Last thursday I went to Philadelphia for the day.
$10 dollars' return ticket + 2 hours bus ride from New York and here I am.
Welcome to Philly !
The 1st thing I did was going to the African American Museum.
The current temporary exhibition was about the Montgomery Bus boycott story.
Then I walked around the city.. Philadelphia is small compared to New York, so it wasn't a big deal.
The city in itself didn't attracted me much. However I met great people during this day.
I'm telling you, when you really want your day to be special, it works !
Shout out to Alhassane the Malian student, Fransisco mi amigo Mejicano, the charismatic Rastafari vendor, and the sweet Nuala (thanks Mee for the introduction !).
3 snow storm in less than 2 weeks. Philadelphia's winter isn't a joke.
This picture, showing the developped side of African cities (the one that Western medias never show),
should be known by all.
This poster was on South street, a very frequented street of Philly.
I was so happy to see it that I decided to enter into the Rastafari store displaying it.
I wanted to acknowledge the store owner for this great idea: he was glad.
He told me that many people from all around the world entered into his shop to tell him that they didn't know about this aspect of Africa.
Sometimes, the simplest things are enough to educate people.
A picture. A story. A dialogue.
It can work for almost everything :)
An expensive and not so exciting thrift store.
Un bonhomme de neige.
Downtown Philly
Fresh!
Walnut street from Urban Outfitters
And I discovered Serena's art (here)
Hope you enjoyed it :)
I enjoy it all
ReplyDeletefrom the boycott
to the map of Africa
which is my fave
moving to fresh
you inspire =)