Posted in North America, Pennsylvania, United States

Spending Valentine’s in City of Brotherly Love

For Valentine’s weekend, the ladies and I went to Philadelphia to visit the city of brotherly love.

We checked out the LOVE sculpture seen over and over in movies based in Philly. We visited the Liberty Bell, which was smaller than I was expecting, Independence Hall [which was wrapped in scaffolding for renovations], South Street, Broad Street, JFK Plaza and we even went out to Cherry Hill, New Jersey where our homegirl Natalie took the time to come visit us and meet Najwa for the first time. Continue reading “Spending Valentine’s in City of Brotherly Love”

Posted in North America, North Carolina, United States

Raleigh Museums and Slave Owner Sculptures Surrounding the Capitol

I’m visiting my dad in Arizona next week. Catching a plane. To get on the plane, I’ll need valid ID. Valid as in not expired. My ID card is expired and with very little time to figure out what I need to do to get my Washington, DC, ID card, I took a road trip to Raleigh to renew my North Carolina ID at the DMV.

That’s just why I was there. While I was there, I stopped by the North Carolina Museum of History and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science. Continue reading “Raleigh Museums and Slave Owner Sculptures Surrounding the Capitol”