Pat's vs Geno's

Have you ever seen that show man vs food? Although it can be pretty gross, we watched the episode on Philly cheese steaks right before we went to Philadelphia. The guy ate a cheese steak from Pat's and Geno's and picked a winner. It inspired us to try it for ourselves.

I got a cheese steak from Pat's and Chad got one from Geno's. We tried both and there was definitely a winner...

...hands down PAT'S! It was also the winner on Man vs. Food.

I definitely recommend trying both when you are there. And get it with Wizz!

Philly

Philadelphia.

The city of LOVE.

Wick and I headed to Philly (a few weekends ago) for a fun weekend getaway. We had a great time enjoying the beautiful fall weather and historic sites.
The trees were absolutely stunning! We were in awe as we walked 10 plus miles around Philly on Saturday and even more on Sunday. It was so nice to wander around with nothing planned. I am usually such a planner, but instead of planning out all the details, I decided that we'd get to the spots whenever we get there. If we were to move to Philly I would definitely live in Society Hill. It is such an adorable area to walk around. I loved this cute house, so I decided to pretend as if we lived there. Thankfully the owner did not come out as I was awkwardly walking up their steps! One of my favorite spots in Philly is Betsy Ross' house. I am in love with American Flags and her house is just adorable!
We also took the Pat's vs Geno's challenge. I'll post about that later...
I can't wait to go back one day.

P.S. We didn't check our flight before we headed to the Durham airport Friday night. Unfortunately our flight had a two hour delay, so we had a few hours to kill. We decided to head to the airport bar to have some libations. I got a little bored and started to do a photo shoot on Wick. He was really embarrassed, but I just think he's so HANDSOME!

Thanksgiving 2010

We decided to spice things up this Thanksgiving and head to Asheville, NC. We had a beautiful drive on Wednesday morning. When we got into town, we dropped off our items at the hotel and went to explore the downtown area. It reminded me of Berkeley; it's a college town and had a ton of art and craft shops.

On Thanksgiving morning, we got ready to head to the Asheville Estate (America's largest home). It was built in the late 1800's by George Washington Vanderbilt, and boy is it beautiful. We walked around the house, explored the gardens, drove around the land, Later that day we headed back to the hotel to relax in the hotel before we headed to dinner.

Although it was a wonderful trip, it didn't really feel like Thanksgiving. We decided to pack up early Friday morning and head back to Durham to make a real Thanksgiving dinner. It was the first time I cooked a turkey with out my mom's help.

As the turkey was cooking, we decorated the house and then relaxed. It was LOVELY!

The turkey turned out delicious! We were pretty proud of ourselves.

But it still didn't feel like Thanksgiving since we weren't with our families!