Monday, August 15, 2005

from philly: is there any deeper significance to the first letter of a city's name?

This is my first trip to Philadelphia. I am sure it is a wonderful city, etc., etc.. However, every time I step outside the hotel where the conference is being held, I notice two things about the air: (1) it feels ungodly humid and (2) it smells faintly but undeniably of urine.
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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous8/15/05, 12:41 AM

    That urine smell? That's the liberty. Good ole American liberty smells like urine.

    Or it could just be the hobos outside the hotel.

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  2. Corey8/15/05, 7:20 AM

    whew, I'm glad someone else noticed that too. Try walking through the atrium of the big building in the center of Market Street [about a block from the hotel]... potent stuff.

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  3. Tom Bozzo8/15/05, 8:27 AM

    (1) Welcome to August in the mid-Atlantic. Be thankful the ASAs aren't in Washington.

    (2) That's the Philly I remember.

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  4. Anonymous8/15/05, 9:11 AM

    I also notice the smell of urine on Philadelphia's streets. No question.

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  5. Anonymous8/15/05, 10:51 AM

    AWFUL humidity finally left Cambridge overnight. Now we await your sniff test.

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  6. Anonymous8/15/05, 11:16 AM

    if cambridge smells funny, boston's just down the road

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  7. Anonymous8/15/05, 12:35 PM

    ... a whiff of JF is in the air.... and none too soon.

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