Saturday, September 27, 2014

Sort-of Sushirrito!

One of my favorite things about living in San Francisco last summer was Sushirrito, which is the only thing there that's not at least quasi-reproducible here in Philly. UNTIL NOW.

The recently opened Hai Street Kitchen has sushirrito-like rolls, and today I got to try it out. They wrap it up for you in a cute little hexagonal box:
It's got 4 more sides you can't see.
 And it's definitely sushi in the style of a burrito:
It was good, but not as great as my favorite roll at Sushirrito back in the Bay. I may have just not found the right roll for me yet, though... further investigation is definitely needed.

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Bees and Buses

Last weekend our friend was visiting and we went to the Philadelphia Honey Festival! Apparently it's put on every year by the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild (also, apparently there's a Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild!). We learned lots about bees, beekeeping, and how to get honey out of honeycomb (hint: centrifuges). We got to try some honey still in the comb, and we saw a bee bearding. It's pretty much exactly what it sounds like:
Photo credit: Quinn!
The beekeeper strapped a queen bee to his chin, said "this is the cool kids' version of the ice bucket challenge," and then just dumped a ton of bees out of a box and onto himself. He also told us that 5,000 bees weigh just one pound. AND while he was sitting there a little kid asked him what you call a newborn bee, he started to explain all about grubs and larva and insect development stages, and the little kid said "no, a bayBEE" and laughed hysterically. Awesome.

This weekend Ben finally delivered on his Christmas present to me (does it still count as his Christmas present if it's nine months late?), and we did one of those double decker bus tours around Philadelphia. I LOVE both double decker buses and Philadelphia, so it was a great combination. We even got there early enough to have the front seats on the top level of the bus.
Bus selfie!
We learned lots of fun facts about Philadelphia history - including that, contrary to popular belief, Pennsylvania isn't named after William Penn. It's actually named after his father: William Penn.

Lastly, the bus tour started in the historical, super-touristy part of Philly, and we saw this sign for a food court:

Monday, September 1, 2014

J+J Sampler

This weekend was the second wedding in our year of eight weddings! Of course, I made a sampler:
The happy couple has a story where Jessie was abroad and trying to talk to Joe on a cell phone - it was raining and she was standing on a stump in a muddy field of chickens while juggling the phone and an umbrella. Hence the sampler of that situation, but with the two of them together!