Comments on: Touring Philadelphia http://www.librarygrrrl.net/2005/10/06/213/ hockey player ~ feminist ~ library geek ~ dog freak Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:41:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: anj http://www.librarygrrrl.net/2005/10/06/213/#comment-615 anj Tue, 11 Oct 2005 21:07:00 +0000 http://www.librarygrrrl.net/2005/10/06/213/#comment-615 gee.. there are so many things I love to do in the city. Old city is always a fave. checking out all the galleries and then having something at petit four. I also love the terminal market, as well as chinatown for a quick change of pace. museums museums museums.. and end with a nice meal out. :) capagiro is one of my fave ways to end the day. gee.. there are so many things I love to do in the city.

Old city is always a fave. checking out all the galleries and then having something at petit four. I also love the terminal market, as well as chinatown for a quick change of pace. museums museums museums.. and end with a nice meal out. :) capagiro is one of my fave ways to end the day.

]]> By: Laura http://www.librarygrrrl.net/2005/10/06/213/#comment-613 Laura Fri, 07 Oct 2005 03:41:37 +0000 http://www.librarygrrrl.net/2005/10/06/213/#comment-613 I like the Franklin Institute too. I also really like the Art Museum. I like the Franklin Institute too. I also really like the Art Museum.

]]> By: dichroic http://www.librarygrrrl.net/2005/10/06/213/#comment-612 dichroic Thu, 06 Oct 2005 16:19:28 +0000 http://www.librarygrrrl.net/2005/10/06/213/#comment-612 Franklin Court. The Graf (sp?) House. The Franklin Institute, of course. The University Museum. Two I only got to in recent years that are a must for you as a librarian are The Rosenbach Museum (ASW Rosenbach's house) and the Rare Books Collection on the top floor of the Phila Free Library. I went on a Sunday when they had a Beatrix Potter exhibit - the librarian there wasn't too busy and seemed delighted to have someone who loved books to talk to. I'd just been reading about book-collectors so knew some of the things to ask. He took an incunable copy of Herodotus down for me to look at and showed me A. Edward Newton's library - when he died an willed his books to the Library, his widon also gave them his personal library room and the whole thing was moved from Oak Knoll to the building on the Parkway. Also, no other city does soft pretzels right. Franklin Court. The Graf (sp?) House. The Franklin Institute, of course. The University Museum.

Two I only got to in recent years that are a must for you as a librarian are The Rosenbach Museum (ASW Rosenbach’s house) and the Rare Books Collection on the top floor of the Phila Free Library. I went on a Sunday when they had a Beatrix Potter exhibit - the librarian there wasn’t too busy and seemed delighted to have someone who loved books to talk to. I’d just been reading about book-collectors so knew some of the things to ask. He took an incunable copy of Herodotus down for me to look at and showed me A. Edward Newton’s library - when he died an willed his books to the Library, his widon also gave them his personal library room and the whole thing was moved from Oak Knoll to the building on the Parkway.

Also, no other city does soft pretzels right.

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