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February 26, 2007

Philadelphia

Sorry I haven't posted in a little while, but I just spent the weekend in Philadelphia with four of my very best friends, Cathy, Kristina, Molly, and Vanessa. Cathy and I both go to college in Connecticut, so we met at home in Greenwich early Saturday morning and headed off to Pennsylvania. We got lost in White Plains somewhere and had to ask directions in the middle of a terrifying ghetto area at a Tiger Mart:

We eventually figured it out and made it there with only one incident. We were in the middle lane and a truck that was directly parallel to us on our right switched lanes ON TOP OF US!!! What an idiot. Luckily, Cathy steered us away from death and we made it to Philly in one piece. When we got there, we picked up Molly from La Salle, met Kristina at St. Joe's, and headed off to Villanova to pick up Vanessa for the King of Prussia Mall, the second biggest mall in America! The mall was amazing and I got a new Christian Dior lipstick that I love. We ate lunch at a restaurant in the mall where I accidentally ruined Cathy's birthday forever. Just to give you a little background, Cathy and her brother Mike are born exactly two years apart, to the day... exactly nine months after their dad's birthday. I thought they knew that already, oops.

Cathy to Mike:

Mike to Cathy:

Cathy was not happy:

Vanessa and Molly at lunch, not wanting me to take their picture:

Me, Cathy, and Kristina:

Later that night, we went back to Molly's dorm to pick up some of her stuff for later, including a bunch of random mini alcohol bottles that, unless I heard wrong, she claims to have discovered somewhere in her underwear drawer:

Don't worry, she's not actually drinking them in the car. I don't know what Molly is doing in this next picture, but a panty hat with Chanel glasses is definitely her look:

We went to Vanessa's where we all got ready to go out while drinking Arbor Mist (it's not lame, we're all girls so it's ok). After getting ready, we walked to the train station to go into the city of Philadelphia.

Me, Molly, Kristina, Cathy, and Vanessa at the train station:

We went to a BYOB restaurant in Philadelphia called El Azteca:

Everyone in the restaurant was definitely in college, probably because it's BYOB and they'll make you margaritas if you bring your own tequila. We brought a bottle of tequila and had them use it all to make a few pitchers of margaritas for us which were delicious.

Cathy and Vanessa:

Molly, Me, and Kristina:

Molly and Me:

Cathy, Vanessa, Molly, Me, and Kristina:

Molly and Me:

Cathy:

Vanessa:

Molly:

Cathy:

Vanessa:

Kristina and Me:

Strobe Lights:

Guess Who's Boobs:

Margaritas:

Cathy, Kristina, and I took a group trip to the bathroom where there was a very interesting setup:

We didn't want anyone to hear us peeing so we all sang the Tequila song at the top of our lungs and made quite a spectacle. Do do do do do do do do Do do do do do do do TEQUILA!

We're obviously not very good at taking pictures:

This one is a little better:

Back at the table, I gave Vanessa a little too much ice:

But it's ok because we sabotaged her sobriety while she was in the bathroom:

Me, Kristina, and Cathy:

All gone:

Cathy looking at our chips and salsa:

Border Burger with Fence Fries:

After dinner we walked back to the train station:

The wall there is a lot of different colored bricks that we were convinced were part of a Magic Eye and spent a really long time trying to see it:

I'm going to call the rest of the train station section, "Molly Getting Sloppy." You'll see why.

Molly stripping, or something:

Attacking Cathy:

Trying to take a picture:

Stripping again:

Making a scene on the train:

Our feet:

When we got back to Villanova, we hung out with a few of Vanessa's friends at her apartment:

And Molly ate some of the most disgusting looking leftover Mexican food ever:

My shoes turned my feet blue!

Vanessa was talking with her friends for a little while while Molly, Cathy, Kristina, and I were in Vanessa's bedroom talking. Molly climbed into my sleeping bag with me and we all ended up passing out on the floor until Vanessa came and got us around 3:30am. Molly, Cathy, and I cuddled on Vanessa's futon all night with Kristina on an air mattress on the floor. Sleeping with Molly in between us, Cathy and I had an interesting night of Molly talking in her sleep, asking for back rubs at 4am, and hitting... a lot. It's always an adventure.

The next morning, we packed up all our things and headed back home after having some Dunkin' Donuts for breakfast. Cathy and I are definitely coming back soon, hopefully for a little longer next time.

On the drive home, a car tried to kill Cathy and me again! Some guy was tailgating really badly so Cathy got out of the way and pulled into the middle lane. He then drove right in front of us and slammed on the breaks in the middle of the highway twice with no one in front of him while traffic was going steadily at 70/75mph! Cathy didn't hit him, which is what I'm sure he wanted, so he pulled up right next to us and started yelling through his window. We called the police and I hope he gets arrested for something. The rest of the car trip home was uneventful, we only got lost once and then ended up in ridiculous traffic:

We were bored and had nothing to do so I read Cathy the dirty porno stories from the back of Cosmopolitan in my sexy voice. We had never actually read them before, but they're absolutely hilarious. I've never read anything so absurd.

Well that's all for now, I hope everyone comes to visit me sometime soon and thank you Vanessa for letting us all stay with you!!

Posted by lauren at February 26, 2007 02:31 PM

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