Showing posts with label Philadelphia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philadelphia. Show all posts

Philadelphia Museum of Art


When was the last time you visited a museum? We're ashamed to admit that too long ago was the answer for our family.  Our move to the suburbs has brought us closer to a wide range of large and small eclectic museums, including the Brandywine River Museum, which houses one of the most comprehensive collections of Andrew Wyeth's historical American art, the Please Touch Museum, aimed at getting children involved with a wide range of physical learning activities,  and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which offers an expansive compilation of classic art across the world, notably Asia, Europe and our fair country. During our recent visit to the Philadelphia Museum, a special exhibit for Van Gogh was on display, which we were eager to see. However, poor planning left us crowded out of the popular exhibit as the required separate admission was sold out. Nonetheless the museum on its own offers a broad array of interesting collections.

Longwood Gardens




It has taken us a bit longer to get out and explore the area where we moved to, but one place that I had been eagerly looking forward to has been Longwood Gardens, one of America's largest and oldest botanical gardens. Longwood Gardens started as a working farm at the turn of the 19th century. Later it would change ownership to the Du Pont family who developed a massive and stunning conservatory on the estate.

Di Bruno Bros. at the Ardmore Farmers Market


One the of the things that we were sure to miss when we moved from New York was Murray's Cheese and Deli at Grand Central Station Market. So it was a tremendous delight when we discovered Di Bruno Bros. at the Ardmore Farmer's Market, which despite its name is not a conventional farmers market but an indoor collection of food vendors. Di Bruno Bros. features a wide range of cheeses, prepared foods and deli meats including the hedonistic Jamon Iberico which sells for a whopping $100/lb and a Capriole O' Banon, which is a luscious young goat cheese wrapped in chestnut leaves that have been soaked in bourbon.


On the day of our visit we picked up our favorite cheeses Comte and Pleasant Ridge and two sandwiches, one of which, the Napolean, a turkey sandwich stuffed with brie and sweet caramelized onion jam, has quickly become a favorite of ours and worth a try if you are in town.