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An Ongoing List of Things I Might Be Doing When I’m Not Writing

July 22, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

A few months ago, I photographed an engagement session at Independence Park. While I was angling the bride and groom to avoid having a ton of tourists milling around in the background, it hit me: People had traveled from all over to see this place, and here it was, practically in my backyard, and I hadn’t been there to visit since middle school. I’d shot a couple of weddings and e-sessions, but hadn’t actually walked over to the Liberty Bell, or stopped by Constitution Hall. There are so many local things I’ve been “meaning” to do, so I want to see how many of them I can check off the list! I’m including links for anyone else local to Philly/South Jersey/the Jersey Shore.

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[X]  Go to Longwood Gardens.

[X]  Do an art project on “second Sundays” at Philly’s Magic Gardens.

image from phillymagicgardens.org
image from phillymagicgardens.org

 

[X]  Walk through Batsto Village.

[ ]  Get Indian food at Shamong Diner. How have my kids never eaten at a Jersey diner?!

[ ]  Hang out on the nature trail and draw whatever we see.

[ ]  Go “swimming” in Rubbermaid bins. (Stealing this idea from my resourceful friend Jamie.)

[ ]  Go “treasure hunting” in a block of ice.

[ ]  Visit Independence Park and actually see the Declaration and the Bell!

[X]  Walk the High Line in NYC.

[ ]  Go to the Top of the Rock. I saw a Jimmy Fallon taping at Rockefeller last year thanks to an awesome childhood friend with an extra ticket, but I’ve never gone up to the roof!

photo by Flickr user prinsrichard via Creative Commons

 

[X]  Make smores in our fire pit. We’ve owned the pit for four years and haven’t made a single fire yet!

[X]  Pick your own berries. This is a freebie because we do it every year :)

[X]  Go camping. The boys went without me last year — I want in this time!

[ ]  Camp in our own backyard. I mean, we live in the woods, right?

[ ]  Go to the FunPlex water park.

[ ]  Go to the Smith Memorial Playground in Philly and slide down the big wooden slide.

[X]  Do “Boo at the Zoo” at the Philadelphia Zoo. The boys loved this last year.

[X]  Go back to “Day Out with Thomas” at Strasburg Railroad and Cherry Crest Adventure Farm in Ronks.

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