PhillyFilter: Random Rittenhouse Square Interestingness?

April 26, 2013 7:00 PM

Girlfriend and I are going to Philadelphia tomorrow -- the plan is to eat fried chicken and donuts, hang out in a hotel room, go out and eat and drink some more, then go back to the hotel. We've been to Philly a bunch of times for various cultural things, and are big fans, but this trip the concept is basically: Do Almost Nothing. Still, we might want to take a stroll in the afternoon. Staying at the Radisson on 17th & Locust. Anything nearby we might not know about and should check out?
posted by neroli to Travel & Transportation around Philadelphia, PA (5 answers total)

Best answer: This. Do that. I might even skip studying for finals for it.
posted by DoubleLune at 7:09 PM on April 26, 2013 [1 favorite]

Best answer: From 11 to 7pm, there will be an enormous art street fair that will close down Broad from Chestnut to South Street.

It will probably be amazeballs.
posted by Tomorrowful at 7:10 PM on April 26, 2013 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Make sure you do some of your eating and drinking at Monk's. The beer list is wonderful, the moules and frites even more so.
posted by bakerina at 7:29 PM on April 26, 2013

Response by poster: Ha! Delightful -- I had no idea that was going on. (Have been to Monk's -- love it.)
posted by neroli at 7:38 PM on April 26, 2013

Best answer: Yeah the PIFA festival last time was ridiculously fun and you should definitely do that! Alternatively, there are still events going on for the Philadelphia Science Festival.
posted by jetlagaddict at 9:32 PM on April 26, 2013