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Photo Hunt. (no, not THAT one)

March 24, 2009 • 5:43 pm • POSTED BY lwalczak

While the rest of Philadelphia was preoccupied with drinking green beer and chanting out yellow bus (“Erin Express”) windows at passersby last Saturday, my friends and I set out to celebrate my Birthday (a day late) by going on a photo scavenger hunt.

Item: Bridal Party
(seems someone else had a reason to celebrate the day too! ITEM: Bridal Party)

I was dead set on having this hunt, but less sold on engineering the finer points to get it rolling. I’m new here, how would I know what to look for? I’m not going to lie, the majority of my experiences in Philly have been grossly food-centric. Not that the eats haven’t been amazing, but it was time to feed my curiosity rather than just my stomach. After collecting ideas from various friends, I resolved the list, including a taste of everything from puns to people to places.

Venturing out as a group with a common goal makes you feel like you’ve stepped into a real-life wiki composed of people and their experiences and intuitions. Trivial knowledge and pure luck combined with group dynamics to get us through the list. I didn’t know what we’d find, nor the circumstances, such as finding “coffee for under $1.25” in Suburban Station.

Item: Coffee for under $1.25, A

Item: Team upside-down, in a tree

We saw the Liberty Bell, and also hung upside down from a tree in Rittenhouse Square. We high-fived a SEPTA employee, and found Comic Sans on a ShamWow that happened to be in our possession.

Item: High-Fiving a SEPTA employee

Item: Comic Sans

All in all, we found, we saw, we documented—all whilst having a blast and getting to know Philly on a different level. One friend commented that he had been working here for 6 months, yet learned more about Center City in one afternoon than he had in those previous months together. Not all items from the list were conquered, so I’m sure there will be a follow-up in the near future. After all, enlightenment is a lifelong endeavor.

Item: William Penn

The entire collection of photos can be viewed HERE.
The Items we succeeded at:

  • Team in a tree, upside down.
  • A Mosaic
  • Fixed Gear Bike
  • William Penn
  • Coffee for under $1.25
  • High-Fiving a SEPTA employee
  • Letters larger than 3’ in height
  • Mural with less than 5 people in it
  • A Courtyard
  • Wedding Party
  • A Protest
  • Coffee Shop with a coffee pun for name
  • Time Traveler(s)
  • Comic Sans
  • The Liberty Bell
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