Hello friends!
It's been just over a month since I arrived in the USA, and I've decided (with a little encouragement from the lovely Viva) to start documenting my experiences on this blog. I can't promise that it will always be exciting or interesting for anyone other than me, but hopefully it'll be fun to write!
I am absolutely loving living in Philadelphia! All the streets around where I live are full of red brick terrace houses (or row houses, as I am learning to call them!) and it is such fun to walk around and see how people have managed to personalize their houses! There are so many planter boxes under windows, which I find charming!
I realised recently that despite the fact that I've spent many days wandering around exploring the city, there are places VERY close to my house that I haven't even looked at! There is a coffee shop very, very close by that I haven't stepped foot in! There is an adorable looking shop called 'Pancake' and a Bagel shop called 'Spread', both of which I walk past on a daily basis but haven't called in to buy something delicious! So my aim for the next couple of weeks is to continue finding lovely, new places to visit! My mission for tomorrow is to buy a hot chocolate from the coffee shop that is so close to me! I will let you know how I go!
Last week I found Joseph Fox Bookshop while wandering down a street I hadn't walked down before, and was thrilled to discover such a tiny, filled-to-the-brim independent bookstore in my new city! I always judge a new bookshop by how extensive their range of children's books is (not sure why, but it works!) and found that they have a whole room dedicated to picture books, children's books and young adult books! Wonderful! Unfortunately because it is a relatively small space they only have room for one book by each author, but it was still such a nice find!
Alright I think I'm done with this post! It was a little all over the place, but I hope you enjoyed it!
Lots of love, Jess
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