Chinese Lantern Festival

Overview This event can be a day or night event depending on your interests. My sister and I went just before sunset and stayed after sunset to get the full effect of the lanterns. During the daytime you can see all the structure holding the paper of the lantern. It is much easier to inspect the arrangement, supports, and overall craft of each lantern….

Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens

Home This place lies somewhere between rubble and art. At first glance it is an overwhelming series of walls of concrete and mostly glass. But the more you walk through this installation the more captivating it becomes. Each walk through reveals a new statue previously unnoticed, a unique perspective into a space below, or a fun phrase hidden in all the tiling. The website…

Italian Market

https://italianmarketphilly.org/ https://www.visitphilly.com/things-to-do/attractions/the-italian-market/ The Italian Market is one of the older sections of Philadelphia. Well known as an open air market with mostly Italian hertiage, it is now a magnet for a variety of people brought together through food. There are plenty of open air stores selling produce and beautiful plants, edible and non, at really affordable prices. Several indoor shops cater specifically to cheese…

A Car in the City

Not everyone has a car in the city. Often when people think of the stereotype of the city it is smaller apartments, minimal possessions, no car, lots of walking or public transportation, and a close proximity to a variety of amenities. This stereotype can be true to a certain extent. Despite living in a city, I chose to keep my car. I find it…

Dad Vail’s review

Yesterday was a beautiful day for the Dad Vail Regatta! The sun was out the whole time and a nice river breeze kept it bearable to be outside. Below are a few fun shots from yesterday’s event.   Today I did not get out in time for my sisters race. The weather isn’t nearly as pretty with an overcast gloomy appearance, although I am…

Spring Planting

With studio finished and some free time to be had I set about fixing my mini garden. Over the semester I had managed to sprout onions and garlic in my fridge. I decided that these along with some cherry tomato plants I recently purchased would make a cute window box set, and so with a small bag of soil and some water have prepared…

Dad Vail Regatta

Home 2 – Full Screen Slider This May 11 and 12th the Dad Vail Regatta is held on the Schulykill River in Fairmount Park. Parking can be found closer to the art museum and free shuttles will take you from the parking area to the site of the race. This will be my first time viewing a rowing competition. My sister will be competiting…

Pittsburgh: A Day in the City

Pittsburgh, a city of bridges, the place where three rivers meet, is a lovely city to stroll through on a day off. As nice as the city is the trip there takes some planning and time. The trip is roughly 5 hours by car, 7 hours by train, and 1.5 hours by plane. I took the train as the time on the train can…

Days Off

A few days off before getting back to studying is always nice. But what can you do with those days? Here are just a few suggestions outside of sleeping and nothing at all to enjoy your few days of break: Wharton Start Up Challenge: Friday, April 27th from 12-3 pm one of our own PennDesign students Laura Colagrande will be competing for votes to…

Finals Week Pop Ups

Admist all the drawing, modeling, and building going on in the School of Design everywhere else there are pop up surprises of all kinds! Below are a few photos with short descriptions of the many surprises I encountered during the days leading up to the final. A student major fair! Likely for incoming undergraduate students to begin deciding what they would like to do…