What a nice time we had in Philadelphia. It may not be the nicest city to live in but it certainly has its charms. We walked around a bit, despite the admonitions of the weatherman. Heat? You call this heat?

We went to the Magic Garden and, while it was nice enough, it's a bit over rated, in my opinion.

It would be a cool place to have a party though. I would enjoy wandering around with a glass of wine finding people to chat with about the artwork but to just walk through like it was a museum was a tad uninspiring.

There's a nice new park along the waterfront with food trucks and paddle boats that was really quite lovely. They have lots of hammocks hanging from the tree trunks (Boston, take notice, they have LOTS of hammocks) and sell beer along with funnel cakes. What more can you ask for on a summer day?

We had a very decadent brunch on Sunday in the heart of Drexel University's campus. I finally got to see their dragon statue. (Extra points if you can tell the difference between these two photos.)

Many years ago at Chautauqua my aunt took us to visit a friend of hers, the sculptor Eric Berg. At the time, he was working on a clay model of this dragon in his studio. We have a nice photo of the boys listening intently as Mr. Berg explained the difficulty in deciding where the wings should attach to the spine of a mythical creature. It was great to see the full size result of his thinking, although I think the wings should attach near the front legs. How else can there be enough muscle mass and articulation in the shoulder joints for such a big animal to be able to lift off the ground?

(Spoiler alert: Cierra is walking by in the first photo, Lee in the second.)