Monday, August 29, 2005

The Dillards in DC

We took a weekend trip to Washington DC and visited Mike and Courtney who were just married this past April and are settling into their shared residence. They were magnificent tour guides and gave us a brief overview of the many sights and activities in their hometown.



Our two main activities were a walking tour of the monuments and a sampling of the many wonderful restaurants and bars in the area. Sarah had amazing stamina and was still going at the end of a lot of walking on Saturday while Martin needed a nap before the evening activities.



On Sunday we also took an afternoon tour of Alexandria, Virginia, a wonderful town for walking and refreshments.



Click the link below to see the rest of the pictures from our trip.

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Sunday, August 21, 2005

Baby Shopping Trip

Sarah is now 24 weeks pregnant (almost 6 months along). As the due date gets closer we begin to prepare. This weekend Sarah bought the baby's “coming home from the hospital” outfit.



Here is a picture of Sarah and Dawn (Dawn’s due date is one day after Sarah’s) as they set off to Born Yesterday to buy the special baby wear.



Click the link below to see more pictures of the outing.

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Saturday, August 20, 2005

Wharton Phillies Game

The Wharton MBA program organized a Friday outing to Citizens Bank Park for a Phillies game. The External Affairs Office hosted a great pre-game party with free food and drinks. The guests of honor during the banquet included the CFO of the Phillies (a Wharton alum) and the Phanatic (now a member of the mascot hall of fame which just opened in Philadelphia). Here is a picture of Marty with the hall of fame mascot.



Despite leading the NL Wild Card race going into the matchup, the Phillies lost to the Pirates. Fortunately, that didn't dampen the experience at this marvelously laid out ballpark. Here, Marty enjoys watching the game from one of the many open standing areas just behind home plate.



Click the link below to see the rest of the pictures from the game.

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Wednesday, August 10, 2005

America's First Zoo

Sarah took a wonderful trip to “America’s first zoo" at the Philadelphia Zoo with the Wharton Kid's Club. Even though our baby is not around to appreciate all of the outings, the Wharton Kid's Club is a great way for Sarah to meet other mothers. One of the mothers that Sarah went with lives just down the hall and is expecting her third child within a few days of Sarah’s due date.



You can see more pictures by clicking on the link below. There are also some pictures from the hot air balloon (at the zoo) overlooking downtown Philadelphia

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Sunday, August 07, 2005

First Guests Over for Dinner

We invited several friends that Marty knew from Cal over for dinner last night. It was a good reason to finish setting up the apartment and get used to having guests over. Sarah made a wonderful linguine with a smoked salmon cream sauce and we had a relaxed evening. Even Tucker was on relatively good behavior.



You can see more pictures by clicking on the link below. There are also some pictures of the University of Pennsylvania football stadium where they were filming a Disney movie about the 1976 Philadelphia Eagles as well as some pictures around our apartment now that it is set up.

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Friday, August 05, 2005

Wharton Trolley Tour

To cap off the first week of Pre-Term, we joined a couple hundred other Wharton students and significant others on a trolley tour of the noteworthy sites around central Philadelphia. We primarily rode through Center City (where we live), the museum district, Fairmount Park, and Old City. One interesting thing we learned is that the city mandates that 1% of any publicly-funded building project must be allocated to public art.



Our bus driver, shown below, was great about pointing out all of the obvious as well as hidden treasures around the city including the first prison in the country, first hospital, location of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, church where many of the Founding Fathers worshipped, a famous prohibition bar (Dirty Frank's), the first bank in America, and the first church owned by African Americans.



Here we are on a stop at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.



You may recognize the steps leading up to the museum from the movie "Rocky".



You can see the rest of the photos from our tour in our photo album here:

http://calmarty.smugmug.com/gallery/711894