Dan's Guided Tour At The Philadelphia Museum Of Art

Today Dan gave a tour at the Philadelphia Museum of Art focusing on Impressionism. HE had a good turnout from our gay men's seniors group.

THe Sedgeley Club On Boathouse Row

Dan and I visited this lovely house located on the banks of the Schuylkill River yesterday. The members of this women's club were having an open house. The lighthouse predates the house. The house was built around the lighthouse in 1902. The women's club was originally a sports oriented facility that sponsored women's bicycling, canoeing, and even ice skating on frozen river in winter. The lighthouse is the only one in Philadelphia. It and the house are located at a point called "Turtle Rock." They rent the house out for events in order to raise money to preserve it. It was nice to see it decorated for the holidays.

The Supreme Court And Marriage Equality

The Supreme Court meets in conference today to consider the various appeals relating to marriage equality. What are my expectations? My expectations are low for this court dominated by right wing ideologues who are determined to impede justice and equality for all as much as they can. What will the court do? I think they will hold off on making any decision on the Proposition 8 case in California, and they will take one or more of the appeals in the Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA). This is the best that the troglodytes Scalia, Uncle Thomas, Alito and Roberts can do at the moment in their quest to halt equality for gay people. It will mean that same sex couples in California will continue to prevented from marrying indefinitely. The right wingers will then try to secure more votes on the court in favor of somehow impeding the gay march toward equality. Anything they can do to slow us down and push off marriage equality they consider a victory. So I am not expecting very much positive news from the court when they announce the results of their conference probably on Monday.

Downtown Day

Having a delicious brewed decaf at Starbucks at Macy's Phila. The free organ concert starts at 12:10 pm.

What Hurricane Sandy Took From Us

I took this photo in September....Surf Walk in Cherry Grove....the town had just completely rebuilt the walkway over the dunes to the beach. In late October during Sandy we lost everything about up to where the dark green growth appears in the photo. Some say we lost 30 years of dune growth.

Dawn of a New Day for Marriage Equality (Extended Version)

Watching The Holiday Light Show At Macy's Philadelphia

Macy's really packs them in for the historic five decades old Grand Court holiday light show.

The Time Of Year For Home Made Cookies

I made a batch of chocolate chip cookies the other day. Soon it will be time for the traditional holiday Viennese crescents! ...and I'm dieting currently...great.

Black Friday Fun

The holiday tree at Liberty Place, Philadelphia...one of my hangouts downtown.

A Philadelphia Thanksgiving