Words and Light

My 27 hours in Philadelphia ended gray, dreary and misty-rainy, and they began windy and cold — but also sunny.

Which was nice. York, for the past week, had been pretty cloudy, which naturally cast a monotone filter on everything. But Emily and I enjoyed a long walk in Philadelphia, where the colors shone on the building walls…

A colorful row of houses and storefronts on South Street near South Third Street.

…and even on the street signs in Philadelphia’s “Gayborhood.”

Walnut Street and 13th Street.

(Seriously, though, customized street signs for approximately six square blocks of a gay/lesbian-friendly part of town? I’d never have expected it.)