We had hoped that Arielle would drive so that she could finish listening to Big Little Lies and Abe could catch up on a few TV shows, but the drive along I-76 proved to be so windy that it wasn’t feasible at all. It was nice to be back in EZ-Pass territory, though we later discovered that driving along the route that saved us about an hour and a half did end up costing us a fair amount of money. The most crucial stop of our drive was at a Bruster’s, which we found just ten minutes off the route in Harrisburg. We sampled a number of flavors and didn’t end up getting the flights, opting instead for two scoops each: chocolate mousse and mint chocolate chip for Abe and black raspberry chocolate chunk and white chocolate for Arielle.
We hit some traffic once we started getting close to Philadelphia, but managed to arrive easily with about an hour before we had to head out to dinner. We got to catch up with Becca, a Hebrew school friend of Arielle’s, and see her fiancé, Max, for a few minutes before we left. We had last visited them – and met Max for the first time – when we came for one night in November. We left to walk about fifteen minutes to the apartment of Shayna and Brandon, college friends of Arielle’s who we used to see much more frequently when they lived in New York. It was great to see their place, and we walked together to Continental, a cool restaurant which we enjoyed very much. We shared the Szechuan Shoestring Fries and Brussels sprouts, and Shayna, Brandon, and Abe all got the seared tuna, which was delicious. Arielle ordered the grilled kale pizza, which she thought smelled like truffle oil but ultimately tasted great. We decided to share the Deep Dish Cookie dessert, which was fantastic.
We walked a few blocks with Shayna and Brandon, said goodbye, and headed back to Becca and Max’s, where we spent a long time chatting before heading to bed.
Approximate number of miles covered: 310
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