Parent Trip

I spent the most lovely Monday with the two awesomest people on the planet: my parents.

They came down on Sunday and did a double feature, seeing The Producers in the afternoon and Forbidden Broadway in the evening. (Very supportive of them to sit through two shows in one day!) Between shows I took them to the annual Greek Festival at St George's Cathedral and we chowed down on some excellent soulvaki, spanakopita and those awesome, honey-drenched Greek donuts. We shared a shot of ouzo and had a great time. After the show, we took them to our new favorite neighborhood bar, The Devil's Den for some craft beers, delicious late-night food and some laughs. Mel and AJ saw the evening performance of Forbidden Broadway as well, so they joined us for our late night fun.

I was so happy that they decided to stay and hang out on Monday, when Deb & I were totally free. We met in the morning at our favorite breakfast spot, Morning Glory Diner, where we fueled up for the day.

After a stroll around the Italian Market where we purchased cheap sunglasses, fresh pasta and gourmet cheese, we headed uptown and checked out the Comcast building. We stood and gawked at the giant video screen for a while until Mom declared she needed a margarita. More than happy to oblige, we took them to El Vez for some tasty food and salty tequila drinks.

I even managed to convince Deb to take a picture with my busted camera (check out my new blonde 'do!):

I should note that Dad is holding up his Arnold Palmer here to prove that he doesn't need a margarita to be the life of the party...

Deb in her new Italian Market shades, looking cool:

Macho Nachos! Plus a little bit of my portobella mushroom burrito!


After El Vez, we wandered about some more and checked out some of the schmancy shopping along Walnut Street. Mom declared that she needed another margarita, so Deb and I decided to take her to our favorite trashy margarita joint, Copa on South Street. Bonus: margaritas are half off on Mondays!

Thoroughly lubricated from the booze, sunshine and freaky South Street people-watching, we bid Mom & Dad goodbye. (Thank goodness Dad decided to stick with his Arnold Palmers, otherwise they never would have made the ride home!)

All together, it was an absolutely lovely way to spend the day off. A huge thank-you to Mom & Dad for a wonderful day!