We're going on an advennnttuuurrreee....Part 2
Thu, 08/23/2007 - 07:10
So, we woke up Friday morning and onward we traveled (after stopping at Hershey one last time for some last minute chocolate and a lunch milkshake) to King of Prussia (the largest mall without a roller coaster). We stayed at the Radisson Valley Forge because they had a special hotel package. The hotel was alright, but I much preferred the Garden Inn. You could tell that this one was older from the doors and elevators and such. The first staffer we spoke to was kinda flighty, but the second was great. When we had gone upstairs to our first room the door was open, so we went back down, and the good one gave us a different room. We decided this was good, because we didn't remember seeing a No Smoking sign on th door of the first one. 
And of course, yarn stores. The first stop was Loop. A downright lovely store! The store itself was beautiful, had great lighting and a great clean feel. It was easy to find yarns, and patterns, and was bigger than most city yarn stores I've been in. The staff was super nice too. They asked me if I needed help a few times, but not in that annoying-you're-trying-to-steal-from-me way. You could just tell th ey wanted to help. They were helpful to the other customers as well. One customer came in with a difficult question and they did a great job answering it. Another was sitting at the table (she said) making the same "stupid" mistake and they didn't degrade her at all. I bought some special striping Lorna's Laces
and some Koigu,
and a pattern.
Next, we moved on to Rosie's Yarn Cellar. Also a nice shop. It is small, and the yarn is crowded, but not in a bad way. The yarn was easy to find, and they did a great job labeling the shelves. They had some O-Wool Balance and I actually seriously considered buying some. I wasn't a fan of the O-Wool Classic that we had in the store...far to itchy for me, but this cotton/wool blend had a really nice feel. Alas, I only left with some Nature's Palatte sock yarn though, because I didn't want to seriously injure the credit card :) This is going to be birthday or Christmas socks for my mom.
The room was rather large. Had a Sleep Number bed, which I actually wasn't all that impressed with. I couldn't get over the feeling of sleeping on an air mattress. We hung around the room for a while and headed to the mall.
Oh, the mall!! It was huge and slightly confusing, but glorious. We ate at The Cheesecake Factory. I had Quesadillas and Ed had Four Cheese Pasta. Both were quite delicious, but the Strawberry Cheesecake we shared...disappointing. There were three strawberries on it and we weren't impressed with the flavor of the cheesecake. Ed once made a cheesecake from Alton Brown's recipe and it was MUCH better, and we're pretty sure he messed it up some how (still tasty anyway).
Look what followed me home though?
There was a $50 mall gift card included in our package, so it went toward this beauty.
Once we got back we rented a movie...also included in the package, which was good because it would have cost $11.99!! INSANE. We watched Knocked Up. It was reasonably funny, but a little on the long side, and by the time it was over, we were wide awake again and the air conditioner was not working properly and freezing up. Annoying!
The next morning we woke up and headed to Philadelphia. It was nice, but I much prefer Boston...probably because I'm familiar with it, and for some reason Boston seems easier to get around. We visited the Liberty Bell.
And of course, yarn stores. The first stop was Loop. A downright lovely store! The store itself was beautiful, had great lighting and a great clean feel. It was easy to find yarns, and patterns, and was bigger than most city yarn stores I've been in. The staff was super nice too. They asked me if I needed help a few times, but not in that annoying-you're-trying-to
and some Koigu,
and a pattern.
Next, we moved on to Rosie's Yarn Cellar. Also a nice shop. It is small, and the yarn is crowded, but not in a bad way. The yarn was easy to find, and they did a great job labeling the shelves. They had some O-Wool Balance and I actually seriously considered buying some. I wasn't a fan of the O-Wool Classic that we had in the store...far to itchy for me, but this cotton/wool blend had a really nice feel. Alas, I only left with some Nature's Palatte sock yarn though, because I didn't want to seriously injure the credit card :) This is going to be birthday or Christmas socks for my mom.
We departed Philadelphia and got stuck in traffic...which was a whole lot of not fun, but we eventually got home. Connecticut and the short bit of Massachusetts we went through were fine, but New York and New Jersey...not fun. We listened to podcasts the whole time. If you like food, I suggest checking out MunchCast from the same people who bring us such geeky podcasts as This Week in Tech and MacBreak (also good, but only if you're interested in tech). I really liked this one and will be adding it to my regular list. Ed found it when trying to find stuff that wouldn't put me to sleep.
Oh, and look what I came back to work to....
Brooks Farm Riata? Isn't it beautiful (thank you, thank you, thank you Kathy!) In fact, I think I will take a page from Kathy's book and crochet a scarf out of it. Oh the possibilities :)
And, since I didn't knit while away, I'm WAY far behind!
Comments
See, I love Paul Rudd, and I have since I saw him ...
Sure, I'll go see movies. Generally I'm not good at it because I can't knit in the dark, but I DO need to practice :)
I saw Superbad again last night which got me think...
Ha! I have Koigu in the SAME color, I bought it on...
And I totally agree with you on Knocked Up. Paul Rudd was the only consistently funny part for me. We'll have to see some movies together this fall, it seems like we always come to the same conclusion about them.
I know :) I guess it WAS a good trip!
A coach bag, yarn AND chocolate all in one trip?? ...