It is Elfreth’s Alley, isn’t it? It was my Mom’s favorite place in Philadelphia. When she wasn’t prowling the streets of Greenwich Village at the annual art fair.
Yeah tiny streets!
p.j.
I, too, would live on a street like this. Only the weather would always be cold and rainy. If you wanted warm and sunny you would have to take a carriage out to the countryside where you could live in a big farmhouse with fresh milk and eggs each morning.
It has to be Philadelphia–I’m not sure it’s Elfreth’s Alley, though it could be. ( I toured some of the houses on Elfreth’s Alley once–funny little bitty houses little changed for like, 200 years!)
Wow. Elfreth’s Alley would surely rock the block partay, huh?
In MY favorite parallel universe (of course, there are so MANY!) I am a fabulously successful writer, living alone in a fabulous light-and-air-filled bungalow somewhere on a beach that never gets hit by hurricanes, bad storms or even erosion. My boyfriend, George Clooney’s long-lost but infinitely more charming twin brother, lives right next door. He plays the banjo and designs really fancy high-end computer things of some sort and is helplessly in lurrrrve with ME, though I refuse to marry him.
In Bossy’s parallel universe she will make millions off her blog, and then teach her commenters/fellow bloggers how to make a meager subsistence off blogging, where “meager subsistence” equals “meager subsistence plus a lover who speaks no English.”
MariaV says
April 13, 2009 at 6:40 amCharming! Reminds of some of the older sections of Manhattan.
cartoongoddess says
April 13, 2009 at 8:18 amMaiden Lane?
cartoongoddess says
April 13, 2009 at 8:19 amOr that one by NYU?
MariaV says
April 13, 2009 at 8:50 amYes. I was thinking of Reade Street.
Lizzy says
April 13, 2009 at 9:26 amThis is a street? For whom… Hobbits? The Shire looks a little more developed than I remember.
Me says
April 13, 2009 at 9:51 amStreet? I thought it was a bicycle path.
teri says
April 13, 2009 at 9:56 amElfreths’s Alley? I love this place.
The Domestic Goddess says
April 13, 2009 at 10:08 amIt’s Elfreth’s Alley. One of the neater places in Philly, you won’t find anything like it anywhere else!
p.j. says
April 13, 2009 at 10:19 amIt is Elfreth’s Alley, isn’t it? It was my Mom’s favorite place in Philadelphia. When she wasn’t prowling the streets of Greenwich Village at the annual art fair.
Yeah tiny streets!
p.j.
David says
April 13, 2009 at 11:05 amI would guess she makes more money than you as well.
SnowWhitemommy says
April 13, 2009 at 11:39 amThat sky color is beautiful!
sonrie says
April 13, 2009 at 11:43 amI, too, would live on a street like this. Only the weather would always be cold and rainy. If you wanted warm and sunny you would have to take a carriage out to the countryside where you could live in a big farmhouse with fresh milk and eggs each morning.
Ok, back to work. 🙂
Julie says
April 13, 2009 at 12:26 pmI also have a parallel life. Mine involves a loft apartment, lots of arty friends and a lover who doesn’t speak much English.
ron hysom says
April 13, 2009 at 12:32 pmIt has to be Philadelphia–I’m not sure it’s Elfreth’s Alley, though it could be. ( I toured some of the houses on Elfreth’s Alley once–funny little bitty houses little changed for like, 200 years!)
Formerly Unemployed Susan says
April 13, 2009 at 1:09 pmI recognize what it’s not; my block.
foolery says
April 13, 2009 at 2:05 pmVan Gogh would have painted this alley. This photo is halfway there.
Caroline says
April 13, 2009 at 3:26 pmWow. Elfreth’s Alley would surely rock the block partay, huh?
In MY favorite parallel universe (of course, there are so MANY!) I am a fabulously successful writer, living alone in a fabulous light-and-air-filled bungalow somewhere on a beach that never gets hit by hurricanes, bad storms or even erosion. My boyfriend, George Clooney’s long-lost but infinitely more charming twin brother, lives right next door. He plays the banjo and designs really fancy high-end computer things of some sort and is helplessly in lurrrrve with ME, though I refuse to marry him.
Happy Parallel Universe Monday!
Reeb says
April 13, 2009 at 5:12 pmNow you all have me thinking of what MY parallel universe would be like. Meanwhile I quite like Julie-13’s universe.
Chesapeake Bay Woman says
April 13, 2009 at 9:44 pmIn Bossy’s parallel universe she will make millions off her blog, and then teach her commenters/fellow bloggers how to make a meager subsistence off blogging, where “meager subsistence” equals “meager subsistence plus a lover who speaks no English.”
#13 is on to something here.
Amy G. says
April 13, 2009 at 10:03 pmOh, i love old city. miss it terribly.
AnnP says
April 13, 2009 at 10:50 pmOh man, i love this street.