortnosed sturgeons: http://www.nero.noaa.gov/prot_res/research/doc/CurrentSNSResearchActivities.pdf

Although this was interesting, it still wasn't quite connecting with the city. 

3. I found the website for the Delaware River waterfront to see if there was anything interesting surrounding the river. http://www.delawareriverwaterfront.com

4. I clicked "Events," then looked for events on saturday, because that's the day I have the most time this weekend.  

5. I clicked "Rivercity Festival" because, well, who doesn't love a festival? It sounded playful. http://www.delawareriverwaterfront.com/events/rivercity-festival

6. I clicked "More Info" to see the site of the Fishtown Rivercity Festival

http://www.rivercityfestival.org

It turns out that the festival is to celebrate the culture and community in the neighborhood of Fishtown, and the history and vibrancy of the neighborhood itself. Visiting it would be a chance to interact with some real Philadelphians in a really neat area.

Stop 1: Article "Too Bean or Not Too Bean" - I love coffee, and I am tired, so I was intrigued.

Stop 2: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/04/04/philadelphia-coffee-shop-takes-1-spot-on-americas-best-coffee-list/ - It turns out that Philadelphia houses the best coffee shop in the US, so of course I had to click the link.

Stop 3: http://www.thedailymeal.com/americas-best-coffee-shops It is defined here as the best, but there was also indications of other best coffee shops that are also in Philly, so I chose to look at all of the rankings.

Stop 4: http://www.thedailymeal.com/americas-best-coffee-shops-slideshow Here Ultimo Coffee is listed as #1, however I was very excited to find that my favorite Coffee Shop in my hometown of Santa Cruz, Ca was listed as #22!

Stop 5: http://ultimocoffee.com The website of Ultimo Coffee in order to find the hours and transportation information.

While reading through the Philadelphia Inquirer, I saw a many interesting things that caught my attention. A large portion of this was related to how the recent government shutdown will affect the economy if it lasts much longer than a few days. From that idea, I followed this trail:

1. The article on A1 entitled "U.S. Parks would close, drying up tourist cash flow." This led me to thinking about the national parks in the city of Philadelphia, namely the Independence National Historic Park.

2. I did a google search on Independence National Historic Park and found a walking tour of the park:

http://philadelphia.about.com/od/travel/ss/independence.htm

3. At the bottom of the page I saw a link to the neighborhoods of Philadelphia:

http://philadelphia.about.com/od/neighborhoods/Neighborhoods.htm

4. I looked through a few of the neighborhoods, starting with Old City:

http://philadelphia.about.com/od/neighborhoods/a/queen_village.htm

5. As I continued to look, Queen Village caught my eye as well:

http://philadelphia.about.com/od/neighborhoods/p/old_city_phila.htm

1. Read the food coupons. Hmm, I wouldn't mind going for some food.

2. Google search for best food in Philly. End up on Yelp. http://www.yelp.com/c/philadelphia/food

3. Not all of the top listed are sit-in restaurants. Check in on a couple, change mind, change setting to Ethnic restaurants. http://www.yelp.com/c/philadelphia/ethnicmarkets

4. The top listed ethnic restaurants aren't foods I particularly like. Discover how to add search terms, and look for Thai. http://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=ethnicmarkets&find_loc=Philadelphia%2C+PA%2C+USA#find_desc=thai+food&cflt

5. Realize that, although I love Thai, I had Thai a couple weeks ago and I haven't had Spanish since April. Change search to tapas bars. http://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=ethnicmarkets&find_loc=Philadelphia%2C+PA%2C+USA#find_desc=tapas&cflt

6. Check out the website of the top listed tapas bar in Philadelphia. It's reasonably priced (for tapas), and right near a Metro stop. Also, it serves Manchego. http://philadelphia.amadarestaurant.com/menu

Therefore, I propose to go visit Amada and have tapas.

1.     I found many funeral announcements.

2.     The announcement reminds me of a few weeks ago, when I walked on the street in Philly, I saw a church somewhere, and near the church is a cemetery.

3.     https://www.google.com/#q=philadelphia+cemetery I find many cemeteries.