LadyGypsy.net – the blog of Kimberly Dowd of New Jersey

Because I sure as heck saw nothing.

Details of how it went down are after the jump…it’s picture heavy and even has a video, so I don’t want it all slowing down my home page…clicky clicky!

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So I did it. On the week that it was revealed that Gannett’s laying off 10% of its newspaper division by the first week of December I took a vacation day to go to the Phillies parade. Call me fatalistic.

The rest of my sphere of influence is much more responsible than I am, so they’re working and I’m going this alone. Look for me. I’ll be in red.

I managed to get one of the hard-to-get tickets to the end-of-parade festivities in Citizen’s Bank Park, too. It wasn’t hard. It was a download and I got mine 15 minutes after the time window opened. So the whiners you hear on 610-WIP are just that. Whiners.

Here’s the plan:
1 ) Bundle up.
2 ) Head to WaWa (every road trip starts at WaWa) for ATM, coffee, snacks & camera batteries.
3 ) Head to Kayla’s Flower stand to get some goofball Phillies paraphenalia. Beads, boas, etc.
4 ) Take the speedline to the end of the line in Philly, transfer to a local train on SEPTA Broad Street line
5 ) Get off at Broad & Oregon.
6 ) Stake out spot for parade. Apparently I’m already very late, but the sleeping in ’til 8:30 was delicious.
7 ) Watch parade
8 ) Join the swarm and walk to Citizen’s Bank Park That’s about 3/4 mile, by my rotten calculations.
9 ) Get into the Stadium and watch the festivities.

If things look horrible at Broad & Oregon (or if I get on the Sports Express subway by accident that’ll take me directly to the ballpark) I’ll forgo the street part of the parade and get my seat for the finale.

Okay, team. Let’s mobilize.

See you on the other side, Ray.

Edited to add: I’ll be Twittering today, so follow me there if you’d like.

Finally fall weather has arrived. Just in time for the Haddonfield Fall festival yesterday. You’ll note the bag of Kettle Korn in my purse.

On Friday night, I met a bunch of old and dear friends from High School – some of whom I hadn’t seen in 18 years! We ate at the Continental in Olde City. We had a great time catching up, and I don’t want 18 more years to pass before we do it again. How did we find each other? Facebook!!

I have gravy in the crock pot simmering for a tray of lasagna that I’m about to put together and a loaf of pumpkin bread in the breadmaker. I’m a huge fan of summer, but autumn’s not so bad either.

Leaves photo by kbw361 via stock.xchng Our photos were taken outside of Hugh’s Clock Shop